RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kayla Jones scored 18 points to help top-seeded North Carolina State beat Kansas State 89-57 in Monday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament, earning a fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16. Raina Perez and Diamond Johnson each added 15 points for the Wolfpack. N.C. State shot 55% and made 9 of 19 3-pointers. By the end, all 13 players had scored for the Bridgeport Region's top seed. Serena Sundell scored 17 points to lead the ninth-seeded Wildcats, who shot just 39%. This is N.C. State's fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16. Kansas State was trying to reach its first since 2002.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Remy Martin has been the catalyst for Kansas through the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks are in the Sweet 16 and will play No. 4 seed Providence on Friday night. Martin scored 15 points in a blowout of Texas Southern, then poured in 20 to help Kansas hold off Creighton in the first two rounds. It's all been part of a late-season surge for the Arizona State transfer following a season marked by injuries and a crisis of confidence.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State has hired Baylor assistant Jerome Tang to be its next head coach. Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor flew to Texas to meet with Tang on Sunday, one day after the top-seeded Bears lost to North Carolina. Tang played a key role in building the Baylor program into a powerhouse. He replaces Bruce Weber, who resigned after Kansas State lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs agreed with defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi on a contract for next season, adding to the continuity on the defensive line that came with restructuring the contract of pass rusher Frank Clark. The contract with the 25-year-old Nnadi was announced Monday by his representatives at SportsTrust Advisors. Nnadi was selected by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2018 draft and has been a dependable part of three AFC championship teams and another that was beaten in the conference title game this past season.
UNDATED (AP) — Phil Mickelson won’t be playing in the Masters this year. Mickelson has been out of sight since inflammatory remarks against the Saudi-funded rival league and the PGA Tour. He’s no longer listed under players expected to be compete in this year’s Masters. It will be the first time since 1994 that Mickelson is not at the Masters. He lost sponsorship deals after an interview in which he says he was willing to overlook human rights atrocities if it meant getting leverage over the PGA Tour.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Yadier Molina is back, and both he and the St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t be happier. After missing the first week of camp for personal reasons, the 39-year-old Molina arrived at the Cardinals’ complex on Monday for what will likely be his final spring training. When St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol welcomed Molina back during a closed team meeting, the cheers and applause from his teammates could be heard outside the concrete building. Prior to that, a grinning Molina couldn’t take more than a handful of steps without a different teammate walking over to embrace him.
MONDAY SCORES
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final L.A. Lakers 131 Cleveland 120
Final Charlotte 106 New Orleans 103
Final Portland 119 Detroit 115
Final Brooklyn 114 Utah 106
Final Philadelphia 113 Miami 106
Final Chicago 113 Toronto 99
Final Houston 115 Washington 97
Final Boston 132 Oklahoma City 123
Final Dallas 110 Minnesota 108
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final OT Boston 3 Montreal 2
Final Minnesota 3 Vegas 0
Final OT Colorado 3 Edmonton 2
Final Nashville 6 Anaheim 3