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PJ Haggerty leads No. 17 Memphis vs. former team, Tulsa
Memphis star PJ Haggerty squares off against his former team Wednesday night when the 17th-ranked Tigers host Tulsa in an American Athletic Conference contest.,Haggerty was tied for fourth in Division I in scoring entering Tuesday with 21.6 points per game. He scored 26 in an 86-83 victory Sunday at...

Cooper Flagg, No. 2 Duke aim to extend dominance in clash vs. Syracuse
Cooper Flagg wasn't even born the last time Duke dominated the Atlantic Coast Conference like it has this season.,Now a prized freshman for the second-ranked Blue Devils (19-2, 11-0 ACC), the 18-year-old will try to help Duke secure its first 12-0 start in conference play since 2005-06 when it visit...

Now healthy, No. 23 Illinois takes show on road vs. Rutgers
Brad Underwood had plenty of reasons to crack a smile.,Illinois rode a healthy rotation to a second-half comeback win over visiting Ohio State on Sunday, and the Fighting Illini finally may have reached the other side of a challenging stretch.,Though they dropped five spots in the Associated Press T...

Caleb Grill, No. 15 Missouri take aim at No. 4 Tennessee
Missouri just posted the most decisive road victory over a ranked opponent in school history.,Now the No. 15 Tigers take a trek into a supremely tough venue as they battle No. 4 Tennessee in Southeastern Conference play on Wednesday night at Knoxville, Tenn.,The Tigers (17-4, 6-2 SEC) have been huge...

Rockets look to smooth rough patches against Nets
Normally one of the NBA's better defensive teams, the Houston Rockets are encountering difficulties protecting the paint and are on their longest losing streak in a season during which they are ascending toward the top of the Western Conference.,The Rockets will attempt to halt their three-game losi...

Raptors hope to avert 2nd straight season sweep by Knicks
The Raptors will look to continue on their roll and avoid being swept in their season series with the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Toronto.,The Knicks have won the first three contests of the four games between the teams this season and have defeated the Raptors in seven straight meetings ove...

Pacers seek seventh straight road win vs. red-hot Trail Blazers
The Indiana Pacers are vying to match the longest road winning streak in franchise history, but Portland isn't the ideal place to attempt this feat.,Not just because the red-hot Trail Blazers have won four straight games and eight of nine entering Tuesday's matchup, but also because the Pacers have ...

Lightning face tall task in cooling off hot Senators
The Tampa Bay Lightning will conclude their five-game homestand with matches Tuesday and Thursday against the hot Ottawa Senators. ,While the two games will have a playoff-style feel like the opening contests of a best-of-seven series, the likelihood of the two Atlantic Division teams meeting in the...

Ducks, Stars clash in Anaheim amid successful stretches
The Dallas Stars take a five-game winning streak with them to California as they begin a three-game Golden State road swing on Tuesday night against the resurgent Anaheim Ducks. ,The Stars, second in the Central Division and eight points behind the first-place Winnipeg Jets, will finish the trip wit...

Canadiens aim to stop slide in visit to Sharks
The struggling Montreal Canadiens will try to end their winless drought when they visit the last-place San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.,The Canadiens fell to 0-4-1 in their last five games with a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. ,Montreal led 2-0 through 33 minutes before the Ducks quickly ...

New-look Canucks vie to halt skid in encounter vs. Avalanche
The Vancouver Canucks will play with a renewed sense of joy when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.,The Canucks hope to avoid a third straight loss after their roster underwent a dramatic makeover following two trades on Friday, including one that sent last season's top scorer, J.T. ...

NaVi, MongolZ qualify for IEM Katowice playoffs
Natus Vincere and The MongolZ clinched playoff spots at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice by winning Group B upper-bracket semifinal matches on Monday in Poland.,NaVi eked out a 2-1 win over Team Sports, while The MongolZ dumped GamerLegion 2-0.,In other Group B action on Monday, Astralis edged FUR...

Wings out to complete perfect road trip, take on Kraken
The Detroit Red Wings are red hot. ,A six-game winning streak has Detroit at the top of the Eastern Conference wild-card race heading into a meeting with the host Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.,"That's awesome," Detroit forward Patrick Kane said of the Red Wings' place in the standings following a...

Kansas State on the rise ahead of visit to Arizona State
Kansas State and Arizona State head into their game Tuesday night in Tempe, Ariz., coming off very different outcomes against two of the top teams in the Big 12 on Saturday.,Kansas State (10-11, 4-6 Big 12) increased its winning streak to three games, upsetting then-No. 3 Iowa State 80-61 on Saturda...

Clemson, riding win streak, faces short-handed Georgia Tech
Still on the outside looking in on the AP Top 25, Clemson brings its six-game winning streak into a Tuesday matchup with visiting Georgia Tech.,The Tigers (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) received 182 votes in the Monday poll, placing them as the first team out of the rankings, despite four co...

Confident USC takes on struggling Northwestern
Southern California heads to Evanston, Ill., on Tuesday hoping to build on a Top 10 win when it faces the slumping Northwestern Wildcats.,USC (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten) arrives brimming with belief after a 70-64 home win on Saturday over then-No. 7 Michigan State. Desmond Claude finished with 19 points and...

NBA roundup: Hawks nip Pistons, end 8-game skid
Trae Young scored the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.,Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De'Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels suppl...

Xavier, Georgetown in must-win mode to keep at-large hopes alive
Two teams with hopes of making a push for postseason play meet Tuesday night when Xavier hosts Georgetown in Cincinnati.,The Musketeers (13-9, 5-6 Big East) are coming off an 86-77 loss to Creighton on Wednesday and have had five days of rest to prepare for their first of nine remaining regular-seas...

Chiefs LB Nick Bolton unfazed by Opening Night madness
NEW ORLEANS -- Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton had all the answers Monday, even for the slightly offbeat questions a player can get at Super Bowl Opening Night.,From favorite K.C. barbeque to whom he would like to spend time with on a desert island, Bolton didn't hesitate on any response.,...

Deandre Ayton gets revenge vs. Suns, carries Blazers to OT win
Deandre Ayton scored 25 points and collected a season-best 20 rebounds against his former team to help the Portland Trail Blazers notch a 121-119 overtime victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night.,Deni Avdija recorded 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists before fouling out as Por...