[naviga:h3]SRU hoops national team of the week[/naviga:h3]

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University men’s basketball team has been selected as the NCAA Division II National Team of the Week by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

The Rock shot 60 percent from the field and sank 15 3-pointers in a 95-84 win at Califirnia (Pa.) before upsetting third-ranked and previously unbeaten Indana (Pa.), 74-69.

Other National Teams of the Week are Mississippi in Div. 1, Wooster in Div. III, Wayland Baptist in NAIA and Iowa Lakes in NJCAA.

[naviga:h3]Stephens advances at Australian Open[/naviga:h3]

MELBOURNE, Australia — Sloane Stephens advanced at the Australian Open at the expense of her former doubles partner Timea Babos in a second-round match the women’s tour billed as a battle of the so-called “frenemies.”

Fifth-seeded Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, dominated the Rod Laver Arena opener 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday but Babos kept her working by saving 18 of the 23 break points she faced.

In other early women’s matches Wednesday, Ash Barty had seven aces and dropped serve only once in a 6-2, 6-3 win over Wang Yafan to continue her bid to end a title drought for Australian women at the championship that dates to 1978.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova eliminated ninth-seeded Kiki Bertens 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round.