SPORTS SHORTS
NCAA: Mich. St. wins Big Ten
Matt McQuaid scored 27 points, Cassius Winston converted the goahead layup in the closing minute, and No. 6 Michigan State rallied to beat No. 10 Michigan 65-60 for its sixth Big Ten Tournament championship on Sunday in Chicago.
In Nashville, Bryce Brown scored 19 points, and Auburn won its first SEC Tournament championship since 1985 by routing eighth-ranked Tennessee 84-64.
Saint Louis rallied from a 15point, first-half deficit for a 55-53 victory over St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10 championship at Barclays Center. Jordan Goodwin had 16 points and 14 rebounds for Saint Louis. In Memphis Tenn., Jarron
Cumberland had 33 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 24 Cincinnati past No. 11 Houston 69-57 for the AAC championship. In New Haven, Conn., Alex
Copeland scored 25 points and Yale beat Harvard 97-85 for the Ivy League championship.
Hofstra will visit North Carolina State in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (ESPN2).
NBA: Bucks slip by 76ers
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 52 points, but Joel
Embiid had 40 points and 15 rebounds to lead the 76ers over the Bucks 130-125 in Milwaukee. Jimmy
Butler had 27 points for the 76ers and JJ Redick chipped in 19.
In Detroit, Blake Griffin scored 25 points, Andre Drummond added 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Pistons beat the Raptors 101-107.
ETC.: NYCFC earn tie
Alexandru Mitrita and Alexander Ring each scored for NYCFC in a 2-2 tie with LAFC at Yankee Stadium. Carlos Vela tied the score twice for Los Angeles, including knotting the match at 2 in the 76th minute on a penalty-kick goal. In Denver, Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves, and the Avalanche beat the Devils 3-0. Cory Schneider stopped 31 shots for the Devils. Michael Conlan won again on St. Patrick’s Day at Madison Square Garden, beating Ruben Garcia Hernandez by unanimous decision, 100-90, in a the 10-round featherweight boxing bout. In Indian Wells, Calif., Dominic Thiem edged error-prone Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the BNP Paribas Open.