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LOCAL SPORTS UPDATE
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL BOYS’ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FRIDAY 3/17/23
A SEMIFINALS
Hampton 53 Chattanooga Prep 43
Middleton 66 University High 50
AA SEMIFINALS
Alcoa 71 Brainerd 68
Douglass 56 Giles County 42
AAAA SEMIFINALS
Independence 78 Memphis East 58
Memphis Overton 71 Hillsboro 61
CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY 3/18/23
A: Hampton 51 Middleton 43
AA: Alcoa 59 Douglass 58…First state title for Alcoa since 1967
AAA: Fulton 82 Haywood 52…4th state title for Fulton, first since 2016
AAAA: Overton 69 Independence 57
OTHER SCORES
NCAA MENS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, EAST REGION AT ORLANDO
Saturday…#4 Tennessee 65 #5 Duke 52: Olivier Nkamhoua scored 23 of his game-high 27 points in the second half as the physical Vols dominated the Blue Devils. UT will face #9 seed Florida Atlantic on Thursday night at 9 pm at Madison Square Garden in the Sweet 16. The Owls knocked off 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, 78-70, on Sunday after the Knights had upset top-seeded Purdue on Friday.
NCAA WOMENS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, FIRST ROUND, KNOXVILLE
Saturday…#4 Tennessee 95 #13 Saint Louis 50…Lady Vols will face 12th-seeded Toledo, which knocked off #5 seed Iowa State, 80-73, on Monday at 6 pm at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
NBA
Friday…Memphis 126 San Antonio 120 (OT): Grizzlies rallied from 29 points down to win in overtime.
Saturday…Memphis 133 Golden State 119: Memphis at Dallas Monday.
NHL
Saturday…Winnipeg 3 Nashville 2 (OT)
Sunday…New York Rangers 7 Nashville 0
SPHL
Friday…Knoxville 4 Roanoke 0
Saturday…Roanoke 7 Knoxville 5
Sunday…Macon 7 Knoxville 6
