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A commanding performance from Leicester Tigers saw them beat rivals Bath 34-14 at Welford Road on Sunday.The kicking of Owen Williams, who switched from centre to fly-half at the last minute because Freddie Burns was unwell, was the key difference between the sides, Leicester scoring three tries to Baths two in front of a Welford Road crowd of 20,134.Tom Youngs, Brendon OConnor and Ed Slater scored for Leicester, with Semesa Rokoduguni and Tom Dunn replying for Bath, who stayed in third place, a point ahead of the Tigers, who nudged up one place.Both sides were forced to make late changes. Burns switched to the bench for Leicester, with Williams ?-- who finished with 17 points -- taking his place and Mathew Tait taking over at inside centre. Dan Bowden replaced Baths England centre Jonathan Joseph who withdrew through injury.Having made a stuttering start to the season, the Tigers were desperate to perform and avoid a second successive home defeat against an unbeaten side, having lost to Wasps a fortnight ago. And they started brightly on their ￡400,000 new pitch, dominating the first half and turning round with a 14-7 lead following a try by flanker OConnor, with winger Rokoduguni replying for Bath.Leicester led 11-0 after 21 minutes, with Willliams kicking two penalties and OConnor finishing off a fabulous 15th-minute move which started just inside Leicesters half when they pinched a line-out. Centre Peter Betham split the Bath defence with a searing break and found Telusa Veainu outside him, and the full-back passed inside for OConnor to score. Williams missed the conversion.Leicester almost shot themselves in the foot when Veainu took a quick line-out on his own line that caught his own players napping as well as those from the opposition, but they did hand Bath a try out of the blue in the 23rd minute.Fly-half George Ford sliced his clearance but Leicester winger JB Pietersen hardly got off the ground as Rokoduguni plucked the ball out of the air and sprinted 45 metres for an easy try, which Ford converted.Ford missed a 30th-minute penalty and Pietersen almost made amends for his earlier error with a fabulous break before Williams slotted his third penalty.Leicester made it 21-7 seven minutes after the interval when captain Youngs scored from a catch and drive, with Williams adding the conversion.Ford missed a 52nd-minute penalty, hitting a post from virtually in front. Williams missed one from 41 metres five minutes later but then made amends with two from close range, the second after a horrible mistake by the Bath defence.Replacement Dunn scored Baths second try, from a line-out, converted by Ford in the 64th minute, and with two minutes left Ed Slater scored Leicesters third try and Burns added the extras.Fake Vans . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Fake Vans From China .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. https://www.vansfake.com/ . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. Fake Vans Website . 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The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner.TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana States Brenton Scott wanted to show everyone that hes just as good as his twin brother.And just as capable of leading his team to a big upset.Scott broke a tie by making the first of two free throws with 0.8 seconds left and finished with 25 points Wednesday night as the Sycamores snapped a nine-game losing streak against ranked teams with a 72-71 upset over No. 16 Butler.I just wanted to show how good a player I am and that I can help this team win games, he said after celebrating fans stormed the court. The last two years, we havent won a lot. But now that Im stepping into a bigger leadership role, I wanted to prove a point and make a statement.If the big boys of Indiana college basketball didnt know it then, they certainly do now: The Scott brothers are a pretty good tandem.Two weeks ago, Bryson Scott scored 18 points to help IPFW pull off one of the most stunning upsets of the season, 71-68 over then No. 3 Indiana.After watching that game and the commotion that surrounded it, Brenton Scott wanted to match his brothers milestone win. But Brenton Scott one-upped his brother by scoring more points, finishing with nine rebounds, three assists and two steals to knock Butler (8-1) from the unbeaten ranks.Matt Van Scyoc made six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points, both career-highs, as the Sycamores (5-4) won their third straight overall, snapped a four-game losing streak in the series and handed coach Greg Lansing a school-record fifth career win over a Top 25 team. He had been tied with Bill Hodges, who coached Larry Bird, and the late Royce Waltman.Hes going to keep trying (to drive) even if they stop him, Lansing said, referring to Scott. Brenton doesnt have to go all the way, though. Hes got a pretty good pull-up jumper.Plus a few other tricks that made it difficult for the Bulldogs to keep up with him.Andrew Chrabascz had 18 points for Butler and Tyler Lewis added 15 on a night that got away from the Bulldogs fast.They fell behind a little more than 5 minutes into the game because of woeful shooting. They didnt lead again until Tyler Wideman scored on an alley-oop pass with 13:41 left in the game. When the 113-2 spurt ended, the Bulldogs had their biggest lead of the night, 48-42.ddddddddddddBut the Sycamores rallied with five straight points and after blowing two chances to take the lead, finally tied the score on Scotts 3 with 6:27 to play and took the lead for good with a 7-0 run to make it 62-57 with 3:52 to play.Butler tied the score at 71 with 11.1 seconds to go, Scott didnt call time out. He took the ball, drove hard to the basket, drew a foul and made the first of two free throws before watching Butlers desperation heave hit nothing but air.Weve obviously got a long way to go, Bulldogs coach Chris Holtmann said. Ive been saying that for a while now and nobody wanted to believe me. But you saw that tonight, weve got a long way to go.BIG PICTUREButler: Holtmann wasnt happy with Saturdays victory . And he certainly wont be pleased with Wednesdays response. The Bulldogs trailed most of the first half, didnt shoot well until late, turned the ball over too much, committed silly fouls and got outrebounded. Thats not the usual Butler way, the Bulldogs must get better in a hurry.Indiana State: If Wednesday nights game showed anything, its that Indiana State may be better than expected -- and could create some noise in the Missouri Valley Conference this season.HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LARRYThe most famous Indiana State alum, Larry Bird, didnt attend the game. But he certainly wasnt a forgotten man, either. The school used its Twitter feed to wish Bird a happy 60th birthday. The Indiana State baseball team, whom Bird played two games for before a collision with a catcher ended his days in that sport, also honored Bird with a post that was retweeted nearly 300 times before the game.UP NEXTButler: After a surprise loss, the Bulldogs face another daunting challenge when No. 22 Cincinnati comes to town Saturday.Indiana State: The Sycamores will try to prove they can continue playing good basketball when they host Western Kentucky on Sunday.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . ' ' '