Chris Doherty scored 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Northeast men to a 58-53 win over Towson and end the Huskies’ 12-game losing streak. Nikola Djogo had 12 points for Northeastern (7-16, 1-11 Colonial Athletic Association). Coleman Pieces Added 10 points. Shaquille Walters had eight rebounds. Jamyl Telfort, who led the Huskies in scoring with 13 points per game, scored just 17 percent (1 of 6) in the game. Towson scored 21 points in the first half, a season low for the team. Cam Holden had 21 points for the Tigers (17-7, 8-3)… Sukhmail Mathon had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Boston University men (16-9, 7-5 Patriot League) to an 80-74 victory over Lehigh (9-15, 7-5) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Walter Why also scored 16 points. The Terriers scored 45 points in the second half, a season-high for the team… Wendell Green Jr. made a layup tie four seconds from time and the No. 1 Auburn men’s No. 1 defeated host Georgia 74-72, extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 19 games. Auburn (22-1, 10-0 Southeastern Conference) continued its dominant run through the league. But the Tigers, who won their first nine SEC games by about 12 points per game, were tested in the second half by bottom-league Georgia (6-17, 1-9). After Green’s green layup by Georgia Aaron Cook missed a long jumper… Freshman Alex Giannaros lost 22 points on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range and junior Syd Johnson added 19 points, but the Boston University women (13-9, 9-2 Patriot) fell to Lehigh (15-6, 7-3 Patriot), 68-65, ending the Terriers’ three-game winning streak.
pro basketball
Dream swap Carter to Sparks
The Atlanta Dream was traded Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru to the Los Angeles Sparks for Erika Wheeler, the Sparks’ first-round pick next year and the No. 15 this season. Carter averaged 16.1 points and 3.4 assists over two seasons with Atlanta after The Dream drafted her third overall in 2020. She was suspended by the team in July for team-damaging behavior and did not return for the remainder of the season. Wheeler averaged a career-high 13.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game with the Sparks in 2021 … veteran NBA center Greg Monroe is back with the Milwaukee Bucks on a 10-day contract. Monroe played 165 games for the Bucks from 2015 to 2017. During those seasons, Monroe averaged 13.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists. He started 67 of the 165 games.
ice Hockey
BC women’s top BU
Senior goalkeeper Abigail Levy 32 saves to stop Boston College to a 3-0 win over Boston University at Kelley Rink in women’s collegiate hockey… The Chicago Blackhawks interviewed former NHL forward Scott Mellanby for her job as general manager. Mellanby, 55, had 364 goals and 476 assists in 1,431 regular-season games in 21 years in the NHL. He was the assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens from 2014 until his retirement in November. Chicago also announced completed interviews with interim GM Kyle Davidson and Eric Tulsky, assistant GM of the Carolina Hurricanes.
motor race
Norway beats USA in ROC
The father-son tandem of Peter and Oliver Solberg of Team Norway defeated the surprisingly competitive team of Colton Herta and Jimmie Johnson of Team USA to win the Race of Champions Nations Cup on the frozen Baltic Sea. The ROC “Snow + Ice” World Event will see riders compete in a variety of electric-focused vehicles. The knockout round style event took place on the snow and ice covered course in Pite Havsbad, Sweden, 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle… Lewis Hamilton returned to social media after a long silence dating back to last season’s controversial Formula One finale. Hamilton had disappeared from public view after being denied a record eighth title in December’s final in Abu Dhabi. He reappeared with a post showing the seven-time champion smiling out of what appeared to be the Grand Canyon. “I’m gone. I’m back now!” Hamilton wrote.
