BASKETBALL
Tremont Waters had 26 points and seven assists, and the Maine Red Claws beat the Erie Bayhawks 119-106 in a G League game Saturday night at the Portland Expo.
Bryce Brown added 24 points and nine rebounds for Maine, which trailed 35-26 after the first quarter. Tacko Fall added 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Yante Maten and Sheldon Jeter each finished with 14.
Josh Gray had 26 points and six assists for Erie.
AUTO RACING
CUP SERIES: Clint Bowyer won the pole for Sunday’s race at Fontana, holding off six-time race champion Jimmie Johnson in qualifying at Fontana, California.
Bowyer turned a lap in 40.086 seconds in his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to claim just his fourth pole in 508 career Cup races. The genial veteran racer also won the pole for the first time in 20 career races at Auto Club Speedway, east of Los Angeles.
Johnson will start on the front row for his final race as a full-time driver at his hometown track. The 44-year-old star’s qualifying lap was barely behind Bowyer at 40.093 seconds.
SOCCER
MLS: Maximiliano Urruti broke a tie with a long shot in the 80th minute in the Montreal Impact’s 2-1 comeback victory over the New England Revolution in a season opener at Montreal.
Romell Quioto scored in the first half, and Clement Diop made five saves in Thierry Henry’s MLS coaching debut.
Teal Bunbury scored for the Revolution.
TENNIS
DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIP: After saving match points to reach the final, top-ranked Novak Djokovic was scarcely troubled as he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in Dubai, United Arabs Emirates, to win the tournament for the fifth time.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion maintained his unbeaten start to the year, having won the inaugural ATP Cup with Serbia and a record-extending eighth Australian Open title.
ROAD RACING
PARIS HALF MARATHON: The race was postponed because of the spread of a coronavirus epidemic in the country.
About 44,000 competitors were scheduled to race Sunday. Organizers said the race will be postponed to a date yet to be determined.
COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Desmond Bane scored 23 points, with eight straight in TCU’s tiebreaking run as the Horned Frogs (16-13, 7-9 Big 12) upended No. 2 Baylor (25-3, 14-2) in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Mamadi Diakite made a short, go-ahead jumper with 37 seconds left and Jay Huff blocked Vernon Carey Jr.’s shot under the basket with 3.7 remaining as Virginia (21-7, 13-5 Atlantic Coast) earned a 52-50 win over No. 7 Duke (23-6, 13-5) at Charlottesville, Virginia.
• Immanuel Quickley had 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, No. 8 Kentucky (24-5, 14-2) used a big run in the first half before holding off No. 15 Auburn (24-5, 11-5) and clinch the Southeastern Conference regular season championship with a 73-66 victory in Lexington, Kentucky.
GOLF
PGA: Tommy Fleetwood birdied four of his final six holes on the way to a 3-under 67 in the third round in Palm Gardens, Florida, moving to 5 under for the week and one shot ahead of Brendan Steele at PGA National.
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