Dec 28, 2017 4 min read

Pens recall 4

The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled defenseman Frank Corrado, goalie Casey DeSmith, defenseman Andrey Pedan and forward Garrett Wilson from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.

Defensemen Kris Letang and Chad Ruhwedel, and forward Bryan Rust, have been placed on injured reserve. Letang has been retroactively placed on IR dating back to Dec. 24.

Corrado, 24, is joining the Penguins for the third time this season. Earlier this year, he played in three games, posting an even plus/minus while averaging 11:06 minutes per game.

Corrado has eight points and is plus-6 in 19 AHL contests with WBS. His plus-6 ranks second on the team among defensemen.

Corrado has played in 74 career NHL games with Vancouver, Toronto and Pittsburgh, producing three goals, five assists and eight points.

DeSmith, 26, saw action in two games for Pittsburgh this year. His most recent NHL appearance was Dec. 9 against Toronto when he stopped eight of nine shots in 38 minutes. At the AHL level, he is 10-5-2 with a 2.72 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage in 17 games.

Pedan, 24, joined the Penguins in October in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks. The 6-5, 213-pound blueliner has played in 13 career NHL games, all with the Canucks. This year, Pedan has 10 points and is plus-5 in 26 AHL games.

In high school wrestling

McGuffey had four champions at the DeAugustine Holiday Wrestling Classic at West Mifflin.

Jett Pattison (126), Christian Clutter (170), Luke Shingle (182) and Dalton Lough each got gold medals.

Marshall Mounts took third at 220, Rocco Ferraro (106) and Jake Garrety (132) were fourth andEthan Barr was fifth at 152. Mason Burgdolt was sixth at 138.

In the NBA

Elfrid Payton had 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the Orlando Magic break a nine-game losing streak with a 102-89 victory over the Detroit Pistons Thursday night.

Evan Fournier scored 17 points and Aaron Gordon had 14 for Orlando, but it was the Magic’s backup centers who made the difference in the game. Bismack Biyombo had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Marresse Speights scored 16 points as replacements for injured starter Nikola Vucevic.

WVU women undefeated

Katrina Pardee and Chania Ray combined on two quick baskets in the fourth quarter to finally put No. 9 West Virginia ahead to stay, and the Mountaineers remained undefeated with an 87-82 win at TCU in the Big 12 opener for both teams Thursday night.

Naomi Davenport scored 19 of her career-high 32 points in the first half for the Mountaineers (13-0, 1-0 Big 12). Teana Muldrow had 20 points and 17 rebounds for her seventh double-double this season, while Pardee had 17 points and Ray 11.

West Virginia led for good after Pardee had an assist on a tiebreaking layup by Ray with about 6 1/2 minutes left. Almost immediately after that, Pardee had a steal and made a 3-pointer after getting a pass back from Ray. That was part of a 25-9 run after TCU (9-3, 0-1) had taken a five-point lead on Jordan Moore’s jumper to start the fourth quarter.

In college basketball

Khadeen Carrington hit a go-ahead layup with 2:05 to play and No. 23 Seton Hall rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat No. 25 Creighton 90-84 in the Big East Conference opener for both schools Thursday night.

Desi Rodriguez led the Pirates (12-2, 1-0 Big East) with 23 points. Carrington finished with 18, Myles Powell had 17 and Angel Delgado added 18 points and 14 rebounds before fouling out late.

Martin Krampelj had a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds for Creighton (10-3, 0-1), which had a five-game winning streak snapped. Marcus Foster, who hurt his right leg early, finished with 14, but only two in the second half. Khyri Thomas had 13 for the Bluejays, who did not score in the final 3:32.