*COLLEGE S: Caprice Smith scored 15 points, Felicia Chester added 13 and No. 24 DePaul snapped a two-game losing streak with a 66-55 victory over host Providence. Allie Quigley added 11 points and eight rebounds for DePaul (12-3, 1-1 Big East). Providence fell to 10-5, 0-2. … Division I coaches are barred from text-messaging recruits. An attempt to override a ban failed at the NCAA convention. The vote by delegates was 240-65, with one abstention. The ban took effect Aug. 1 and was on the agenda after 30 schools asked for the override vote. … Northwestern President Henry Bienen told the school’s Fast Break Club booster group he hoped to complete the search for an athletic director by the end of February. Mark Murphy resigned late last year to become president of the Green Bay Packers.
*TENNIS: Three former University of Illinois players advanced to the main draw of the Australian Open in qualifying in Melbourne. Amer Delic defeated Kevin Kim of the U.S. 6-4, 6-4, Kevin Anderson beat Jan Mertl of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 and Rajeev Ram ousted Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-2. … Andy Roddick won his third consecutive Kooyong Classic title. The American defeated Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-3.
*HOCKEY: Bryan Little had a goal and three assists, leading the Wolves to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Marlies at Allstate Arena.
*SKIING: Jean-Baptiste Grange confirmed his status as a rising star, winning the slalom to match Jean-Claude Killy as the only skiers to win two different races on the Lauberhorn course in Switzerland in the same year. The 23-year-old Frenchman won for the second time in two days. Bode Miller finished fifth.
*HORSE RACING: Z Fortune asserted himself as a legitimate contender for the Triple Crown races beating Blackberry Road by 2 3/4 lengths in the Grade III Lecomte Stakes for 3-year-olds in New Orleans. Z Fortune ran the mile in 1:37.79.
