Playing just his fifth career NBA game, 2008 VMI graduate Reggie Williams set new career highs with 28 points, six assists and two steals in the Golden State’s 135-131 loss to the New Orleans Hornets last night. Darren Collison had 16 points and a career-high 20 assists to help New Orleans snap a four-game losing streak.

COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALLNoon, ESPN2 Big East first round: South Florida vs. DePaul 2, ESPN2 Big East first round: Connecticut vs. St. John’s 7, ESPN2 Sun Belt championship: Troy vs. North Texas or Denver 7, ESPNU Big East first round: Seton Hall vs. Providence 9, ESPN Horizon League championship: Butler vs. Wright State 9, ESPN2 Summit League Championship: Oakland (Mich.) vs.

NBA ROUNDUP CAVALIERS 97, SPURS 95: Mo Williams made two free throws with 9 seconds left and Delonte West made the kind of plays down the stretch reserved for LeBron James as host Cleveland won without their superstar, beating San Antonio. Williams finished with 17 points for the Cavs.

THE LINE NBAHouston3½WASHINGTON ORLANDO14L.A. Clippers INDIANA1½Philadelphia CHARLOTTE4Miami MILWAUKEEEvenBoston Utah3½CHICAGO PORTLAND9Sacramento L.A. LAKERS10Toronto COLLEGE BASKETBALLFavoritePtsUnderdog PRINCETON13½Penn Big East Conferenceat New YorkFirst roundS. Florida7DePaul UConn3ST.

BLACKSBURG—Junior point guard Malcolm Delaney already has done plenty to make his career at Virginia Tech memorable. Most recently, he scored 32 points, tying his season high, in Saturday’s 88-82 win at Georgia Tech, which the Hokies needed to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALLMEAC first round at Winston-Salem, N.C.: Bethune-Cookman vs. Norfolk State, 4 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALLBryant at Virginia Tech, 5:30 p.m. Richmond at High Point, 6 Randolph-Macon at VCU, 6 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFSGlance, this page Subject to change

The two schools have met once before, when the Fighting Irish beat the Terrapins 22-0 in the 2002 Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium. The Redskins have been stepping up their effort to host more college football games at their 90,000-seat stadium. They will host Virginia Tech-Boise State in September, and Penn State-Indiana two months later.

1958 - George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons becomes the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season. 1994 - Detroit’s Dino Cicarelli scores his 1,000th career point with a goal in a 5-1 win over Calgary.

HAMPTON, Ga.—Kurt Busch was running out front with three laps to go when things really got interesting. First, a frightening crash that seemed intentional between two feuding drivers. Then, another spinning, slamming melee before the white flag came out. “We’ve got to win this race three times, maybe even four times,“ a frustrated Busch said on his radio.

NBA ROUNDUP 76ERS 114, RAPTORS 101: Thaddeus Young scored a career-high 32 points, Jrue Holiday had 21 and Philadelphia beat host Toronto to snap a five-game losing streak. Andre Iguodala had 16 points and 10 assists and Elton Brand had 12 points and nine rebounds for the 76ers, who went 9 for 12 from 3-point range. Louis Williams added 12 points.

HAMPTON, Ga.—When NASCAR officials told the drivers to “have at it,“ this surely wasn’t what they had in mind. A feud between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski boiled over yesterday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading to another frightening crash that sent a car hurtling toward the grandstands. Edwards had gotten a nudge from Keselowski early in the race that ruined the No.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE—In the rivalry that is Virginia-Syracuse lacrosse, having a large lead in any given game means about as much as a retirement speech by NFL quarterback Brett Favre. At no time was this more evident than on a picturesque afternoon at Klockner Stadium. In the second quarter yesterday, No.1 Syracuse found itself with a three-goal lead.

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP)—Kurt Busch won again at Atlanta Motor Speedway, pulling away on a second restart Sunday after a couple of wild wrecks to capture the Kobalt Tools 500.

HAMPTON, Ga. - Kevin Harvick got tired of watching Kyle Busch win so many truck races. He’s done something about it. Now the man to beat when he shows up for a NASCAR truck race, Harvick pulled away from Busch for a dominating victory yesterday in the E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.