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2c SPORTS Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1 THE ITHACA JOURNAL NBA NFL State urges public not to feed waterfowl EASTERN CONFERENCE AMERICAN CONFERENCE Others receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) 74: North Carolina 70; Georgia Tech 67; Florida State 43; West Virginia 19; Western Michigan 16; Connecticut 12; Virginia Tech Iowa Air Force South Carolina Central Michigan Wake Forest Nebraska 2. TSN FCS POLL The top 25 teams in The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16 and previous ranking: obtained from the DEC Web site at www.decjiy.govabout558JitmL The Cornell Outdoor Education program is offering a Wilderness First Responder class, certified Although it hasn't affected the Finger Lakes yet, an outbreak of a waterfowl disease has experts asking the public to avoid feeding waterfowl as a precaution against the spread of disease. by Wilderness Medical Associates, Jan. 8-16, on the campus.

The class is open to students from all schools and if three or more participants enroll together, they will be extended the Cornell student rate. For information, go to A dozen Canada geese were found sick or dead on a pond in northern Clinton County last week. The stricken geese were disoriented and unable to fly, and all are expected to die. A necropsy of the dead geese deter-mined that they were infected with Aspergillosis, a ATLANTIC I Pet GB Boston 9 2 .818 New York 6 4 .600 IVi Toronto 5 4 .556 3 Philadelphia 5 5 .500 3Vi New Jersey 4 5 .444 4 SOUTHEAST Pet GB Orlando 7 3 .700 Atlanta 6 3 .667 V4 Miami 5 5 .500 2 Charlotte 3 6 .333 3Vi Washington 1 6 .143 44 CENTRAL VV Pet GB Cleveland 8 2 .800 Detroit 7 3 .700 1 Chicago 5 5 .500 3 Milwaukee 5 6 .455 314 Indiana 4 5 .444 314 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST Pet GB Houston 6 4 .600 New Orleans 5 4 .556 Vi San Antonio 4 5 .444 IVi Dallas 3 7 .300 3 Memphis 3 7 .300 3 NORTHWEST Pet GB Denver 6 4 .600 Portland 6 4 .600 Utah 6 4 .600 Minnesota 1 8 .111 4V4 Oklahoma City 1 9 .100 5 PACIFIC Pet GB LA. Lakers 7 1 .875 Phoenix 8 3 .727 Golden State 4 6 .400 4 Sacramento 4 7 .364 4V4 LA.

Clippers 1 8 .111 6V4 Sunday's results EAST WIT Pet Pf PA Y. Jets 7 3 0 .700 289 221 Miami 6 4 0 .600 209 197 New England 6 4 0 .600 219 194 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 192 189 SOUTH Pet PF PA Tennessee 10 0 0 1.000 244 131 Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 224 224 Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 212 210 Houston 3 7 0 .300 236 287 NORTH Pet PF PA Pittsburgh 7 3 0 .700 209 150 Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 222 180 Cleveland 3 6 0 .333 172 194 Cincinnati 1 8 1 .150 138 249 WEST Pet PF PA Denver 6 4 0 .600 248 271 San Diego 4 6 0 .400 254 229 Oakland 2 8 0 .200 128 235 Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 165 273 NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST WIT Pet PF PA N.V. Giants 9 1 0 .900 292 170 Washington 6 4 0 .600 181 182 Dallas 6 4 0 .600 230 229 Philadelphia 5 4 1 .550 264 193 SOUTH Pet PF PA Carolina 8 2 0 .800 222 155 Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 219 160 Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 231 198 New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 266 249 NORTH Pet PF PA Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 274 209 Chicago 5 5 0 .500 240 231 Minnesota 5 5 0 .500 223 234 Detroit 0 10 0 .000 173 308 WEST WIT Pet PF PA Arizona 7 3 0 .700 289 228 San Francisco 3 7 0 .300 230 275 Seattle 2 8 0 .200 190 257 St. Louis 2 8 0 .200 144 317 Record Pts Pvs 1. James Madison (106) 9-1 2,986 1 2.

Appalachian State 2 3. Cal Poly (1) 3 4. Northern Iowa 4 5. Montana 5 6. Villanova 6 7.

Richmond 7 8. Weber State 8 9. Wofford 9 10. Southern Illinois 10 11. New Hampshire 13 12.

Elon 11 13. Central Arkansas 15 14. McNeese State 16 15. South Carolina 17 16. William Mary 12 17.

Maine 8-3 900 21 18. Tennessee-Martin 8-3 863 20 19. Harvard 8-1 769 19 20. Furman 7-4 595 14 21. Colgate 8-2 506 23 22.

Liberty 9-2 409 24 23. Western Illinois 6-4 338 25 24. Jacksonville State 8-3 242 NR 25. Tennessee State 8-3 238 18 DAVE HENDERSON Outdoors www.coe.cornell.edu fungus that grows in the birds' lungs and air sacs causing respiratory distress and, eventually, suffocation. and hunter safety in New York can be found on the DEC Web site at either www.decjiy.govout-door9186jitml, or www.decstate.

ny.uswebsiteclfvvnirsportsed safety JitmL The Pennsylvania Game Commission has created a new 30-minute deer management DVD that helps explain the complexities of managing deer, satisfying the many stakeholders who are influenced by deer, and addressing why too many deer are not good for the deer herd or its habitat. A DVD was recently posted as a video on YouTube under the account name TAGameCommission." To access the offerings, go to www.pgc.state.pa.us and click on either the "White-Tailed Deer" icon, which is a link to a variety of information about deer management, or "Deer Mgmt Video," which provides access to the three 10-minute video segments on YouTube. The Web site also features an "Ask The Deer Biologist" section, which enables individuals to pose a question to the agency's deer management team, as well as review a series of questions already asked and answered. As it grows, the agency will use responses as frequently-asked questions (FAQs) to help visitors find fast answers to the most commonly-asked questions. Henderson is The Journal's outdoors columnist; his columns appear on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

If you have any questions, comments, or data pertinent to the column or outdoors calendar, send it directly to: Henderson's Outdoors; 202 Prospect Street; Endicott, NY 13760; Or e-mail it to dddhender aol.com. Out of Pennsylvania's 55 licensed elk hunters, 42 filled their tags during the Sept. and Nov. seasons. The state licensed 10 hunters for the Sept.

season, two of which killed antlerless animals, and 40 of the 45 license holders for the November season filled their tags. The largest antlered elk was a 799-pound, 7x7 taken on Nov. 3, in Covington Township, Clearfield County. A 653-pound 7x7 and a 652-pound 7x7 were taken the same week elsewhere in the same county. The heaviest antlerless elk was taken by James Misti, of Lyndonville, who harvested a 435-pound antlerless elk on Nov.

4, in Clinton County. Elk licenses are distributed by drawing from a pool of more than 10,000 applicants each year. If you are interested in whitetail deer, be advised that both New York and Pennsylvania provide in-formatioa Information about deer vision Aspergillosis is transmitted to waterfowl by the ingestion of moldy grain, such as bread or livestock feed. It has been known to cause large-scale mortality in waterfowl. Aspergillosis is not contagious and does not present a health risk to humans.

The Department of Environmental Conservation is asking the public to not feed geese, ducks, and other waterfowl to help prevent this disease. Feeding causes poor nutrition, overcrowding, unnatural behavior, delayed migration, and facilitates the spread of diseases. Farmers should keep grain piles covered and dispose of moldy grain or silage by burial or tilling into the soil Ducks and geese must be discouraged from using areas where moldy agricultural products have accumulated. Report diseased or dead waterfowl to your nearest DEC Wildlife Office. The phone number of the nearest DEC wildlife office may be Thursday's result N.Y.

Jets 34, New England 31, OT Sunday's results Denver 24, Atlanta 20 Miami 17, Oakland 15 Green Bay 37, Chicago 3 N.Y. Giants 30, Baltimore 10 Indianapolis 33, Houston 27 Carolina 31, Detroit 22 Philadelphia 13, Cincinnati 13, tie New Orleans 30, Kansas City 20 Tampa Bay 19, Minnesota 13 Arizona 26, Seattle 20 San Francisco 35, St. Louis 16 Pittsburgh 11, San Diego 10 Tennessee 24, Jacksonville 14 Dallas 14, Washington 10 Monday's game Cleveland at Buffalo, (n) Thursday, Nov. 20 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

23 N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Dallas, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. N.Y.

Giants at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Indianapolis at San Diego, 8:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. SUNDAY'S LATE BOX SCORE COWBOYS 14, REDSKINS 10 Dallas 0 7 0 7 14 Washington 7 3 0 0 10 First Quarter Was: Sellers 2 pass from J.Campbell (Suisham kick), 7:32.

Second Quarter Dal: Barber 2 run (Folk kick), 1:01. Was: FG Suisham, :04. Canisius at Bentley Rochester Tech at Connecticut Sacred Heart at Air Force WCHA Pts GF GA Fourth Quarter Dal: Bennett 25 pass from Romo (Folk kick), 10:36. 90,830. Dai Was First downs 17 14 Total Net Yards 315 228 Rushes-yards 28-117 18-92 Passing 198 136 Punt Returns 3-26 2-14 Kickoff Returns 3-35 3-80 Interceptions Ret.

1-0 2-6 Comp-Att-Int 19-27-2 22-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-26 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-40 2-10 Time of Possession 31:14 28:46 Second Round SATURDAY, NOV. 22: West Chester (9-3) at Bloomsburg (10-1), Noon Seton Hill (10-2) at California, Pa. (10-1), Noon Ashland (9-3) at Grand Valley State (10-0), Noon Tusculum (9-3) at Delta State (9-1), 1 p.m. Valdosta State (9-2) at North Alabama (10-1), 1 p.m. West Texas (11-1) at Abilene Christian (10-0), 1 p.m.

Pittsburg State (11-1) at Northwest Missouri State (10-1), 1 p.m. Chadron State (11-1) at Minnesota-Duluth (11-0), 1 p.m. Quarterfinals SATURDAY, NOV. 29: Bloomsburg-West Chester winner vs. California, Hill winner, Noon Delta State-Tusculum winner vs.

North Alabama-Valdosta State winner, TBD Abilene Christian-West Texas winner vs. Northwest Missouri State-Pittsburg State winner, 1 p.m. Grand Valley State-Ashland winner vs. Minnesota-Duluth-Chadron State winner, TBD Semifinals SATURDAY, DEC. 6: TBD, Noon TBD, 4 p.m.

Championship Saturday, Dec 13 At Braly Municipal Stadium FLORENCE, TBD, COLLEGE HOCKEY NCAA DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY POLL The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16 and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs Others receiving votes: Holy Cross 196, Prairie View 185, Eastern Kentucky 174, North Dakota State 147, Grambling 117, Montana State 111, Texas State 107, South Dakota State 87, Lafayette 47, Massachusetts 43, Florida 35, Albany 28, Georgia Southern 23, Bethune-Cookman 18, Brown 10, Northern Arizona 7, Dayton 6, Jacksonville 5, San Diego 4, Yale 3, Monmouth 2 Northwestern State 2, South Dakota 2. FCS COACHES POLL The top 25 teams in the Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17 and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1.

James Madison (28) 9-1 700 1 2. Appalachian State 9-2 668 2 3. Cal Poly 8-1 633 3 4. Northern Iowa 9-2 615 4 5. Montana 10-1 589 5 6.

Richmond 8-3 559 6 7. Villanova 8-2 520 7 8. Weber State 9-2 505 8 9. Southern Illinois 8-2 472 9 10. Wofford 8-2 433 11 11.

New Hampshire 8-2 414 12 12. Central Arkansas 9-2 372 13 13. McNeese State 7-3 338 14 14. Eion 8-3 442 11 15. South Carolina State 9-2 311 17 16.

Harvard 8-1 219 19 17. Maine 8-3 210 23 18. Tennessee-Martin 8-3 207 21 19. William and Mary 7-3 171 15 20. Liberty 9-2 164 22 21.

Jacksonville State 8-3 117 NR 22. Colgate 8-2 115 24 23. Furman 7-4 106 16 24. North Dakota State 6-4 61 25 25. Tennessee State 8-3 56 18 Other receiving votes: Prairie View 49.

Grambling State 40, Western III. 28, Montana State 19, Holy Cross 18. Eastern Kentucky 18, Massachusetts 12, South Dakota St. 8, Bethune-Cookman 7, Texas St. 4, Jacksonville 3.

D3FOOTBALL.COM TOP 25 The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Record PtsPvs 1. Mount Union (25) 10-0 625 1 2. North Central 10-0 587 2 3. Millsaps 10-0 553 4 4.

UW-Whitewater 9-1 545 5 5. Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-1 495 8 6. Williamette 10-0 481 10 7. Wesley 8-1 472 9 8. Hardin-Simmons 9-1 441 11 9.

UW-Stevens Point 9-1 426 13 10. Otterbein 9-1 372 14 11. Case Western ReservelO-0371 12 12. Ithaca 9-132117 13. Occidental 9-0 309 15 14.

Muhlenberg 9-1 295 6 15. Wabash 9-1 279 3 16. SUNY Cortland 9-1 260 7 17. Salisbury 8-2 192 16 18. Franklin 9-1 168 20 19.

Wash. Jefferson 9-1 163 19 20. Trine 10-0 153 21 21. Christopher Newport 8-1 130 23 22. Monmouth 10-0 106 22 23.

Hobart 8-1 100 24 24. St. John's 8-2 59 25. Wheaton (III.) 8-2 51 -Others receiving votes: DePauw 41, Trinity (Conn.) 39, Montclair State 38, Plymouth State 12, Catholic 10, Moravian 10, Wartburg 5, St. Thomas 3, Rowan 3, Carleton 3, Cal Lutheran 3, Trinity (Texas) 2, Curry 1, Thomas More 1.

NCAA DIVISION III FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS First Round Saturday, Nov. 22 Randolph-Macon (6-4) at Mount Union (10-0), TBA Lycoming (7-3) at Hobart (8-1), TBA Plymouth State (10-1) at Cortland State (9-1), Noon Curry (9-1) at Ithaca (9-1), Noon Thomas More (8-2) at North Central (10-0), TBA Franklin (9-1) at Otterbein (9-1), TBA Wabash (9-1) at Case Reserve (10-0), TBA Wheaton, III. (8-2) at Trine (10-0), TBA Occidental (9-0) at Williamette (10-0), TBA St. John's, Minn. (8-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (9-1), TBA Wartburg (8-2) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (9-1), TBA Aurora (9-1) at Monmouth, III.

(10-0), TBA LaGrange (9-1) at Millsaps (10-0), TBA Christopher Newport (8-1) at Washington Jefferson (9-1), TBA Wesley (8-1) at Muhlenberg (9-1), TBA Hardin-Simmons (9-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-1), TBA Second Round Saturday, Nov. 29 Randolph-Macon-Mount Union winner vs. Lycoming-Hobart winner Plymouth State-Cortland State winner vs. Curry-Ithaca winner Thomas More-North Central winner vs. Franklin-Otterbein winner Wabash-Case Reserve winner vs.

Wheaton, winner Occidental-Williamette winner vs. St John's. winner Wartburg-Wisconsin-Stevens Point winner vs. Aurora-Monmouth, III. winner LaGrange-Millsaps winner vs.

Christopher Newport-Washington Jefferson winner Wesley-Muhlenberg winner vs. Hardin-Simmons-Mary Hardin-Baylor winner Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 6: TBD Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 13: TBD Championship Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Saturday, Dec. 20 At Salem Stadium SALEM, TBD, 11a.m.

NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS First Round SATURDAY, NOV. 15: Tusculum 34, Albany State, Ga. 22 Valdosta State 24, Carson-Newman 20 West Chester 52, Southern Connecticut State 32 Seton Hill 14, American International 7 Ashland 27, Minnesota State, Mankato 16 West Texas 49, Cent Washington 42 Pittsburg State 33, Nebraska-Omaha 21 Chadron State 23, Wayne State, Neb. 17 Toronto 107, Miami 96 Orlando 90, Charlotte 85 Dallas 124, New York 114, OT Phoenix 104, Detroit 86 Denver 90, Minnesota 84 San Antonio 90, Sacramento 88 Monday's games Houston at Oklahoma City, (n) Phoenix at Utah, (n) San Antonio at LA. Clippers, (n) Today's games Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. Dallas at Charlotte, 7 p.m. New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. Chicago at LA. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday's games Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m. LA.

Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Portland, 10:30 p.m. NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC N.Y. Rangers 14 Pittsburgh 11 New Jersey 8 Philadelphia 7 N.Y. Islanders 7 NORTHEAST Boston .11 Montreal 10 Buffalo 9 Toronto 7 Ottawa 6 SOUTHEAST Washington 10 Carolina 9 Atlanta 7 Tampa Bay 5 Florida 6 WESTERN LOT Pts GF GA 5 2 30 57 45 4 2 24 58 48 7 2 18 46 48 6 4 18 58 57 9 2 16 46 56 LOT Pts GF GA 3 4 26 55 41 2 22 52 3 21 50 4 18 59 3 15 42 LOT Pts GF GA 4 3 23 56 7 2 20 49 8 2 16 51 7 5 15 36 9 1 13 37 CONFERENCE CENTRAL LOT Pts GF GA Detroit 12 2 3 27 64 52 Nashville 9 7 1 19 55 57 Columbus 8 7 3 19 56 58 Chicago 7 4 5 19 57 47 St. Louis 6 8 2 14 50 55 NORTHWEST LOT Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 6 2 22 54 44 Minnesota 10 4 1 21 40 30 Calgary 9 8 1 19 52 62 Edmonton 8 8 2 18 43 56 Colorado 8 8 0 16 44 48 PACIFIC LOT Pts GF GA San Jose 15 3 1 31 69 48 Anaheim 10 7 2 22 57 58 Phoenix 8 8 0 16 40 41 Los Angeles 7 8 2 16 42 45 Dallas 6 8 3 15 48 62 Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Sunday's results Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO Montreal 3, St. Louis 2, SO San Jose 6, Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 0 Monday's results NY. Rangers 2, Ottawa 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 2, Vancouver 1, SO Detroit 4, Edmonton 0 Boston 3, Toronto 2 San Jose at Nashville, (n) Today's games Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday's games Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Anaheim, 10 p.m. ON THE AIR (Schedule subject to change andor blackouts) TELEVISION MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Penn at Drexel, 10 a.m., ESPN Liberty at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m., ESPN Centenary at Baylor, 4 p.m., ESPN CBE Classic, first round, Richmond at Syracuse, 6 p.m., ESPN Preseason NIT, East Regional final, teams TBA, at Chestnut Hill, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 Kentucky at North Carolina, 9 p.m., ESPN Preseason NIT, South Regional final, teams TBA, at Norman, Okla, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 Preseason NIT, West Regional final, teams TBA, at Tucson, 11:30 p.m, ESPN2 NBA BASKETBALL New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m., MSG Cleveland at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m, YES NHL HOCKEY Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m, VERSUS WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Iowa at Kansas, Noon, ESPN RADIO MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Preseason NIT, Cornell vs. TBA, 4:307:30 p.m, WPIE-AM (1160) CBE Classic, first round, Richmond at Syracuse, 6 p.m, WPIE-AM (1160) CALENDAR TODAY'S GAMES HIGH SCHOOLS No events scheduled COLLEGES Men's basketball Schenectady C.C.C.

at TC3, 5 p.m. Hobart at Ithaca, 7 p.m. NIT Preseason Tip-Off Tournament Cornell vs. TBD at Boston College, TBA WEDNESDAY'S GAMES HIGH SCHOOLS No events scheduled COLLEGES Women's basketball Ithaca at SUNY Cortland, 7 p.m. Albany at Cornell, 7 p.m.

1. Minnesota (42) 6-0-4 990 2 2. Boston University (4)7-2-0 943 1 3. Colorado College (2)7-2-3 863 3 4. Boston College 6-3-1 824 5 5.

Notre Dame 7-3-1 715 9 6. Northeastern 7-2-2 701 7 7. Miami 6-3-3 666 10 8. Princeton (1) 5-1-0 616 12 9. Michigan 8-4-0 581 8 10.

Denver 6-4-1 566 4 11. Minnesota State 5-3-2 480 11 12. Air Force (1) 10-0-0 469 13 13. New Hampshire 4-4-3 447 6 M.Cornell 2-0-2 385 14 15. Vermont 5-3-2 239 15 16.

Massachusetts 5-3-1 166 20 7. St. Cloud State 7-4-0 125 NR 18. Harvard 4-2-0 124 NR 19. Nebraska-Omaha 7-2-1 114 NR 20.

North Dakota 4-6-0 91 18 Saturday, Nov. 22 at Yale Dartmouth at Cornell Harvard at Colgate Princeton at Clarkson Quinnipiac at St Lawrence HOCKEY EAST Pts GF GA Northeastern 5 2 1 11 24 16 Boston Coll. 4 2 1 9 28 23 Boston U. 4 2 0 8 23 15 Massachusetts 3 2 1 7 21 12 Maine 3 2 0 6 9 10 3 2 0 6 19 13 New Hampshire 2 2 2 6 18 22 Vermont 2 3 1 5 14 19 Merrimack 14 1 3 15 21 Providence 0 6 1 1 10 30 OVERALL RECORDS: Northeastern 7-2-2, Boston U. 7-2-0, Boston College 6-3-1, Maine 6-3-0, Vermont 5-3-2, Massachusetts 5-3-1, 5-4-0, New Hampshire 4-4-3, Merrimack 3-5-2, Providence 2-7-1.

Friday's results Boston College 5, Merrimack 5, tie Maine 3, Providence 2 Massachusetts 5, Boston U. 1 8, New Hampshire 3 Northeastern 5, Vermont 3 Saturday's results Boston College 8, New Hampshire 6 Maine 3, Providence 0 2, Massachusetts 0 Sunday's results Boston U. 3, Northeastern 0 Vermont 2, Merrimack 1 Friday, Nov. 21 Massachusetts at Boston College Merrimack at Maine New Hampshire at Northeastern Providence at Vermont at Boston U. Saturday, Nov.

22 Boston College at Massachusetts Merrimack at Maine Northeastern at Providence at New Hampshire Vermont at Boston U. CHA Pts GF GA Robert Morris 10 1 3 6 5 12 1 3 10 10 Bemidji State 1 1 0 2 4 5 Niagara 0 0 0 0 0 0 OVERALL RECORDS: Niagara 4-5-1, Robert Morris 2-6-2, Bemidji State 2-6-0, 1-4-1. Today's result Niagara 5, Canisius 2 Friday's result Ohio State 4, Robert Morris 0 Friday, Nov. 21 Bemidji St. at Niagara Robert Morris at Lake Superior St.

Saturday, Nov. 22 Bemidji State at Niagara Robert Morris at Lake Superior St ATLANTIC HOCKEY Pts GF GA Air Force 8 0 0 16 35 11 Canisius 4 11 9 21 11 Rochester Tech 3 2 1 7 24 18 Army 3 4 1 7 29 30 Sacred Heart 2 4 2 6 25 27 Bentley 2 2 1 5 10 16 Holy Cross 2 5 1 5 17 28 Connecticut 2 3 0 4 12 16 American Intl. 2 6 0 4 16 29 Mercyhurst 12 1 3 10 13 OVERALL RECORDS: Air Force 10-0-0, Canisius 5-3-2, Bentley 3-4-1, Army 3-5-1, Rochester Tech 4-6-1, Sacred Heart 2-6-2, Holy Cross 2-6-1, American International 2-8-0, Connecticut 2-8-0, Mercyhurst 1-8-1. Today's results Niagara 5, Canisius 2 Yale 2, Connecticut 1 Friday's results Air Force 1, Holy Cross 0, OT American International 5, Sacred Heart 4, OT Army 5, Rochester Tech 3 Bentley 5, Mercyhurst 2 Saturday's results Air Force 5, Holy Cross 1 Bentley 1, Mercyhurst 1, tie Canisius 6, Connecticut 0 Rochester Tech 6, Army 3 Sacred Heart 4, American International 0 Sunday's result Canisius 3, Connecticut 2, OT Friday, Nov. 21 Army at Mercyhurst Canisius at Bentley Holy Cross at American International Rochester Tech at Connecticut Sacred Heart at Air Force Saturday, Nov.

22 American International at Holy Cross Army at Mercyhurst MONDAY'S MEN'S SCORES EAST American U. 67, St. Francis, Pa. 46 Binghamton 80, Mansfield 62 Colgate 58, Cent. Connecticut St 57 Connecticut 99, Hartford 56 Georgetown 71, Jacksonville 62 Lehigh 76, Delaware St.

58 Penn St. 74, J. Tech 47 Pittsburgh 82, Miami (Ohio) 53 Quinnipiac 66, Army 64 Siena 82, Boise St. 52 St Bonaventure 77, Marist 54 Villanova 107, Fordham 68 SOUTH Austin Peay 86, Belmont 84 Charleston Southern 75, Furman 64 Fla. International 80, Monmouth, N.J.

61 George Mason 89, Brown 52 Mississippi St 78, Louisiana-Monroe 49 Morgan St 67, UMBC60 SE Louisiana 95, Miles 69 Samford 72, Spring Hill 52 UNC Greensboro 90, Webber 78 UNC Wilmington 107, Troy 95 Virginia Tech 62, Mount St. Mary's, Md.57 Xavier, NO 70, Philander Smith 54 MIDWEST Illinois Tech 73, Spalding 51 Iowa 73, Texas-San Antonio 67 Kent St. 83, N.C. Central 42 Missouri 103, Chattanooga 75 Missouri St 60, Cent. Michigan 57 Xavier 81, Toledo 65 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St 88.

Lyon 46 Oklahoma St. 100, North Texas 88 Oral Roberts 82, John Brown 58 Prairie View 90, Champion Baptist College 39 Texas Tech 87, Sam Houston St 76 TOURNAMENT Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Preseason Tip First Round Boston College 90, Loyola, Md. 57 Davidson 99, James Madison 64 Purdue 87, E. Michigan 58 UAB 64, Santa Clara 61 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NON-CONFERENCE DUQUESNE 93, CORNELL 49 Sunday's result CORNELL (0-1): Shanna Scarselletta 2-9 6-9 10, Virginia McMunigal 3-7 1-2 9, Allie Fedorowicz 3-9 2-2 10, Susie Doyle 0-3 0-0 0, Lauren Benson 4-9 2-3 11, Lacey Workman 0-1 0-0 0, Emma Shalaway 0-3 0-0 0, Sasha Truong 0-1 0-0 0, Allison Abt 3-5 0-0 7, Allie Munson 0-1 2-4 2, Christine Vlasic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-48 13-20 49.

DUQUESNE (2-0): Kelly Britcher 0-3 0-0 0, Samantha Pollino 9-10 4-7 22, Keri Pryor 3-10 1-2 8, Rachel Frederick 10-13 2-2 23, Kristi Little 4-14 6-8 14, Jaclyn Babe 2-4 0-0 4, Alex Gensler 4-8 0-1 9, Samantha Thompson 3-3 0-0 9, Eve Pyle 1-5 0-0 2, Amanda Peck 1-4 0-0 2. Totals: 37-7413-20 93. Halftime: Duquesne 47-27. 3-point goals: Cornell 6-20 (McMunigal 2-4, Fedorowicz 2-6, Benson 1-4, Abt 1-3, Workman 0-1, Shalaway 0-1, Truong 0-1), Duquesne 6-21 (Thompson 3-3, Frederick 1-2, Pryor 1-3, Gensier 1-5, Britcher 0-2, Little 0-4, Babe 0-1, Pyle 0-1). Fouled out None.

Rebounds: Cornell 37 (ScarsellettaMunson 6), Duquesne 40 (Peck 8). Assists: Cornell 10 (Benson 3), Duquesne 27 (Little 6). Total fouls: Cornell 16, Duquesne 19. AUTO RACING NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADERS Final POINTS: 1, Jimmie Johnson, 6.684. 2, Carl Edwards, 6,615.

3, Greg Biffle. 6,467. 4, Kevin Harvick. 6,408. 5, Clint Bowyer, 6,381.

6, Jeff Burton, 6,335. 7, Jeff Gordon, 6,316. 8, Denny Hamlin, 6,214. 9, Tony Stewart, 6,202. 10, Kyle Busch, 6,186.

11, Matt Kenseth, 6,184. 12, Dale Earnhardt 6,127. 13, David Ragan, 4,299. 14, Kasey Kahne, 4,085. 15, Martin Truex 3,839.

16, Jamie McMurray, 3,809. 17, Ryan Newman, 3,735. 18, Kurt Busch, 3,635. 19, Brian Vickers, 3,580. 20, Casey Mears, 3,527.

MONEY: 1, Carl Edwards, $8,101,000. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $7,354,861. 3, Kyle Busch, $6,617,595. 4, Kasey Kahne, $6,272,459. 5, Tony Stewart, $6,268,432.

6, Ryan Newman, $6,179,561. 7, Jeff Gordon, $5,944,145. 8, Kevin Harvick, $5,597,854. 9, Jeff Burton, $5,542,181. 10, Matt Kenseth, $5,526,944.

11. Denny Hamlin, $5,494,359. 12, Greg Biffle, $4,906,164. 13, Bobby Labonte, $4,668,831. 14, Martin Truex $4,663,447.

15, Dale Earnhardt $4.611,290. 16, Sam Hornish $4,547,374. 17, Clint Bowyer, $4,514.595. 18, Kurt Busch, $4,469,511. 19.

Elliott Sadler, $4,466,243. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,409,363. Minnesota 5 0 3 13 26 15 Colorado Coll. 5 2 1 11 24 18 Wisconsin 4 4 2 10 36 31 Denver 4 3 1 9 27 22 N.Dakota 4 4 0 8 22 27 Alaska-Anchorage3 3 2 8 18 21 Minn. St, Mankato3 3 2 8 26 24 St Cloud St.

2 3 0 4 10 13 Minn.Duluth 1 4 2 4 15 20 Michigan Tech 16 1 3 11 24 OVERALL RECORDS: Minnesota 6-0-4, Colorado College 7-2-3, Minn. St, Mankato 5-3-2, St Cloud St 7-4-0, Alaska-Anchorage 6-4-2, Denver 6-4-1, Minn. Duluth 4-4-3, Wisconsin 4-6-2, North Dakota 4-6-0, Michigan Tech 2-7-1. Friday's results Alaska-Anchorage 3, North Dakota 2 Minn. St, Mankato 2, Colorado College 1 St Cloud St.

4, Denver 2 Wisconsin 3, Minn. Duluth 3, tie Saturday's results Colorado College 4, Minn. St, Mankato 3 Michigan Tech 2, Minnesota 2, tie North Dakota 3, Alaska-Anchorage 1 St. Cloud St 2, Denver 1 Wisconsin 4, Minn. Duluth 1 Sunday's result Minnesota 3, Michigan Tech 0 Friday, Nov.

21 North Dakota at Minn. Duluth Minn. Mankato at Michigan Tech Colorado College at Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota at Denver Wisconsin at St Cloud St. Saturday, Nov. 22 North Dakota at Minn.

Duluth Minn. Mankato at Michigan Tech Colorado College at Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota at Denver Wisconsin at St. Cloud St COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN'S TOP 25 SCHEDULE Today's Games No. 1 North Carolina vs. Kentucky, 9 p.m.

No. 7 Texas vs. Tulane, 8 p.m. No. 9 Gonzaga vs.

Idaho, 9 p.m. No. 11 Purdue vs. Georgia or Loyola of Chicago, 4 or 7 p.m. No.

12 Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Davidson or James Madison, 6:30 or 9:30 p.m. No. 14 Tennessee vs.

Tennessee-Martin, 7 p.m. No. 15 Arizona State at San Diego State, 11 p.m. No. 19 Southern California vs.

New Mexico State, 9 p.m. No. 24 Kansas vs. Florida Gulf Coast, 9 p.m. No.

25 Wisconsin vs. Southern lllinois-Edwardsville, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday's Games No. 5 Michigan State at IPFW, 7 p.m. No.

20 Wake Forest vs. UNC-Wilmington, 7 p.m. No. 23 Villanova vs. Niagara, 7 p.m.

Thursday's Games No. 4 UCLA vs. Michigan at Madison Square Garden, 9:15 p.m. No. 10 Duke vs.

Southern Illinois at Madison Square Garden, 7 p.m. No. 13 Memphis vs. Chattanooga at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 4:30 p.m. No.

18 Florida vs. Southern Utah, 8 p.m. No. 19 Southern California vs. Seton Hall at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7 p.m.

Friday's Games No. 1 North Carolina at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m. No. 2 Connecticut vs. La Salle at the Sports and Fitness Center, St.

Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 6 p.m. No. 4 UCLA vs. No.

10 Duke or Southern Illinois at Madison Square Garden, 5 or 7:30 p.m. No. 6 Pittsburgh vs. Akron, 7 p.m. No.

8 Notre Dame at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m. No. 13 Memphis vs. No. 19 Southern California or Seton Hall at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., 5 or 7 p.m.

No. 14 Tennessee at Middle Tennessee, 8:30 p.m. No. 17 Miami vs. Southern Mississippi at the Sports and Fitness Center, St.

Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1 p.m. No. 21 Davidson vs. Winthrop, 7 p.m.

No. 25 Wisconsin vs. lona at the Sports and Fitness Center, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 8:30 p.m. Saturday's Games No.

3 Louisville vs. Morehead State, 5:30 p.m. No. 6 Pittsburgh vs. Indiana, Pa, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Purdue vs. Coppin State, 6 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma vs.

Gardner-Webb, 2 p.m. No. 15 Marquette vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. No.

22 Georgetown vs. Drexel, 1 p.m. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Dallas, Barber 24-114, Choice 1-6, Owens 1-0, Romo 2-(minus 3). Washington, Portis 15-68, J.Campbell 1-22, Betts 1-1, S.Alexander 1-1. PASSING: Dallas, Romo 19-27-2-198.

Washington, J.Campbell 22-34-1-162, Randle El 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Dallas, Barber 6-39, Owens 5-38, Roy E. Williams 3-36, Witten 2-34, Austin 2-26, Bennett 1-25. Washington, Cooley 7-47, Moss 5-29, D.Thomas 3-14, Betts 2-27, Sellers 2-15, Portis 2-6, Randle El 1-24. MISSED FIELD GOAL: Dallas, Suisham 46 (SH).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE AP TOP 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (42) 1 2. Texas Tech (21) 2 3. Florida (2) 3 4.

Texas 10-1 1,437 4 5. Oklahoma 5 6. Southern Cal 6 7. PennSt 7 8. Utah 8 Boise St.

9 10. Ohio St. 10 1. Oklahoma St 9-2 987 11 42. Missouri 9-2 913 12 13.

Georgia 9-2 864 13 34. Ball St. 10-0 714 14 9-2 659 15 10-1 656 16 17. Michigan St. 9-2 612 18 18.

LSU 7-3 526 19 19. Cincinnati 8-2 413 22 20. Pittsburgh 7-2 406 21 91. Oregon St. 7-3 389 23 $2.

Maryland 7-3 161 23. Miami 7-3 139 24. Oregon 8-3 126 25. North Carolina 7-3 115 17 Others receiving votes: Boston College 79, Northwestern 44, Georgia Tech 34, Cent. Michigan 13.

W. Michigan 12, Florida St. 11, Iowa 8, West Virginia 6, South Carolina 5, Mississippi 4, Air Force 3, Nebraska 3, California 2, Connecticut 2, Virginia Tech 1. I USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in the USA Today college football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs I.

Alabama (45) 1 Texas Tech (15) 2 3. Florida (1) 3 4. Texas 5 S.Oklahoma 4 6. Southern California 9-1 1,245 6 7. Utah 7 8.

Penn State 10-1 1,093 8 9. Boise State 9 10. Ohio State 9-2 957 10 II. Missouri 9-2 894 11 12. Oklahoma State 9-2 838 13 13.

Georgia 9-2 832 12 14. Brigham Young 10-1 690 14 15. Michigan State 9-2 654 15 16. Ball State 10-0 613 16 17. TCU 9-2 533 18 18.

LSU 7-3 429 20 19. Pittsburgh 7-2 406 21 20. Cincinnati 8-2 358 22 21. Oregon State 7-3 321 25 22. Oregon 8-3 169 NR 23.

Maryland 7-3 140 NR 24. Northwestern 8-3 117 NR 25. Boston College 7-3 97 NR Others receiving votes: Dartmouth 79, 66, Alaska-Anchorage 37, Ferris State 37, Clarkson 35, Yale 34, Maine 33, Michigan State 25, Wisconsin 16, Minnesota-Duluth 7, Lake Superior 6, Bemidji State 5, Colgate 5, Ohio State 5. St. Lawrence 5.

-J ECAC Pts GF GA Dartmouth 4 1 0 8 20 12 Princeton 4 10 8 12 4 Harvard 4 2 0 8 16 9 Cornell 2 0 2 6 7 3 Quinnipiac 2 2 1 5 11 7 Yale 2 1 0 4 8 5 Colgate 12 1 3 5 8 St. Lawrence 12 1 3 8 9 Clarkson 13 0 2 7 14 Union, N.Y. 1 3 0 2 9 16 RPI 1 4 0 2 8 19 Brown 0 2 1 13 8 OVERALL RECORDS: Cornell 2-0-2, Princeton 5-1-0, Yale 4-1-0, Dartmouth 4-2-0, Harvard 4-2-0, Colgate 4-3-1, Quinnipiac 4-4-1, St Lawrence 4-4-1, Union, N.Y. 4-4-1, Clarkson 2-4-2, RPI 2-8-1, Brown 0-4-1. Today's results Princeton 2, Quinnipiac 0 Yale 2, Connecticut 1 Thursday's result Cornell 4, Colgate 1 Friday's results Dartmouth 4, St.

Lawrence 3, OT Harvard 5, Clarkson 1 Princeton 4, RPI 1 Quinnipiac 6, Union, N.Y. 3 Saturday's results Colgate 2, Cornell 2, tie Dartmouth 5, Clarkson 1 Harvard 1, St. Lawrence 0 Princeton 4, Union, N.Y. 1 Quinnipiac 5, RPI 1 Yale 3, Brown 0 Tuesday, Nov. 18 Harvard at Brown Friday, Nov.

21 at Yale Dartmouth at Colgate Harvard at Cornell Princeton at St. Lawrence Quinnipiac at Clarkson.