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Alperen Sengun leads Rockets to fifth straight win over Cavaliers
Alperen Sengun scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Kevin Durant had 20 points to lead the visiting Houston Rockets to a 114-104 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.,Aaron Holiday added 18 points, Jabari Smith Jr. had 14 and Amen Thompson amassed 12 points, nine boards, ...
Blake Harper sparks Creighton to win over North Dakota
Blake Harper scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half and finished with 12 rebounds, lifting Creighton to a 75-60 victory over North Dakota on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,Harper made 6 of 11 shots from the floor -- including 4 of 8 from 3-point range -- to fuel the Bluejays (3-1) to their second st...
Ryan Leonard nets 2, Alex Ovechkin scores No. 904 as Capitals top Oilers
Rookie Ryan Leonard recorded his first career two-goal game to fuel the host Washington Capitals to a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.,Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 904th career goal to help his Capitals improve to 9-4-2 in 15 all-time meetings against fellow three-tim...
David Coit's 41 points helps Maryland outlast Mount St. Mary's in OT
David Coit made eight 3-pointers, scoring a career-high 41 points to propel Maryland to a wild seesaw victory in overtime, 95-90, against visiting Mount St. Mary's Wednesday night in College Park, Md.,Darius Adams contributed 19 points and seven rebounds, and Elijah Saunders added 14 points as the T...
No. 4 Arizona halts No. 3 UConn's 36-game non-conference win streak
Jaden Bradley's game-high 21 points included a clutch layup with 16 seconds left in regulation to lift No. 4 Arizona to a 71-67 road win over No. 3 UConn in an early-season showdown on Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn.,The Wildcats (5-0) used a late 7-0 run to turn a 1-point deficit into a lead that ...
Bennedict Mathurin helps Pacers break losing skid at Hornets' expense
Bennedict Mathurin posted 24 points and 12 rebounds as the Indiana Pacers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 127-118 win over the Charlotte Hornets in Indianapolis on Wednesday.,Pascal Siakam scored 22 points, while Jay Huff added a season-best 20 off the bench.,Kon Knueppel had 28 points, M...
Women's Top 25 roundup: St. John's stuns No. 18 Oklahoma State
Brooke Moore scored six of her 13 points in the fourth quarter and St. John's pulled away for a 74-67 upset of No. 18 Oklahoma State on Wednesday night in New York.,St. John's (4-1) had a 10-point halftime lead erased in the third quarter and entered the final frame tied with the ranked visitors 47-...
Markus Burton scores 25 as Notre Dame fends off Bellarmine
Markus Burton scored 16 of his game and season-high 25 points in the first half as Notre Dame held on to defeat Bellarmine 86-79 in South Bend, Ind., on Tuesday evening.,Jalen Haralson added 16 points and a team-high five assists, and Carson Towt posted his second double-double of the season as the ...
Braves acquire Mauricio Dubon from Astros, sign Raisel Iglesias to 1-year deal
The Atlanta Braves acquired utility player Mauricio Dubon in a trade with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, sending infielder Nick Allen to Houston in the deal.,Dubon, 31, won his second Gold Glove award with the Astros this past season, splitting time between second base, shortstop and the outfield....
Raptors use strong third quarter to beat 76ers for fifth straight win
Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett scored 22 points each as the visiting Toronto Raptors posted their fifth straight win Wednesday with a 121-112 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers., ,Toronto has won nine of its last 10 games overall with the lone exception being a home loss to Philadelphia on Nov. 8. H...
Bruins D Charlie McAvoy has facial surgery, out indefinitely
Boston Bruins coach Marco Sturm announced Wednesday that defenseman Charlie McAvoy underwent facial surgery and will be out of the lineup indefinitely.,McAvoy was struck in the face by a Noah Dobson slap shot in the second period of the Bruins' 3-2 victory in Montreal on Saturday. The 2022 Second Te...
Macklin Celebrini, Sharks will have hands full with Kings
Intent on closing out a monster six-game road trip with a flourish, the Los Angeles Kings will at least be back in their home state when they face the San Jose Sharks on Thursday., ,The Kings started their journey on Nov. 9 with a victory at Pittsburgh then stormed through Canada with victories over...
Torrid point producers face off as Canucks host Stars
After a brief period to mull over self-inflicted wounds in their last outing, the Dallas Stars begin a four-game road trip through the West against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday hoping to restart a win streak.,The Stars had a five-game winning streak snapped in dramatic style during Tuesday's 3-...
Freshman Christian Gurdak leads Virginia Tech past Bryant
A 15-point performance off the bench from freshman center Christian Gurdak and a pair of key runs led Virginia Tech to a 78-61 nonconference win over Bryant on Wednesday in Blacksburg, Va.,The game result was perhaps as much of a hit with the crowd as the introduction of new Virginia Tech football c...
Scott Wedgewood's surge fuels Avalanche entering Rangers' visit
When the Colorado Avalanche turned over their goaltenders last November, Scott Wedgewood was acquired to be a solid backup to Mackenzie Blackwood.,Wedgewood hasn't played like a backup, and he has given head coach Jared Bednar a good problem to have -- deciding which goalie to start.,Wedgwood has pl...
In scheduling quirk, Mammoth host Golden Knights twice in five days
Having played just seven of their first 20 games on home ice in Salt Lake City, the Utah Mammoth kick off a four-game homestand Thursday night against the Vegas Golden Knights.,It's the first of two meetings in a five-day span between the two teams, who will also play again Monday in the Delta Cente...
Villanova cruises to wire-to-wire victory over La Salle
Matt Hodge had 17 points and visiting Villanova never trailed in a 70-55 victory over La Salle on Wednesday night in Philadelphia in a Big 5 Classic Pod 1 contest.,It was the Wildcats' 10th straight win over the Explorers and 19th in the last 20 meetings.,Duke Brennan had eight points and 13 rebound...
Yaxel Lendeborg scores 25 as No. 7 Michigan separates from Middle Tennessee
Yaxel Lendeborg had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 7 Michigan to an 86-61 home win over Middle Tennessee on Wednesday.,Lendeborg was 9 of 12 from the field and made all five of his free-throw attempts.,Aday Mara had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Elliot Cadeau scored 10 points for Michigan (4...
No. 2 Houston looks to stay perfect vs. Rider as freshmen shine
Houston is coming off its first close game of the season and now looks to remain unbeaten when it hosts Rider on Thursday night.,The No. 2 Cougars (4-0) made some late defensive stops while squeezing out a 73-72 win over then-No. 22 Auburn in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday.,Freshman point guard Kingsto...
Texas Tech has JT Toppin to lean on in tricky matchup with Wake Forest
Texas Tech got the bounce-back performance it needed with a victory against Milwaukee last Friday and now has to ramp back up for higher level competition with a trip to the Bahamas this week.,The 15th-ranked Red Raiders (3-1) get tested for two days at the Baha Mar Championship, starting Thursday w...