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Lexington, KY - Aaron Harrison led a balanced Kentucky attack with 19 points and the No. 1 Wildcats used a big second half to pull away from Boston University, 89-65, to remain unbeaten on the season. Devin Booker had 15 points and seven assists and Karl-Anthony Towns blocked five shots for Kentucky (4-0), which dismantled fifth-ranked Kansas earlier in the week in Indianapolis before returning home for an eight-game homestand. When you have a team like this and youre not shooting and scoring, then you can involve yourself in different ways to contribute to the win, said Booker, who made his first career start. Cedric Hankerson scored a game-high 24 points for BU (1-2), which stayed competitive for most of the night before a late rally resulted in a crooked final score. The Wildcats led 16-7 after Dakari Johnsons putback dunk and looked to be on their way to another rout, but BU quickly closed the gap. Nathan Dieudonne and Justin Alston had dunks to bookend an 9-0 run that stretched around the second media timeout to tie the game. Kentucky responded with 10 straight, including four each from Harrison and Willie Cauley-Stein. The lead hovered between five and 10 for the rest of the half, and Eric Fannings 3-pointer with five seconds left pulled the Terriers within five, 40-35, at the break. Well, we didnt fight in the first half, said Kentucky head coach John Calipari. We didnt drive it enough, we didnt get in the gaps. Hankerson did all he could to keep the them afloat. His 3-ball at 16:20 had BU within two. But Kentucky ran away with it after a big run later in the half. Back-to-back Trey Lyles dunks, including an alley-oop from Booker, gave the Wildcats a 63-50 lead near the midpoint of the second half. The spread reached 20 after Harrisons layup with 5:48 left, and it never got close from there. Game Notes Kentucky has won 17 straight non-conference home games ... 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The Marlies centre set up three goals, including the game-winner, as Toronto cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Oklahoma City Barons in American Hockey League action. Discount MLB Jerseys . Howard had 17 points and a career-high-tying 26 rebounds in his Houston debut, James Harden added 21 points and the Rockets cruised to a 96-83 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.PHILADELPHIA - The Toronto Maple Leafs loaded up on youth and gambled on the future at the NHL draft Saturday. But they also looked after the present, acquiring Roman Polak from the St. Louis Blues for fellow defenceman Carl Gunnarsson and the 94th pick in Saturdays draft. At six foot and 236 pounds, Polak is a wide body. "He makes people pay a price," said Toronto president Brendan Shanahan. "Hes honest but hes tough. Hes a hard-worker, hes a low-maintenance guy." "Hes going to provide a little bit of edge. A tough guy to play against," added GM Dave Nonis. The 28-year-old Czech native has 79 points in 424 NHL games, including four goals and nine assists last season. Nonis said Polak would probably "play in the (No.) 4-5 hole" on defence. "We envision him having a pretty significant impact on our back end," he said. Despite his size, Polak can also skate. "People who dont think he has skating ability really arent watching," said Shanahan. Gunnarsson, a 2007 seventh-rounder, had spent five seasons with the Leafs and played with captain Dion Phaneuf on the teams top defensive pairing. Gunnarssons departure opens the door to Jake Gardner and sophomore Morgan Rielly to step up the depth chart. "Those guys are going to have to take steps forward," said Nonis. "It might be a lot to ask for Morgan in his second year but he made some pretty big strides last year. And we would expect that hell take some more next (year). I think Jake is a good possibility as well. "Again that will be up to Randy (coach Randy Carlyle) to see what he wants to do wwith that.dddddddddddd But we feel there are other people that can play that role effectively with Dion." The Leafs piled pressure on their goalies last season, giving up shots in high numbers. Change was needed. "We liked our defence individually. We didnt necessarily like how they fit together last year. So we wanted to move some pieces and change the look, rebuild it a little bit. I wouldnt say its a major overhaul by doing something like this but it does give us a different element and its a player we didnt really have." A right-handed shot, Polak also fills a void on the Toronto blue-line. Nonis sees Petter Granberg, listed at six foot three and 200 pounds, as a similar-style player to Polak. But the Swede is just 21 and has played only one game for the Leafs. "To ask him to play that way and fit in as a top-six (defenceman) right away, I think might be difficult," he said. "If he does that, great, then we have even more options there." Nonis said the Leafs will "be active" during the free agency period. "If theres a fit there, I wouldnt rule out adding a defenceman and/or a forward," he said. "But I wouldnt promise it either." Toronto took Russian winger Rinat Valiev of the Kootenay Ice in the third round (68th overall), USHL winger John Piccinich in the fourth round (103rd overall), USHL centre Dakota Joseph in the fifth (128th overall), USHL winger Nolan Vesey in the sixth (158th overall) and Swedish winger Pierre Engvall in the seventh (188th). The Leafs used their first-round pick Friday night to take Swedish winger William Nylander eighth overall. ' ' '