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NICEVILLE, Fla. - The Alabama womens basketball team earned an 84-63 win over McNeese State in its first game in the Patrick Harrington Classic, which is being played at Northwest Florida States Raider Arena. The victory moved the Crimson Tide to 10-1, its best start over the first 11 games since 2000.We are honored to be here. This is a great cause for a great coach and a great man, Alabama head coach Kristy Curry said of Harrington, who was the head coach at Northwest Florida State before passing away in a car accident two years ago. McNeese was very motivated and played near-perfect at times, but our kids really pulled through.Junior Meoshonti Knight led five in double figures with a season-high 20 points, while freshman Ashley Knight had a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds in addition to six blocks. Her six blocks ties for the third most in a single game in program history. Also in double figures was freshman Jordan Lewis with 11 and juniors Quanetria Bolton and Hannah Cook with 10 apiece. Junior Mercedes Rogers led the Cowgirls with 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.Alabama held McNeese State scoreless over the first four minutes of the game, allowing the Tide to build a nine-point lead. Cook knocked down a long three just before the buzzer to give Alabama a 20-12 lead after one.The two teams traded baskets for the majority of the second quarter, but the Tide was able to push its lead out to double digits at the end of the frame, outscoring the Cowgirls, 6-2 over the final 1:39 to give Alabama a 39-29 edge at the break.McNeese State responded with a 6-2 run of its own to begin the third and eventually cut its deficit to four at the 5:25 mark. That was as close as the Cowgirls would get as the Tide took over down the stretch, pushing its lead back out to double digits and taking a 58-46 advantage into the final period.In the fourth, it was all Alabama as the Tide scored 26 points and led by as many as 22.Alabama shot 38.5 percent (15-39) in the first half before turning it around in the second, where the Tide hit 57.1 percent (16-28) of its attempts to finish at 46.3 percent (31-67) for the game. McNeese State finished at 36.5 percent (23-63) overall. The Tide won the battle of the boards, 48-32, and outscored the Cowgirls, 48-22, in the paint.At one point in the third quarter we just put it together and willed ourselves, added Curry. NeNe really gave us a boost off the bench. And AK (Ashley Knight). I mean what can you say? To finish with 16 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in 23 minutes was just phenomenal. Our bench, from NeNe, to AK, to Coco (Knight), was big, big, big for us tonight. Meo was unstoppable. 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Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup. GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers moved right out of the pocket, found Davante Adams running down the right sideline and tossed a perfect pass into his receivers hands.Adams cut left as his defender slipped before racing to the end zone for a tone-setting touchdown on the opening drive of a decisive 38-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. On that same play, Rodgers hurt his right calf .Rodgers finished with 246 yards and three scores before leaving early in the fourth quarter with his team up by 25. Dont think for one minute that Rodgers plans to miss any time.The Packers (7-6) won their third straight game to keep their playoff hopes alive.Thats football. You deal with injuries, you know . Id like to talk about the win, youre talking about my injuries, Rodgers told reporters. Im not missing games, so ... weve won three in a row.The Packers are two games back of first-place Detroit in the NFC North, but play division opponents in the last three weeks of the season.Rodgers, who is already playing with a sore left hamstring, finished 18 of 23. He was sacked just once, an impressive accomplishment for a Packers offensive line against a formidable defense for Seattle (8-4-1).Aarons a great player. Frankly, he spoils us all, coach Mike McCarthy said.Green Bay gained 330 yards in Seattles first game without former All-Pro safety Earl Thomas, who is out for the season with a broken leg.The Packers defense flustered Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson, who threw a career-high five interceptions.Obviously, we cant turn the ball over and I put that on me. That game was on me, Wilson said.He finished 22 of 39 for 240 yards and a touchdown. Two interceptions came off passes that deflected off receivers hands, including one that caromed off Doug Baldwins helmet to cornerback Damarious Randall.It was a stunning turn for Seattle a week after blowing out Carolina 40-7. The Seahawks missed out on a chance to clinch the NFC West following Arizonas loss to Miami earlier Sunday.This is such a rare occurrence for our team, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Its just something at this time we have to push behind us and get going.DEFENSE RESTSMost of the focus about defense going into the game was about Seattles league-best unit, but the Seahawks gave up a season high points.The Packers dominated, mixxing in a few blitzes and getting effective pressure on Wilson most of the game against a shaky offensive line.dddddddddddd It was an impressive showing without starting linebackers Nick Perry (hand) and Blake Martinez (knee). Outside linebacker Clay Matthews (shoulder) was limited mainly to passing downs.OUT IN FRONTGreen Bay had a 21-3 lead at halftime, reminiscent of the way the Packers built big leads on opponents in recent dominant seasons. Theyve scored first each time in their three-game win streak.Obviously it makes a difference. It means were being successful, were scoring points, receiver Jordy Nelson said. We saw what happens when our defense can play with a lead.The Packers look nothing like the team that suffered back-to-back blowout losses at Tennessee and Washington a few weeks ago.WRIGHT WRONGSeattle linebacker K.J. Wright slipped on consecutive plays in the second quarter, and the Packers took advantage each time. He was covering Ty Montgomery in the flat on a pass that turned into a 24-yard gain to the Seattle 9. He slipped again on the next play trailing Nelson across the end zone, leaving the receiver open for a touchdown pass and a 21-3 lead with 5:15 left in the first half.We had the right cleats on, it was just terrible, defensive lineman Cliff Avril said about the footing. He said it got worse as the game progressed.The field was covered by a tarp until about 90 minutes before the game. By that time, the snow had mainly subsided in Green Bay.RECORDRodgers threw two touchdown passes to Nelson. They have connected on 57 TD passes overall, tying Hall of Famer Brett Favre and Antonio Freeman for the most touchdown passes from a quarterback to a receiver in franchise history.INJURY REPORTTE Jared Cook left the game with a chest injury following an incompletion deep down the left sideline with 1:55 left in the second quarter.UP NEXTSeahawks: Have a quick turnaround with a Thursday night home game against the Los Angeles Rams.Packers: Begin their season-ending stretch of three straight NFC North games with a trip to Chicago on Dec. 18 to play the Bears.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL . ' ' '