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After historic rout, No. 7 Iowa State gears up for No. 16 Texas Tech
Iowa State steamrolled Arizona State by a Big 12 tournament-record 49 points on Wednesday.,Its reward? A date with well-rested Texas Tech.,The fifth-seeded Cyclones lost at home to the fourth-seeded Red Raiders on the final day of last month and now get another shot at Texas Tech in Thursday's quart...
No. 10 Virginia chases 3-game season sweep of NC State
Now might be a good time for North Carolina State to become a bit greedy.,The seventh-ranked Wolfpack snapped out of a funk to capture a victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on Wednesday in Charlotte, putting them in a Thursday afternoon quarterfinal against second-seeded and 10th-ran...
NBA roundup: Kawhi Leonard nets 45 as hot Clippers win, move over .500
Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 22 as the Los Angeles Clippers remained red-hot in March with a 153-128 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Inglewood, Calif.,Darius Garland scored 21 points and Jordan Miller had 14 as the play-in-tournament eligible Clippers improv...
Conference tourney roundup: McNeese, Lehigh, Idaho earn NCAA berths
Sixth-year senior Javohn Garcia poured in a career-high 31 points as second-seeded McNeese earned a 76-59 upset of top-seeded Stephen F. Austin to claim its third straight Southland Conference championship and NCAA Tournament bid.,Garcia drilled 11 of 18 shots from the field and went 5 of 8 from 3-p...
Caitlin Clark returns with double-double in Team USA debut
Playing for the first since July 15 after recovering from two injuries, Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark impressed in her Team USA debut on Wednesday, finishing with a 17 points and 12 assists in a 110-64 victory over Senegal in San Juan, Puerto Rico.,Sidelined last summer by a right groin ailm...
Big 12 roundup: Iowa State's 49-point win largest in conference tourney history
Milan Momcilovic scored 21 points and Joshua Jefferson added 20 points and 12 rebounds as No. 7 Iowa State walloped Arizona State 91-42 on Wednesday in a Big 12 Conference tournament second-round game in Kansas City, Mo.,The fifth-seeded Cyclones (26-6) advance to play fourth-seeded Texas Tech, No. ...
World Cup games set for Foxborough after deal with town reached
An agreement between the owners of the New England Revolution and New England Patriots, the regional World Cup organizing committee and the town of Foxborough, Mass., will allow the town's planned World Cup games to move forward.,The sides announced the deal on Wednesday, ending a standoff in which ...
ACC tournament roundup: Ryan Conwell plays hero, Louisville beats SMU
Ryan Conwell scored five of his 16 points in the final 77 seconds as No. 24 Louisville overcame SMU for a 62-58 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's second round Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C.,The Cardinals, playing without freshman standout Mikel Brown Jr., received lifts f...
Big East roundup: Xavier gets by Marquette late in tourney opener
Jovan Milicevic scored 21 points and hit the tiebreaking layup with 1:14 remaining as 10th-seeded Xavier outlasted seventh-seeded Marquette for an 89-87 victory in the opening round of the Big East tournament in New York on Wednesday. ,Milicevic made 7 of 11 shots and 4 of 7 3-pointers as he finishe...
World Cup games set for Foxborough after deal with city reached
An agreement between the owners of the New England Revolution and New England Patriots, the regional World Cup organizing committee and the town of Foxborough, Mass., will allow the town's planned World Cup games to move forward.,The sides announced the deal on Wednesday, ending a standoff in which ...
Kawhi Leonard scores 45, Clippers make history vs. Wolves
Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 22 as the Los Angeles Clippers remained red-hot in March with a 153-128 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Inglewood, Calif., ,Darius Garland scored 16 points and Jordan Miller had 14 as the play-in-tournament eligible Clippers impr...
SEC tournament roundup: Ole Miss dents Texas' NCAA tourney hopes
Malik Dia scored 23 points and Ole Miss never trailed in its 76-66 victory over Texas in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, leaving the Longhorns to sweat out the next three-plus days.,AJ Storr added 18 points and Ilias Kamardine chipped in 16 for th...
Reigning Indian Wells champ Jack Draper KOs Novak Djokovic
Jack Draper extended his title defense in dramatic fashion Wednesday at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif.,The 14th-seeded Brit rallied past third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to reach the quarterfinals.,Draper earned his first win ever against the 24-time...
Nuggets narrow gap in Western Conference with win over Rockets
Nikola Jokic had 16 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds, Jamal Murray scored a game-high 30 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat Houston 129-93 on Wednesday night to close the gap on the Rockets.,Houston entered the night in third place in the Western Conference, 1 1/2 games ahead of sixth-place ...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Galaxy's Gabriel Pec nets hat trick
Gabriel Pec scored one early goal and two late in the game, leading the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3-0 win over Mt. Pleasant FA on Wednesday at Carson, Calif., in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup round-of-16 series.,The two-game, total-goal set will conclude on March 19 in Kingston, Jamaica. T...
Lonzo Ball (30), Hornets topple Kings with barrage of 3s
Miles Bridges had nine of his 26 points in a key third-quarter run, LaMelo Ball and Kon Knueppel combined for 11 3-pointers and 54 points and the visiting Charlotte Hornets rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat the Sacramento Kings 117-109 on Wednesday night.,In a contest matching teams that had...
Down 10 in 2nd half, TCU rallies past Oklahoma State
David Punch scored 26 points, Tanner Toolson hit a clutch 3-pointer and TCU stormed back from a 10-point deficit for a 95-88 victory over Oklahoma State in the second round of the Big 12 tournament Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo.,The sixth-seeded Frogs (22-10) advance to the quarterfinals on Thu...
Team USA's World Cup reprieve won't matter due to lack of intensity
Thanks to Italy beating Mexico on Wednesday night, the United States gets another chance in the World Baseball Classic.,What looked like a potentially disastrous early exit for Team USA manager Mark DeRosa and the boys turned out to be nothing more than substantial worry and significant embarrassmen...
Nijel Pack's hot shooting paces Oklahoma past South Carolina
Nijel Pack scored 24 points and made five 3-pointers to help lead Oklahoma to an 86-74 victory over South Carolina in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.,Derrion Reid added 20 points for 11th-seeded Oklahoma (18-14), which kept its NCAA Tournament hop...
Balanced Clemson squad clamps down on Wake Forest
RJ Godfrey supplied 11 points and eight rebounds to lead a balanced attack as fifth-seeded Clemson topped 13th-seeded Wake Forest 71-62 in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.,Nick Davidson, Ace Buckner, Butta Johnson and Dillon Hunter added eight...