Gymnastics federation creates $2m project to fight sex abuse

Hunter helps No. 25 Furman tops Elon 98-77

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec 5, (AP): Dedric Lawson had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Kansas beat Wofford after center Udoka Azubuike left with a right high-ankle sprain.

Azubuike was injured after landing awkwardly on a block attempt midway through the first half, and coach Bill Self said the 7-footer will be out indefinitely.

Devon Dotson had 16 points for Kansas (7-0).

With Azubuike out, Wofford (63) won the rebounding battle 45-36, including 19 on the offensive glass. Cameron Jackson led Wofford with 15 points and 10 boards. Leading scorer and star senior Fletcher Magee had just seven points and was 0 for 9 from behind the arc.

In Elon, North Carolina, Alex Hunter scored all of his 18 points in the second half, and No. 25 Furman won its first game since the program’s debut in the AP Top 25, 98-77 over Elon on Tuesday night. Furman’s Jordan Lyons (23) reacts as Elon’s Sheldon Eberhardt (20) flies into him in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Elon, North Carolina on Dec 4. (AP)

made two big plays in the last 2-1/2 minutes to help Michigan hold off Northwestern.

Poole finished with 15 points as the Wolverines (9-0, 2-0 Big Ten) added to their best start since they opened the 2012-13 season with 16 straight victories. Zavier Simpson scored 10 points, and Jon Teske had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Dererk Pardon led the Wildcats (6-3, 0-2) with 20 points on 9-for-10 shooting. Vic Law shook off a slow start and finished with 19.

It was a second straight tough defeat for Northwestern, including a 68-66 loss at Indiana on Saturday.

In Auburn, Alabama, Austin Wiley scored 14 points, Samir Doughty added 13 and Auburn won despite a season low in points.

The Tigers (7-1) forced 25 turnovers and blocked 12 shots to overcome their offensive struggles.

Wiley was 5 of 7 from the field and blocked five shots. Malik Dunbar helped spark the Tigers off the bench with eight points, seven rebounds and five steals.

UNC Asheville (1-7) was led by Luke Lawson’s nine points off the bench on 3-of-4 3-point shooting. Leading scorer DeVon Baker strug- BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec 5, (AP): The International Gymnastics Federation has approved a $2 million project to safeguard athletes after an American sex abuse scandal.

The sport’s governing body says the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation will have a help desk for athletes, judicial panels to prosecute and judge cases, and a compliance section to monitor good governance.

FIG acted in response to “abuse cases in the United States which so shocked the world of gymnastics.”

gled his way to four points, 11 below his season average. He made 2 of 10 shots and committed nine turnovers.

In Starkville, Mississippi, Lamar Peters scored 27 points, Reggie Perry added 15 and Mississippi State pulled away from McNeese State in the second half.

David McCormack #33 of the Kansas Jayhawks shoots over Keve Aluma #24 of the Wofford Terriers during the game at Allen Fieldhouse on Dec 4 in Lawrence, Kansas. (AFP)

Hundreds of girls and women, including many Olympians, said they were molested by Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor. He was jailed after pleading guilty to sexual assault and possessing child pornography.

At a biennial congress, FIG member federations also incorporated the free-running sport of parkour as an official discipline.

Parkour organizers campaigned against FIG using the hashtag #WeAreNotGymnastics.

Mississippi State (7-1) needed a 19-0 run early in the second half to finally take control of a game that was much more competitive than anticipated. Peters shot 9 of 16 from the field, including 8 for 13 from 3-point range.

The Cowboys shot nearly 66 percent from the field before halftime and outscored the Bulldogs 28-8 in the paint. Malik Hines led McNeese State (2-6) with 14 points in the first half and finished with 24 on 9-of-14 shooting from the field.