The Hurricanes (22-3, 11-1 ACC) have won 11 straight games since falling to North Carolina by two points on Jan. 2. They remained a game behind Duke for the conference lead.

Trailing 66-60 with 6 minutes left, Miami rallied behind Johnson. The senior preseason All-American’s jumper from the corner with 2:07 left gave the Hurricanes their first lead since early in the first half and set up a tense finish.

Anjale Barrett’s lay-in with 54 seconds to go put Maryland (21-4, 8-4) back up 72-71. But the Hurricanes took the lead for
good on Sylvia Bullock’s jumper 15 seconds later. After two missed shots by the Terrapins, Johnson hit two free throws to make it 75-72.

Laurin Mincy missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game, and Riquna Williams hit a free throw to seal the win.

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Hitchens hit five 3-pointers en route to 6 of 9 shooting for the Dukes, who snapped a five-game losing skid.

James Madison (11-16, 4-11 Colonial Athletic Association) started hot, opening the game on a 25-8 run and taking a 36-21 lead into halftime behind an Andrey Semenov layup.

Towson (1-26, 1-14) rallied in the second half to take its first lead of the game, 51-49, with 3:20 left to play but Hitchens made a trey and Moore scored the Dukes’ final six points to seal the win.

Despite dominating the boards 49-19 the Tigers shot just 27.6 percent (16 of 58) from the field.

James Madison shot 45.5 percent (10 of 22) from 3-point range.

Robert Nwankwo led Towson with 15 points and 15 rebounds.

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Army made up a four-point deficit in the first overtime and scored the first seven points of the second to build a 63-56 lead with 33 seconds remaining. Navy cut the deficit to 64-61 on a 3-pointer by Thurgood Wynn with 18 seconds left, but Army sealed it by making 6 of 7 free throws the rest of the way.

Ella Ellis scored 17 points and Maxwell Lenox had 13 for the Black Knights (11-14, 4-6 Patriot League), who snapped a four-game losing streak. Ellis has scored in double figures in 27 straight games.

Navy, which has lost 17 in a row, overcame 10-point deficit in the second half to force overtime. Jordan Sugars scored 14 while Worth Smith had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Midshipmen (3-20, 0-10).

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The Hornets (10-11, 7-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) led by as many as 12 points in the second half, before Coppin State tied it at 81 with 11 seconds remaining.

The Eagles (12-12, 7-4) led 41-37 at halftime after shooting 61.5 percent (16 of 26). The Hornets then shot 54.3 percent (19 of 35) from the field and scored 16 points off turnovers in the second half for their sixth straight win.

Coppin State made 52.8 percent from the field (28 of 53) but turned it over 17 times, leading to 23 points.

Casey Walker scored 24 points, Tahj Tate 22 and Oliver 15 for the Hornets.

The Eagles were led by Antonio Williams with 20 points and 14 rebounds and Tony Gallo with 23 points.

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Tyler Hines added 16 points, Hillary Haley 13 and Louis Bell 10 for the Hawks (6-17, 3-7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).

Maryland-Eastern Shore led most of the way, leading by five points at intermission and outscoring the Bears 36-29 in the second half.

The Hawks have now won two out of three games for just the second time this season.

Woods hit three 3-pointers to pace the Hawks, who shot 6 of 17 (35.3 percent). The Bears were just 4 of 20 from beyond the arc (20 percent). His 10 foul shots also led the Hawks, who were 16 of 21 (76.2 percent) compared to the Bears’ 12 of 22 showing (54.5 percent).

Justin Black had 12 points to lead Morgan State (5-17, 3-8).

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Latif Rivers added 15 points, while both Chris Martin and Tyler Murray had 11 apiece for the Seahawks (20-4, 12-2 Northeast Conference), who pulled within one game of conference leaders LIU-Brooklyn. Wagner has won six straight since losing to the Blackbirds.

Both Martin and Rivers hit three treys to lead the Seahawks, who were 8 of 16 from long range (50 percent). The Mountaineers were just 3 of 11 from beyond the arc (27.3 percent).

The Seahawks led for nearly the entire game, going up by 15 at the break and 24 points at one juncture midway through the second half. They outscored the Mountaineers 31-29 in the final 20 minutes to seal it.

Raven Barber had 16 points to pace Mount St. Mary’s (6-19, 4-10).

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A 3-pointer by Abreu gave the Wildcats (10-14, 5-8) their first lead of the second half, 32-31 with 14:40 remaining, after the Retrievers (3-22, 2-11) had led 28-24 at halftime.

There were another 10 lead changes in the next 4:49 before a layup by Benson put New Hampshire ahead to stay, 45-44.

The Wildcats led by eight points, 54-46, with 6:19 left, but the Retrievers cut it to 60-58 and had the ball with 1:47 to play.

UMBC, however, missed its next four shots, while Konan hit four free throws and Benson two for New Hampshire.

Ryan Cook scored 19 points for UMBC, which defeated New Hampshire 82-76 on Jan. 2 but has lost its last seven games.

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It all added up to a loss that first-year coach Mark Turgeon still insists wasn’t as lopsided as the final score indicated.

No. 10 Duke beat the Terps 73-55 on Saturday behind double-doubles from both Miles and Mason Plumlee.

Miles had 13 points and a career-high 22 rebounds — the most of any player in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 37-year career. Mason had 16 points and 10 rebounds. They combined for 32 rebounds — or, one fewer than the entire Terrapins team.

“The Plumlee brothers were dominant,” Turgeon said. “Their big guys kicked our big guys’ tails.”

Nick Faust scored 15 points but Terrell Stoglin, the ACC’s leading scorer, finished with 13 — nine below his average — on 4-of-16 shooting with some questionable shot selection for the Terps (14-10, 4-6).

“They just weren’t going to let Terrell beat them,” Turgeon said. “That’s the reason (Krzyzewski) has won 900-something games. He’s not a dummy. They weren’t going to let Terrell beat them, and he can’t handle it, and then we get frustrated because he throws out of the double team, and guys aren’t making plays.”

Turgeon sat Stoglin with 10:04 remaining after he picked up his third foul, and without him, the Terps cut an 11-point deficit to four before he re-entered at the 8:28 mark. He checked out again with 6:24 to play and didn’t return until the 2:17 mark and Maryland was down by double figures for good.

“His shot selection wasn’t great. It was hurting us,” Turgeon said. “We cut it to four without him, so we took him out. We’ve got to learn from it. We can’t shoot shots like that and be a good team on the road. But he has carried us. … So, it is just one game. Hopefully we will learn from it and be better (against Boston College) on Thursday.”

Playing their first game since starting point guard Pe’Shon Howard was lost for the season with a torn right knee ligament, they were just 1 of 14 from 3-point range, missing their first 10, and lost their third in four games.

Still, they kept themselves in it for much of the way. Faust’s jumper in the lane with 5 minutes left pulled Maryland to 60-53, but the Terrapins managed just one field goal the rest of the way.

Meanwhile, Austin Rivers countered with a free throw and a deep 3, Curry had a pretty drive down the lane and Miles Plumlee followed Curry’s missed jumper with an authoritative slam that made it 68-53 with 1:30 left.

“We played with energy, we played hard and when we do that, we’re going to play hard on offense and defense,” Miles Plumlee said. “It showed up in the little things. We got loose balls, offensive boards and we just put the game away.”

Mason Plumlee finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds while Miles had the most rebounds of any player in Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 37-year career.

“And I told Miles, `I’ve coached some pretty good players,”‘ Krzyzewski quipped.

It was the first time both Plumlee brothers had double-doubles in the same game during their three seasons together at Duke. Their 32 combined rebounds were one fewer than the entire Maryland team.

Seth Curry scored 19 points to help the Blue Devils (21-4, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) pull away. They followed up their last-second victory over rival North Carolina with their fifth straight victory in the series. Austin Rivers, whose buzzer-beating 3 gave Duke an 85-84 victory over the Tar Heels, finished with 11 points for the Blue Devils.

Mychal Parker added 12 points for Maryland.

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The mayor said in a statement Friday that the city would announce terms of the five-year deal on Wednesday.

The deal is scheduled to be presented to the Board of Estimates on Feb. 22. It would be good through 2016.

The mayor said last year’s Grand Prix, held over Labor Day weekend, generated $47 million in economic impact.

She did not say whom the city was negotiating with to operate the racing festival. She said the city would not comment further until Wednesday.

The city in December terminated its contract with the race’s organizers, Baltimore Racing Development, after the group failed to pay $1.5 million owed to the city.

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Justin Drummond added 17 points and Robert Olson 13 for the Greyhounds (19-5, 12-2), who have won seven straight games on their run to the lone spot atop the conference. They avenged a loss at Iona on Jan. 15.

The Greyhounds opened the game on a 19-10 run and put together an 18-6 run at one juncture of the first half to take a 17-point lead into the locker room. They held on despite being outscored 51-40 by the Gaels in the second half.

Michael Glover also scored 22 points to lead Iona (19-6, 11-3), which had its four-game winning streak snapped.

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According to the contract, the promoter would conduct racing events in downtown Baltimore on the Labor Day weekend from 2012 through 2016.

The mayor said in a written statement that the city would announce the terms of the agreement on Feb. 15 once the city completes the agreement review process that is now ongoing.

Community groups and city stakeholders will have an opportunity to review the final contract, after which the Board of Estimates will vote on it on Feb. 22.

“Last year’s racing event generated $47 million in economic impact and proved very valuable in terms of positive media exposure for Baltimore,” Rawlings-Blake said. “We have worked hard to learn from past experiences to ensure that this new agreement is in the best interests of taxpayers and will bring a successful, world-class sporting event that Baltimore can be proud of for years to come.”

The announcement comes about a month after the city terminated its contract with the Baltimore Racing Development (BRD) that organized the Grand Prix last year and failed to pay the nearly $2 million owed to the city.

Right-handed pitcher Luis Ayala joins the Orioles after playing 52 games last season for the New York Yankees. Ayala, 34, posted a 2.09 ERA. He has also played for the Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Florida Marlins and Minnesota Twins.

Ayala was signed to a one-year contract.

Outfielder Matt Angle will be reassigned to make room for Ayala on the 40-man roster.

Nick Johnson joins the Orioles minor league after playing 55 games in Cleveland’s minor league. He has a .401 on-base percentage over nine seasons and 794 games in his major league career. He was also invited to join the team for spring training.

Xavier Avery, L.J. Hoes and Dane Sardinha were also invited to join the league camp.

Sure they will give you the big stories of whats going on in the NBA, NHL, and NCAA basketball, but the big story will be; “how’s Peyton feel today?”,  What teams are interested in him, and who the favorite to land him is.  The crazy thing is we are still not sure he can even play next season. But don’t you worry, they will be ahead of the game with coverage.

This will just give Baltimore Ravens fans another reason to be bitter about a perceived lack of coverage.  Truth is, if this holds up 31 other NFL teams will have a beef.

Documents on Winchester’s government website show that Hagerstown Baseball LLC signed a letter of intent last month to move the club there, provided certain conditions are met by April 17.

One condition is funding for a new stadium. The Winchester City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on the proposed construction of a baseball stadium at Jim Barnett Park.

The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown quoted Hagerstown Mayor Robert Bruchey on Friday as saying a team official
has told him the Suns would prefer to stay in Hagerstown.

Bruchey says the city is considering building a new sports facility. The Suns have played at Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown since 1981. The stadium is more than 80 years old.

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Stony Brook (17-7, 12-1) remained atop the league standings, but this game was much closer than the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 11.

The Retrievers (3-21, 2-10) were crushed 89-49 at home. This time, behind the play of forward Chase Plummer (18 points) and guards Brian Neller and Ryan Cook (11 and 10 points, respectively), UMBC led 35-34 at halftime.

But Jackson and Marcus Rouse, who also came off the bench to score 14 points, helped Stony Brook regain control. With teammates Bryan Dougher scoring 16 points and Dallis Joyner 14, Stony Brook outscored UMBC 46-33 after intermission. Stony Brook’s bench outscored UMBC’s 38-21. The Seawolves were 20 of 31 at the foul line, the Retrievers just 9 of 12.

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The Korea Baseball Association said Friday that the Orioles violated local rules that bar the signing of student players until their graduation year. KBA officials said the Orioles signed 17-year-old left-hander Kim Seong-min last month.

The officials said they plan to notify Major League Baseball of their decision later Friday.

South Korean baseball officials fear that unrestricted signing of amateurs by foreign clubs may dry up the local pool of talent and hamper the growth of the country’s professional league.

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The Terrapins (21-3, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), the ACC’s highest scoring team, won their third third in a row this season and ran all over the Tigers (6-16, 2-9) at Littlejohn Coliseum.

Alicia DeVaughn scored 15, Alyssa Thomas and Tianna Hawkins had 14 each, Laurin Mincy 13 and Brene Moseley 10 as Maryland tied its highest ACC point total this season. The Terrapins also showed off some defense, forcing 25 turnovers off 14 steals.

Nikki Dixon had 17 points to lead the Tigers, but was just 4 of 14 from the field against Maryland’s high-pressure defense.

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