IN BRIEF
OLEAN, N.Y. — Michael Lee scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds to lead St. Bonaventure to a 74-59 win against Duquesne and to its first win this season in Atlantic 10 play.
Tyler Benson scored a season-high 15 points for the Bonnies (7-14, 1-6). Matt Morgan added 13 points and Zarryon Fereti and Tyler Relph had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
For the Dukes (13-7, 3-4), Gary Tucker scored 13 points and Aaron Jackson added 11 points and had seven rebounds. Shawn James had nine points.
Trailing by one point with 16:22 to play, the Bonnies went on a 12-0 run to take a 49-38 lead with 13:15 to play. The Dukes did not come closer than seven points for the rest of the game.
The Bonnies outscored the Dukes 46-28 in the second half.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — J.B. Holmes came back from the brink of defeat to win the FBR Open for the second time in three years, beating Phil Mickelson on the first hole of a playoff.Holmes birdied the 18th twice in a matter of minutes, first with a 13-foot putt to force the playoff, then with an 8-footer after a monster, 359-yard drive.Mickelson, who birdied three of the final six holes of regulation, just missed a 28-foot birdie putt before Holmes made the winner. The victory was worth $1.08 million.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian star Karrie Webb won her fourth Women's Australian Open title, beating South Korea's Shin Ji-yai with a 10-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole.Webb, the winner last year at Royal Sydney, and Shin closed with a 6-under 67s at Kingston Heath to finish at 8-under 284. Webb birdied the 16th and 17th holes in regulation to force the playoff.
BEIJING — Former Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene announced his retirement on Monday.The 33-year-old Greene made the announcement in Beijing, which is hosting this summer's Olympic Games. The American has been one of the sport's dominant figures of the past decade, winning both the 100 meters and 200 at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.
