Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa put on a stripe show Saturday at Kapalua, each of them posting an 11-under 62 at vulnerable Kapalua that threatened to turn The Sentry into a two-man show in the PGA Tour opener.

Matsuyama had a shot at tying the course record with a long eagle attempt from just short of the 18th green. He took two putts for birdie to maintain the one-shot lead he had over Morikawa at the start of the day.

Morikawa holed a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 closing hole for his 62. He briefly took the lead on the front nine by starting 5 under in five holes, including a 25-foot eagle putt on the fifth hole during a display of sublime shotmaking.

Matsuyama caught him on the next hole and they were tight the rest of the way.

The 11 birdies for Matsuyama are the most he has made in a round on the PGA Tour. He was at 27-under 192, a 54-hole record on the Plantation course at Kapalua.

NBA

Bulls to retire Rose’s No. 1 next season

The Chicago Bulls plan to retire Derrick Rose’s jersey next season.

The team said president and CEO Michael Reinsdorf informed the Chicago product and former MVP in person on Saturday that his No. 1 will be sent to the rafters sometime during the 2025-26 season. Rose will join Michael Jordan (23), Scottie Pippen (33), Jerry Sloan (4) and Bob Love (10) as the only Bulls players whose numbers have been retired.

The team said more details will be announced at a later date.

The announcement comes on the same day the Bulls are honoring Rose, who retired in September after 16 seasons, with tributes before and during their game against the New York Knicks.

Rose, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft, went from being Rookie of the Year to an All-Star to NBA MVP in his first three seasons. He remains the league’s youngest MVP, winning it when he was 22.

A major knee injury during the 2012 playoffs forced him to miss almost two full seasons and he contemplated stepping away from the game several times following other injury issues.

James breaks Jordan’s mark for 30-point games

LeBron James broke Michael Jordan’s NBA record for 30-point games during the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over Atlanta late Friday night.

With a turnaround jumper with 5:58 to play for the last of his 30 points, James reached at least 30 points in the regular season for the 563rd time in his career, surpassing the mark established by Jordan in 2003. Jordan set his record in 1,072 games over 15 seasons, while James surpassed it in his 1,523rd appearance over 22 seasons.

College hockey

Gopher men sweep Mercyhurst at Mariucci

The No. 3-ranked Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey team completed a weekend sweep of Mercyhurst with a 5-2 win at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Saturday.

Minnesota swamped its visitors with a four-goal first period, the first coming just nine seconds into the game as Matthew Wood staked the hosts to a 1-0 lead.

Jimmy Snuggerud, Ryan Chesley, and Nick Michel followed suit to put the Gophers up before Mercyhurst scored to make the score 4-1.

After a quiet second period, both teams logged a goal apiece in the final frame, with Minnesota’s coming off the stick of Beckett Hendrickson, in the three-goal victory.

The Gophers improved to 16-3-2 with the win, Mercyhurst fell to 2-16-3 in defeat.

Minnesota has a week off before traveling to Ohio State on Jan. 10.

— Pioneer Press

Gopher women fall to visiting Penn State

Penn State blitzed the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey teamwith a four-goal first period en route to a 6-2 victory.

Both teams scored tit-for-tat in the final two periods, but the Gophers were unable to overcome the early four-goal deficit.

Minnesota’s goals both came from Sydney Morrow. She scored on a power-play tally in the second period and an even-strength goal in the final frame.

Penn State improved to 17-4-1 with the victory, while the Gophers fell to 15-5-1 in defeat.

— Pioneer Press

Tommies men defeat Lindenwood in CCHA

A three-goal outburst in the third period sent the St. Thomas men’s hockey team to a 4-2 victory at Lindenwood.

The hosts took a 2-1 edge midway through the final frame before the Tommies rallied with a pair of goals to take a 3-2 lead late in the period before an empty net goal finished matters off in Missouri.

St. Thomas goals came off the sticks of Luc Laylin, Lucas Wahlin, Matthew Gleason and Ethan Gauer.

The Tommies improved to 6-10-4 with the victory.

— Pioneer Press

college football

Buffalo blasts Liberty in Bahamas Dowl

Upton Bellenfan kicked four field goals, linebacker Red Murdock led a dominant defense with 13 tackles and a pick six and Buffalo completed a turn-around season with a 26-7 win over Liberty in the Bahamas Bowl.

The Bulls, 3-9 last season, finished 9-4 under first-year coach Pete Lembo and won their fourth-straight bowl game. They also became the first team to win the Bahamas Bowl twice.

Liberty (8-4), in a bowl game for the sixth-straight year but had been winless in bowls since 2021.

IIHF hockey

U.S., Finland advance to world junior finals

Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second-period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game.

The Americans will face Finland — a 4-3 overtime winner over Sweden in the first semifinal — for the title Sunday night.

Finland beat the United States 4-3 in overtime in group play.

In the first semifinal, Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to lift Finland past Sweden.

— From news services