The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Bulls end Miami’s 7-game win streak

- The Associated Press

Zach LaVine scored 18 points in his second game for Chicago, Justin Holiday made a careerbest seven 3s and scored 25 points, and the Bulls ended the Heat’s sevengame winning streak with a 119-111 victory Monday.

The Bulls have won three straight and 14 of their last 21.

LaVine tore an ACL last season with Minnesota and was traded in a package for Jimmy Butler in the offseason.

The Bulls hit 16 of 39 3-pointers (41 percent), their eighth straight game with at least 10 3-pointers, a franchise record.

Nikola Mirotic scored all 18 of his points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls, holding off the Heat, who closed to a 105-100 deficit with 3:39 to play on James Johnson’s 3-pointer.

Goran Dragic scored 22 points to lead the Heat. Off the bench, Kelly Olynyk had 21 points and eight assists and Wayne Ellington had 20 points.

College basketball

VILLANOVA STILL NO. 1 IN AP POLL » Villanova is No. 1, Virginia rises to No. 2 and Purdue moves up to No. 3 in a week of changes in the AP Top 25.

The Wildcats (16-1, 4-1 Big East) moved back into the No. 1 spot last week and received 63 of 65 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll released on Monday.

Virginia (15-1, 4-0 ACC) moved up a spot this week and earned a firstplace vote after West Virginia’s loss to No. 8 Texas Tech, the Cavaliers’ highest ranking since 2014-15.

Purdue had the other No. 1 vote and climbed two spots for its highest ranking since 2009-10, with Oklahoma and Duke rounding out the top 5.

West Virginia dropped four spots to No. 6 and Michigan State dropped five spots to No. 9 after losing to rival Michigan.

UCONN NO. 1, LOUISVILLE NO. 2 IN WOMEN’S POLL » Louisville is No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in school history.

The Cardinals move up one spot after routing thenNo. 2 Notre Dame, 100-67, on Thursday to remain unbeaten. It’s the first time that Louisville is this high in the poll since first getting ranked in 2006.

Only UConn is higher as the Huskies remain a unanimous top choice by the 32-member national media panel Monday. UConn faces No. 9 Texas on Monday night.

Mississipp­i State, Baylor and Notre Dame follow the Cardinals, who were second on 30 of the 32 ballots.

Tennessee, Oregon, Ohio State and South Carolina round out the first 10 teams in the poll.

TEXAS TECH FINED » The Big 12 has fined Texas Tech $25,000 and reprimande­d West Virginia forward Wes Harris for hitting a fan who joined thousands of others in storming the court during a postgame celebratio­n.

Big 12 Commission­er Bob Bowlsby said in a statement Monday that Texas Tech did not ensure the safety and security of West Virginia players.

Videos posted on social media by fans at the game in Lubbock, Texas, show Harris and other West Virginia players trying to reach the sideline as fans swarmed the court Saturday in celebratio­n of Texas Tech’s 7271 win over West Virginia.

The videos show Harris striking a fan who had run into him before Harris is pulled away. Other players were involved in a separate skirmish trying to protect a teammate in the swarm.

Olympics

KOREAS MAY FIELD JOINT WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM » North and South Korea want to field a joint women’s hockey team at the Pyeongchan­g Olympics, and have relayed their position to the Internatio­nal Olympic Committee, officials in Seoul said Monday.

A joint team at the games in South Korea would require IOC approval. But if realized, it would be the Koreas’ first unified Olympic team, leaving a major mark in their sports diplomacy that often mirror their rocky political ties.

South Korean sports ministry spokesman Hwang Seong Un said the two Koreas have been discussing the make-up of a unified women’s hockey team since last year.

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