WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 3

* PRO BASKETBALL: Indiana at Lakers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Georgia Tech vs. USC at Cal State Fullerton, 2:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd at Caltech, 2:30 p.m. (Sat. at Claremont-Mudd, 11 a.m., doubleheader); San Diego at Cal State Northridge, 2:30 p.m. (Sat., 1 p.m.); Pomona-Pitzer at Redlands, 2:30 p.m. (Sat., at Pomona-Pitzer, 11 a.m.); Mississippi State at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Easton Showcase tournament at Cal State Fullerton, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Also Sat. and Sun.); UC San Diego at Claremont-Mudd, 2 p.m.; Redlands at La Verne, 2 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: California at USC, Sports Arena, 7 p.m.; Stanford at UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.; Grand Canyon at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Brigham Young at UC Irvine, 7 p.m. (Sat., 3 p.m.)

* SWIMMING: Socal Invitational at Belmont Plaza Pool. Preliminaries 9 a.m., finals 5 p.m. (Also Sat. and Sun.)

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds including $100,000 La Habra Stakes, first post 1 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 4

* PRO BASKETBALL: Cleveland at Clippers, Staples Center, 12:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Nashville at Kings, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Sacramento State at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.; New Mexico State at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; North Texas at UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Cal State Fullerton, 2 p.m.; UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, 5:15 p.m.; Cal State San Bernardino at UC Riverside, 5:45 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Azusa Pacific at Vanguard, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; UC San Diego at Chapman, 1 p.m.; Mississippi vs. USC at Cal State Fullerton, 2:30 p.m.; Wichita State at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 6 p.m. (Sun. 1 p.m.); Georgia Tech at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: UC San Diego at Azusa Pacific, noon; Redlands at Claremont-Mudd, noon.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: All-Cal Cup featuring UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego and UC Riverside, at UC Irvine, 10 a.m.; Caltech and Occidental at Pomona-Pitzer, 11 a.m.; Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Bakersfield and USC at Trojan Invitational, Cromwell Field, 11:40 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 9 a.m.; Caltech at Whittier, 9:30 a.m.; Cal State San Francisco at UC Riverside, 10 a.m.; South Alabama at Pepperdine, 11 a.m.; Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 11 a.m.; UCLA at Trojan Invitational, trials at 10 a.m., finals at 3 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Whittier at Caltech, 9:30 a.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at La Verne, 9:30 a.m.; Redlands at Cal Lutheran, 9:30 a.m.; Rochester vs. Redlands at Cal Lutheran, 2 p.m.; UCLA at Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, Los Angeles Tennis Club, all day.

* AUTO RACING: SCRA sprint cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; VRA sprint cars, stock cars, Ventura Raceway, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds featuring $1 million Santa Anita Handicap, first post noon.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 5

* DISTANCE RUNNING: Los Angeles Marathon beginning and ending downtown. Race begins at 8:45 a.m. Other events include bike tour, wheelchair race and 5K run/walk. Details: (310) 444-5544.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Miami at Lakers, Staples Center, 3 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Nashville at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: California at UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 2 p.m.; Stanford at USC, Sports Arena, 2 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at Loyola Marymount, 2 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.; USC at Cal State Fullerton, 5:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds featuring $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap and $200,000 Arcadia Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.

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On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://cache.nohib.com., send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.