Charlotte's Bobby Lutz turned down an offer to become South Alabama's new men's basketball coach and will remain with the 49ers.

Lutz decided late Saturday night to stay at Charlotte, where he has two years remaining on his contract.

South Alabama needs to replace John Pelphrey, who was hired by Arkansas last week.

Hockey

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins completed their regular season with a 4-1 loss to the visiting Syracuse Crunch in the AHL. Marc-Antoine Pouliot gave the Penguins an early lead 3:57 into the first period before Syracuse scored three goals in the second.

The Penguins, who finished second in the East Division, play host to the Norfolk Admirals in Games 1 and 2 of a best-of-seven division semifinal series Friday and Saturday in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.

Philippe DuPuis scored twice and Tomas Popperle made 45 saves to lead the Syracuse Crunch (34-34-4-8), which won four of its final six games to finish at .500.

DuPuis scored twice in the second period as Syracuse took a 3-1 lead. He stole a puck in the defensive zone and flipped a shot past goalie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers to tie the score at 1-1 early in the period. He also scored on a two-on-one short-handed break to put the Crunch up 3-1.

Derrick Walser also scored a power-play goal for the Crunch, banking a shot from the right point off the skates of Penguins defenseman Matt Carkner.

Geoff Platt added an empty-net goal for the Crunch.

Tennis

Unseeded Ivo Karlovic used his booming serve to stop qualifier Mariano Zabaleta of Argentina, 6-4, 6-1, to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston and capture his first ATP tour title. Karlovic, 6 feet 10 from Croatia, closed out the win on his second match point, pounding in a 140-mph ace.

Jelena Jankovic won the biggest match of her career, battling a swirling wind to defeat Dinara Safina, 6-2, 6-2, for the $1.3 million Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. It was the first Tier I final and victory for Jankovic, who was seeded second at this event and will improve to No. 7 in the rankings. Jankovic gained the final by beating Venus Williams in a three-set match that took just over 2 1/2 hours Saturday.

Nicolas Almagro of Spain won his second consecutive Valencia Open in Spain title by beating Potito Starace of Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Almagro, 21, rallied with eight aces and broke Starace four times over the final two sets for his second career ATP title.

Marat Safin overcame a shaky start to beat 15th-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco.

Arena football

John Dutton threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Damian Harrell with 39 seconds left, and Jason Ball added the extra point to give the Colorado Crush (4-3) a 49-48 victory against the host New York Dragons (1-5).

Jarrick Hillery intercepted a 2-point conversion pass in the final seconds, preserving the Georgia Force's 69-68 victory against the visiting Las Vegas Gladiators (1-6). Chris Jackson gave the Force (6-1) the lead on a 5-yard reception from Chris Greisen, the 10th touchdown pass of the game for Griesen.

Running

Mubarak Shami of Qatar won the Paris Marathon in 2:07:19. Defending champion Gashaw Melese of Ethiopia was second in 2:09:53, 35 seconds ahead of Daniel Rono of Kenya.

Tafa Magarsa of Ethiopia won the women's race in 2:25:07. Gulnara Vigovskaya of Russia was second in 2:28.22 and Christelle Daunay of France was third 32 seconds back.

Equestrian

BarGee Farms in Allison Park earned top honors at the 37th annual Prix de Villes show jumping event at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio.