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Sharpshooting Joel Embiid carries surging 76ers past Suns
Joel Embiid scored 33 points and made a season-high four 3-pointers, Tyrese Maxey added 29 points and the Philadelphia 76ers built a 19-point lead and held off the host Phoenix Suns 109-103 on Saturday.,Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 18 points and added three 3-pointers for the 76ers, who have won six of se...
Mario Bautista secures submission victory in main-event debut
Bantamweight Mario Bautista passed his first UFC main-event test with flying colors, securing a second-round rear-naked-choke submission against Vinicius Oliveira of Brazil to cap a six-fight UFC Vegas 113 main card on Saturday., ,Bautista (17-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) earned his first submission win since M...
Kentucky overcomes 14-point deficit vs. No. 25 Tennessee
Otega Oweh scored 21 points to help Kentucky rally for a 74-71 victory over No. 25 Tennessee in Southeastern Conference play Saturday in Lexington, Ky.,Denzel Aberdeen added 16 points and Malachi Moreno scored 10 for the Wildcats (17-7, 8-3 SEC), who trailed by 14 before winning their eighth game in...
With Luka Doncic sidelined, Lakers top Stephen Curry-less Warriors
LeBron James scored 20 points with 10 assists and Rui Hachimura added 18 points as the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Luka Doncic to earn a 105-99 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Saturday.,Austin Reaves scored 16 points with eight assists off the bench, Marcus Smart ha...
Thomas Haugh, No. 17 Florida wrest control of SEC from Texas A&M
Behind its defense and Thomas Haugh's 22 points, No. 17 Florida cruised to an 86-67 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.,The Gators (17-6, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) are now in sole possession of first place in the SEC. Haugh scored 21 of his 22 points ...
Nuggets surge past Bulls with strong 4th quarter
Jamal Murray scored 28 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 and Nikola Jokic posted his second consecutive triple-double to lift the visiting Denver Nuggets to a 136-120 victory against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.,Denver opened the fourth quarter on a 12-0 run and outscored Chicago 39-16 over the fi...
No. 10 Michigan State outlasts No. 5 Illinois in OT
Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 26 points, including 11 in overtime, and dished out 15 assists as No. 10 Michigan State snapped No.5 Illinois' 12-game winning streak with an 85-82 victory in East Lansing, Mich. on Saturday.,Jaxon Kohler had 11 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for Michigan State (20-4, 10-3 Bi...
Falcons LB James Pearce Jr. arrested on battery charges
Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker James Pearce Jr. was arrested on two counts of aggravated battery, among other charges, in Florida on Saturday, according to an online court posting.,Pearce, 22, was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Doral police chief Edwin Lopez confirmed to Local 10 News. Pearce al...
Hornets perform in clutch vs. Hawks, win 9th in a row
Moussa Diabate scored six straight fourth-quarter points, including a pair of thunderous dunks, to spark the visiting Charlotte Hornets to their ninth straight victory, a 126-119 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.,WIth Charlotte trailing 110-109 with 6:31 remaining, Diabate made two free throws...
Ebuka Okorie explodes as Stanford snaps 5-game skid vs. Georgia Tech
Ebuka Okorie led Stanford with a career-high 40 points as the Cardinal got back into the win column with a 95-72 win against visiting Georgia Tech on Saturday.,Okorie was 12-for-21 from the floor, 3-of-6 from 3-point range and made all 13 of his free throws. He added five rebounds, four assists, and...
Hornets perform in the clutch vs. Hawks to win ninth in a row
Moussa Diabate scored six straight fourth-quarter points, including a pair of thunderous dunks, to spark the visiting Charlotte Hornets to their ninth straight victory, a 126-119 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.,Trailing 110-109 with 6:31 remaining, Diabate made two free throws and threw down...
No. 20 Clemson's 23-1 first-half surge dooms Cal
RJ Godfrey and Ace Buckner each had 13 points to lead No. 20 Clemson to a 77-55 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Cal on Saturday night at Berkeley, Cal.,The Tigers (20-4, 10-1 ACC) tied Duke at the top of the conference standings, won their fourth in a row and their 13th in their past 14 games...
Magic rebound from 17-point hole, take down Jazz
Paolo Banchero collected 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to fuel the host Orlando Magic to a 120-117 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.,Desmond Bane scored 22 points to fluster the Jazz for the second time this season. He erupted for 32 points in Orlando's 128-127 overtime victory o...
Nets score 80 in 1st half, outclass short-handed Wizards
Michael Porter Jr. scored 20 of his 23 points before halftime as the Brooklyn Nets produced their biggest first half in a little over three years and beat the Washington Wizards 127-113 Saturday afternoon in New York.,Brooklyn scored 46 points in the opening quarter, its most since a 47-point first ...
Rockets C Alperen Sengun apologizes for sexist remark
Houston Rockets star center Alperen Sengun was remorseful on Saturday for making a sexist remark to a female referee during a game on Wednesday.,Sengun made his first public comments following the Rockets' 112-106 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. The 23-year-old had been ejected f...
Defending champ Alex Hall 1 of 3 US skiers through to slopestyle final
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Olympic medalists Alex Hall of the United States and Jesper Tjader of Sweden made it through the freeskiing slopestyle qualifying round at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday to set up a showdown in next week's final in the Italian Alps.,Hall, the defending champion, was one...
FURIA, Team Vitality advance to grand final at IEM Krakow
FURIA and Team Vitality posted semifinal victories Saturday to advance to Sunday's grand final at the Intel Extreme Masters Krakow tournament in Poland.,In the first semifinal, FURIA handled Team Spirit 2-1, then Team Vitality swept MOUZ 2-0 to move on to the grand final.,The $1 million Counter-Stri...
No. 14 North Carolina hits last-second shot to upset No. 4 Duke
Seth Trimble hit a 3-pointer for No. 14 North Carolina's with 0.4 seconds left for the Tar Heels' only lead of the game to knock off No. 4 Duke 71-68 on Saturday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.,There was a delay to clear the floor following a court storming before Duke had a chance to inbound. North Caro...
Stephon Castle's huge game helps Spurs complete mini-sweep of Mavs
Stephon Castle scored a career-high 40 points while grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing out 12 assists as the host San Antonio Spurs pulled away for a 138-125 win over the struggling Dallas Mavericks on Saturday in the second game of a home-and-home series over three days between the teams., ,The Spurs...
Late 3 caps Creighton's comeback win vs. Seton Hall
Nik Graves hit a 3-pointer with three seconds left to lift Creighton to a 69-68 Big East win over Seton Hall on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.,The Bluejays (13-11, 7-6) trailed by 10 with 3:30 left, but went on an 8-1 run in the final 1:26.,AJ Staton-McCray turned the ball over and Fedor Zugic made it 67-6...