Sydni Stallworth scored a game-high 26 points and had four steals, and Pima College thumped Parkland College 99-71 in Tuesday’s Bruce Fleck Classic opener at the West Campus gym.
The Aztecs put Parkland away with an 18-2 run in the third quarter. Pima led by 26 points with less than five minutes remaining in the game.
Denesia Smith and Shalise Fernander each added 18 points.
“Tonight was a great win against a great team on a special night,” coach Todd Holthaus said. “I was a bit surprised how well we played against Parkland after a 10-day layoff.”
During halftime, Pima forward Hayley Pryor became the fifth recipient of the Bruce Fleck Scholarship Award. The award goes to a women’s basketball player who best exemplifies work in the classroom as well as on and off the court. The scholarship is named after Fleck, a longtime assistant coach at Flowing Wells and Tucson High and Pima College who died in 2011.
• Azura Stevens scored 21 points with 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Duke routed Western Carolina 84-47 on Tuesday night.
Stevens was 9 of 13 from the floor with three assists and three of Duke’s eight blocked shots. Rebecca Greenwell and Oderah Chidom both scored 13 points. The Blue Devils (10-3) shot over 58 percent (31 of 53) and outrebounded the Catamounts 49-30. Duke survived 27 turnovers in the lopsided win.
golf
Mickelson to play in Phoenix Open
Three-time Waste Management Phoenix Open winner Phil Mickelson is the latest to commit to the PGA Tour tournament, set to tee it up Feb. 4-7 at TPC Scottsdale.
Additionally, Hideki Matsuyama, who finished tied for second in last year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, also committed on Tuesday.
Mickelson, a 42-time winner on the PGA Tour and former Arizona State star, currently ranks 34th in the Official World Golf Ranking and will be making his 27th appearance at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He is the all-time tournament money winner with more than $3.7 million in winnings.
baseball
Former Red Sox star Malzone dies
BOSTON — Frank Malzone, the Boston Red Sox’s all-time leader among third baseman with homers and RBIs, has died, the team said Tuesday. He was 85.
Malzone died at home in Needham, Massachusetts, of natural causes, the team said.
A member of the Red Sox hall of fame since 1995, he played in Boston for 11 seasons from 1955-65. He hit 131 homers with 716 RBIs during that stretch, the most of any third baseman in club history. The six-time All-Star finished his career in 1966 with the California Angels.
He was often seen in spring training, many times riding a golf cart along with former Boston pitcher Luis Tiant, pausing to take pictures and chatting with fans at the club’s complex in Fort Myers, Florida. He visited Fenway Park often after he retired from his work as a scout, instructor and in the team’s front office.
football
Okla. St., former aide settle suit
AUSTIN, Texas — Oklahoma State and former Texas assistant Joe Wickline settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit Tuesday, a move that lets Longhorns coach Charlie Strong and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes avoid having to testify in an Oklahoma courtroom about who called the plays for Texas.
Oklahoma State sued Wickline — who was fired by Texas on Dec. 12 — in 2014 for nearly $600,000, arguing he made a lateral move to Texas and didn’t take a promotion with “play-calling duties” as stated in his previous contract. The lawsuit was settled for $250,000, Oklahoma State spokesman Gary Shutt said.
A case that might have been a minor distraction to a coaching staff turned into a major headache for Texas. Oklahoma State forced Strong, Wickline and former Texas offensive coordinator Shawn Watson into lengthy depositions that put them through hours of questioning about closed-door strategy sessions and game-time decisions.
