U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls in coming decades.

Ryan Langborg scored 12 of his career-high 27 points in overtime, and ninth-seeded Northwestern finally put away No. 8 seed Florida Atlantic 77-65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but managed to keep alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll.

Florida Atlantic jumped seven places to No. 7 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll following a double-overtime win over No. 4 Arizona.

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Damian Dunn drew a foul on a driving layup with 1.1 seconds left and made both free throws to send Temple past No. 16 Villanova 68-64 on Friday night.

South Carolina is increasing the allowed attendance for the team’s spring football game later this month from 9,000 to 15,000.

The Owls have allowed 108 points in losing their last two games and badly need to stop the bleeding Thursday night, when they visit South Florida in an American Athletic Conference game. 23 SMU and a 63-21 pounding against Central Florida have left the Owls with a sour taste in their mouths. The Bulls slammed East Carolina 45-20 in their most recent game with Jordan Cronkrite leading the way with 129 rushing yards and two scores. The Bulls lost their final six games last season, including 27-17 to the Owls - a game in which they led 17-0 at intermission. Russo was sacked four times against UCF after getting sacked a total of once in his previous three games.

PHILADELPHIA Trailing Cincinnati by one game in the American Athletic Conference East Division standings, UCF and Temple square off Saturday in a key league battle. LINE: UCF -10.5The Owls were trounced by SMU their last time out, absorbing a 45-21 defeat to snap a three-game winning streak. In the last three games, Re'Mahn Davis has 68 carries, none of which have gone for more than 19 yards. Temple won six of its final seven regular-season games last year, losing only to UCF 52-40. PREDICTION: UCF 31, Temple 30More college football scores

The high-octane Tigers likely will face a challenge Saturday when they visit Temple in American Athletic Conference action. The Tigers got past Louisiana Monroe 52-33 last weekend as Brady White threw three touchdown passes and Kenneth Gainwell chipped in 209 rushing yards and two scores. Davis leads the team in rushing yards (503) and rushing TDs (four), although Jager Gardner has scored on the ground three times in support of quarterback Anthony Russo (11 TDs, six INTs). In the last two games, Temple has held opponents to a combined 5-of-28 on third downs. PREDICTION: Temple 37, Memphis 31More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

The Yellow Jackets fell at home to FCS foe The Citadel their last time out, while Temple was trounced at Buffalo. ABOUT GEORGIA TECH (1-2)Collins has used both Lucas Johnson and Tobias Oliver at quarterback this season, but he was not in the mood to declare a starter after the loss to The Citadel. Temple RB Re'Mahn Davis has averaged 6.8 yards per carry on the season but has only averaged 10.3 rushing attempts per game. Georgia Tech LB David Curry had a career-high 14 tackles and an interception against The Citadel. PREDICTION: Temple 37, Georgia Tech 17More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.