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ESTERO, Fla. -- Rob Gray scored 23 points, Damyean Dotson added 16 more, including four 3-pointers, and Houston cruised to a 93-56 win over George Mason in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Monday night.Houston (2-0) hit 54 percent of its 65 shots from the field, including 13 of 22 from long range, and had six players reach double figures.Wes VanBeck contributed 14 points, Danrad Knowles had 13, Devin Davis hauled in 10 rebounds to go with nine points, and Galen Robinson Jr. dished out 10 assists.Trailing by four early, the Cougars quickly took control with a 13-2 run capped by Dotsons 3-pointer and carried a 48-26 advantage into the break. Grays 3-pointer in the second half gave Houston a 69-37 lead with 11:44 to play and the margin stayed above 30 points the rest of the way.Marquise Moore led George Mason (1-3) with 15 points. .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Ludogorets Razgrad and FC Basel drew 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, sending their fight for third place in Group A to the final round.Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain drew 2-2 in London but both had already qualified for the knockout stages as the groups top two teams.Ludogorets and Basel are tied after a winless campaign on two points each. They also drew in Basel, 1-1.The third team in the group will earn at least a spot in the second-tier Europa League. The bottom team is eliminated.Basel looked more dangerous of the two at Natsionalen SStadion Vasil Levski, but Ludogorets goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov did his best to keep hopes alive of continuing in a European competition.ddddddddddddWe gave our all, Basel coach Urs Fischer said. We had a good game but we failed to convert our chances.In the final matches in the group, Basel hosts Arsenal while Paris Saint-Germain plays Ludogorets on Dec. 6.I am sure Arsenal will be at their best, Ludogorets coach Georgi Dermendzhiev said. ' ' '
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