IN BRIEF

SEAHAWKS ROUT PANTHERS

Thomas Rawls ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, Tyler Lockett took a reverse 75 yards for a score to open the second half and the Seattle Seahawks routed the visiting Carolina Panthers 40- 7 Sunday. Another prime- time game in Seattle was clouded with odd story lines right from the outset when Carolina quarterback Cam Newton was benched for the first play, only to watch backup Derek An

derson throw an interception. Rawls and the run game set the tone for Seattle, gashing the second- best run defense in the NFL for 240 yards. Carolina entered the week giving up less than 80 yards per game on the ground. Rawls finished with 106 yards on 15 carries, quiet in the second half after briefly being checked for a concussion. The Seahawks rolled up a season- high 534 yards and kept a three- game lead on the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West. Seattle safety Earl Thomas broke a bone in his lower left leg during a first- half collision with teammate Kam Chancellor while trying to intercept Newton’s pass. SOUTHERN CAL WOMEN WIN NATIONAL SOCCER TITLE Morgan Andrews scored in the second minute and Katie John

son added two more goals in the second half as the Southern California women defeated West Virginia 3- 1 to win the Division I soccer national championship in San Jose. It was the school’s second. The first came in 2007.

uCalifornia won its 14th national men’s water polo champi- onship but first since 2007 by beating Southern Cal 11- 8 in overtime. CINCINNATI’S TUBERVILLE RESIGNS AFTER 4- 8 SEASON

Tommy Tuberville stepped down as Cincinnati football coach, after saying recently that he had planned to stay with the program. Tuberville was under intense pressure from some Cincinnati fans as the Bearcats slipped to 4- 8 this season, the program’s worst since also going 4- 8 in 2010. Tuberville, who is 62, had a 29- 22 record in four years at UC, going 9- 4, 9- 4, 7- 6 and then 4- 8. “It’s something we’ve worked on together,” Bearcats athletics director Mike Bohn said of Tuberville’s departure. “It was very professional, very candid.” Tuberville in a release said, in part, “I am not done coaching and I look forward to my next challenge. Go Bearcats!” JONES LEADS BAYLOR’S ROUT OF TENNESSEE WOMEN

Alexis Jones had a career- high 30 points to go along with 10 assists and nine rebounds as No. 4 Baylor trounced No. 25 Tennessee 88- 66 in Knoxville. Baylor ( 9- 1) scored the game’s first 11 points and never looked back. The Lady Bears led by as many as 35 points in the third quarter.

uDuke wants to show it again belongs among the elite teams in college women’s basketball. Beating No. 3 South Carolina was a good way to prove it. Rebecca

Greenwell scored seven of her 29 points in the final 5 ½ minutes, leading the Blue Devils past the Gamecocks 74- 63 on Sunday. YANKEES SIGN HOLLIDAY Free agent Matt Holliday and the New York Yankees have agreed to a one- year contract, filling the club’s need for a middleof- the- order hitter. The one- year, $ 13 million deal was confirmed by a person with knowledge of the negotiations and is pending a physical. It was first reported by FanRag Sports. He batted .246 in 2016 with the St. Louis Cardinals. LIVERPOOL SQUANDERS LEAD Liverpool conceded three goals in the final 20 minutes to lose 4- 3 at Bournemouth in an English Premier League thriller. Nathan

Ake pounced on a fumble by goalkeeper Loris Karius to grab the winner in the third minute of injury time.