Girls Basketball
Basalt 45, Aspen 36
Glenwood Springs 73, Delta 55
Moffat 53, Grand Valley 41
Palisade 43, Eagle Valley 41
Girls Basketball
Basalt 45, Aspen 36
Glenwood Springs 73, Delta 55
Moffat 53, Grand Valley 41
Palisade 43, Eagle Valley 41
DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Avalanche will host their first NHL outdoor game at Coors Field next season.
The game will be played Feb. 27, 2016, against the Detroit Red Wings and held at the stadium of the Colorado Rockies.
Avalanche president Josh Kroenke said the team was “excited to be hosting this extraordinary event.” The game is part of the 2015-16 NHL stadium series.
Rockies owner Dick Monfort said of transforming the baseball diamond into a hockey rink: “We can’t think of a better place to host a Coors Light NHL Stadium Series game than in the Mile High City in front of 50,000 fans at Coors Field.”
SAN DIEGO ST-COLORADO ST
Avila’s leads Colorado St. past San Diego St.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – J.J. Avila scored a season-high 29 points, on 12-of-16 shooting, to help Colorado State hold off a late surge by San Diego State for a 79-73 win Saturday night.
Colorado State (18-2, 5-2 Mountain West) led by as many as 12 in the second half and Stanton Kidd’s 3-pointer with 9:40 to go gave the Rams a 65-55 advantage.
Malik Pope, who led San Diego State (15-5, 5-2) with a career-high 22 points, scored eight during a 17-8 run over the next five-plus minutes and the Aztecs trailed 73-72 with four minutes remaining.San Diego State, however, went 0 for 5 from the field and 1 for 4 from the line from there and Colorado State closed the game with a 6-1 run.
Kidd and Daniel Bejarano scored 14 apiece for Colorado State, which made 12 of 21 (season-high 57 percent) from 3-point range.
NEW YORK (AP) – Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (shuh-SHEF’-skee) is the first coach in Division 1 to have 1,000 career victories. He reached that plateau yesterday when his Blue Devils beat St. John’s 77-68 in Madison Square Garden. The fifth-ranked Blue Devils went on an 18-2 run down the stretch to secure the win.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – Virginia and Kentucky remain the only unbeaten schools in men’s major college basketball. The top-ranked Wildcats improved to 19-0 on Saturday while the second-ranked Cavaliers joined the ‘Cats at 19-0 with a 50-47 win yesterday over Virginia Tech.
ATLANTA (AP) – The winning streak of the Atlanta Hawks has reached 16. They beat Minnesota yesterday 112-100 for their 30th win in 32 games. The Hawks are now 37-8 on the season, seven games up on Washington in the Southeast Division.
OAKLAND (AP) – Golden State remains the top team in the NBA as on Sunday the Warriors won their 19th straight home game with a 114-111 win over Boston. The Warriors are 36-6 on the season and an amazing 14-0 against the Eastern Conference.
UNDATED (AP) – There were two All-Star games yesterday. In the NFL, Mathew Stafford of the Lions was named the Pro Bowl’s offensive MVP with 316 yards passing and two touchdowns, while in the NHL All-Star Game there were a record 29 goals scored with Islanders’ center John Tavares scoring four of them.
