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No. 18 Memphis fends off stubborn effort by Rice
Dain Dainja had game highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds as No. 18 Memphis pulled away in the last two minutes for an 84-72 American Athletic Conference win over visiting Rice on Wednesday night.,PJ Haggerty added 21 points and five assists for the Tigers (23-5, 13-2 AAC), while Nicholas Jourdain con...
James Harden's strong second half pushes Clippers past Bulls
James Harden scored 30 points and Amir Coffey added 20 to lead six players in double figures and lift the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 122-117 victory against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.,Kawhi Leonard scored 17 points for the Clippers and Derrick Jones Jr. had 16 as Los Angeles stopped a t...
Thunder escape 18-point deficit, race past Nets
Chet Holmgren scored nine of his 22 points in the fourth quarter for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who rallied from an 18-point deficit and pulled away for a 129-121 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday in New York.,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 27 points but was on the bench for ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Ohio State handles No. 23 Michigan State
Freshman Jaloni Cambridge hit five 3-point shots on the way to a season-high 33 points and No. 12 Ohio State handled No. 23 Michigan State for an 89-78 victory Wednesday night at Columbus, Ohio.,Ajae Petty's 23 points and 15 rebounds and Cotie McMahon's 17 points also boosted Ohio State (24-4, 13-4 ...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: FC Cincinnati advance easily
Kevin Denkey scored on a brilliant through ball in the 19th minute to give FC Cincinnati a 1-1 draw against visiting Motagua, completing the hosts' 5-2 aggregate win in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.,FC Cincinnati won the first leg of the two-game, total-goal series 4-1 in Honduras l...
Heat handle Hawks to gain split of two-game series
Tyler Herro -- in a big bounce-back game -- produced 24 points and 10 assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 131-109 on Wednesday.,In Miami's previous game -- a loss at Atlanta on Monday -- Herro was held to 11 points while shooting 0-for-9 on 3-pointers. He made 4 of 8 attempts f...
Vanderbilt hangs on to take down No. 12 Texas A&M
Tyler Nickel scored 21 points on a career-high seven 3-pointers and Vanderbilt held on to upset No. 12 Texas A&M 86-84 in the Southeastern Conference nailbiter in College Station, Texas, on Wednesday.,MJ Collins added 16 points and Jason Edwards contributed 15 for Vanderbilt (19-9, 7-8 SEC), which h...
Jalen Brunson, Knicks send 76ers to ninth straight loss
Jalen Brunson scored nine unanswered points late in the fourth quarter Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who squandered all of a 19-point lead before coming back to edge the skidding Philadelphia 76ers 110-105.,Brunson scored 14 of his game-high 34 points in the final 6:33 for the Knicks...
Shaedon Sharpe's career night lifts Trail Blazers over Wizards
Shaedon Sharpe scored a career-high 36 points off the bench to fuel the visiting Portland Trail Blazers to a 129-121 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.,Sharpe made 13 of 26 shots from the floor, highlighted by a dunk of the year candidate that was the talk of social media. He intercep...
Jets win franchise-best 11th straight with victory over Senators
The Winnipeg Jets won their franchise-record 11th game in a row with a 4-1 road victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night.,Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and Mark Scheifele, Cole Perfetti and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves.,Defenseman Thomas ...
UCF sends Kansas State to its fourth straight loss
Keyshawn Hall scored 26 points and Darius Johnson added 23 to lead UCF past Kansas State 80-76 on Wednesday night in Orlando, Fla., ,UCF (15-13, 6-11 Big 12) has won two in a row after snapping a seven-game losing streak., ,Johnson has scored at least 20 points in eight games this season. Moustapha ...
Tyrese Haliburton, Myles Turner shoot Pacers over Raptors
Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner hit a combined 12 of 14 from 3-point range and their efforts of 33 and 18 points, respectively, helped the Indiana Pacers avoid a season sweep against the Toronto Raptors with a 111-91 rout on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Haliburton went 12 of 15 from the field, incl...
Pushing for a playoff spot, Utah hosts injury-riddled Wild
The Utah Hockey Club seeks a third straight win on Thursday night when the Minnesota Wild travel to Salt Lake City.,Utah has won its last two contests by identical 2-1 scores, and in similar fashion. Lawson Crouse netted the game-winner on Tuesday with 7:48 left in the third period to help Utah defe...
No. 1 Auburn hammers Ole Miss for fifth straight win
Johni Broome scored 24 points in a milestone outing, Auburn set a season-high in points, and the No. 1 Tigers hammered the Mississippi Rebels 106-76 Wednesday night in Auburn, Alabama.,The shooting was outstanding for the Tigers (26-2, 14-1 SEC), who won their fifth straight game after losing 90-81 ...
Pistons extend win streak with impressive outing vs. Celts
Malik Beasley scored 26 points in 22 minutes off the bench and the host Detroit Pistons extended their winning streak to eight games by cooling off the Boston Celtics 117-97 on Wednesday.,Detroit now has its longest winning streak in 17 years. The last time the Pistons won eight or more consecutive ...
No. 13 Clemson clobbers Notre Dame for 5th straight win
Ian Schieffelin scored a career-high 24 points and No. 13 Clemson kept rolling by defeating visiting Notre Dame 83-68 in the Atlantic Coast Conference contest on Wednesday night.,Viktor Lakhin had 18 points, Jake Heidbreder notched 14 off the bench and Jaeden Zackery added 11 for Clemson (23-5, 15-2...
Syracuse snaps skid in 74-60 rout of NC State
J.J. Starling scored 17 points and Eddie Lampkin collected 14 points and 15 rebounds as Syracuse rolled past visiting North Carolina State 74-60 on Wednesday night., ,Jyare Davis chipped in 15 points for the Orange (12-16, 6-11 ACC), who put up only eight 3-point attempts throughout the contest. Syr...
Tarris Reed Jr., UConn cruise past Georgetown
Tarris Reed Jr. powered inside for 20 points and 10 rebounds, leading UConn to a 93-79 victory over Georgetown on Wednesday in Hartford, Conn.,Solo Ball also scored 20 points for the Huskies (19-9, 11-6 Big East), who beat the Hoyas for the 10th straight time. UConn has alternated wins and losses fo...
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula rolls into quarterfinals at Austin
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula never faced a break point while cruising to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Nuria Parrizas-Diaz of Spain on Wednesday in the second round of the ATX Open at Austin, Texas.,Pegula won 90 percent of her first-serve points (18 of 20) while dispatching Parrizas-Diaz. In the quarterfina...
No. 8 Michigan St. shocks No. 16 Maryland on halfcourt shot at buzzer
Tre Hollomon made a shot at the buzzer from just beyond halfcourt as No. 8 Michigan State stunned No. 16 Maryland 58-55 in College Park, Md., on Wednesday.,Hollomon's Hail Mary came after Maryland's Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed a 3-pointer with two seconds left. The Spartans' Jaxon Kohler got the reboun...