SPORTS digest

Phantoms come from behind, beat Team USA

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The Phantoms used a three-goal second period to beat Team USA 3-2 at the Covelli Centre.

Team USA jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first ten minutes when Tyler Inamoto fired home a rebound from the high slot at 2:32 of the first period.

Alex Esposito tied the game with a power play goal at 2:39 of the second period. Esposito took a cross ice pass from Brandon Estes and waited for Team USA netminder Dylan St. Cyr to go down before firing the puck home.

After another Team USA goal, Evan Wisocky tied the game before Nicolas Werbick scored on a deflection at the 12:47 mark.

Youngstown goalie Ivan Kulbakov stopped the last 10 shots he saw and made 20 saves on the night.

The Phantoms will play undefeated Chicago at 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Covelli Centre.

Best of Ohio Series at MV Race Course

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Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course is offering purses totaling $830,000 during the Best of Ohio Championship Series Day, today at Mahoning Valley Race Course.

First post is 12:15 p.m. The Best of Ohio races are races 4-8.

A total of 96 horses (an average of 12 per race) are set to compete.

Fireworks are expected right from the start as the filly Justalittlesmoke takes on division leader Rivers Run Deep and eight others in the six furlong sprint. A winner of five consecutive races, Justalittlesmoke is facing males for the first time and has never finished worse than third in her career.

The endurance race at the distance of 11/4 miles looks to be a coronation for Mo Dont No. The three-year-old Uncle Mo colt who has won six of his last eight starts.

South Florida beats ranked Midshipmen

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Quinton Flowers ran for 176 yards and two touchdowns to help South Florida get back on track in the American Athletic Conference with a 52-45 victory over No. 22 Navy on Friday night.

Rebounding from a 16-point loss to Temple that cost the Bulls (7-2, 4-1) sole possession of first place in the AAC’s East Division, Flowers keyed a balanced attack that amassed 629 yards total offense against an overmatched Navy defense that yielded TDs on USF’s first six possessions of the game to fall behind 42-14 at halftime.

“Great win for us,” USF coach Willie Taggart said. “I’m really excited the way our guys responded to how we performed last week.”

Will Worth ran for four touchdowns for Navy (5-2, 4-1), which leads the AAC West and entered game as the only team without a loss in league play after beating then-No. 6 Houston and Memphis to nudge into the Top 25.

Flowers joined Marlon Mack in topping 100 yards rushing for the third time in four games. The dual-threat quarterback scored on runs of 1 and 63 yards, while also throwing for 219 and two more TDs.

Wade fined for throat-slashing gesture

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Chicago guard Dwyane Wade was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for making a throat slashing gesture after hitting a late 3-pointer in his Bulls debut Thursday night.

Wade got the ball in the corner, took a dribble to his left and stepped back for the 3-pointer. He made the gesture after the ball swished through the net, and then jumped around as the crowd roared.

Staff/wire reports