The Daily Fives for February 10, 2011 From the Sports Mac

Top Five Stories From Yesterday

1. No. 5 Duke puts on a furious rally, coming back from 16 down to defeat rival No. 21 North Carolina in Durham.

2. The Cavaliers lose their 26th consecutive game, this time to the Pistons at home in Cleveland.

3. The Bruins and Canadiens combine for 14 goals and 187 penalty minutes in Boston’s wild home win over Montreal.

4. No. 7 Notre Dame gets pushed to overtime by No. 15 Louisville, but eventually defeat the Cardinals to win an important Big East tilt.

5. No. 11 Georgetown travels north and defeats longtime rival No. 13 Syracuse, winning its seventh Big East game in a row.

Top Five Games From Yesterday

1. No. 22 Texas A&M 73, Colorado 70, Overtime: The Aggies hit three free throws in the final 33 seconds to escape out of boulder with a Big 12 win over the Buffaloes.

2. Nets 103, Hornets 101, Overtime: Brook Lopez had the game-winning free throws with 24 seconds left in the extra session to give New Jersey the win over New Orleans.

3. No. 14 Wisconsin 62, Iowa 59, Overtime: Jon Leuer hit a jumper with 53 seconds left to help the Badgers secure the Big Ten road win over a pesky Hawkeye team.

4. Coyotes 3, Stars 2, Overtime: Radim Vrbata had the game-winner with 1:13 remaining to give Phoenix a big road win in Dallas.

5. No. 7 Notre Dame 89, No. 15 Louisville 79, Overtime: Carleton Scott had nine of the Irish’s 15 points in the extra session to lead them to the home win in South Bend.

Top Five Performances From Yesterday

1. David West, Hornets PF: 32 points and 15 rebounds in New Orleans’ 103-101 road loss to New Jersey.

2. Nathan Horton, Bruins RW: a goal and four assists in Boston’s 8-6 home win over Montreal.

3. Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston G: 34 points, including eight three-pointers, in the Cougars 85-67 Southern Conference road win over Elon.

4. Dwight Howard, Magic C: 30 points and 17 rebounds in Orlando’s 99-95 road win over Philadelphia.

5. Ken Horton, Central Connecticut State F: 23 points and 11 rebounds in the Blue Devils' 71-55 Northeast Conference home win over Bryant.

Five Performances That Weren’t So Good From Yesterday

1. P.K. Subban, Canadiens D: had a minus-three and 10 penalty minutes in Montreal’s 8-6 road loss to Boston.

2. Illinois State Redbirds: shot just 14 of 42 (33 percent) from the field and scored only 46 points in their 10-point Missouri Valley Conference home loss to Indiana State.

3. Ben Gordon, Pistons SG: just 4 of 11 shooting and only eight points in Detroit’s 103- 94 road win over Cleveland.

4. DeAndre Kane, Marshall G: just 2 of 10 shooting and only six points in the Thundering Herd’s 64-48 Conference USA home loss to Alabama-Birmingham.

5. Chris Paul, Hornets PG: just 4 of 15 shooting and only nine points in New Orleans’ 103-101 overtime road loss to New Jersey.

Top Five Events To Follow Today

1. NCAA BB: Wright State (17-9, 10-4) at Butler (16-9, 8-5), 7:00 PM, ESPNU: The Raiders are the team under the microscope tonight traveling to Indianapolis to face the Bulldogs.

2. NHL: Hurricanes (26-21-7) at Flyers (35-13-5), 7:00 PM: Carolina is trying to get back into the Eastern playoff race, but face a tall task facing Philadelphia on the road.

3. NHL: Kings (29-22-2) at Penguins (34-17-4), 7:00 PM, NHL Network: Pittsburgh has been able to play well without their two big guns as they welcome Los Angeles.

4. NBA: Lakers (36-16) at Celtics (38-13), 8:00 PM, TNT: The second matchup of the season with Los Angeles looking to even the season series on the road in Boston.

5. NBA: Mavericks (37-15) at Nuggets (30-23), 10:30 PM, TNT: Carmelo Anthony is still in a Denver uniform as Dirk Nowitzki and the rest of the Mavericks come to town.