Maryland women play in Puerto Rico today
The seventh-ranked Maryland women's basketball team is in Puerto Rico this weekend for two games in the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament. The Terrapins (4-0) will play Morgan State (1-4) today and No. 24 Georgia (2-2) on Saturday. Both of the Terps' games in Puerto Rico will tip off at noon and will be streamed online through FloHoops.com. Fans can watch with a subscription. The Terrapins are coming off of an 85-61 win at No. 10 South Carolina on Sunday. Six Terps scored
Texas sophomore QB Sam Ehlinger was a full participant in practice Wednesday and is expected to start Friday’s game against Kansas. Ehlinger, who has started all 11 games, left the team’s 24-10 victory over Iowa State on Saturday after taking a hard hit to his right shoulder late in the second quarter. He didn’t return to the game, and MRI results Sunday revealed that Ehlinger had aggravated his AC joint, which he first injured Oct. 13 against Baylor. The 14th-ranked Longhorns can clinch a berth in the Big 12 championship game with a win over Kansas. ... Junior FB Cole Fagan rushed for 260 yards, the third-most in Air Force history and just 15 yards shy of the school record, and senior LB Kyle Floyd thwarted a late drive with an INT to help the Falcons hold off visiting Colorado State 27-19. The Falcons improved to 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the Mountain West, while the Rams fell to 3-9, 2-6. Junior WR Preston Williams had 12 catches for 248 yards and three TDs in the loss.
Aaron Rai of England, Jason Scrivener of Australia and Yusaku Miyazato of Japan each shot an opening-round 5-under 65 to take a share of the lead after the first round of the Hong Kong Open. The trio were one stroke clear of three others at the European Tour’s season-opening event. Masters champ Patrick Reed made four bogeys and a double bogey en route to a 75. ... Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton birdied six holes on the back nine to give England a share of the lead with South Korea (Byeong Hun An, Si Woo Kim) and Australia (Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman) after the opening fourballs at the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne, Australia. The three teams each shot a 10-under 62. Belgium (Thomas Pieters, Thomas Detry), Malaysia (Gavin in double figures, led by Blair Watson with 20 points, Kaila Charles with17 and10 rebounds and Stephanie Jones (Aberdeen) with 18 points. Shakira Austin grabbed 16 rebounds with 10 points and earned her second straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: Three Johns Hopkins runners have earn Mideast All-Region honors. Jared Pangallozzi led Hopkins with a 12thplace finish to earn all-region honors for the first time in his career. Andrew King also earned allregion for the first time in his career as he finished in 17th. Scott Pourshalchi finished in 30th to earn his third all-region honor becoming just the fifth Blue Jay to earn the honor three times. — Green, Ben Leong) and defending champ Denmark (Soren Kjeldsen, Thorbjorn Olesen) were one stroke back.
Liverpool and winger Sadio Mane agreed to terms on a new contract that runs until 2023, ESPN reported. The English Premier League club expects Mane to sign the contract before the end of the year. Mane, 26, of Senegal, has 40 goals in 89 appearances for Liverpool since his arrival from Southampton in the summer of 2016. ... The IFAB, soccer’s rule-making panel, proposed several changes it wants approved at a March 2 meeting so they can take effect June 1. The most significant proposed change would allow goalkeepers to need “only one foot on the goal line when a penalty is taken” so they can begin moving forward earlier. The current rule states that goalkeepers “must remain on the goal line until the ball has been kicked.” Other proposed changes: Ending trials with penalty shootouts to return to teams alternating kicks, cutting time wasting by forcing substituted players to leave the field at the nearest spot and writing a more precise wording for non-deliberate handball offenses. ... Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was banned from the Olympics for life over his country’s doping scandals, returned to a senior role in Russian football.
Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points and No. 1 Notre Dame beat Gonzaga 81-65 in the first game of the inaugural Vancouver Showcase. Brianna Turner added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (4-0). Gonzaga fell to 4-1.