COLUMNS
New London marks the spot for X
Bacon coach Dave Shea alluded to Colchester resident Xariya Melendez, a senior at New London High,...
UCONN
No. 3 UConn women host Memphis on Wednesday in XL Center finale
UConn plays its final game at the XL Center in Hartford on Wednesday night when the No. 3 Huskies host Memphis in an American Athletic Conference women's basketball game at 7 p.m.
Collier leads No. 4 UConn to rout of UCF
Naphessa Collier had 18 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals to help No. 4 UConn rout UCF 78-41 on Sunday.
COLLEGES
Top 25 men's and women's basketball roundup
Sabrina Ionescu had 29 points and nine assists and No. 3 Oregon beat No. 9 Oregon State 77-68 for its 17th straight win
No. 1 Volunteers visit No. 5 Kentucky to start demanding stretch
No. 1 Tennessee has demanding late-season schedule starting with trip to No. 5 Kentucky
HIGH SCHOOL
UPDATED: CIAC announces girls' basketball state tournament pairings
The CIAC announced its 2018-19 girls' basketball state tournament pairings on Wednesday. New London is No. 2 in Class LL and will host No. 31 Darien in the first round on Monday, Feb. 25.
New London girls beat Bacon 54-40 to win third straight ECC Div. I title
Top-seeded New London won its third straight ECC Division I girls' basketball tournament title, beating No. 3 Bacon Academy 54-40 on Tuesday night at Norwich Free Academy.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Mitchell women's basketball on an NECC championship quest
Mitchell College advanced to the NECC women's basketball semifinals for the fifth time in the last six seasons after beating Elms College 66-49 in Tuesday's quarterfinals.
Seniors lead Mitchell men into NECC semifinals
Steffen Brunson and Domenico Santiago talk all the time about wanting to extend their Mitchell College basketball careers for as long as possible.
Local roundup: Montville boys win ECC D-II tournament opener
Colin Nickerson hit three clutch free throws in the closing seconds as eighth-seeded Montville held on for a 57-55 victory over No. 9 Windham in the opening round of the ECC Div. II boys' basketball tournament.
PROFESSIONAL
Rangers beat Hurricanes 2-1
Vladislav Namestikov scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Former Dodgers great Don Newcombe dies at 92
Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the major leagues and who went on to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards, has died. He was 92.
ON THE AIR
Basketball
6:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Villanova at Georgetown.
7 p.m., SNY, WXLM (980-AM) — NCAA women: Memphis at UConn from Hartford.
7 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Xavier at Seton Hall.
7 p.m., ESPN — NCAA men: Louisville at Syracuse.
7 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Florida at Louisiana State.
7 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Tulane at Memphis.
7 p.m., NESN, YES — NCAA men: Boston College at North Carolina State.
8:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: St. John's at Providence.
9 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Butler at Marquette.
9 p.m., ESPN — NCAA men: North Carolina at Duke.
9 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Stanford at Arizona State.
9 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Wichita State at Tulsa.
9 p.m., NESN, YES — NCAA men: Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech.
11 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Nevada at San Diego State.
11 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: New Mexico at Utah State.
11 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Utah at Washington.
Golf
11 p.m., Golf Channel — LPGA: Honda Thailand from Chonburi.
Hockey
7:30 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings.
10 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: Boston Bruins at Vegas Golden Knights.
Soccer
3 p.m., TNT — Champions League: Juventus at Atletico Madrid.
Tennis
6 a.m., Tennis Channel — ATP Rio de Janeiro Open; ATP Open 13 from Marseille, France; WTA Duty Free Championships from Dubai; WTA Hungarian Ladies Open from Budapest; ATP Delray Beach Open from Florida.
