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Magic's 3-point shooting sends Bulls to defeat
Jalen Suggs and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope put on a 3-point clinic to help the host Orlando Magic pummel the Chicago Bulls 133-119 on Wednesday night., ,Suggs poured in 31 points and connected on 4-of-9 triples while Caldwell-Pope went 6-for-10 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points for Orlando, wh...
Darius Johnson's 8 treys help UCF knock off Milwaukee
Darius Johnson made a career-high eight triples and scored a season-high 28 points to guide UCF past visiting Wisconsin-Milwaukee 84-76 on Wednesday night, ending the Knights' two-game losing streak., ,UCF, which beat Milwaukee for the first time in school history after losing twice to the Panthers ...
Donnie Freeman's double-double powers Syracuse past Cornell
Donnie Freeman had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead host Syracuse past Cornell 82-72 on Wednesday. , ,Elijah Moore added a career-high 19 points off the bench for the Orange (4-2), who ended a two-game losing streak. J.J. Starling finished with 12 points but shot 3 of 17 from the floor as Syracuse ...
No. 20 Texas A&M rallies past No. 21 Creighton in Las Vegas
Wade Taylor IV hit for 18 points and Henry Coleman III had a key dunk and a free throw in the final seconds as No. 20 Texas A&M came from behind to beat No. 21 Creighton 77-73 on Wednesday in pool play at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.,Texas A&M (5-2) trailed by four points at halftime but t...
No. 16 Cincinnati's first-half spurts sink Alabama State
Led by four double-figure scorers, No. 16 Cincinnati posted a pair of 10-point runs in the first half in a 77-59 win over visiting Alabama State on Wednesday.,Simas Lukosius had 16 points on four 3-pointers and dished out four assists for the Bearcats (6-0), who led by as many as 27 but shot below 5...
Missouri handles Lindenwood for sixth straight win
Tony Perkins scored 18 points, Marques Warrick added 17, and Missouri pulled away for an 81-61 win over Lindenwood on Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo.,Trent Pierce added 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting for Missouri (6-1), which won its sixth game in a row. Aidan Shaw finished with eight points as all ...
Alabama A&M apologizes, says Medrick Burnett Jr. is alive
In what Alabama A&M called an "unfortunate occurrence," school officials issued an apology on Wednesday for erroneously announcing the death of football player Medrick Burnett Jr. earlier in the day.,The school's athletic department, which has since deleted an announcement regarding Burnett's death,...
Villanova capitalizes on turnovers, routs Rider
Eric Dixon had 16 points and five assists as host Villanova put away turnover-prone Rider 72-48 on Wednesday in Philadelphia., ,The Wildcats (4-4) were working with a narrow lead until the final 4:17 of the first half, when they netted 13 straight points to crack the game open while Rider struggled ...
Connor Essegian scores 29 as Nebraska rolls past South Dakota
Connor Essegian had a career-high 29 points off the bench and Nebraska hit 13 3-pointers in a 96-79 nonconference win over South Dakota on Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb.,Essegian, a junior guard who transferred from Wisconsin, was 10-of-22 from the field and 6-of-15 from outside. Brice Williams ad...
South Carolina sends slumping Virginia Tech to 4th straight loss
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lift South Carolina to a 70-60 win over Virginia Tech in the Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division consolation championship Wednesday night in Fort Myers, Fla.,Morris Ugusuk played a key role, scoring 12 off the bench on 4-of-7 shooting...
Oklahoma weathers late surge to hold off Providence
Kobe Elvis scored a season-high 26 points as Oklahoma held off Providence, 79-77, in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Sooners (5-0) will take on the winner of Wednesday's later game between Arizona and Davidson in the semifinals Thursday. The Friars (5-1) will face...
Longtime Giants SS Brandon Crawford announces retirement
Three-time All-Star shortstop Brandon Crawford announced his retirement on Wednesday via his Instagram account.,Crawford played 13 of his 14 major league seasons with the San Francisco Giants and won World Series rings in 2012 and 2014. He won four Gold Glove Awards during his career.,Crawford's bes...
NFL Thanksgiving: Giants-Cowboys Preview, Props, Prediction
A matchup between teams with a combined six wins through 22 games probably wasn't what the NFL envisioned when scheduling the New York Giants at the Dallas Cowboys for the second of three Thanksgiving Day games.,No matter the records, the matchup between bitter NFC East rivals always draws national ...
Report: PGA-LIV Vegas match to feature $10M crypto purse
The PGA Tour-LIV Golf made-for-TV matchup on Dec. 17 featuring four of the sport's biggest names will have a purse worth a minimum of $10 million in crypto currency, Front Office Sports reported on Wednesday.,The newly named Crypto.com Showdown will see Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy of the PGA ...
No. 4 Auburn coasts past Memphis to win Maui title
Johni Broome had 21 points, 16 rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots Wednesday to lead No. 4 Auburn to a 90-76 victory over Memphis in the Maui Invitational's championship game played in Lahaina, Hawaii. ,Broome scored 65 points in the three tournament games.,Dylan Cardwell made each of his e...
NFL Thanksgiving: Bears-Lions Preview, Props & Prediction
The NFL's slate of Thanksgiving Day games kicks off with an NFC North battle between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions at 12:30 ET on Thursday.,For the Lions, it's an opportunity to improve to 11-1 and stay atop the NFC standings. For the Bears (4-7), it represents a critical game to just stay in ...
Maryland bullies Bucknell to secure third straight win
Tafara Gapare scored a season-high 19 points off the bench and Derik Queen added 15 points and eight rebounds, lifting Maryland to a 91-67 victory over Bucknell on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,Gapare made 7 of 9 shots from the floor -- including 3 of 4 from 3-point range. He highlighted his perfor...
Texans trying to get 'locked in' with Jags up next
A week after a demoralizing loss to the Tennessee Titans, the AFC South-leading Houston Texans might have a perfect opportunity to reboot when they face the host Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.,Then again, maybe not.,It depends, Houston coach DeMeco Ryans said, if the Texans (7-5) are "locked in" an...
No. 16 Arizona State continues playoff push vs. underwhelming Arizona
Arizona State was projected to have a rough first season in the Big 12, while Arizona was expected to be one of the conference's top teams upon joining the league.,However, the opposite has played out as the No. 16 Sun Devils get set to square off with the host Wildcats for Saturday's Territorial Cu...
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence pushing to play, not ruling out surgery
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence stands squarely in the middle of two options for addressing his left shoulder injury.,After missing the past two games, Lawrence described his physical status as "feeling better" following his second practice this week on Wednesday as the Jaguars (2-9) prepared to...