THE HOT CORNER

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

Jamal Shead scored 16 points, including the winning basket as time ran out, and top-ranked Houston (29-2, 17-1 American Athletic Conference) escaped a second-half rally by Memphis (238, 13-5) for a 67-65 road win in a regular-season finale. Kendrick Davis led Memphis with 26 points.

MEN’S SKIING: Marco Odermatt, 2 of Switzerland, wrapped up another World Cup super-g title, winning the race in Aspen, Colo., in 1 minute, 6.80 seconds to hold off Andreas Sander, of Germany, by 0.05 seconds. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished third. Odermatt, 25, has been dominant all season in super-g, taking five of seven World Cup races. He also finished on the podium in the two other races.

PRO SOCCER: Eduard Lowen

3 scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time, and St. Louis City became the fourth expansion team to win its first two matches with a 3-1 victory over Charlotte on Saturday night. Playing its first home game, St. Louis joined the Chicago Fire (1998), Seattle Sounders (2009) and Los Angeles FC (2018) as the only MLS teams to win their first two matches. Seattle is the only team to win its first three.

PRO SOCCER: Brennan Johnson, 4 of Nottingham Forest, scored twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton in the Premier League.

PRO SOCCER: Barcelona kept

5 its title-chasing momentum by beating Valencia 1-0 and increasing its lead over Real Madrid in the Spanish league. Raphinha scored a first-half winner. The win came three days after Barcelona defeated Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals. The Catalan club took its league lead over Madrid to 10 points. Madrid played at Real Betis later Sunday.