sunday's sports digest

Basketball

Nuggets point guard Tim Hardaway will miss the rest of the season after breaking his left foot against the Supersonics.

Hardaway had seven points in the first 3 minutes, but hopped off the court and straight to the locker room after Randy Livingston stepped on his foot with 3:24 left in the first quarter.

Colleges

Iowa State senior Cael Sanderson completed his record-setting college career Saturday, winning his 159th match without a loss and claiming his fourth straight NCAA title.

The 197-pound Sanderson caught Jon Trenge by the ankle, turned it into a double-leg takedown and put the Lehigh sophomore straight to his back for a near fall, going on to score a 12-4 major decision.

Oklahoma State's Pat Smith, who had five losses in his career, is the only other four-time NCAA champion. Sanderson finishes as the only college wrestler to finish his four years of competition without a loss.

John Pelphrey was hired as men's basketball coach at South Alabama in Mobile. Pelphrey spent six years at Florida as top assistant to coach Billy Donovan.

At Evansville, Ind., Patrick Mutombo scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half to lead Metropolitan State past Kentucky Wesleyan 80-72 for its second Division II men's basketball championship in three years.

At Memphis, Tenn., Dajuan Wagner scored 19 points to lead Memphis to a 79-73 victory over Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee Tech for a second straight berth in the NIT semifinals.

Tennis

Goran Ivanisevic's shoulder hurt so much that he quit while he was ahead, and the chronic injury could keep him from defending his Wimbledon title in June. The latest flare-up in Ivanisevic's torn left rotator cuff forced him to retire leading Franco Squillari 4-3 in his opening match at the Nasdaq-100 Open at Key Biscayne, Fla.

In other men's play, top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt edged Paradorn Srichaphan 7-6 (3), 7-5. Hewitt's next opponent will be Jan-Michael Gambill, who defeated Andre Sa 7-5, 6-3.

On the women's side, defending champion Venus Williams returned from her own monthlong layoff with better success, beating pesky Eva Dyrberg 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Also advancing was No. 1-seeded Jennifer Capriati. She beat Eleni Daniilidou 6-0, 6-3.

Fifth-seeded Monica Seles rallied to defeat Conchita Martinez 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

-- From wire reports