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Avs score five straight goals to down Blackhawks, win third straight
Nazem Kadri and Jaden Schwartz scored two goals apiece to lift the visiting Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory against the skidding Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.,After falling behind 2-0, the Avalanche ripped off the final five goals to stop a three-game road losing streak. Devon Toews had a goal a...
Ole Miss rolls over Alcorn State in easy win
Adam Clark scored 17 points, Patton Pinkins had 16 and hot-shooting Ole Miss never trailed in rolling past Alcorn State 99-58 in the season opener for both teams Monday night in Oxford, Miss.,Santiago Trouet scored 15, Christian Brown had 12 and Corey Stephenson added 10 for the Rebels (15-20, 4-14 ...
Kings become NBA's last team to win, pushing past Mavericks
Darius Acuff Jr. scored a game-high 25 points to lead the visiting Sacramento Kings to their first win of the season, a 115-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.,Malik Monk scored 24 points off the bench and Zach LaVine finished with 23 points as the Kings (1-6) became the last NBA team t...
Wes Enis, Creighton rally to beat Kansas City in Alan Huss’ debut
Wes Enis scored 25 points and Creighton rode a strong second half to a 76-61 victory over Kansas City on Monday in Omaha, Neb., in the season opener for both teams.,Enis, a transfer from South Florida, made five 3-pointers and 6 of 8 attempts from the foul line to make a winner out of Alan Huss in h...
20-0 run powers Wake Forest past Maryland-Eastern Shore
Gavin Placide scored 20 points and Wake Forest pulled away with a huge late run to beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 83-62 in the season opener Monday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Justin Ray had 15 points, Kevair Kennedy added 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and reserves Gallagher Placide and J...
Sooners stunned by East Texas A&M in Norman to open season
Bo Aldridge scored 22 points to lead East Texas A&M to a stunning 68-64 win over Oklahoma in the season opener Monday in Norman, Okla.,East Texas A&M led for much of the game but the Sooners came back to tie it with 4:55 left in regulation.,Oklahoma then had a chance to take the lead with 3:44 remai...
Pelicans hand Grizzlies their first loss with OT victory
Zion Williamson scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Jeremiah Fears sank a pair of clutch free throws in the closing moments of overtime as the New Orleans Pelicans handed the host Memphis Grizzlies their first loss of the season, 135-134, on Monday.,Fears' game-winning foul shots came off ...
Balanced-scoring TCU gives Jamie Dixon 200th win in rout of Lindenwood
Micah Robinson and DJ Thomas poured in 19 points apiece, Brock Harding added 17 points and TCU rolled to a 98-59 victory over Lindenwood on Monday during both teams' season opener in Fort Worth, Texas.,Trent Lincoln added 12 points, going 3-for-4 from 3-point range, Tanner Toolson scored 10 points a...
LaMelo Ball leads Timberwolves over struggling Bucks
LaMelo Ball scored 34 points on 12-for-21 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 112-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Ball drained a half-dozen 3-pointers in his best performance of the season for Minnesota. Ayo Dosunmu registered a double-double with ...
Newcomers shine as Cal crushes Division II Adams State
Michael Cooper and Nojus Indrusaitis combined for 44 points in their Cal basketball debuts, Sammie Yeanay added a career-best 21 and the Golden Bears ran away from Division II Adams State of Colorado en route to a 115-86 nonconference romp Monday night in Berkeley, Calif.,Cooper had 24 points off th...
Freshman, former Euro pro Jakub Szumert leads SMU past Southern
Jakub Szumert, a freshman forward who played professionally in Poland, finished with 24 points and seven rebounds to lead SMU to an 85-72 victory Monday night over Southern in the season opener for both teams in Dallas.,Szumert, 5 of 6 from the field, made 13 of his 14 free-throw attempts.,The Musta...
OG Anunoby helps Knicks defeat Nets
OG Anunoby scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter Monday night for the host New York Knicks, who rode a dominant final 12 minutes to a 103-90 win over the upset-minded Brooklyn Nets.,Landry Shamet scored a team-high 22 points off the bench for the defending NBA champion Knicks, who outsc...
Tre White, No. 17 Kansas pull away from Fordham
Tre White scored 22 points and Tyran Stokes added 15 points and seven rebounds in his much-anticipated debut as No. 17 Kansas extended its winning streak in home openers to 54 seasons with a 95-65 victory over Fordham on Monday in Lawrence, Kan.,Leroy Blyden Jr. also scored 15 points and Melvin Coun...
Sharp-shooting Pistons overwhelm Hornets in easy win
Cade Cunningham's 33 points came as part of a wave of sizzling outside shooting by the Detroit Pistons in their 124-91 runaway victory against the host Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.,Cunningham shot 13-for-20 from the field with four 3-point baskets to go with his game-high seven assists. The Pi...
Hawks overwhelm outmanned Pacers behind Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Nickeil Alexander-Walker matched his career high with nine 3-pointers and scored a season-high 34 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the short-handed Indiana Pacers 108-104 on Monday night in Indianapolis.,Corey Kispert and Luguentz Dort had 14 points each and CJ McCollum added 13 points, 12 assists a...
Tyrese Maxey helps hot 76ers knock off Bulls
Tyrese Maxey scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and dished out 11 assists to highlight the Philadelphia 76ers' 126-107 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Monday.,Jaylen Brown provided 25 points and 11 rebounds for Philadelphia, which improved to 7-1 on the season. VJ Edgecombe ...
DePaul erases 11-point deficit, rallies past West Georgia in opener
Koree Cotton scored 20 points off the bench and Magoon Gwath added 19 as DePaul rallied from a big first-half deficit to earn a 75-58 victory over West Georgia on Monday at Chicago in the season opener for both teams.,Ade Popoola (12 points) drilled four 3-pointers in a five-minute span of the secon...
No. 3 Illinois pours in 19 triples in record-setting 120-45 win over FDU
No. 3 Illinois set a program record with 19 made 3-pointers in a dominating 120-45 win over Fairleigh Dickinson to open the season on Monday in Champaign, Ill.,It was the biggest margin of victory ever for the Fighting Illini (the previous record was 69 points over Chicago State in 1993), and just s...
Kanon Catchings nabs 16 as Georgia cruises past North Carolina Central
Kanon Catchings scored 16 points and Blue Cain added 15 to lead a balanced attack and spark Georgia to a 78-62 season-opening win over North Carolina Central on Monday in Athens.,It was Georgia's 37th straight home win against nonconference opponents.,Catchings shot 5-for-10 from the field, includin...
Anthony Davis helps Wizards get rare road win over Magic
Anthony Davis had 27 points and nine rebounds on Monday to help the visiting Washington Wizards hold on for a 103-94 victory over the Orlando Magic.,Kyshawn George added 22 points on four 3-pointers and AJ Dybantsa scored 21 for Washington, which has won back-to-back games for the first time this se...