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Avalanche win 7th straight; score 4 in third to vanquish Rangers
Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar recorded two goals and an assist each, Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, and the streaking Colorado Avalanche scored three unanswered third period goals to defeat the visiting New York Rangers 6-3 in on Thursday night.,Martin Necas registered three assists and Sc...

Defense racks up 8 sacks as Texans shut down Bills
Davis Mills threw two touchdown passes, Caden Bullock had two interceptions and a forced fumble and the Houston Texans racked up eight sacks while notching a 23-19 victory over the visiting Buffalo Bills on Thursday night.,Will Anderson had 2 ½ sacks and Danielle Hunter had two as Buffalo's Josh All...

Cal Poly rides big first to half to road win over Utah
Cayden Ward scored 28 points to lead Cal Poly to a 92-85 win over Utah on Thursday in Salt Lake City.,Hamad Mousa added 26 points, Guzman Vasilic scored 13 points and Peter Bandelj tallied 11 points for Cal Poly (3-3).,Terrence Brown led Utah (5-1) with a game-high 29 points. Don McHenry added 16 po...

No. 15 Texas Tech edges Wake, will face Purdue in Bahamas' title game
JT Toppin scored 21 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field and Christian Anderson notched 16 as No. 15 Texas Tech overcame Wake Forest 84-83 on Thursday night on the first day of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.,Texas Tech (4-1) will meet top-ranked Purdue, an 80-71 winner against M...

No. 2 Houston pummels Rider in 46-point win
Kingston Flemings scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting to help No. 2 Houston roll to a 91-45 home victory over Rider in nonconference play on Thursday night.,Emanuel Sharp made three 3-pointers while totaling 15 points for the Cougars (5-0), who led by as many as 48 points. Mercy Miller scored 14 po...

Tyrese Maxey's 54 points lead 76ers past Bucks in OT
Justin Edwards' only 3-pointer of the game opened the scoring in overtime and gave Philadelphia a lead it never relinquished and Tyrese Maxey scored a career-best 54 points as the 76ers pulled away for a 123-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.,In a game without injured stars...

Cal aims for complete effort vs. Sacramento State
Cal coach Mark Madsen is hoping for a fast start when the Bears face Sacramento State on Friday in Berkeley, Calif.,Madsen would like to avoid a replay of the team's last game, when Cal (4-1) struggled in the first half before going on to beat visiting Presbyterian 67-57 on Tuesday.,Delaware transfe...

Colorado balancing youth with experience; UC Davis up next
Colorado has started the season on a roll and wants to keep it going when it hosts UC Davis on Friday night in Boulder, Colo.,Colorado (4-0) has swept its early home schedule, including wins in the past week over Providence and Alabama State. Friday night's game will be the last at home before the B...

Bills LB Terrel Bernard (elbow) exits vs. Texans
Buffalo Bills standout linebacker Terrel Bernard exited Thursday's game against the Houston Texans in the third quarter due to a right elbow injury.,Bernard injured the arm while helping tackle Houston's Nick Chubb. He went down to the ground in pain and was helped off the field with 10:27 left in t...

Spurs top Hawks despite Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s career-high 38
De'Aaron Fox hit for 26 points and Keldon Johnson added a season-high 25 off the bench as the host San Antonio Spurs defeated the Atlanta Hawks 135-126 on Thursday.,The Spurs led by as many as 19 points in the second quarter but entered the final period up by just three. Atlanta briefly made the fro...

Kraken's 3-goal third period rally sinks Blackhawks
Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal on a third-period power play and Brandon Montour tallied two assists to boost the visiting Seattle Kraken to a 3-2 comeback victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.,Tye Kartye and Shane Wright also scored for Seattle, which tallied three unanswered ...

Lightning strike late, beat Oilers on wild OT sequence
Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel scored to cap a wild 10-second span in overtime, and the host Lightning earned their second straight victory by edging the slumping Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Thursday night.,Edmonton nearly won it in the three-on-three session with a loose puck in front of goaltender Andrei Va...

No. 19 UCLA shakes up rotation ahead of Presbyterian matchup
No. 19-ranked UCLA readies for a road swing through the Pacific Northwest with a final home-court tune-up on Friday, welcoming Presbyterian to Los Angeles.,The Bruins (4-1) host a Blue Hose team that is at the end of a three-game California road trip. Presbyterian (3-4) is on a three-game losing ski...

Grizzlies set franchise assist record, Kings drop 8th straight in blowout
Santi Aldama tied his career high with 29 points and Jock Landale added 21 as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 137-96 victory Thursday over the visiting Sacramento Kings.,The Grizzlies set a franchise record with 42 assists while handing Sacramento its eighth straight l...

Max Shabanov strikes twice as Islanders blank Red Wings
Max Shabanov produced two goals and one assist in his ninth career game as the New York Islanders rolled past the host Detroit Red Wings 5-0 on Thursday night.,Ilya Sorokin recorded his second shutout this season by making 29 saves as the Islanders completed their seven-game road trip with a 6-1 rec...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 LSU hits triple digits again
Fifth-ranked LSU continued its run of triple-digit-scoring games to open the season, hitting the century mark for the sixth consecutive time with a 112-49 rout of visiting Alcorn State in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday night.,Flau'jae Johnson and MiLaysia Fulwiley led the latest onslaught for LSU (6-...

Mark Mitchell scores 22 as Missouri routs South Dakota
Mark Mitchell scored a game-high 22 points Thursday night and unbeaten Missouri pulled away from visiting South Dakota in the second half of a 102-68 nonconference win in Columbia.,Five other players reached double figures for the Tigers (6-0). Jevon Porter hit all nine of his field-goal attempts fo...

Ohio State relies on first-half run to cruise past Western Michigan
Christoph Tilly led five Ohio State players in double figures with 17 points and the Buckeyes routed Western Michigan 91-58 in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday.,John Mobley Jr. had 15 points, Amare Bynum had 12 and Devin Royal added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Buckeyes (5-0).,Ohio State senior guar...

Mohamed Wague, Oklahoma stymie Oral Roberts
Mohamed Wague scored a career-high 20 points to lead Oklahoma to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Thursday in Norman, Okla.,Wague added seven rebounds and a block. He was 9 of 12 from the floor.,After Oklahoma struggled defensively in a loss to Nebraska on Saturday to continue an early trend, Sooner...

Jackets' Adam Fantilli tallies twice, including OT winner vs. Leafs
Adam Fantilli scored his second goal of the game at 4:21 of overtime Thursday night and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.,Fantilli beat a defender while breaking down the right wing and swept in front of the net before tucking the puck past goaltender Joseph Wo...