College basketball
Coppin women's mastery over Howard ends in 59-45 loss
Saadia Doyle scored 17 points and collected 22 rebounds and Zykia Brown added 20 points as Howard (6-8, 2-1) ended a 12-game losing streak to Coppin State (4-9, 1-2) with a 59-45 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over the visiting Eagles on Monday night. Freshman Leola Spotwood led the Eagles with 16 points; sophomore Jeanine Manley had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
More women: : Morgan State (5-9, 2-1 MEAC), which was off to its best MEAC start since the 1999-2000 season, was routed, 74-37, by host Hampton (5-9, 1-2 MEAC). The Lady Pirates, who led 46-14 at halftime, forced the Bears into a season-high 27 turnovers. Hampton held Corin Adams, the preseason MEAC Player of the Year, to nine points; last season, she scored a career-high 32 in an overtime win at HU Convocation Center. Kristina Rosario led Morgan with 14 rebounds.
AP women's poll: : Off to its best start in 30 years, Georgetown is back in the Associated Press Top 25. The Hoyas are ranked 24th, their second trip to the Top 25; the other time was No. 25 ranking for one week in 1993. Georgetown (13-2), led by freshman Sugar Rodgers, who is second in the Big East in scoring at 18.5 points, has won 12 straight games since losing to Dayton on Nov. 20.
Women's honors: : Rider freshman center Caitlin Bopp (Institute of Notre Dame) was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week after scoring a career-high 19 points and adding 11 rebounds at Loyola on Friday. ... Coppin State's Spotwood was named the MEAC Rookie of the Week after scoring a career-high 18 points and grabbbing a career-best eight rebounds to lead Coppin State to its first MEAC win of the season. ... Senior Ali Moreland (South River) was named Centennial Conference Player of the Week after averaging 16.0 points and adding 12 steals and nine assists.
Men's honors: : Morgan State sophomore Kevin Thompson (Walbrook), who is third in the nation in rebounding this season with 12.5 a game, was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Thompson, the 2008-09 MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, has been named Defensive Player of the Week four times this season. James Cotton of UMES was named Rookie of the Week.
Women's college lacrosse
Loyola adds member of Australian national team
Cass Cursaro, a member of the Australian national team that took the silver in the 2009 Women's World Cup, has been added to Loyola's roster. Cursaro, a 5-foot-11 midfielder, scored three goals and scooped up nine ground balls as a teammate of Greyhounds coach Jen Adams at the World Cup. Two years before, she led the Under-19 Australian team to the silver, while playing for the Brighton Bombers Lacrosse Club, the same club that produced Adams and a third of the 2009 Australian national team. This past season for Brighton, Cursaro led the Bombers with 52 goals and 22 assists and a victory in the Velocity Women's League title game.
Et cetera
Authorities interview three more Wizards in gun case
Three more members of the Washington Wizards have met with authorities concerning the Gilbert Arenas gun investigation. Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson had to miss practice Monday to answer questions. Coach Flip Saunders and other players met with authorities last week. Arenas is under investigation for taking guns to Verizon Center and related incidents stemming from a dispute with teammate Javaris Crittenton. Arenas has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA, and Crittenton has been excused from team activities while the legal process plays out. The team also suspended Andray Blatche for one game for unspecified behavior during Sunday's game against New Orleans. The suspension is not related to the Arenas investigation. Blatche missed Monday's practice and will sit out tonight's game against Detroit, returning for Wednesday's game at Atlanta.
American Basketball Association: : Maurice Davis (Meade) scored 26 points and Kenny Simms added 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Maryland Marvels past the visiting New Jersey Express, 109-102, on Sunday.
Indoor football: : UMBC graduates Steve McNelly and John Wolfe will call Mariners away games this season on audio broadcasts available on UStream.tv.
- From Sun staff and news services