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Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The apprentice gave the master a scare, but Rick Pitinos fourth-ranked Louisville Cardinals pulled away down the stretch and came away with a 68-57 win over UNC-Wilmington on Sunday. Kevin Keatts, an assistant under Pitino for three years before taking over at UNCW this season, had the Seahawks within two points with under seven minutes to play before the undefeated Cardinals answered with a game-sealing 10-2 run. Montrezl Harrell and Terry Rozier each poured in 19 points for Louisville (9-0), which atoned for its 1-for-13 showing from 3-point range by outscoring the Seahawks in the paint by a wide 46-26 margin. Harrell also pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds, while Freddie Jackson and Jordan Talley led UNCW (3-3) with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Final Score: (7) Villanova 85, Temple 62 Villanova, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Josh Hart and Darrun Hilliard each scored 20 points as No. 7 Villanova routed Temple, 85-62, in a Philadelphia Big 5 matchup on Sunday. JayVaughn Pinkston netted 12 points and Daniel Ochefu finished with 10 points and five rebounds for the Wildcats (10-0), who have won eight of their last 11 games against Temple at the Pavilion. Quenton DeCosey finished with 18 points, Will Cummings scored 14 and Obi Enechionyia chipped in with 10 points and three blocks for the Owls (6-4), who were coming off a 76-64 win over Towson on Wednesday. Final Score: (14) Iowa State 88, Southern 78 Ames, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - Georges Niang and Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 18 points apiece and No. 14 Iowa State downed Southern 88-76 at Hilton Coliseum on Sunday. All five Iowa State starters scored in double figures, with Monte Morris giving 15, Naz Long 13 and Dustin Hogue 10 for the Cyclones (8-1), who have won five straight since a loss to Maryland on Nov. 25. Tre Lynch had 22 points and five assists and Adrian Rodgers gave 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Jaguars (2-8), who have dropped their past two. Final Score: Tennessee 67, (15) Butler 55 Knoxville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Josh Richardson and Kevin Punter combined for more than half of Tennessees points and the Volunteers rallied to knock off No. 15 Butler, 67-55, on Sunday. Richardson scored 20 points and Punter had 18 for the Vols (4-3), who had lost eight straight games against ranked opponents. All 10 players that took the court for Tennessee scored a point. Kellen Dunham led Butler (8-2) with 16 points and Kameron Woods pulled down 16 boards in the setback. Final Score: (17) Washington 81, Eastern Washington 77 Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Robert Upshaw made a putback jumper to put 17th-ranked Washington ahead with 1:27 remaining in the game and the Huskies held on to beat Eastern Washington 81-77 on Sunday. Upshaw finished with a career-high 21 points, nine rebounds and six blocks for the Huskies (8-0), who rallied from a 14-point deficit to remain unbeaten. Nigel Williams-Goss had 19 points and Andrew Andrews scored 18 with seven rebounds for Washington, which is off to its best start since opening the 2005-06 season with 11 straight wins. Tyler Harvey led the Eagles (8-2) with 21 points, followed by Drew Brandon with 16 and nine rebounds. Final Score: (22) West Virginia 69, Marshall 66 Charleston, WV (SportsNetwork.com) - Jonathan Holton scored 14 points, including 11 in the second half, to help No. 22 West Virginia sneak past rival Marshall 69-66 on Sunday. Holton scored eight of his points at the free throw line for the Mountaineers (9-1) while pulling down six rebounds. Jevon Carter also had 14 points and six boards. Juwan Staten led West Virginia with 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting. The Thundering Herd (3-6) lost their sixth straight game despite getting a game-high 18 points from Justin Edmonds, who shot 4-of-6 from 3-point range and added six assists and six rebounds. Final Score: (24) St. Johns 74, Fordham 53 New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Rysheed Jordan and DAngelo Harrison each delivered big scoring efforts to lead 24th-ranked St. Johns to a 74-53 rout of Fordham at Madison Square Garden. Jordan finished with 24 points on 9- of-13 shooting and Harrison went 8-of-11 from the field in a 22-point effort, with the duo producing the majority of the Red Storms offensive output. St. Johns (8-1), which entered this weeks Top 25 for the first time since 2011, has won four straight since a narrow loss to No. 9 Gonzaga on Nov. 28. 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The Philadelphia Eagles acquired running back Darren Sproles from the New Orleans Saints for a fifth-round draft pick on Tuesday. Basketball Jerseys China . -- At the beginning of training camp, Andrew Bogut set a goal to play all 82 regular-season games and regain his place among the NBAs best centres.By holding serve at home, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots get to try again. The next prize: a spot in the Super Bowl.Defending NFL champion Seattle used a slew of big plays to beat Carolina 31-17 Saturday night in an NFC divisional-round game. The Seahawks (13-4) will host either Green Bay or Dallas next weekend after becoming the first Super Bowl winner in nine years to win a post-season match the next season.Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes and Kam Chancellor returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown. Wilson hit Doug Baldwin for a 16-yard TD, found Jermaine Kearse on a 63-yard score, and capped the night with a 25-yard TD pass to Luke Willson early in the fourth quarter.Were just looking for this next challenge, and looking for this NFC championship and were just ready to go, Chancellor said. Were ready to get back to practice, get the preparation going and find out who well play and just get it going.The Patriots are making what seems like their annual trip to the AFC championship game. Tom Brady set a career record for post-season touchdown passes, leading New England back from two 14-point deficits for a 35-31 victory over Baltimore on Saturday. The Patriots will host either the Broncos or Colts next weekend for a berth in the Super Bowl.New England (13-4) is 9-0 this season at Gillette Stadium.Showed a lot of toughness coming back from those two deficits, Brady said. So it took a lot of effort, took a lot of guys making a lot of good plays, and well be happy to host the championship game next week.Brady broke Joe Montanas record with 46 post-season TD passes.Ive been part of a lot of great teams and theres been a lot of guys who have blocked and been on the receiving end of those, too. Those are all team awards to me. I mean, Joe, he and Steve Young were my two idols growing up, so it was pretty special.Seahawks 31, Panthers 17While Wilson was superb, Chancellor made the most eye-catching plays. He twice jumped over the Carolina offensive line on Graham Ganos field goal attempts at the end of the first half, although to no avail.And with Carolina (8-9-1) driving down by 14 points in the fourth quarter, Chancellor jumped in front of tight end Ed Dickson and returned his third career post-season interception for a touchdown. The 90-yarder was the longest touchdown in Seattles post-season history, topping Percy Harvins 87-yard kickoff return for a scored in last Februarys Super Bowl.It felt awesome, said the defensive back who normally is overshadowed by All-Pros Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas. It felt like preparation. It felt like everything I worked all week for. That was my first return of my career and it felt good.Patriots 35, Ravens 31Since Brady took over as New Englands quarterback in 2001, the Patriots have been to eight conference title games and five Super Bowls. They won the first three times, the last after the 2004 season, and lost the two most recent tries, both against the New York Giants. This will be their fourth consecutive appearance in the AFC championship.It wwas a tough go getting there.dddddddddddd They were outrushed 136-14 — Justin Forsett had 129 yards for Baltimore (11-7). Joe Flacco threw for four touchdowns.But he also was intercepted twice, and New England gained 408 yards passing.New Englands Bill Belichick tied Tom Landry for most post-season wins by a coach with 20.Brady wasnt the only Patriot throwing for a TD. Wide receiver Julian Edelman, a former college quarterback, hit Danny Amendola with a 51-yard strike to tie it 28-28. Bradys 23-yarder to Brandon LaFell with 5:13 remaining won it.Baltimore played a great game, Edelman said. They came out and hit us in the mouth and we were able to get up and keep playing.On Sunday, Dallas is at Green Bay, followed by Indianapolis at Denver.___Dallas (13-4) at Green Bay (12-4)Green Bay lost the season opener at Seattle, but Dallas handed the Seahawks their only loss at CenturyLink field in the regular season.The Cowboys first post-season trip to Lambeau Field since losing the Ice Bowl on the final day of 1967 shouldnt be nearly that frigid. Still, it will be cold, and Dallas can take comfort in an 8-0 road record this season.Of course, the Packers were 8-0 at home.So youve got an immovable object going up against an unstoppable force, Packers fullback John Kuhn said. Which one is going to give? Well find out.A key element for Green Bay is the health of Aaron Rodgers (calf), who has been upgraded to probable.He looks like hes moving fine to me right now. (We are) not going to change anything or our approach of how we want to attack Dallas defence, coach Mike McCarthy said.The Cowboys high-powered offence is led by league rushing leader DeMarco Murray.I feel fresh, said Murray, who has 1,920 yards in 17 games, including the wild-card win over Detroit last week. I havent missed time. Im feeling good.___Indianapolis (12-5) at Denver (12-4)Both teams lost lopsided games to New England this season.Another spotless home team, the Broncos are 9-0 when Peyton Manning throws for at least 300 yards. But do they want to get in a shootout with the Colts, whose Andrew Luck — the quarterback who replaced Manning in Indianapolis — led the NFL with 40 touchdown passes?Denver has become more run-oriented than any Manning team thanks to the emergence of C.J. Anderson.I think a year ago, he broke probably every single-season record known to man. It was the style we played and what was best for our team at that point, coach John Fox said of five-time league MVP Manning. This year, I think were a little bit different team. Were built different.He was a 12-4 quarterback during the regular season, which is I think tied for the best record in football this year.Interestingly, the Colts, winners over Cincinnati last week, are relying more on Luck than they ever did on Manning. In his time in Indy from 1998-2011, Manning was responsible for 73.3 per cent of the Colts total net yards. During his three seasons there, Luck has accounted for 78 per cent, according to STATS.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '