Sports Digest: Purdue Cal women, Calumet College men win CCAC openers

Pro basketball

HIBBERT LEADS PACERS PAST HORNETS IN OT: Roy Hibbert had a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Pacers to a 117-108 overtime win over the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night.

Paul George scored 20 points, and Darren Collison had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers, winners of three straight.

Trevor Ariza scored 21 points to lead the Hornets, who have lost 10 of their last 13.

Pro baseball

CUBS SEND PITCHER TO RED SOX AS COMP FOR EPSTEIN: The Cubs and the Red Sox have agreed on a deal that settles their dispute over what Boston should get after Theo Epstein left for Chicago.

The Cubs said Tuesday they are sending right-handed reliever Chris Carpenter and a player to be named to the Red Sox for a player to be named.

Epstein became Chicago's president of baseball operations and got a five-year, $18.5 million deal in October. The teams were not able to agree on compensation and submitted arguments to Commissioner Bud Selig.

The 26-year-old Carpenter made 42 relief appearances between Double-A Tennessee, Triple-A Iowa and the Cubs. He spent four years in the minors before seeing his first major league action last season, when he posted no record and a 2.79 ERA in 10 appearances.

RAILCATS RE-SIGN PAIR: Infielder Brian Kolb and left-handed pitcher T.J. Wohlever will return to the RailCats this season.

Kolb has spent parts of the last two seasons with the RailCats. He played briefly for the RailCats as a rookie in 2010 before being traded but returned to the team in 2011 and hit .280 in 57 games with two homers and 18 RBIs.

Wohlever joined the RailCats late in the 2011 season and was 1-0 in three appearances, throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He allowed one hit, walked three and struck out two.

The RailCats also announced the signing of catcher Ryan Babineau.

College football

NEAL SIGNS WITH IRISH: Highly-rated wide receiver recruit Davonte Neal from Scottsdale, Ariz., has signed a letter of intent with Notre Dame.

The 5-10, 175-pound Neal was considered the highest-rated recruit still unsigned by most analysts. He helped Chaparral High School to back-to-back championships.

Neal caught 62 passes for 1,113 yards and 16 TDs, rushed for 1,317 yards and 14 TDs, returned three kickoffs for TDs and posted two punt return TDs in 2011.

Notre Dame lost out on its top receiver recruit on signing day back on Feb. 1 when Deontay Greenberry signed with Houston after giving a verbal commitment to the Fighting Irish.

Men's basketball

CALUMET COLLEGE ADVANCES TO CCAC SEMIS: Roddy Richardson led five players in double figures with 16 points as Calumet College advanced to the semifinals of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with a 79-58 win over Purdue North Central on Tuesday.

Karl Anderson (Crete), Chris Diehl and Robert Jackson (Hammond) each added 12 points, while Devon Key (Hobart) had 11 for the Crimson Wave (16-12).

Nick Neal and David Kelly each had 14 for the Panthers (5-25). Kyle Sanders added 11, and Alphonse Futch had 10.

Women's basketball

PURDUE CAL ADVANCES TO CCAC SEMIS: Stephaine Beck led four players in double figures with 16 points as Purdue Calumet defeated Trinity Christian 86-60 and advanced to the semifinals of the CCAC Tournament on Tuesday.

Alex Starr added 15, Brooklyn Short 15 and Kami Graber 13 for the Peregrines (22-9), who reached the semifinals for the fourth consecutive season.

Women's bowling

VU MOVES UP TO NO. 2: Valparaiso is ranked second in this week's National Tenpin Coaches Association media poll.

The Crusaders, who are ranked third in the current coaches poll, received 382 rating points and one of the 16 first-place votes, trailing only Fairleigh Dickinson, which received the other 15 first-place votes and totaled 448 points. Sacred Heart (368), Arkansas State (342) and Maryland Eastern Shore (326) round out the top five.

Local bowling

GCA CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS MONTH: The Greater Calumet Area Championships will take place Sunday at Plaza Lanes, 8101 Kennedy Ave., in Highland. Cost is $20 per event, which includes team (four person) event, singles and doubles men's and women's divisions. There will be no separate women's team event. Bowlers will have a choice of competing in pin over average or scratch divisions, or both for an additional $10 per event. For details, or to make reservations for the tournament, call (219) 923-7240.