VIERA, Fla. - Rick Mahler, who won nearly 100 games during a 13-year career spent mostly with the Atlanta Braves, died Wednesday. He was 51.

Mahler died of a heart attack at home in Jupiter, Fla., while preparing for his second season as a minor league pitching coach for the New York Mets, the team said. He was set to rejoin the Mets' Class-A team in Port St. Lucie.

New York pitcher Tom Glavine telephoned the Braves to inform them of his former teammate's death shortly before Atlanta played Georgia Tech in its first exhibition game of the spring.

Mahler pitched in the majors from 1979-91, going 96-111 with a 3.99 ERA. His best season came in 1985, when he went 17-15 with a 3.48 ERA for the Braves. The next year, he led the majors with 18 losses.

Butler graduate Kim Nowakowski, a freshman on the California (Pa.) University women's basketball team, sank all five of her field goal attempts and both free throws Tuesday in a 55-35 PSAC playoff win over Edinboro.Nowakowski scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the game. California plays West Chester in the PSAC semifinals at 6 p.m. Friday at Millersville.

Abby Moose scored a team-high 17 points, but the Grove City College women's basketball team dropped a 71-63 decision to DeSales in an Eastern College Athletic Conference quarterfinal playoff game Wednesday to close out its season.Moose, a former Portersville Christian player, finished her Grove City career with 1,209 points, which is fifth all-time in school history.

The Westminster College women's basketball team captured its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory with a 54-50 victory at Dickinson College Wednesday.Union High School graduate Mary Jane Eaton led the Titans (21-7) with nine rebounds and added a buzzer-beater to close out the first half.