Ncaa: Orange bans pair for Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse announced sophomore running back Adonis Ameen-Moore and junior tight end Max Beaulieu will not play in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday against West Virginia at Yankee Stadium. Orange coach Doug Marrone said in a statement the discipline stems from unspecified violations of athletic department rules.
In Honolulu, Solomon Hill scored 21 points and Nick Johnson blocked a potential game-winning layup as No. 3 Arizona defeated No. 17 San Diego State, 68-67, in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic.
Jake Odum banked in a 15-footer with eight-tenths of a second left in overtime to rally Indiana State to a 57-55 win over Miami in the third-place game.
Murphy Holloway scored 18 points to lead Mississippi to an 81-66 win over Hawaii in the fifth-place game, and in the seventh-place game, Cole Dickerson scored 19 points and San Francisco beat East Tennessee State 67-49.
tennis: Virus keeps Nadal on shelf
Rafael Nadal’s return to competition has been delayed by a stomach virus. The Spaniard was scheduled to play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi tomorrow after missing seven months because of tendinitis in his left knee. But he said on his Facebook page yesterday that his doctors ordered him to pull out when he was running a fever, telling him his body needed rest.