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Northwestern looks to rebound against visiting Illinois-Chicago
Northwestern coach Chris Collins kept his comments brief Monday afternoon when asked if guard Brooks Barnhizer would play Tuesday night against Illinois-Chicago in Evanston, Ill.,"He's close," Collins said of the player's status.,Northwestern (1-1) was without Barnhizer for its first two games, incl...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pours in 45, lifts Thunder past Clippers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 45 points to lead the host Oklahoma City Thunder to a 134-128 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.,Oklahoma City is 3-0 this season on the second night of a back-to-back. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak by the Clippers.,The Clipp...

Donovan Mitchell scores 36 as Cavs beat Bulls to remain perfect
Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 36 points and Evan Mobley had a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated with a 119-113 win against the Chicago Bulls on Monday.,Cleveland continued the best start in franchise history with its 12th vict...

Braden Smith stuffs stat sheet as No. 13 Purdue clips Yale
Braden Smith recorded 22 points, nine rebounds, six assists and five steals to lead No. 13 Purdue to a 92-84 victory over Yale on Monday night at West Lafayette, Ind.,Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 17 points and Fletcher Loyer added 14 for the Boilermakers (3-0). C.J. Cox added 12 points for Purdue.,John ...

Alperen Sengun dominates as Rockets knock off Wizards
Alperen Sengun produced his eighth double-double and helped the Houston Rockets fend off a fourth-quarter charge from the visiting Washington Wizards in a 107-92 victory on Monday.,Sengun paired 27 points with 17 rebounds to pace the Rockets, who overcame the absence of point guard Fred VanVleet (ha...

Nets rally late to extend Pelicans' skid
Cam Thomas scored 17 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining, and the visiting Brooklyn Nets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 107-105 on Monday night.,Cameron Johnson and Noah Clowney added 15 points each and Dennis Schroder scored 14 as seven Brooklyn players scored in dou...

Wembanyama’s double-double helps Spurs wallop Kings
Victor Wembanyama amassed 34 points and 14 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 116-96 win on Monday night over the visiting Sacramento Kings.,Sacramento was playing the second game of a road back-to-back and was worse for wear in the second half when the Kings were outscored by San Antonio 5...

Boopie Miller guides SMU past UNC Greensboro
Boopie Miller scored 21 points and dished out seven assists as SMU pulled away from UNC Greensboro in an 81-68 win on Monday night in Dallas.,Miller, who recorded his third-straight performance of 20 points or more, paced an SMU offense that shot 42.9 percent and tallied 19 points off turnovers. B.J...

Matvei Michkov, Travis Konecny score in SO as Flyers edge Sharks
Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny both scored in regulation and again in the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers wasted a three-goal lead before prevailing 4-3 over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday.,Erik Johnson also scored for Philadelphia, while Samuel Ersson made 28 saves. Michkov, who was ...

No. 23 Texas A&M spreads points around in clobbering Lamar
Zhuric Phelps scored 16 points to lead a balanced offensive attack as No. 23 Texas A&M rolled to an easy 97-71 victory over visiting Lamar on Monday in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies (2-1) took charge with a 15-point run that began about three minutes into the game and never looked back, riding ...

No. 7 Iowa State pounds Kansas City behind big 2nd half
Curtis Jones scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting off the bench and No. 7 Iowa State pulled away for an 82-56 win over Kansas City on Monday night in Ames, Iowa.,Milan Momcilovic added 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting for Iowa State (2-0), which earned its second straight win by double digits. Dishon...

Jalon Moore, Oklahoma hold off Northwestern State
Jalon Moore scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half as Oklahoma shook off a slow start to beat Northwestern State 73-57 on Monday night in Norman, Okla.,Moore also collected seven rebounds before fouling out in the final minute. Jeremiah Fears added 15 points and had four steals for the Sooner...

Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal named finalists for Cy Young
Leading one's league in wins, ERA and strikeouts is generally a good way to win a Cy Young Award.,Sure enough, the Triple Crown winners in the National League and American League -- Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale and Detroit Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal, respectively -- were named finalists on M...

Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge headline list of MVP finalists
Shohei Ohtani, the first 50-50 player in major league history, and Triple Crown threat Aaron Judge lead the league Most Valuable Player finalists revealed on Monday.,The reigning American League MVP, Ohtani dominated his first season in the National League, joining the Dodgers and delivering an NL-b...

Caleb Grill's big night leads Missouri past Eastern Washington
Caleb Grill scored a career-high 33 points, grabbed nine rebounds and added two steals as the Missouri Tigers defeated the Eastern Washington Eagles 84-77 Monday night in the nonconference matchup in Columbia, Mo.,Mark Mitchell added 13 points for the Tigers (2-1).,After shooting just 3-for-22 from ...

Career night for Mason Marchment as Stars crush Penguins
The Dallas Stars and Mason Marchment tied franchise records Monday night en route to a 7-1 rout of the host Pittsburgh Penguins.,Dallas, which entered Monday with just 39 goals in 13 games, feasted on the league's third-worst scoring defense. In winning for the second time in three games, the Stars ...

No. 2 Alabama holds off McNeese State, 72-64
Grant Nelson scored 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Mark Sears added 15 points, leading No. 2 Alabama over McNeese State, 72-64, on Monday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Nelson put the Crimson Tide (3-0) ahead for good with 10:32 remaining in the first half, draining a 3-pointer that gave them a 16-14 l...

Tae Davis, Notre Dame escape halftime hole, beat Buffalo
Tae Davis scored a career-best 27 points as host Notre Dame survived a sluggish first half and fended off a late comeback attempt in an 86-77 victory over Buffalo on Monday in South Bend, Ind.,Playing only 26 minutes because of early foul trouble, Davis made 7 of 13 shots and punctuated his big game...

Pierre Brooks helps Butler rebound with win against Western Michigan
Pierre Brooks had 20 points, including four three-pointers, and Butler broke away from Western Michigan in the second half to claim an 85-65 victory at Hinkle Fieldhouse Monday night.,After a disappointing loss to Austin Peay their last time out, Bulldogs coach Thad Matta inserted Augusto Cassia int...

Virginia Tech survives tough test against Winthrop
Jaydon Young hit two 3-pointers late in the second half and Virginia Tech held off Winthrop 58-52 on Monday in Blacksburg, Va.,The first trey gave the Hokies (3-0) a 50-42 lead with 4:59 remaining. Young struck again to make it 53-44 with 3:33 left.,Winthrop (2-1) rallied late, and K.J. Doucet's 3-p...