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Highlights & Box Score: No. 21 Minnesota 81, No. 17 Michigan State 56

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MINNEAPOLIS — Highlights, scores, and box score as No. 21 Minnesota knocked off No. 17 Michigan State 81-56 in a Big Ten Conference game at Williams Arena on Monday night.

Michigan State Struggles With Shooting

Michigan State entered the game as a 3-point favorite, but struggled shooting the ball and fell into a huge hole in the first half and never recovered.

Minnesota built a 22-9 lead midway into the first half and went on to take a 20 points, 36-16 at halftime advantage.

Marcus Carr scored 19 points with five assists and Liam Robbins added 18 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks to lead the way for the Golden Gophers (9-1, 2-1) who never trailed in the game.

Brandon Johnson finished with nine points and seven rebounds, while Both Gach chipped in with six points, nine rebounds, and three assists for Minnesota, which was picking up back-to-back wins against ranked opponents after defeating then-No. 4 Iowa in overtime three days ago.

Aaron Henry had 11 points and three assists for Michigan State, which was held to just 25.7% shooting from the field overall and 24.0% from 3-pointers.

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“We don’t have great leadership. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s just hard to find one of those alpha dogs. I’ve had four or five of them my whole career,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said.

A.J. Hoggard score nine points, Malik Hall ended with nine points and five rebounds and Thomas Kithier finished with five points and seven rebounds for the Spartans (6-3, 0-3) who are off to their first 0-3 start in conference play in 19 years.

It was the third straight win for the Golden Gophers, who recorded their largest margin of victory ever over Michigan State and matching a Jan. 4, 1997 game, which was later annulled by the NCAA.

Michigan State also lost to Northwestern and Wisconsin in the three-game losing streak.

Minnesota shot 47.6% on 30 of 63 shooting and outrebounded the Spartans 52-36 in victory.

No. 21 Minnesota 81 vs. No. 17 Michigan St. 56

MICHIGAN ST. (6-3)

Hauser 1-8 4-6 6, Kithier 2-4 1-1 5, Langford 2-10 0-0 5, Loyer 2-6 2-2 8, Watts 1-9 0-0 2, Henry 3-10 4-4 11, Hall 2-6 2-2 8, Hoggard 4-9 1-1 9, Brown 0-5 0-0 0, Sissoko 0-1 0-2 0, Marble 1-1 0-0 2, Bingham 0-0 0-0 0, Hoiberg 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-70 14-18 56.

MINNESOTA (9-1)

Johnson 4-7 0-0 9, Robbins 7-11 3-3 18, Carr 7-13 2-2 19, Gach 2-7 2-4 6, Kalscheur 3-10 1-1 8, Mashburn 1-4 3-3 5, Williams 3-6 0-0 6, Curry 1-1 4-4 6, Ihnen 0-2 0-0 0, Freeman 1-1 0-0 2, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Mutaf 1-1 0-0 2, Conroy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-63 15-17 81.

Halftime–Minnesota 36-16. 3-Point Goals–Michigan St. 6-25 (Hall 2-3, Loyer 2-4, Henry 1-1, Langford 1-3, Hoiberg 0-1, Hoggard 0-2, Brown 0-3, Watts 0-3, Hauser 0-5), Minnesota 6-25 (Carr 3-6, Robbins 1-3, Johnson 1-4, Kalscheur 1-6, Ihnen 0-1, Mashburn 0-1, Gach 0-2, Williams 0-2). Rebounds–Michigan St. 34 (Kithier 7), Minnesota 49 (Robbins, Gach 9). Assists–Michigan St. 10 (Henry 3), Minnesota 18 (Carr 5). Total Fouls–Michigan St. 15, Minnesota 13.

[Highlights] Irving Scores 37, Nets Beat Celtics 123-95

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BOSTON — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points and combined with Kevin Durant to score 66 and the Brooklyn Nets bullied the Boston Celtics 123-95 in another statement win this early season on Christmas Day.

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TOP PERFORMERS –
Kyrie Irving BKN
– PG 37 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST
Jaylen Brown BOS
– SG 27 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST
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Irving had a slow start to the game, but recovered to score 14 points in the second quarter to end the half with 17. He shot 13 of 21 overall from the field and connected on 7 for 10 attempts from 3-pointers with eight assists and six rebounds.

It was Irving’s first regular-season game at TD Garden since he decided to leave Boston and opted out of his contract in 2019.

Tough First Half For Durant

Meanwhile, Durant also shook off his early struggles and a tough first half where he scored just six points to end the game with 29 on 9 for 16 shooting with four rebounds, three steals, and two assists for the Nets.

Caris LeVert added 10 points, while Jarrett Allen had 11 rebounds and nine points for Brooklyn (2-0), which led by as much as 28 points and shot 53.9% from the field on 37 of 98 shooting.

Jaylen Brown scored 27 points to lead Boston (1-1) and also had eight rebounds and three assists.

Jayson Tatum failed to score in the first quarter after going 0 of 3 in the period but managed to finish the game with 20 points and eight rebounds. He shot just 9 of 22 from the field.

Marcus Smart ended with 13 points and six assists for the Celtics, which shot 29.6% from 3-pointers (8-27) and 37.8% (37-98) from the field overall.

Brooklyn led 26-22 after the first quarter and went into the halftime break with a 54-51 advantage.

After the break, Durant took over as the Nets entered the third period with an 86-77 lead.

The Celtics defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in their season opener on Wednesday, but weren’t able to navigate past this Nets team, which is being considered as one of the favorites to win the Eastern Conference title this season.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Nets will visit the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.

Boston travels to Indiana for games against the Pacers on Sunday and Tuesday.

Watch Highlights & Reactions: No. 1 Alabama Holds Of No. 7 Florida In SEC Championship

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ATLANTA — — Report and highlights of No. 1 Alabama defeating No. 7 Florida in the SEC Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday night. Complete Box Score

Alabama v Florida Highlights

Najee Harris rushed for five touchdowns and Mac Jones threw for 418 yards and five TDs to help the Crimson Tide (11-0) stay undefeated this season after fending off their toughest challenge in what had been a season of blowouts heading into the title game.

Harris ran 31 times for 178 yards at an average of 5.7 yards per carry with two touchdowns, while taking another 15 catches for 184 yards and two scores.

The Heisman Trophy candidate set an SEC championship game record with his five touchdowns. Harris’ standout performance broke the previous mark of four TD scored by Auburn’s Tre Mason in 2013.

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Jones threw 33 of 43 completed passes for 418 yards and five touchdowns with one interception, while wide receiver DeVonta Smith grabbed 15 receptions for 184 yards and two scores for Alabama, which tallied 605 total yards.

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“Those guys are pretty phenomenal. They have been all year,” Bama coach Nick Saban said. “They certainly delivered tonight when we needed them to.

“This has been a year with a lot of disruptions,” added Saban. “The resiliency this team has shown this season to win 11 games is pretty phenomenal.”

Florida struggled to contain Alabama in the first half and trailed 35-17 at halftime, notably giving up a touchdown in the final 1:09 of the second quarter and right after scoring a TD themselves.

However, the Gator (8-3) came out firing after the break and made a game of contest with a pair of third-quarter scores and held the Crimson Tide scoreless during that period.

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The free-scoring Alabama found ways to score, but Florida fought tooth and nail right to the end, adding two more TDs in the fourth period before the time expired.

Quarterback Kyle Trask threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns and completed 26 of 40 passes.

“We were rolling pretty good,” said Trask, who fell the his knees in disappointment when time expired on the final play of the game. “We just ran out of time.”

Kadarius Toney finished with eight receptions for 153 yards, Kyle Pitts had seven catches for 129 yards and a score, while Trevon Grimes also had a catch for a score for Florida, which was lost for the third time this season.

“I thought we showed a lot of character,” Gators coach Dan Mullen said. “That was an excellent team we played … give them credit. That’s why they’re ranked No. 1 in the country.”

Champs 2019 Girls 100m Finals Video Highlights: Day 4

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ashanti Moore and Kevona Davis produced blistering times over 100 metres at the Boys and Girls Champs 2019 on Friday night at the National Stadium.

Moore of Hydel won the Class One 100m final in 11.17 seconds, while Davis of Edwin Allen flashed to 11.19 secs to retain her Class Two title.

Sent about their business after a recall, following the false-start by Lashawn Haye of Rusea’s High, Moore separated herself from the field to just missed Veronica Campbell-Brown’s record of 11.13, set in 2001.

Ockera Myrie of Petersfield High ran 11.51 for second place and Kayla Bonnick St. Jago High finished third in 11.68.

Meanwhile, Davis also impressed in the Class Two race after she broke from the blocks to destroy the field – just missing her own record of 11.16, set to win the gold at Champs last year.

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A delighted Davis said she was always confident about her chances of winning, but revealed that it was a good feeling to deliver the points for her team, family and supporters.

Chasing home the Edwin Allen star were Excelsior High’s Ackera Nugent, who finished second in 11.42 and Krystal Sloley of Campion College, third in 11.48.

Also impressing on the day was Edwin Allen’s Tina Clayton, who stunned her twin sister Tia en route to slaughtering the Class Three girls 100m record.

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Tina rocketed from the blocks and dropped the challenges from her sister Tia and the rest of the field to improve her personal best with a dazzling 11.27 seconds, which smashed the 11.50 secs record of Shauna Helps, set in 2012.

Her twin who entered Champs 2019 as the favorite, following her 11.32 seconds performance on March 16, had to settle for second in 11.60, while third went to Brianna Lyston of St. Jago in 11.61.

In the Class Four race, Sashauna Smith of Vere won with a time of 12.28, getting the home ahead of Holy Childhood’s Abigail Wolfe (12.39) and Toniann Bryan of Immaculate (12.40).

Champs 2019 will continue on Saturday’s final day and below are the links to stream live.

1spotmedia.com will provide live streaming coverage of Champs 2019, while live results are available by following this link. Meanwhile, Hitz 92FM Live Stream will provide the live radio coverage. KLASS Sports Radio will also have live streaming radio coverage.

Video Copa del Rey: Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona

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BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in the second leg of their Copa Del Rey semi-final second leg at Camp Nou on Tuesday.

Jordi Alba netted the lone goal for Barcelona, who were beaten 4-2 on aggregate after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Madrid.

Ronaldo gave Real Madrid the lead when he fired home from the penalty spot in the 13th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 score and a 2-1 advantage on aggregate before half-time.

The Former Manchester United forward then gave Real Madrid an even bigger advantage 12-minutes into the second half when he fired home into an empty net after Jose Pinto was pulled out of position by a brilliant run by Angel Di Maria.

Defender Raphael Varane rose high to score his second of the tie after scoring in the first leg. The score then was 3-0 before Alba scored a consolation goal for Barcelona, who were left frustrated in the defeat.

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Video Highlights: Hazard Kicked A Swansea Ball Boy; No charges

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SWANSEA (Sporting Alert) — Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard was sent off after attacking a little ballboy during the Capital One English League Cup game at Swansea City on Wednesday.

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The Belgian superstar, however, will not face criminal charges after he appeared to have kicked a ball boy while trying take the ball from him during the late stages of the League Cup semi-final second leg at The Liberty Stadium.

Chelsea were being held 0-0 by Swansea, but were done 2-0 on aggregate and Hazard was eager to get the back ball to resume the game.

A Swansea spokesman confirmed that the 17-year-old and his father were not going to press any chargers on the Chelsea forward.

The spokesman was quoted as saying: “The police have interviewed the boy and his father and there are no charges going to be pressed, as far as they are concerned that is the matter closed.

“The ball boy has been into the Chelsea dressing room after the game and shaken hands with Eden Hazard. The likes of John Terry and Frank Lampard were exemplary in their behaviour in welcoming him into the dressing room.

“Chelsea asked if he could come in and our kit lady took him in and they shook hands, he is fine.

“As far as we are concerned the matter is closed. He has been a ball boy here for six years with no incidents here at the stadium.”

Video Highlights: Chelsea 2 vs Southampton 2

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Chelsea squandered a 2-0 lead and were held by Southampton in the English Premier League on Wednesday. The Blues went up 2-0 on a Demba Ba and Eden Hazard first half strikes.

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However, Rickie Lambert and Jason Puncheon stunned the Blues with second half goals as Rafa Benitez side dropped valuable points at Stamford Bridge.

“We started the second half and didn’t manage the game or have the control we were expecting,” said Benitez on www.chelseafc.com. “We didn’t take our chances when we had them, which gave them hope they could score, and they did.

“At half-time I said we needed a third goal. We made a mistake which gave them a goal and we didn’t take the chances we had.

“I spoke about us needing to be more clinical and tonight it was the same. We didn’t score, gave them belief they could hurt us on the counter-attack and they did it.

“We should have won, but credit to Southampton, they played a good game.”

Following the draw Chelsea failed to make up further grounds on leaders Manchester United, who now hold a 13 point lead over the European champions in the English Premier League standings.

Chelsea remain third in the league table with 42 points, six behind second place Manchester City and two ahead of forth place Tottenham.

Benitez said: “You could see at 2-0, it’s a question of experience and managing the game. We have to stay compact, then they would have had to come and try to find spaces.

“That’s the point we were talking about, stopping them playing on the counter-attack, but that’s what they did, and obviously we have to improve.”

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins commented after the game: “We had several opportunities to clear the ball and we didn’t and we got punished.

“Chelsea 10 days ago also scored just before half-time to go 2-1 up and went on to dominate the second half and we lost five goals.

“Today we came with a game plan to get something from the game, to be compact, to intercept and counter attack, and frustrate Chelsea.

“They scored at a bad time for us and we could have said let’s go and chase it and play two up front, and there is every chance we could have ended up with a scoreline like Aston Villa did when they got beaten by eight here. Today we struck to the game plan.”

There will certainly be a lot of chelsea FC news over the coming weeks and Benitez and Fernando Torres continue to headline the reports.

Liverpool support Suarez Despite Hand Ball Against Mansfield (Video)

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MANSFIELD (Sporting Alert) – Liverpool forward Luis Suarez hit the headlines again, following a controversial goal that knocked Mansfield out of the English FA Cup in the third round on Sunday.

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Debutant Daniel Sturridge netted his first goal for Liverpool to give the Reds the lead, but the man who replaced him, Suarez, grabbed the spotlights, after the Uruguayan inadvertent hand-ball robbed the hosts of a possible replay.

Yet, despite the Liverpool star receiving massive boos from the home supporters, Mansfield boss Paul Cox, who admits that wasn’t the best of Suarez, opted to move on from the incident and refused to label the striker as a cheat.

“Their second goal, that’s when you need a referee or a linesman to spot those kind of things,” said Cox.

“I don’t think he (Suarez) did anything wrong. It was instinctive centre forward play.

“But if you look at the body language of players, all my lot are running to the ref and linesman and Suarez is blasting the ball in the net to say ‘I’ve just handballed that’.

“I don’t want to say anything bad about him because he is a fabulous talent, and if the shoe was on the other foot then we would have taken it.

“But when you’ve officials at that level, you expect them to pick up on it, but they are only human.”

In the meantime, several players from Liverpool support Suarez and stated that he’s not a cheater.

At the same time, take nothing from Sturridge who calmly scored his goal in his first appearance for Liverpool.

“I enjoyed it very much. It was my first game for the team, and it was great to get to know my teammates on the field and to win the game,” the former Chelsea FC forward told ESPN.

“It was a great ball from Shelvey and I got on the end of it and put it away.

“I am disappointed [I didn’t get more goals] but the team played fantastically and showed a lot of character, and I’m delighted with the win.”

Matt Green scored the lone goal for Mansfield in the 80th minute.

Adan sees red, Casillas subbed back in goal: Madrid v Sociedad early action

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MADRID (Sporting Alert) – Real Madrid scored an early goal against Real Sociedad as the Spanish La Liga resumes on Sunday, but the champions have also lost goalkeeper Antonio Adan, who has been sent off in the opening minutes of the game.

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And to be honest, it was avery poor challenge from the Adan

Manager Jose Mourinho had decided on starting Adan again and leave his regular first choice Iker Casillas on the bench, but was forced to call on the Spanish No. 1 and his team captain after the starting keeper picked up a red card in the fifth minute.

The sending off of Adan did not help either after Real Sociedad was awarded a penalty kick, which Xabi Prieto stepped up to send the sluggish and shaky looking Casillas the wrong way.

Carlos Vela drew a foul on Adan in the penalty area, which saw the keeper got sent off.

Earlier, Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid the lead and it looked like Mourinho’s side was ready to start the new year with a big win.

However, they have been pegged back by the equaliser by a Sociedad team ready to pounce at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Callejon, Mesut Ozil, Michael Essien and Raphael Varane were all amongst the starters for Madrid, although replaces Callejón had to make way for his skipper.

Kaka, Nacho, Angel Di Maria, Luka Modric and Gonzalo Higuain are amongst the substitutes.

Real Madrid FC: Antonio Adan, Alvaro Arbeloa, Ricardo Carvalho, Raphael Varane, Michael Essien, Xabi Alonso, 6. Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Jose Callejon, Karim Benzema.
Subs: Iker Casillas, Diego Llorente, Nacho, Angel Di Maria, Kaka, Gonzalo Higuain, Luka Modric, Gonzalo Higuain

Real Sociedad: Claudio Bravo, Alberto de la Bella, Inigo Martinez, Mikel Gonzalez, 22. Daniel Estrada, 17. David Zurutuza, Ruben Pardo, 7. Antoine Griezmann, 10. Xabi Prieto, 11. Carlos Vela, 21. Diego Ifran

Leighton Baines Free-kick vs Newcastle (Video): Everton win 2-1

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NEWCASTLE (Sporting Alert) — Leighton Baines scored a stunning free-kick in the first to help Everton beat Newcastle 2-1 in the Barclays Premier League at St James’ Park on Wednesday.

But it was Newcastle United who took the lead when striker Papiss Cisse headed home from close range in the 2nd minute.

Everton grabbed the equalizer through Baines, who riffled home a free-kick past Tim Krul two minutes before the half-time interval after Marouane Fellaini had been fouled.

“It was a massive three points,” Baines told Sky Sports 1.

“We were off the back of a defeat and Newcastle are fighting at the moment so we knew it would be tough.

“They set off at a hard pace but we fought back.”

Baines added: “We don’t know (how far we can go). We have not talked about it a lot.

“We just have to keep winning games and putting in good performances. If we can stay around the boys at the top as long as we can hopefully we will give ourselves something to go for at the end of the season.”

Victor Anichebe then netted the winner for Everton two-minutes after coming on as a substitute for David Moyes side to grab all three points and moved past Arsenal into the fifth place in the Premier League table.

Newcastle played without without leading striker Demba Ba after the Senegal international went to meet with Chelsea over a possible transfer move this week.