Ahmad Bradshaw fell into the end zone with a six-yard touchdown run to give New York a 21-17 lead in the final minute and the Giants held on through a tipped Hail Mary pass on the final play to win Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career. He completed 30 of 40 passes for 296 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's win.

Manning also was the MVP in 2008, when he threw a scoring pass in the final minute to help New York upset New England and ruin the Patriots' bid for a perfect season.

Manning now is one of only five players in NFL history with multiple Super Bowl MVP awards.

Tom Brady threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, but had a deep pass intercepted by Giants' lineman Chase Blackburn early in the fourth quarter.

Manning drove the Giants into Patriots' territory with the opening drive of the game, but was sacked on third-and-13, and were forced to punt. On the first play from scrimmage for New England, Tom Brady threw incomplete from his own end zone. After an officials' conference, referee John Parry threw a flag for intentional grounding and a 2-0 New York lead.

The safety was the first in a Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXV, when Buffalo Bills' lineman Bruce Smith sacked Giants' quarterback Jeff Hostetler in the end zone.

On the ensuing possession, Manning completed a pass to Victor Cruz, who appeared to have the ball stripped and recovered by the Patriots, but New England had 12 men on the field, giving the Giants a first down. Two plays later, Manning connected with Cruz in the end zone for a 9-0 lead.

Steven Gostkowski put the Patriots on the board early in the second quarter, capping a 60-yard drive with a 29-yard field goal, making it 9-3 New York.

After Terre Haute native Steve Weatherford pinned New England on their own four-yard line with a punt, Tom Brady drove the Patriots 96 yards, taking a 10-9 lead with a four-yard touchdown pass to Danny Woodhead with eight seconds left in the half.

After receiving the second half kickoff, Brady marched the Patriots 79 yards in 3:40, extending the lead to 17-9 with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez.

Lawrence Tynes, who kicked the Giants into the Super Bowl in overtime of the NFC Championship Game against San Francisco, converted a 38-yard field goal to bring New York back within 17-12.

A second Tynes field goal made it 17-15 New England with 35 seconds left in the third quarter.

Ahmad Bradshaw scored on a six-yard run with 57 seconds remaining to give New York a 21-17 lead. His teammates tried to get him to stop to spend more clock, but he lost his balance and fell backwards over the goal line.

Manning said, "I was yelling to him, `Don't score, don't score. He tried to stop, but he fell into the end zone."

Manning led six comeback victories during the season and set an NFL record with 15 fourth-quarter touchdown passes. He showed that brilliance in the clutch on the winning drive. He completed five passes, including a sensational 38-yard sideline catch by Mario Manningham to open the drive.

Brady took a sack on the final drive that burned New England's final timeout, but still completed two passes to set up the desperation heave that was nearly tipped into the outstretched hands of tight end Rob Gronkowski.

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The city's first opportunity to host a Super Bowl went off without a hitch, and it was hard to imagine what could have been done better.

The weather was perfect, well above average for February. The planning was well-executed. The spirit of the city impressed visitors, and there were few arrests or problems associated with the big game.

National media members began talking up Indianapolis' performance early last week, and the praise built to a crescendo late Sunday night and early Monday morning.

Many originally thought Super Bowl XLVI would be Indianapolis' only experience hosting the big game, but it's clear that sentiment is strongly in favor of a return trip to Indiana.

Indianapolis will again host the NFL Combine in a few weeks, so many of the same writers will be back soon.

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But the Lady Royals held Avon to only two points in the third quarter and outscore the Orioles 30-14 in the second half enroute to a 51-35 victory.

The win for the top ranked Lady Royals was their twentieth in a row in an unblemished season so far. Taya Reimer led Hamilton Southeastern (20-0) with 22 points and point guard Jordin Alexander had 17 points.

Jill Steinmetz led Avon (6-14) with 19 points and three three-pointers.

The Lady Orioles finish the regular season with a 6-14 record and will begin sectional play on Tuesday at Ben Davis against Decatur Central.

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Stephanie Mavunga and DeVaney combined for 13 of 15 fourth-quarter points with Mavunga scoring a game-high 28 points. DeVaney added 12 points.

The Bulldogs held an eight point lead at halftime but had to hold off a fourth quarter rally by Lebanon.

Lebanon (16-4) had four players score in double figures with Katie Curtis leading the way with 20 points. Aspen Davis had 14 points and Lexi Reese and Carly Greene chipped in with 13 and 10 points respectively.

The Lady Bulldogs will close out their regular season tomorrow night at Brebeuf Jesuit before opening up sectional play at Ben Davis on Wednesday against the host Giants.

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Granger also grabbed seven rebounds and hit 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and Darren Collison thoroughly out-played Ricky Rubio with 20 points, nine assists and six rebounds for the Pacers, who topped 100 points for just the second time this season.

Kevin Love had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who were completely overwhelmed by Indiana's size and Granger's offensive prowess.

Rubio had 10 points and six assists and Nikola Pekovic had 13 points and 12 boards.

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But the Lady Bruins used a strong third quarter outscoring Cascade 24-12 and hung on to beat the Cadets 74-68.

Cascade (15-5) went to the free throw line often during the contest converting 24 of 33 attempts and outscoring the host Bruins by 8 from the charity stripe. But Tri-West (16-4) had five players score in double figures and hit six three pointers to negate the Cadets advantage from the line.

Lauren DeSutter shared game high scoring honors for Tri-West with 20 points. Kelly Ricks had 12 points for the Bruins and Jade Hill finished with 11 points. Rachel Allen and Emily Moser scored 10 points apiece.

Cascade’s Sydney Stein also scored 20 points. Three other Cadets also score in double figures with Krista Powell scoring 16 points and Paxton Ott and Andrea Rivera contributing with 11 points each.

Cascade finishes the regular season with a 15-5 record. They will play Speedway on February 7th in their sectional opener. Tri-West will wrap up their regular season Friday at home against Southmont.

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Lesley Fisher led Plainfield (16-5) with 16 points and Kasey Johnson had 13 points for the Quakers. Eleven players scored at least one point for Plainfield.

Mikayla Rowan and Cassie Weddle scored 4 points each for Northview (0-18).

Next up for the Lady Quakers is an opening round sectional date against Terre Haute South on February 7th.

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Danny Granger had 21 points and seven rebounds and Roy Hibbert had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Pacers, who went on a 12-0 run midway through the third quarter and eventually led by as much as 18 in the fourth.

George, who shot 8 of 11 in this one, scored 21 points to lead the Pacers to a 108-94 win against the Nets on Jan. 2.

Deron Williams scored 34 points for the Nets, who have lost two straight overall and nine straight against the Pacers.

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