Pitt pulls away for 61-45 win in City Game

Ina rare meeting of unbeatensin the women’s City Game,Pitt built a 31-23 halftimelead against Duquesne andgradually pulled away fora 61-45 win at Petersen EventsCenter. ThePanthers (4-0) held Duquesne(3-1) to 26.3% shootingfrom the field. Pitt,meanwhile, received 25points and 11 rebounds fromLiatu King. MeganMcConnell and AyannaTownsend scored 11 pointsapiece for Duquesne.

More college basketball

RobertMorris pulled to within41-35 of No. 21 Dayton ona Josh Corbin 3-pointer with12:41 left in the game, but Daytonregained command witha 7-0 run and went on to beatthe Colonials, 60-51, in Dayton, Ohio. Enoch Cheeks scored15 points and Corbin added12 for the Colonials (2-2), whobegan a stretch of seven gamesaway from home. Dayton’sdefense limited Robert Morristo 20-of-58 shooting. DaRonHolmes III led the Flyerswith 18 points. •Jim L ar rana ga became the 34 th NCAA Div. I men’ s coach to reach 700 wins when Miami defeated Providence ,74-64. •JordanKing scored 17 of her25 points after halftime andMarquette (4-0) upset women’sNo. 3 Texas, 68-61, in thefirst round of the Battle 4 Atlantisin Paradise Island, Bahamas.It marked the highest-rankedopponent the GoldenEagles have beaten in programhistory.

Winter sports

Mikaela Shiffrin claimed the season-opening women’s World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland. It was a record-extending 48th slalom win and 67th slalom podium finish, surpassing Lindsey Vonn’s record of 66 in a single Cup event.

Tennis

Novak Djokovic defeated Taylor Fritz, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), in an ATP Finals semifinal match in Turin, Italy. He will face either Casper Ruud or Andrey Rublev on Sunday for the chance to tie Roger Federer’s record of six ATP Finals titles.

Golf

Leona Maguire, seven shots out of the lead to start the third round, shot a 9-under 63 to catch Lydia Ko atop the leader board in the seaon-ending LPGA CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla., and set up a duel Sunday for the $2 million top prize — the richest in women’s golf. They are both at 15-under 201. No one else is within five shots of them. • Jon Rahm holds a oneshot lead going into the final round of the World Tour Championship in Dubai, Arab Emirates. But the larger story is that Matt Fitzpatrick is only one shot out of the lead as he battles Rory McIlroy for the European player of the year title. McIlroy, who leads the standings, is three shots out. • Patrick Rodgers ran off four consecutive birdies and finished with a 6-under 64 and a share of the thirdround lead with Ben Martin in the RSM Classic in St. Simon’s Island, Ga.

Auto racing

Formula One champion Max Verstappen qualified on the pole for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He will be seeing a 15th win of the season.