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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Nik Caner-Medley and Chris McCray each scored 17 points Friday night as 16th-ranked Maryland cruised past American, 81-55.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant scored a team-high 21 points Friday night as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Orlando, 104-88.

ATLANTA, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Zaza Pachulia scored 23 points Friday night to help Atlanta slip past the Philadelphia 76ers, 111-108. Pachulia's career-high total helped to offset a 53-point effort by the Sixers' Allen Iverson.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Matt Pettinger and Alexander Ovechkin each scored late goals in the third period Friday night as Washington beat Montreal, 4-2. Jeff Halpern had three assists and goalie Olaf Kolzig made 41 saves, including 17 over the final 20 minutes, for the Capitals (

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Rajon Rondo rang up 13 points, five rebounds and five assists Friday night to lead 20th-ranked Kentucky over Iona, 73-67.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Marco Killingsworth scored a game-high 27 points Friday night as 17th-ranked Indiana topped Butler, 73-55.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Clippers forward Corey Maggette will miss at least the next four weeks because of a sprained left foot. He suffered the injury Dec. 5 against Miami and has not played since.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Former St. Joseph's men's basketball coach Jim Boyle died Friday after losing his battle with lung cancer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay forward Vincent Lecavalier and Atlanta forward Ilya Kovalchuk Friday were suspended one game each by the NHL for separate incidents.

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Preliminary autopsy results indicate the son of Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy apparently committed suicide. James Dungy would have celebrated his 19th birthday Jan. 6.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Free agent outfielder Reggie Sanders Friday signed a two-year contract with the Kansas City Royals. The 15-year veteran, who had a monster playoff performance for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005, told the Kansas City Star that his decision to join the Roy

STORRS, Conn., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Rashad Anderson made seven three-pointers Friday on the way to a career-high 33 points to lead second-ranked Connecticut to a 129-61 rout of Morehead State. Anderson added two rebounds and one assist to go with his 7-for-7 shooting, while Rudy Gay had 18

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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A hand injury is forcing Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison to miss Saturday's game against the Seattle Seahawks. Harrison, who was named to the Pro Bowl Wednesday, had been listed as questionable for the game, which means little to the Colt