Riverhounds fall in ’24 opener
Asluggish, new-look Riverhoundsteam couldn’t overcomeGreg Hurst’s 44thminutegoal Saturday, falling 1-0to New Mexico United in a low-eventseason opener in Albuquerque,N.M.
NewMexico United got its goaljust before halftime after dominatingpossession throughoutthe first half. MidfielderJacobo Reyes slid a throughball past the Riverhoundsdefense, and Hurst pouncedon it, dribbling aroundgoalkeeper Eric Dick beforepoking the ball into the netfor the first goal of the youngseason.
Golf
Scottie Scheffler oneputted his final seven greens and Shane Lowry had two late birdies as both shot 70 to share the lead after three rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla. They are at 9 under, one shot better than Wyndham Clark. At one point in the day, Will Zalatoris had a five-shot lead, only to make two double bogeys in the final five holes.
• First-round co-leader AbrahamAncer birdied five of his final eight holes for an 8-under62 and a five-stroke leadafter two rounds of the LIVGolf Hong Kong. Ancer wasat 15 under. Harold VarnerIII and Eugenio Chacarrawere tied for second.
•Lydia Ko and Bailey Tardyeach shot 6-under 66s andjoined Sarah Schmelzel atopthe leader board after thethird round of the Blue BayLPGA in Sanya, China.
Pro basketball
LukaDoncic became the firstNBA player to record six consecutive30-point tripledoublesas the Dallas Maverickspulled away in the second halfand beat the Detroit Pistons142-124. Doncic finished with39 points, 10 assists and 10rebounds. ... Paul George scored22 points and the Los AngelesClippers rallied for a thirdwin in a row, 112-102, againstthe Chicago Bulls.
Auto racing
MaxVerstappen won his secondconsecutive Formula Onerace to start the season, winningthe Saudi Arabian GrandPrix in Jeddah. Red Bullteammate Sergio Perez wassecond.
•Josef Newgarden won the polefor IndyCar’s seasonopeningrace Sunday in St. Petersburg,Fla., outlasting FelixRosenqvist.
•Denny Hamlin will start onthe pole for the NASCAR CupSeries event at Phoenix Raceway,capping a qualifyingsession in which Joe GibbsRacing swept the front row— Ty Gibbs starts on the outsideof the front row — and Toyotacars took four of the firstsix spots. It is the 41st careerpole for Hamlin.
College hockey
RobertMorris was eliminatedfrom the AHA playoffs, losingto RIT, 5-1, in Game 2 of abest-of-three series. Tanner Klimpkescored for the Colonials,who finished 11-25-3.
Tennis
NovakDjokovic joined RafaelNadal as the only players towin 400 ATP Masters 1000 seriesmatches, defeating AleksandarVukic 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 atthe BNP Paribas Open. The top-rankedDjokovic is a five -timechampion at Indian Wells.Coco Gauff also won — barely— rallying to beat ClaraBurel 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).