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CONCORD, N.C. -- Danica Patrick emerged unscathed from a caution-filled Bank of America 500 Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway to record an 11th-place finish -- her best this season.I was really hoping wed end up getting a top 10, but [Jamie] McMurray got us on the last lap, so we ended up 11th, Patrick said shortly after the 334-lap races conclusion. Well take it and try to keep building over the last few races to put ourselves in a better position for next season.Patricks best finish this year prior to Sunday was 13th at Dover in May. She now possesses four top-15 finishes this season. She has produced at least one top-10 finish every year since joining the Sprint Cup Series full time in 2013 and still stands a good chance of hitting that mark this season. Of the six tracks remaining on this years schedule, she has recorded top-10 finishes at two of them: Kansas and Martinsville, Virginia.Patrick qualified 13th for the Charlotte race that was postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to heavy rain from Hurricane Matthew. She ran in the top 20 for most of the event, which had eight caution flags for 51 laps and a 10-minute, 48-second red flag for a 12-car wreck. No one was injured in the multi-car incident.The 34-year-old Patrick noted her Chevrolet was loose for most of the race, but her team, headed by crew chief Billy Scott, made adjustments in the early going to get us in solid position for the second half.With 18 laps remaining, Patrick was eighth. Thirteen laps later she was 10th, one position behind teammate Tony Stewart. She maintained the top-10 spot until the final lap, when McMurray passed her on the 1.5-mile track. Six-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson won the event, breaking a 24-race winless streak.We had a mistake on pit road late in the race and lost some ground when I overshot the pit stall, but the guys quickly recovered and we ended up only losing a couple of spots, Patrick said. The car got a little tight, but they took some wedge back out and it was pretty good there at the end.Patricks pit stall was immediately in front of teammate Kurt Buschs and since both remained on the lead lap for most of the event, it could have contributed to her pit road miscue.She was on the lead lap and kept coming around us and it boxed us in, said Busch, who finished eighth. We dont need that, but we werent the ones penalized. They were the ones penalized on their pit position.Patrick and her Stewart-Haas Racing team now head to Kansas for the Oct. 16 Hollywood Casino 400.Derek Carr Youth Jersey . 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Using his superior athleticism, St-Pierre cruised to a five round, unanimous decision victory setting up a much-anticipated title defence against number one contender Johny Hendricks.ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Deandre Burnett scored a career-high 41 points, and Mississippi pulled away in overtime to hold off Oral Roberts 95-88 Friday on the opening day of the Paradise Jam tournament.Terence Davis added 13 points, and Sebastian Saiz and Rasheed Brooks had 11 each for the Rebels (3-0), who had to rally from a five-point deficit in regulation.Mississippi trailed 79-74 with 1:20 remaining when Burnett scored five unanswered points, capped by a 3-pointer with 33.4 seconds remaining to tie the score.It just shows how resilient this team is, said Burnett, whose previous career best (23 points) was set a week ago against Tennessee-Martin. It shows we can battle, and be resilient down the stretch. We fix a couple things, and well be pretty good.Brooks opened overtime by hitting a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to put the Rebels ahead to stay.Emanuel Nzekwesi had 20 points and 14 rebounds for Oral Roberts (1-2), with Albert Owwens adding 22, Kris Martin 15 and Jalen Bradley 12.ddddddddddddGive them credit -- they made the plays down the stretch, Golden Eagles coach Scott Sutton said. Its a tough, tough loss. We still had the game where we wanted it -- up five with under two minutes left. We had to close it out, and didnt do it.BIG PICTUREOral Roberts: Is now 0-5 all-time against Mississippi. ... Had its highest-scoring game this season, and its third of 80 or more points. ... Lost guard Aaron Anderson to a leg injury in the first half.Mississippi: Coach Andy Kennedy picked up his 216th career win, moving him past Auburns Joel Eaves for 20th on the SEC career victories list.UP NEXTOral Roberts: Plays Loyola-Chicago Saturday in a consolation-round game.Mississippi: Gets a day off, then faces Saint Josephs on Sunday in the Paradise Jam semifinals. ' ' '