Seton Hall Postpones Games

Seton Hall will not participate in any athletic events the remainder of this week because of the dormitory fire that killed three students in South Orange, N.J.

The Big East Conference school said Thursday that among the events postponed were the men’s basketball game at No. 6 Syracuse on Saturday and a women’s home game Saturday, also against Syracuse.

It was not known when they would be rescheduled.

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Private negotiations in Hillsborough, N.C., failed to yield an agreement between North Carolina guards Ed Cota and Terrence Newby and the five people accusing them of assault. If an agreement is not reached before Feb. 24, Cota and Newby, along with two others, will be tried on assault charges in the post-Halloween fight. . . . Michigan State women’s Coach Karen Langeland will resign following the season after 24 years. She will become an assistant director of athletics. . . . David Lipscomb freshman Kaia Jergenson had both legs amputated below the knee after being hospitalized because of meningitis since Jan. 4 in Nashville.

WOMEN’S ROUNDUP / Duke’s Winning Streak Over

Amy Simpson scored 26 points, including six in overtime, as No. 6 North Carolina State ended ninth-ranked Duke’s 15-game winning streak with an 80-75 victory Thursday night at Raleigh, N.C.

The Wolfpack moved to 15-2 overall and 6-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Duke fell to 16-2, 5-1.

OTHER TOP 25 GAMES

Shea Ralph finished with a season-high 27 points as top-ranked Connecticut (16-0) ended the 15-game home winning streak of Holy Cross (15-6) with an 89-51 victory at Worcester, Mass. . . . Tamicha Jackson scored 14 points and had four steals to lead No. 3 Louisiana Tech (12-2, 3-0) to a 65-54 Sun Belt Conference victory over Florida International (6-8, 1-2) at Miami. . . . Lisa Shepherd scored 26 points as No. 4 Penn State (16-2, 7-0) beat Ohio State (9-7, 2-4), 73-62, in a Big Ten game at State College, Pa. . . . Tawana McDonald and Coco Miller scored 20 points apiece as No. 7 Georgia (18-2) earned an 86-58 victory over Georgia Tech (10-7) at Marietta, Ga. . . . Shana Askew scored 22 points to lead 10th-ranked Auburn (5-2, 4-1) to a 92-69 Southeastern Conference victory over Florida (10-6, 1-3) at Auburn, Ala. . . . Big Ten scoring leader Katie Douglas had 22 points to help No. 19 Purdue (11-5, 3-3) to a 73-55 Big Ten victory over Illinois (4-7, 4-3) at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . April Brown had 19 points as 14th-ranked Louisiana State (13-3, 4-1) held off Kentucky (11-6, 3-2) for a 66-59 SEC victory at Lexington, Ky. . . . Stacy Clinesmith made six three-pointers and scored 22 points at Denton, Texas, as No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (14-3, 3-0) beat North Texas (9-7, 0-3), 78-62, for its 30th straight Big West Conference victory. . . . Freshman LaToya Thomas scored 22 points as No. 22 Mississippi State (14-3, 3-2) defeated Arkansas (9-7, 0-4), 69-56, in the SEC at Starkville, Miss. . . . Petra Dobovcova had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 24 George Washington (14-2, 5-0) to an 82-66 Atlantic 10 victory over Dayton (8-9, 3-3) at Dayton, Ohio.