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Posted on Wed, Oct. 07, 2009

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Baseball

Wichita State will opens its fall series on Oct. 17 and wrap up the best-of-7 series on Oct. 28. No night games are scheduled for the series, which is starting later in October than usual due to the installation of artificial turf at Eck Stadium. Admission is a can of food for the Kansas Food Bank. The Shockers will also scrimmage at 3:30 p.m., Saturday and 2 p.m., Sunday.

Fall series schedule:

Oct. 17 — 1 p.m.

Oct. 18 — 2 p.m.

Oct. 20 — 3 p.m.

Oct. 22 — 3 p.m.

Oct. 24 — 1 p.m.

Oct. 25 — 2 p.m.

Oct. 28 — 3 p.m.

Golf

Dustin Garza earned medalist honors to help the Wichita State's men's team win the Wolf Pack Classic by two strokes in Reno, Nev. Garza shot an 11-under-par 205 to finish three strokes ahead of Fresno State's Bhavik Patel and Kansas State's Joe Kinney. The Shockers finished two strokes ahead of San Diego. Kansas State tied Fresno State for fourth after carding an 855. WSU's Connor McHenry shot a 213 to finish 10th and Rafael Becker tied for 13th with a 215. Tyler Gann tied for 28th with a 219 and Hunter Sparks tied for 52nd with a 223.

* Wichita State freshman Gretchen Huhnerkoch shot a final-round 76 to finish with a 229 and take fifth in the ORU Shootout in Tulsa. WSU finished sixth with a 944. Adin Stromgren finished in a tie for 15th with a 237, followed by Natalie Samb (238), Lauren Hassell (242) and Hannah Martin (251). Oral Roberts won the tournament with a 935, one stroke ahead of Texas-El Paso.

HOCKEY

Danny Briere pounced on a loose puck and knocked in the rebound at 3:52 of overtime to keep the Philadelphia Flyers perfect and lift them to a 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals.... Tuomo Ruutu scored the final goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout, giving them a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

BASKETBALL

The LeBron and Shaq Show is off and running.

NBA icons, All-Stars and A-plus-list celebrities LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal made their debut as Cleveland teammates in the Cavaliers' 92-87 preseason-opening victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

The two are hoping to end this city's pro sports championship drought stretching to 1964, and while they are as much as nine months away from accomplishing that goal, it's already clear their pairing will be fun to watch.

James, wearing a pink pair of his signature Nikes for breast cancer awareness month, scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes. O'Neal, who said his goal is to "win a ring for the King" in Cleveland, scored six points and added three rebounds and a block in 15 minutes.

* Allen Iverson's debut with the Memphis Grizzlies will have to wait.

The guard strained his left hamstring during a scrimmage on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala., and he was held out of the Grizzlies' opening preseason game against Washington.

Iverson is scheduled to have an MRI taken on Wednesday in Memphis, and he will miss that night's home game against Oklahoma City.

The 34-year-old Iverson signed a one-year contract with the Grizzlies last month.