In brief: Hoyas upset top-seeded Syracuse

College men: Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the quarterfinals of the Big East basketball tournament Thursday at New York.

Though still a strong candidate for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Syracuse sustained a potentially costly loss when starting center Arinze Onuaku injured his right leg with 5:07 remaining.

Onuaku landed awkwardly after trying to block Greg Monroe’s shot down low and needed assistance off the floor. He didn’t return.

Austin Freeman added 18 points and Jason Clark 17 for the No. 8 seed Hoyas (22-9), who will play Marquette in the first semifinal tonight.

AP sources: Woods likely to play Masters

Golf: Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press.

Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew there during the weekend to work with him. That led to speculation he was close to playing again.

The two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because only Woods is supposed to release such information, say he is likely to play first at Augusta National in April.

•Schwartzel takes lead at Doral: Five birdies and no mistakes were enough to put Charl Schwartzel into the lead after the first round of the CA Championship at Doral, Fla.

Schwartzel managed to get around the famed Blue Monster without a bogey on his way to a 5-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the World Golf Championship event.

Vijay Singh, Ernis Els and Robert Allenby are both one shot back.

•Rain suspends play at Puerto Rico: Heavy rain forced the suspension of first-round play in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Before play was suspended at 7:19 a.m., Skip Kendall holed a 7-iron shot from 159 yards for eagle on the par-4 10th. Eighteen players teed off before play was stopped.

Moore signs 1-year tender with Panthers

NFL: Matt Moore has signed his one-year, $3.043 million tender with the Carolina Panthers, who have declared him the starting quarterback going into training camp.

Moore’s agent, Lynn Lashbrook, says Moore preferred to sign the tender rather than test the free agency market. The move comes a week after the Panthers released longtime starter Jake Delhomme.

The 25-year-old Moore went 4-1 as a starter with eight touchdowns and two interceptions and a passer rating of 98.5 after Delhomme was sidelined with a broken finger at the end of last season.

Rockies, Helton agree to 2-year extension

MLB: First baseman Todd Helton and the Colorado Rockies agreed to a $9.9 million, two-year contract extension through the 2013 season.

The first baseman is earning $16.6 million this year, and he agreed to defer $13 million of his $19.1 million salary in 2011 over a 10-year period beginning in 2014.

Instead, he will make $10.7 million in salary and signing bonus next year, not including the deferred money, and then will receive $4.9 million in 2012 and $5 million in 2013.

Guay of Canada wins super-G World Cup

Skiing: Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and claim a World Cup title in the super-G.

Guay became the first Canadian to win a crystal globe since Steve Podborski in 1982.

Guay went into the race in third place, but his blistering run as snow fell on the Kandahar course gave him the title. Guay finished in 1 minute, 26.36 seconds, followed by Ivica Kostelic of Croatia. Kostelic made the podium in the event for the first time this season in 1:26.75. Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was third.

•Hoelzl wins slalom WC title; Vonn crashes: Olympic silver medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia won the final giant slalom race of the season and Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany clinched the World Cup title in the event by finishing second on home soil in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Maria Riesch of Germany placed third to cut Lindsey Vonn’s overall World Cup lead to 165 points with two races remaining. Vonn, seeking her third straight overall title, fell in the first run of the giant slalom and did not earn any points.

Baker leads Iditarod at halfway point

Sled dog racing: Satellite tracking shows three mushers have left Cripple, the halfway point in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

John Baker of Kotzebue has the early lead, followed by four-time champion Martin Buser of Big Lake and Bruce Linton of Kasilof.

The next checkpoint is at Ruby, and the next 150 miles will be on the Yukon River.

Six of the 71 teams that left Willow on Sunday have scratched.

Dallas Seavey of Willow won $3,000 in placer gold nuggets for arriving first in Cripple.