Enquirer staff, wire reports

WACO, Texas - The former Baylor basketball player accused of gunning down a teammate will be sent to a state mental hospital for treatment before he can be tried for murder.

State District Judge George Allen received a report from a court-appointed psychiatrist who said Carlton Dotson "consistently appears to be hallucinating" and needs medication at a psychiatric hospital.

Last month Allen appointed an independent expert to evaluate Dotson after a defense psychologist and a state psychiatrist said the former athlete appeared to be incompetent to stand trial.

Dr. Stephen L. Mark said he met with Dotson three times and reviewed his medical records, a brain scan in August and police notes. He said Dotson is "not a mentally retarded person" but has psychosis and, with treatment, could "regain competency to stand trial in the foreseeable future."

Dotson, 22, faces life in prison if convicted of shooting Patrick Dennehy in July 2003.

SYRACUSE: The NCAA has granted the academic waiver petition of junior guard Billy Edelin, making him immediately eligible to play for the Orange. Edelin has two years of athletic eligibility remaining at Syracuse.

Tennis

MADRID MASTERS: Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero made 37 unforced errors and was upset by Luis Horna of Peru 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday in the second round.

It was the most lopsided loss since April for the 2003 French Open champion, who had a first-round bye because he's seeded sixth.

Several seeded players bowed out Wednesday, including No. 11 Jiri Novak, No. 13 Rainer Schuettler and No. 15 Fernando Gonzalez.

Top-seeded Tim Henman and No. 3 Marat Safin won.

SWISSCOM: Olympic bronze medalist Alicia Molik upset sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and ninth-seeded Ai Sugiyama won in straight sets.

No. 4 Sharapova beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-5 and will play Venus Williams or Ana Ivanovic next.

Figure skating

SKATE AMERICA: After decades of scores like 5.3 and 5.6 and, every so often, that hallowed 6.0, fans watching Skate America this weekend in Pittsburgh will see something different. Touch-screen computers in front of every judge. Marks for "program components." Scores in the 60s and 70s, and maybe even - gasp - triple digits.

Figure skating had little choice but to overhaul its judging system after the pairs scandal at the Salt Lake City Olympics. The 6.0 scoring system was largely subjective, allowing room for corruption.

The new judging system removes most of that subjectivity. Every technical element - jumps, spins, footwork - has a point value. Judges also give five marks ranging from 0.25 to 10.0 for program components - overall skating quality, difficulty and quality of steps linking the elements, style and originality. The scores of nine of the 12 judges are randomly selected and, after the highest and lowest marks are dropped, averaged together for the final score.

High schools

PRINCETON: Senior Tony Teufel, the Enquirer's 2004 Division I boys' tennis player of the year, has committed to Louisville. Teufel last season was state singles runner-up for the second consecutive year.

Boys' basketball senior Ross Morin, an honorable mention all-area player, has committed to Yale. The 6-foot-8 Morin averaged 13 points and 9.5 rebounds a game last season.

Tom Groeschen