MOBILE—Martel Moore caught eight passes for 224 yards and a touchdown, and Northern Illinois rallied for a 38-20 victory over Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Sunday night. The Huskies trailed 13-0 late in the first quarter, but the Mid-American Conference champions scored 31 unanswered points on the way to their ninth straight victory. It was the third time this season Northern Illinois (11-3) rallied from a double-digit deficit to win.Arkansas State (10-3) had its nine-game winning streak snapped. The Sun Belt champions couldn’t overcome five turnovers — including three interceptions thrown by Ryan Aplin.NIU’s Chandler Harnish completed 18 of 36 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns in his final college game. He came into the game as the nation’s top rushing quarterback, averaging 106.3 yards per game, but was limited to minus-3 on the ground after being slowed by an ankle injury in the second quarter. Harnish might not have been able to run, but Moore could. His 224 yards receiving were the third-most in a game in school history.Arkansas State jumped out to an early 13-0 lead, but that was almost disappointing considering the Red Wolves had to settle for two short field goals instead of touchdowns. Brian Davis connected on field goals from 32 and 36 yards before Aplin found the end zone on a 2-yard run.The missed opportunities kept Northern Illinois close, and after some early trouble on offense, the Huskies made their move.Harnish hit Perez Ashford on a 9-yard touchdown pass two plays after a disputed spot on fourth down kept the drive alive, pulling the Huskies to 13-7 just before the end of the first quarter. The Huskies briefly lost Harnish because of his injured left ankle early in the second quarter, but backup Jordan Lynch engineered a 7-play, 78-yard drive that ended on his 3-yard touchdown run to give NIU a 14-13 lead with 4:49 left in the first half. Harnish returned to lead the Huskies on another touchdown drive just before halftime. Coach Dave Doeren gambled on the final play of the drive, going for the touchdown with 2 seconds remaining instead of a point-blank field goal try. It worked, with Jamal Womble plowing forward for a 1-yard touchdown to give Northern Illinois a 21-13 halftime lead. Arkansas State was called for a crucial roughing-the-kicker penalty on a fourth down that extended the drive. Arkansas State was coached by David Gunn, who took over in an interim role after Hugh Freeze left for Mississippi. Both Freeze and the Red Wolves’ new coach — former Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn — watched the game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, but were powerless to help as Northern Illinois rallied for the victory. Arkansas State briefly regained momentum early in the third quarter after Chaz Scales intercepted Harnish’s pass, but Northern Illinois got the ball back three plays later when Jhony Faustin intercepted Aplin. On the next play, Harnish threw a 43-yard touchdown to Moore to extend the lead to 28-13.Arkansas State briefly pulled within 31-20 on Aplin’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Stockemer, but Northern Illinois responded with an interception that Dechante Durante returned for a touchdown to put the game out of reach. Aplin completed 30 of 58 passes for 353 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Northern Illinois’ victory helped the MAC finish with a 4-1 record in bowl games.

Pavel Datsyuk banked in a shot from a bad angle off Nick Leddy for the winning goal 3:08 into overtime, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night.After Corey Crawford made two point-blank saves, Datsyuk got to the loose puck along the goal line to the goalie’s left, whiffed once and then snapped a rising shot that hit Leddy and bounded into the open upper portion of the net as Crawford was down in the crease. That sent the Hawks to a season-high fourth straight loss.Detroit’s Dan Cleary scored with 4:45 left in regulation to tie it at 2 after Henrik Zetterberg fired a loose puck into traffic in front. Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Red Wings.Dave Bolland and Patrick Sharp scored goals 44 seconds apart early in the first period, but the Blackhawks lost for the fifth time in six games following a 9-1-1 run. Crawford made 24 saves.Sharp, who scored his 20th goal, sustained an undisclosed upper body injury late in the first period and didn’t return.Jimmy Hayes, playing in his fifth NHL game, was stopped on a penalty shot by Ty Conklin at 7:53 of the third. It was awarded after Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom covered up a loose puck in the crease as it slid toward the goal line from a scrum.Conklin, Detroit’s backup, blocked 29 shots in his sixth start this season. He won for the first time since beating Colorado 3-0 on Oct. 8.The Central Division and Original Six rivals met for the second time in nine days. The Blackhawks beat Detroit 3-2 on Dec. 30 here in the United Center.The Red Wings were coming off a 4-3 loss in Toronto on Saturday. Detroit rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie it, but lost after Toronto’s Joffrey Lupul scored late following a Red Wings turnover. Bolland and Sharp scored 44 seconds apart early in the first to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead. Bolland’s power-play goal at 3:35 opened the scoring.After Marian Hossa’s drive from the point hit traffic and landed in the slot, Bolland fired the loose puck and got it to trickle in under Conklin’s right pad. Sharp made it 2-0 at 4:19 when the puck popped out to him in the left circle from a scrum behind the net, and he turned and fired.Filppula’s power-play goal with 6:31 left in the first cut it to 2-1, 3 seconds after a two-man Detroit advantage became a 5-on-4. He ripped a shot into the open net from the left edge of the crease after taking a pinpoint cross-ice feed from Zetterberg.

NOTES—Sean O’Donnell played in his 1,200th NHL game. …Steve Montador returned after missing three games because of an upper body injury. The Blackhawks returned rookie D Dylan Olsen to Rockford of the AHL. …Daniel Carcillo sat out the third game of a seven-game suspension for a hit on Edmonton D Tom Gilbert on Monday. Carcillo injured a knee on the play and might be out longer than the suspension.. Detroit C Darren Helm returned after missing four games with a lower body injury. Holmstrom came back following a five-game absence because of a groin injury.

VILLANOVA—Maalik Wayns scored 21 points, Dominic Cheek added 20 and Villanova defeated DePaul 87-71 Sunday, snapping a three-game losing skid for the Wildcats.Mouphtaou Yarou had 14 and JayVaughn Pinkston 13 for Villanova (8-8, 1-3 Big East). The Wildcats had lost their first three conference games – to West Virginia, Marquette and South Florida – for the first time since joining the Big East in 1980-81.Thursday’s 74-57 loss to South Florida was especially unusual, considering that Villanova had won 51 of its last 52 at The Pavilion, its on-campus arena.Today, though, Villanova shot 63 percent in the first half, built a 48-36 lead and cruised to its first league victory despite committing a season-high 28 turnovers.DePaul (10-5, 1-2) entered this game with a rare Big East victory, 84-81 over Pittsburgh Thursday. The Blue Demons are 3-54 all-time in league play.Brandon Young led DePaul with 22 points. Cleveland Melvin added 19 for the Blue Demons.After a five-game winning streak, DePaul has dropped two of its last three. Following a stale performance against the South Florida Bulls it its last game, Villanova came out with more energy in an early start on this day. In that loss to USF, Villanova was outrebounded 38-26, its largest deficit of the season.But the Wildcats were aggressive from the opening tip in this one, and won for the fourth straight time over DePaul.Villanova’s lead swelled to 78-61 with 5:51 remaining and the Blue Demons never got within double figures the rest of the game. The Wildcats also outrebounded DePaul 45-23.The Wildcats’ offensive output was their highest since scoring 106 on opening night (Nov. 11) in a 36-point rout of Monmouth (N.J.).

ATLANTA—Josh Smith scored 25 points, and Joe Johnson and Vladimir Radmanovic each added 17 as Atlanta ended the Bulls six-game winning streak 109-94. John Lucas III had 14 of his team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls, who never led. The Bulls, who dropped to 7-2, had been off to their best start since going 12-0 in 1996-97.Dreeick Rose, last season’s league MVP, had his lowest total since he scored six when the Bulls took a 17-point victory at Toronto on Dec. 15, 2010. He did not return to the game after leaving with 2:29 left in the third quarter.Both teams used mostly reserves in the fourth before Atlanta coach Larry Drew had starters Smith, Johnson and Al Horford enter the game for a few minutes late in the final period.Kyle Korver finished with 13 points for the Bulls, and Carlos Boozer and Jimmy Butler each had 12. Omer Asik pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds. The outcome was in stark contrast to last Tuesday at the United Center, where the Hawks blew a 19-point lead in the third quarter and allowed the Bulls to outscore them 34-18 during the final period in a 76-74 loss. This time, there was no such ugly streak for Atlanta.Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was disappointed in the lack of ball movement on offense.The Hawks, who improved to 6-3, have won two straight. They were up 17 late in the first quarter before the Bulls came within two with 4:09 to go in the second on Boozer’s layup.But Atlanta went on an 18-2 run, ending on Johnson’s 12-foot runner in the final seconds of the half, to lead by 18 at intermission.Jeff Teague’s dunk with 5:52 left in the third quarter gave the Hawks their biggest lead at 29. Hawks forward Marvin Williams left the game midway through the first with a sore left ankle and did not return.Drew gave Radmanovich a season-high 28 minutes, and the 6-foot-10 forward responded by going 5 for 5 on 3-point attempts, handing out three assists and getting two steals.Zaza Pachulia and Willie Green combined for 16 points and seven rebounds, but Drew credited the starters with providing the entire team with good energy early on.Much of those discussions centered on limiting the damage from Rose, who scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter last Tuesday and helped the Bulls win 97-83 Friday in Orlando with 21 points and 10 assists.

NOTES—Horford finished with 14 points….The Hawks hosted the Bulls for the first time since the Bulls beat them 4-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season……Tracy McGrady went scoreless in 8 minutes after sitting out Friday’s win at Charlotte with a bruised left knee…..Richard Hamilton was in uniform but missed his second straight game with a sore groin….C.J. Watson is traveling with the team, but was sidelined for the fourth straight game with a dislocated left elbow. He’s no longer wearing a sling…..Smith missed his first six 3-point attempts this season before hitting one to make it 48-43 in the second.

CHAMPAIGN—Joseph Bertrand scored a career-high 25 points and hit the shot that gave Illinois a decisive lead with 53 seconds to play Saturday on the way to a 59-54 victory over Nebraska.The Cornhuskers (8-7, 0-4 Big Ten) were looking for their first Big Ten win and were tied 54-54 when Bertrand hitting a running floater that gave Illinois (14-3, 3-1) a 56-54 lead.Bertrand made 11 of his 12 shots in his third career start. Brandon Paul added 11 points for the Illini.Nebraska led 25-22 at the half and held a 48-45 edge with just under 5 minutes to play.Bo Spencer led Nebraska with 13 points. Toney McCray added 12 and Brandon Richardson scored 10.

ORLANDO—At times last season the Bulls were guilty of leaning on MVP point guard Derrick Rose too much to help them pull out wins in close games.If the way they closed out Friday night’s 97-83 victory over Orlando is any indication, coach Tom Thibodeau’s team is well on the way to fixing that problem. Rose and Luol Deng each scored 21 points and they held off a fourth-quarter surge by the Magic for their sixth straight victory.Carlos Boozer added 20 points for Chicago, which led by as many as 17 before the lead was trimmed to three. The Bulls closed the game on a 17-6 run and hung on despite getting just four points from Rose in the final 12 minutes.Dwight Howard led the Magic with 28 points and 15 rebounds, and Jason Richardson broke out of scoring slump with 17. But Ryan Anderson, who coach Stan Van Gundy said “just didn’t get in the battle” against the Bulls and had been leading the team in scoring, went cold, along with the Magic’s reserves.Van Gundy said the Magic, who were playing their first playoff opponent from last season since their season-opening loss at Oklahoma City, aren’t ready to compete with that caliber of team right now.The Bulls (7-1) are off to their best start since winning 12 of 13 to open the 1996-97 season. The latest victory began a brutal stretch that includes seven games in nine nights.Orlando (5-3) lost at home for the first time this season.Rose went through some scoring lulls but kept the offense on schedule, handing out 10 assists and coming within two rebounds of a triple-double.The Bulls dominated inside and held a 46-37 rebounding edge. They also had 27 assists.The Magic bench, which had been playing well this season, was 3 for 15 from the field.The game featured several momentum shifts in the first three quarters.The Bulls briefly opened a 17-point lead early in the third before three straight Magic 3-pointers pulled them within 62-54.That came after the Bulls built a 10-point lead at halftime.The Bulls made their early run even though Rose was held scoreless in the second quarter. Kyle Korver picked up the slack with nine points and Boozer added eight, including a jumper at the halftime horn.Rose got off to a strong start with 12 first-quarter points.The Magic jumped out to a 10-2 lead, prompting a quick Bulls timeout. But Chicago responded with a spurt of its own that included six straight points by Rose to tie it at 17.Orlando regained its footing, outscoring the Bulls 10-9 the rest of the quarter thanks to six points by Howard, who was 6 for 8 in the period with 14 points and five rebounds.With such a tough schedule on tap, Thibodeau said the Bulls won’t put too much stock in Friday’s outcome or dwell on what’s ahead.

NOTES—Richard Hamilton suited up but did not play with a sore left groin….Magic swingman Quentin Richardson was inactive, recovering from a chemical burn on his ankle after a self-treatment mishap in which he iced his sore ankle with Icy Hot and then applied ice to it. Rookie G DeAndre Liggins also didn’t dress after having an allergic reaction to shellfish.

The Colorado Avalanche are climbing the Western Conference standings because of strong goaltending and tight defense.And on Friday, they also outskated and handled one of the NHL’s most skilled offensive teams.Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves to earn his second shutout, and T.J.Galiardi had a goal and an assist to lead the Avalanche past the Blackhawks 4-0 for their fourth straight win.David Jones, David Van Der Gulik and Chuck Kobasew also scored for Colorado, which has won nine of its past 10.Varlamov made a few sharp close-in saves, but wasn’t consistently tested by the Blackhawks in his sixth career shutout.The Hawks lost its third straight to match a season high for consecutive defeats, and has dropped four of its past five following a 9-1-1 run.The Avalanche are playing well without forward Matt Duchene, who missed his third game with a knee injury.J.S. Giguere has been in goal most nights during the Avalanche’s run. But Varlamov was solid for a second straight game on Friday.The Blackhawks were flat and sloppy following a 5-4 loss in Philadelphia on Thursday, when they gave up a game-winning power-play goal with 33 seconds left in the game after erasing a two-goal deficit in the third period.Joel Quenneville was even more blunt.Corey Crawford stopped 18 shots.Three recent rookie call-ups — defenseman Dylan Olsen and forwards Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw — were in Hawk’s lineup.Jones deflected in the only goal of the first with 7:03 left in the period.Colorado’s Erik Johnson slid a shot from the right point through traffic and with Jones cutting in front of the net. The puck glanced off Jones’ stick and sailed into the upper right corner of the net.Galiardi made it 2-0 at 1:47 of the second, just moments after Varlamov poke-checked the puck away from Patrick Sharp, who was in alone at the Colorado net.Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy couldn’t control the puck deep in the Hawk zone, and it rolled to Paul Stastny deep on the left side. Stastny sent a pass across the crease to Galiardi, who sent it into a wide-open net.Van Der Gulik extended Colorado’s lead to 3-0 at 8:40, five seconds after the Avalanche had killed a penalty.Leddy’s weak pass along the backboards was picked off by rookie Gabriel Landeskog, who slipped it through traffic to Van Der Gulik in the slot.Viktor Stalberg backhanded a shot off the post 5:47 into the third to cap a breakaway.Varlamov made a point-blank glove save on Sharp about two minutes later.Kobasew completed the scoring on a tip-in with 1:56 left.

NOTES—Varlamov appeared in his 28th game, the most he has played in his four years in the NHL….Van Der Gulik’s goal was his first this season and his second in the NHL…..Daniel Carcillo sat out his second game of a seven-game suspension for a hit on Edmonton D Tom Gilbert last Monday. Carcillo sustained a knee injury on the play and may miss more time than the suspension…..Markus Kruger (concussion) missed his fifth game and D Steve Montador (upper body) missed his third. Both are on IR…..Leddy finished minus-4 in the game.

PHILADELPHIA—Filling in for Jaromir Jagr, James van Riemsdyk played like an All-Star.Van Riemsdyk’s second goal on the power play with 32.8 seconds remaining lifted the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Blackhawks on Thursday.Brent Seabrook and Patrick Kane scored 25 seconds apart late in the third period to tie it, but van Riemsdyk made sure the Flyers shook off the disappointment from their Winter Classic loss.Van Riemsdyk was one of the few bright spots in Philadelphia’s short playoff run last year, scoring seven goals in 11 games. But he struggled at times this season and didn’t seem on track.Until now.Scott Hartnell, Harry Zolnierczyk and van Riemsdyk scored goals in a span of 4:20 in the second period, and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Flyers against Ray Emery in his first game back in Philadelphia.Ilya Bryzgalov made 30 saves to earn his first win since Dec. 13.Claude Giroux set up van Riemsdyk’s winning goal with a perfect pass to Hartnell, who slid the puck across the crease to his new linemate. Van Riemsdyk shot it into an open net to give the Flyers a 5-4 lead.Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Hawks. It was the Blackhawks’ first game in Philadelphia since skating off the ice with the Stanley Cup after their overtime victory in Game 6 of the finals on June 9, 2010.Coming off a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers in the Winter Classic across the street at Citizens Bank Park, the Flyers started slow and didn’t score until the final minute of the first period.Braydon Coburn’s slap shot from the point sailed wide of the net and ricocheted off the boards to Voracek, who wristed it in from the left circle.The Blackhawks went up 1-0 when Hayes scored following a turnover by Zac Rinaldo in Philadelphia’s zone. Rinaldo’s clearing attempt went to Jamal Mayers, who sent a shot toward the net. Hayes redirected it past Bryzgalov.Rinaldo made up for his gaffe right after the ensuing faceoff. The rookie enforcer took on Shaw, giving the youngster a tough introduction in his NHL debut. Rinaldo’s first punch opened a huge gash above Shaw’s left eye and blood squirted onto the ice.Shaw got some stitches and then showed off his offensive skills in the second period, giving the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead. He skated in from behind the net, made a nifty move around Kimmo Timonen and backhanded a shot past Bryzgalov.The Flyers answered quickly after falling behind.Hartnell’s tying goal came 17 seconds later. Hartnell swatted a behind-the-net pass from Giroux past Emery for his 18th goal.Zolnierczyk scored the go-ahead goal off a rebound of Sean Couturier’s shot, and Van Riemsdyk also put in a rebound 23 seconds later for a 4-2 lead.Seconds after Hartnell’s deflection hit the post, Seabrook got the Blackhawks within 4-3. His wrist shot fluttered above Bryzgalov’s right shoulder.A turnover by Marc-Andre Bourdon set up Kane’s tying goal. Bourdon’s clearing pass went to Jonathan Toews. Kane then blasted a shot from the slot just under the crossbar. An angry Bourdon smashed his stick across the net, breaking it into two pieces.Bryzgalov, who signed a nine-year, $51 million contract in June, didn’t start the last two games and wasn’t disappointed about watching the Winter Classic from the bench. He even told reporters that Sergei Bobrovsky gave the Flyers a better chance to win. They blew a 2-0 lead against the Rangers.Bryzgalov didn’t speak after this game. He said he wasn’t feeling well.Bryzgalov wore new pads, a brown leather pair reminiscent of the ones former Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh used. Lindbergh died in a car accident in November 1985, a few months after winning the Vezina Trophy.Emery got a second chance in the NHL two years ago with the Flyers, but his stint in Philadelphia ended prematurely. He had hip surgery and missed the Flyers’ run to the Cup finals.Emery also didn’t speak to reporters.

NOTES—Timonen left the game with an upper body injury. His status is uncertain…..The Flyers improved to 9-6-2 at home…..This was the only meeting between the teams this regular season…..The Flyers have won nine straight regular-season games at home against the Blackhawks,who’s last win was Nov. 9, 2006…..Giroux has 19 points in his last 11 games…..Jagr injured his left calf against the Rangers.

ROSEMONT—Brandon Young scored 26 points, including a three-point play with 1.3 seconds left, as DePaul beat Pittsburgh 84-81 Thursday night.Young scored the game’s last seven points for the Blue Demons (10-4, 1-1 Big East) after Pitt (11-5, 0-3) held an 81-77 lead with 17.2 seconds remaining. Young’s layup cut the Panthers’ lead to two points; then Pitt’s Isaiah Epps missed two free throws.Young drove through the Panthers’ defense for a basket and he was fouled with 1.3 seconds left. He made the free throw for a one-point lead, then Pitt threw the inbounds pass away. Young was fouled and made two more free throws. Cleveland Melvin scored 20 points and Moses Morgan added 13 for DePaul, which before Thursday had won just two regular-season Big East games since 2008-09.Talib Zanna had 16 points and eight rebounds and Ashton Gibbs finished with 13 points for Pittsburgh.

AUBURN HILLS—Richard Hamilton scored 14 points in his return to The Palace, and the Bulls shut down the Detroit Pistons in a 99-83 victory Wednesday night.Hamilton started after missing the previous two games with a sore left groin. He received a warm welcome from Detroit fans, many of whom stood and applauded the veteran guard who spent nine years with the Pistons before being waived prior to this season.Hamilton went 5 of 9 from the field and added five assists. Derrick Rose had 17 points and 10 assists for the Bulls.Greg Monroe had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit. Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey didn’t play in the second half because of a left groin problem.Rose, last season’s NBA MVP, was shaken up late in the fourth quarter when he landed hard following a drive to the basket. He was able to stay in the game.Hamilton chatted a bit with some former teammates while out on the court warming up about 45 minutes before the game. He was announced last among Bulls starters, and the crowd showed its appreciation.Hamilton led Detroit to the 2004 NBA championship but was benched for an extended period last season amid a falling out with then-coach John Kuester. The Pistons fired Kuester after the season, then parted ways with Hamilton following the lockout.The Pistons were held scoreless until Monroe’s layup 3:54 into the first quarter. Hamilton then made a tough shot off the backboard while being fouled. His three-point play made it 9-2.A dunk in transition by Rose put the Bulls ahead 20-10, and a 3-pointer by Kyle Korver made it 47-33 in the second quarter. The Bulls led 51-35 at halftime.Hamilton scored seven points in the third quarter, including a perimeter shot that gave the Bulls their biggest lead at 57-37. After the Pistons pulled within a dozen, Hamilton made a 3-pointer from the right corner for a 67-52 advantage.With 5:04 left in the fourth quarter, Hamilton was slow getting up after being fouled hard by Will Bynum in transition. He was able to make the two free throws and continue playing.The Bulls have won five straight and 12 in a row against the Pistons. The Bulls haven’t lost to Detroit since Dec. 23, 2008.Five Bulls players finished in double figures, led by Carlos Boozer with 19 points. Joakim Noah had 13 points and 11 rebounds.The Bulls shot 53 percent to Detroit’s 41 percent.

NOTES—The Bulls had had 31 assists on 40 field goals. … Former Bull Ben Gordon was called for a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter for pulling Noah down from behind near the basket. …Tom Thibodeau was whistled for a technical foul in the first quarter for arguing a call. … Attendance was announced at 9,125.