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Graham Ike, No. 3 Gonzaga roll to road win over SDSU
Graham Ike recorded 23 points and nine rebounds to help No. 3 Gonzaga post an 80-67 nonconference road victory over San Diego State on Monday night.,Ryan Nembhard added 19 points and 10 assists and Braden Huff scored 10 points for the Bulldogs (4-0), who never trailed.,Nick Boyd recorded 23 points a...
Louisville comes out of hiatus to face Bellarmine
Louisville returns to the court for the first time in 10 days when it hosts crosstown rival Bellarmine on Tuesday night.,The Cardinals (1-1) last played on Nov. 9, losing 77-55 to then-No. 12 Tennessee. The Volunteers dominated from the opening tip, shooting 56.6 percent from the field and making 10...
Alex Ovechkin scores two more, gets injured as Caps top Utah
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals one night after notching a hat trick, and the visiting Washington Capitals beat the Utah Hockey Club 6-2 in Salt Lake City to complete a sweep of their three-game road trip.,Ovechkin left the game in the third period after a leg-on-leg collision with Utah's Jack McBain...
Magic eclipse Suns, run win streak to six games
Franz Wagner matched a season high with 32 points as the visiting Orlando Magic won their sixth straight game, beating the Phoenix Suns 109-99 on Monday.,Anthony Black posted season bests of 20 points and nine assists, and Goga Bitadze had a season-high 17 points to go with 10 rebounds for Orlando, ...
Charlotte, with 3-7 record, fires football coach Biff Poggi
The Charlotte football program, after taking a fourth consecutive loss on Saturday, fired coach Biff Poggi on Monday.,Associate head coach Tim Brewster was appointed the interim head coach of the 49ers, who have a 3-7 overall record, 2-4 in the American Athletic Conference.,Poggi, 64, produced a 6-1...
Joe Mixon, Texans run over Cowboys, pad AFC South lead
Joe Mixon rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Houston Texans to a convincing 34-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in Arlington, Texas.,Derek Barnett scored on a fumble return for the Texans (7-4), who hold a two-game lead over the second-place Indianapolis Colts in...
UCF well-rested entering clash vs. Tennessee Tech
The college basketball season is two weeks old and already UCF has a knack for winning close games., ,The Knights (3-0) have three come-from-behind, single-digit victories on their home court going into Tuesday night's game against Ohio Valley Conference member Tennessee Tech in Orlando, Fla., ,UCF ...
49ers consider QB Brock Purdy (shoulder) day-to-day
The injury-prone San Francisco 49ers are monitoring yet another health issue, this one involving quarterback Brock Purdy's right shoulder.,Coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday that Purdy emerged from the team's 20-17 home loss to the Seattle Seahawks a day earlier with a sore throwing shoulder. Purdy ...
Johni Broome's huge run leads No. 4 Auburn past North Alabama
Johni Broome scored 17 of his 30 points in the final 7 1/2 minutes of the first half to lead fourth-ranked Auburn to a 102-69 victory over visiting North Alabama on Monday night.,After moving up one spot in the latest poll, the Tigers (4-0) were threatened for the first 15 minutes before gradually p...
John Blackwell's career night helps No. 19 Wisconsin outlast UTRGV
John Blackwell scored 20 of his career-high 30 points in the second half and graduate transfer John Tonje added 19 as No. 19 Wisconsin rallied to hold off stubborn UT Rio Grande Valley 87-84 on Monday night in Madison, Wis.,Wisconsin (5-0), which trailed 52-48 at the half, went without a field goal ...
Brett Leason's 3-point game guides Ducks over Stars
Brett Leason notched a goal and two assists while leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-2 win against the host Dallas Stars on Monday evening.,Leason has two goals and four assists in four games since returning to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three straight games and five out of six.,Cutt...
Damian Lillard leads Bucks to comeback win over Rockets
Damian Lillard made a driving layup with 3.9 seconds remaining and had a hand in the game's final seven points as the Milwaukee Bucks eked out a 101-100 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Monday.,After Alperen Sengun (18 points, seven rebounds) gave Houston a 100-94 lead by tipping in his ...
SMU's 59-point second half subdues Prairie View A&M
Prairie View A&M pushed SMU early, but the Mustangs' 59-point second half lifted them to a 110-69 victory on Monday night in Dallas.,SMU (4-1) shot 48.8 percent from the field over the final 20 minutes. ,Matt Cross came off the bench to deliver 17 points, 12 rebounds and two steals, as SMU topped 10...
Texas Tech blasts Arkansas-Pine Bluff for 4-0 start
Darrion Williams scored 19 points to lead Texas Tech past Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 98-64, on Monday night in Lubbock, Texas.,Kevin Overton had 17 points thanks in part to 3-of-6 shooting from 3-point range for the Red Raiders (4-0). JT Toppin had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Eli...
Sam Montembeault stymies Oilers in Canadiens' 3-0 win
Sam Montembeault made 30 saves and Jake Evans had a goal and an assist in the Montreal Canadiens' 3-0 shutout of the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Monday.,Brendan Gallagher and Kaiden Guhle also scored for the Canadiens, who are 3-1-0 in their last four games.,Montembeault logged his second shutout of...
RJ Barrett pumps in 39 as Raptors dump Pacers
RJ Barrett scored a season-best 39 points, Jakob Poeltl added 30 points and 15 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Indiana Pacers 130-119 on Monday.,Barrett, who pulled down nine rebounds, scored 15 points in the fourth quarter.,Gradey Dick added 15 points for the Raptors, who end...
No. 20 Arkansas fends off upset-minded Pacific
Adou Thiero tallied 23 points, including six dunks, as the No. 20 Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the pesky University of Pacific Tigers 91-72 Monday night in Fayetteville, Ark., ,In their fourth game under new coach John Calipari, the Razorbacks (3-1) led by as many as 16 points in the first half but ...
Curtis Jones, No. 5 Iowa State overpower IU Indianapolis
Curtis Jones scored 20 points on 7-for-14 shooting as No. 5 Iowa State cruised to an 87-52 win over IU Indianapolis on Monday night in Ames, Iowa.,Tamin Lipsey scored 17 points and recorded a team-high five steals for Iowa State (3-0), which remained untested in its nonconference slate. Joshua Jeffe...
Knicks bash Wizards behind balanced effort from starters
Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each posted a double-double before sitting out the fourth quarter on Monday night for the host New York Knicks, who cruised to a 134-106 win over the Washington Wizards.,Brunson finished with 26 points and 11 assists while Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds for ...
Heat get Jimmy Butler back, rally past woeful 76ers
Jimmy Butler made a triumphant return from injury, and Tyler Herro scored 16 of his 18 points in a pivotal third quarter as the host Miami Heat rallied for a 106-89 victory over the slumping Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.,Butler, after missing four straight games due to a sprained right ankle, ...