NEW YORK — NBA owners and players called it an early night, with both pointing toward Friday as a decisive day for big moves to end the 119-day lockout. Or not.

After two days of talks about the salary cap system, they will turn their attention back to the division of revenues, which derailed the negotiations last week.

The sides again said there was some minor progress on the system issues after about 7Z\x hours of talks. They decided to wrap it up and get some rest following a marathon 15-hour session Wednesday, and with union economist Kevin Murphy unavailable Thursday to discuss finances.

HOUSTON — Houston's Case Keenum threw a career-high nine touchdown passes to break the Football Bowl Subdivision career record in No. 18 Houston's rainy 73-34 victory over Rice.A week after breaking the FBS career total offense record, Keenum pushed his TD total to 139 to break the mark of 134 set by former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell.

SHANGHAI — U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to increase his lead to two strokes after the second round of the Shanghai Masters.McIlroy had an 11-under 133 total on Lake Malaren's Jack Nicklaus-designed Masters course. Noh Seung-yul was second after a 63.