In Brief

BASKETBALL

Gorman's Muhammad scores
record 35 in Nike Hoop Summit

Bishop Gorman High School boys basketball star Shabazz Muhammad set a Nike Hoop Summit record with 35 points Saturday night, but the USA Junior Select team lost to the World Select team 84-75 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

Muhammad, a senior wing, shot 12-for-27 from the floor and grabbed nine rebounds. He made a 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter to clinch the scoring record in the event, which began in 1995. The previous record of 34 points belonged to current Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter.

Findlay Prep senior forward Anthony Bennett, from Brampton, Ontario, hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to give the World team an 81-75 lead as part of a 10-0 run to close the game. Bennett had seven points and 11 rebounds.

Muhammad and Bennett are undecided on where they will play in college. Muhammad's father, Ron Holmes, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Thursday that Muhammad would announce his choice Wednesday, when the NCAA's spring signing period begins. Muhammad is considering UCLA, Kentucky and Duke, with UCLA and Kentucky reportedly emerging as the favorites.

Also: Former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian has been released from a hospital more than two weeks after suffering a heart attack, son Danny Tarkanian said.

Tarkanian's family released a photo late Friday of the 81-year-old painting Easter eggs with his grandchildren. Before his release, he had been transferred to a rehabilitation center at MountainView Hospital.

Tarkanian suffered the heart attack March 20, when he began wheezing during a doctor's visit. He remained hospitalized so doctors could monitor his blood-oxygen levels.

Texas Christian is expected to hire Trent Johnson as its basketball coach. He has spent the past four seasons at Louisiana State, where he was 67-64, including 18-15 this past season. He also has coached at UNR and Stanford, taking both schools to the NCAA Tournament's round of 16.

Johnson would replace Jim Christian, who took the Ohio University job.

FOOTBALL

Filmmaker defends release of
recording before Saints' game

Documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon said he had the right to release a recording of then-New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams exhorting his players to physically punish targeted San Francisco 49ers players in an NFL playoff game in January.

In a statement posted on his website, Pamphilon said he and former Saints special teams standout Steve Gleason "have a production agreement that I have followed."

Gleason, who has ALS, had been allowing Pamphilon to document his struggle against the incurable disease. The Saints gave Pamphilon behind-the-scenes access, which allowed him to record Williams' speech before New Orleans' loss to the 49ers. Gleason said Friday he never gave Pamphilon permission to release the recording.

Also: Former NFL star Warren Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and alimony, according to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in South Florida. Sapp's average monthly income is $115,881, according to the filings.

TENNIS

Serena Williams routs Stosur
in semifinals, to face Safarova

Serena Williams needed less than an hour to defeat second-seeded Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-1 and advance to the clay-court tennis final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. She will face Lucie Safarova, a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Polona Hercog.

Williams won the match's first eight points in eliminating Stosur from a tournament for the second straight week. "I have to say this is probably the best match I've played in my career, either in a long time or it's up there in the top five," said Williams, who lost to Stosur in the U.S. Open final in September.

Stosur rallied Friday to defeat Serena's older sister, Venus, and was seeking to become the eighth player to beat the two in the same tournament.

Also: Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to give the United States a 2-1 lead over France in their Davis Cup quarterfinal in Roquebrune, France. American John Isner will meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and U.S. teenager Ryan Harrison will play Gilles Simon in today's singles matches.

In other quarterfinal matches, host Spain leads Austria 2-1; host Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1; and host Argentina leads Croatia 2-1.

LOCAL COLLEGES

Ernst claims medalist honors,
lifts UNLV golf team to fourth

UNLV senior men's golfer Derek Ernst finished at 9-under-par 204 to win medalist honors in the ASU Thunderbird Invitational at Tempe, Ariz. The victory was the first of the season for Ernst, who has five top-five finishes in nine events.

The second-ranked Rebels shot a final-round 4-under 280 and finished fourth at 2-under 850, 15 strokes behind winner California. San Diego State and New Mexico tied for second at 843.

Ernst shot a final-round 3-under 68, which included five birdies, for a two-stroke victory.

Also: San Diego State ripped five UNLV pitchers for 18 hits en route to a 9-5 Mountain West Conference baseball victory and a three-game sweep at Wilson Stadium.

Rebels starter Erick Fedde (2-3) gave up five runs, four earned, on 11 hits and two walks in six innings. Relievers John Richy and Andy Beresford each allowed two runs, giving the Aztecs (17-16, 6-3 MWC) a 9-2 lead after 7½ innings.

Trevor Kirk went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for UNLV (14-18, 2-10), and Trent Cook was 2-for-4 with one RBI. The Rebels scored three runs in the eighth on three doubles and a single.

UNLV won five of six in singles and defeated Air Force 5-2 in a Mountain West Conference women's tennis match at Colorado Springs, Colo. The Rebels (13-8, 3-2 MWC) trailed 1-0 after losing two of three doubles matches, then got singles victories from Lucia Batta, Aleksandra Josifoska, Nives Pavlovic, Manon de Lanlay and Ella Bourchier.

The College of Southern Nevada baseball team dropped another doubleheader to host Salt Lake, losing to the country's 18th-ranked team 6-4 and 8-3 in the Scenic West Athletic Conference.

In the first game, CSN (26-14, 13-11 SWAC) didn't get a hit until the sixth inning. Scott Hauck went 2-for-2 and Sean McCracken was 2-for-3. Jordan Van Hoosier was 3-for-4 in the second game.

MISCELLANEOUS

Boston College rips Ferris State to win fifth NCAA hockey title

Steven Whitney scored twice, and Boston College beat Ferris State 4-1 in Tampa, Fla., for its fifth NCAA hockey title and third in five seasons.

The Eagles (33-10-1) finished with a 19-game winning streak, outscoring their opponents 77-21 during that span. Ferris State (26-12-5) was making its first Frozen Four appearance.

Eagles goalie Parker Milner, selected the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player, made 27 of his 33 saves in the final two periods.

Also: Lionel Messi scored twice to become the first player since 1973 with 60 goals in a season for a club in a major European league, leading Barcelona to a 4-1 win at Zaragoza in Barcelona, Spain.