Will Heard scored 18 points, Jalen Evans had 15 and Romello Pegues tallied 10 for the Triton varsity boys basketball team in an 86-45 win over Falcon Children’s Home in the Fox/Horne Christmas Classic in Clinton on Monday. The Hawks (7-4) play Clinton (3-6) for the championship at Sampson Middle School tonight at 8 p.m. … East Carolina (7-5) takes on Coastal Carolina (9-3) in the Birmingham Bowl tonight (ESPN, 6:45 p.m.). … New Mexico State won the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit on Monday, 24-19, over Bowling Green. … The Los Angeles Chargers had seven sacks in a 20-3 victory at Indianapolis on Monday night. … In postseason college football matchups today, Buffalo plays Georgia Southern in the Camelia Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama (ESPN, noon), Memphis meets Utah State in the First Responder Bowl in Dallas (ESPN, 3:15 p.m.) and Wisconsin faces Oklahoma State in Phoenix (ESPN, 10:15 p.m.). … Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman reportedly ia transferring to Notre Dame. … Arizona defensive lineman J.J. Watt has announced that this will be his final NFL season. … The Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 14-point deficit over the last three minutes of regulation and took a 142-131 overtime win over host Detroit on Monday night as Paul George scored 32 points. … Brooklyn’s 125-117 triumph at Cleveland was the ninth straight win for the Nets. … Notre Dame hosts Jacksonville in men’s college basketball tonight (ACC Network, 7 p.m.). …