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Creek was 9-of-14 from the field with five three-pointers and a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe.His performance earned high praise from both Tom Crean and John Calipari, but it was not enough for the Hoosiers, who struggled on the offensive end in the second half and failed to have anyone but Creek score in double figures.For Kentucky, the forward trio of Patrick Patterson, DeMarcus Cousins, and Daniel Orton dominated down in the post, while John Wall and Eric Bledsoe ran circles around the Hoosiers guards.Bledsoe, also a freshman guard, was great on both ends of the court, slowing down Creek in the second half, as well as adding 23 points of his own on 8-of-10 shooting with four three-pointers.Patterson finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds, eight of those coming on the offensive glass, most of which were tipped into the basket.Indiana showed the nation that they are a much improved side than from a year ago, and within a year or two, this squad should be rubbing shoulder to shoulder with the nation's elite.. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average looked set tosnap a 7-day winning streak on Thursday, sliding 2.3 percent after surprisingly bad U.S. jobs data and an Intel Corp (INTC.O) revenue warning fanned fears about the U.S economy. Kyocera Corp (6971.T) and other tech shares bought up over the past few days slid, along with carmakers. The exception was Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T), which shot up 5 percent after the Nikkei business daily reported it will begin supplying electric cars to PSA Peugeot Citroen Group (PEUP.PA) as early as next year.

Asian MarketsResource linked-shares such as oil and gas field developer Inpex (1605.T) slid after oil fell 12 percent on Wednesday, its largest percentage fall in 7 years, on an unexpected rise in crude inventories.Recession fears were heightened by a grim private sector jobs report coupled with the warning from top chip maker Intel, which said its revenue for the fourth quarter would not meet the lowered forecast it had given in November, citing weakening demand for personal computers"Everyone's been saying the market has factored in bad economic data and poor results, but now we're seeing that this wasn't really true," said Nagayuki Yamagishi, a strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities."From here on we may see the real recession, and in that sense, the rise in global stock markets around the end and start of the year may actually have been based on errors of judgment."The benchmark Nikkei .N225 shed 212.50 points to 9,026.74 after briefly falling below 3 percent and 9,000, snapping its longest winning streak since March-April 2006. The broader Topixlost 1.7 percent to 872.80.Other market players said that while the Nikkei's slide could well be a brief break in a rising trend likely to continue until later this month, the longer-term outlook was bleak. "If the market was reflecting reality today, we wouldn't be at the levels we are now, we'd be near 7,000 There's still a lot of hopes for the new U.S. administration," said Tomomi Yamashita, a fund manager at Shinkin Asset Management.According to ADP, a private employment service, private employers shed 693,000 jobs in December, up from the revised 476,000 jobs lost in November and far more than economists estimated.Non-farm payrolls and unemployment data are due on Friday.RETAILERS, TECH AND OILAeon Co Ltd (8267.T) pared losses to 1.4 percent and 862 yen after Japan's no. 2 retailer said it may post its first annual net loss in seven years, hit by flagging sales, a writedown at U.S. unit Talbots (TLB.N) and accounting changes.Top retailer and convenience store operator Seven & I Holdings (3382.T) is set to report results after the close.Tech shares, which climbed sharply the past few days as investors snapped up the beaten-down stocks, rapidly shed gains in the wake of the announcement by tech bellwether Intel.JP Morgan cut its rating on Kyocera to "neutral" from "overweight" and lowered its price target to 6,500 yen from 8,500 yen.

It also cut its target price for Rohm Co Ltd (6963.OS) and NEC Electronics Corp (6723.T)Kyocera lost 5.5 percent to 6,820 yen, Advantest Corp (6857.T) fell 9.1 percent to 1,486 yen and TDK Corp (6762.T) slid 5 percent to 3,610 yen.The grim jobs data weakened the dollar overnight, and while it was slowly clawing back up against the yen it was still trading around 92.82 yen by late morning.Exporters were dragged lower as a result. A stronger yen eats into profits when overseas earnings are repatriated.Canon Inc (7751.T) slipped 2.4 percent to 3,230 yen and Toyota Motor Co (7203.T) lost 0.6 percent to 3,180 yen.Mitsubishi Motors, the most actively traded stock by volume on the main board, rose to 146 yen.Though New York crude for February delivery clung below $43, depressing resource shares like Inpex, which fell 7.4 percent to 691,000 yen. Trading houses, which are major dealers in energy and have stakes in oil and gas products, fell as well. Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T), Japan's largest trader, lost 4.6 percent to 1,344 yen, while Mitsui & Co (8031.T) shed 4.9 percent to 1,001 yen.Trade slowed on the Tokyo exchange's first section, with 1.1 billion shares changing hands, compared with Wednesday morning's 1.4 billion.Declining shares outnumbered advancing ones by nearly 4 to 1.(Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Edwina Gibbs) Asian Markets. Chris Henry's story is as inspirational as any you'll hear in the NFL.But this wasn't a rags-to-riches story ala Michael "Blind Side" Oher. This wasn't a comeback from a severe illness ala David Garrard.Henry's was the story of personal growth; how a bad boy turned into a good man.The Cincinatti Enquirer ran a story on a changed man just two months ago, with the headline "What A Difference A Year Makes" Henry had turned his life around dramatically. Once considered a locker roomtoxin for his off-field antics, Henry had rejuvenated his career and his life.Carson Palmer said of Henry, "There's a lot of speculation on what kind of guy Chris was, but the only guys who knew Chris and knew how big of a heart he had, were the guys in our locker room, the guys that were close to him and his family."A 3rd-round selection out of West Virginia, Henry had all the tools to be a success in the NFL.