Devs enjoy laugher over Sens; Rutgers beaten by No. 9 Iowa
Travis Zajac had a goal and three assists, Kyle Palmieri scored twice, and the Devils scored five times in the first period in a 6-3 victory over the ottawa senators in newark on Thursday night.
Joseph Blandisi scored his first nHL goal and had two assists. Lee stempniak and Adam Henrique also scored to help the Devils win their third straight and improve to 6-1-1 in their last eight games against the senators.
cory schneider stopped 29 shots for new Jersey.
Mika Zibanejad, Mike Hoffman and cody ceci scored for ottawa, which had won two straight.
RUTGERS, LIU FALL
Peter Jok scored a career-high 29 points and no. 9 Iowa shook off pesky Rutgers in the second half in posting a harder-than-expected 90-76 victory. Mike Williams had 17 points to lead rutgers (6-14, 0-7). Darian Anderson scored nine of his career-high 32 points in the final minute and Fairleigh Dickinson beat LIU Brooklyn at home, 101-95. Joel Hernandez scored 27 points to lead LiU Brooklyn (9-9, 3-4). calvin crawford scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Manhattan knocked off visiting Monmouth, 78-71. rokas Gustys, Juan’ya Green and Denton Koon each had double-doubles and Hofstra outlasted Northeastern for a 96-92 triple-overtime victory on the road. Brian Bernardi’s free throws made it 95-92 with 7.9 seconds left. The Pride (13-6, 5-2) fouled Quincy Ford at half court, he missed the front-end of a oneand-one and Koon made 1 of 2 free throws to seal the win.
EX-NET GETS NINE YEARS
ex-net and Uconn star Tate George was sentenced nine years in prison for running a real estate Ponzi scheme. A federal judge in Trenton also ordered George to pay $2.5 million in restitution and serve three years of supervised release.
DAVIS RICHEST BIRD EVER
Chris Davis has signed the richest contract in the history of the Baltimore orioles. The defending major league home run champion put his name on a seven-year pact that will pay him $161 million.
AMATEUR LEADS IN ABU DHABI
Rory McIlroy got the better of Jordan Spieth in their first headto-head of 2016, using his power and accuracy with the driver to set up a 6-under 66 that put him two shots off the lead held by American amateur Bryson DeChambeau in the Abu Dhabi championshi in the United Arab emirates.