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Villanova seeks to build momentum against Sacred Heart
After a close loss in its season opener, Villanova bounced back with a win its last time out. The Wildcats hope to carry that momentum into Tuesday's home date against Sacred Heart., ,Under first-year coach Kevin Willard, Villanova (1-1) dropped a 71-66 decision to No. 8 BYU in its opening contest o...

High-powered Clemson flexing its depth entering Morehead State game
Looking to record a third dominant outing to begin the season, high-scoring Clemson will host defensively challenged Morehead State on Tuesday night.,Clemson (2-0) has breezed past New Hampshire and Gardner-Webb for 50- and 38-point victories, respectively. For a Tigers team that returned just one c...

NBA roundup: Cade Cunningham (46), Pistons nip Wizards in OT
Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 46 points as part of a triple-double and the host Detroit Pistons rallied from a double-digit deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to pull out a 137-135 overtime win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.,Cunningham attempted 45 field goals and m...

Northwestern stays unbeaten, cruise past Cleveland St.
Nick Martinelli scored 21 points and Arrinten Page had 17 points and nine rebounds to boost host Northwestern to a 110-63 victory against Cleveland State on Monday in Evanston, Ill.,After averaging 73 points in their first two victories, the Wildcats (3-0) reached triple digits with 60.3 percent sho...

Jayden Pierre buoys TCU as Frogs survive scare by Lamar
Jayden Pierre scored 13 of his team-leading 18 points in the second half as TCU pulled away from Lamar 78-65 on Monday night in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Horned Frogs (2-1) improved to 10-0 when facing the Cardinals (1-1) at home. But the game was tighter for much of the night than the final score migh...

Top 25 roundup: Tamin Lipsey, No. 16 Iowa St. handle Mississippi St.
Tamin Lipsey scored a career-high 25 points, Joshua Jefferson added 18 points and No. 16 Iowa State beat Mississippi State 96-80 on Monday night at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.,Virginia transfer Blake Buchanan had a strong all-around game for Iowa State (3-0) with 13 points, six rebound...

Vit Krejci sinks 8 3-pointers, scores 28 as Hawks edge Clippers
Vit Krejci scored a career-high 28 points while sinking a career-best eight 3-pointers as the Atlanta Hawks earned a 105-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday at Inglewood, Calif.,Krejci finished 8-for-10 from long distance and 9-for-13 from the floor overall in 30 minutes off the benc...

NHL roundup: Rangers down Predators for first home win
Artemi Panarin scored twice, Alexis Lafreniere finished with a goal and two assists and the New York Rangers ended their season-opening seven-game home winless streak by pulling away for a 6-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.,The Rangers, who went 0-6-1 in their first seven home...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 UCLA powers past No. 6 Oklahoma
Gianna Kneepkens scored seven of her 20 points in an 11-0 second-quarter surge that sparked No. 3 UCLA to a 73-59 nonconference win over No. 6 Oklahoma on Monday in Sacramento.,The Sooners (1-1) jumped on top 27-26 on a 3-pointer from Aaliyah Chavez before the game-changing sequence. Lauren Betts ga...

Panthers handle Golden Knights as Brad Marchand scores again
Brad Marchand extended his goal streak to five games and also had an assist as Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night in Las Vegas., ,Jesper Boqvist and Sam Reinhart also scored goals and Donovan Sebrango picked up t...

Heat beat Cavaliers in OT on Andrew Wiggins' alley-oop at buzzer
Andrew Wiggins scored on a lob-pass dunk at the buzzer, leading host the Miami Heat to a 140-138 overtime win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday .,Miami's Nikola Jovic inbounded the ball with 0.4 seconds left. Wiggins came off a screen and lost his defender, De'Andre Hunter, for the wide-open sl...

Connor McDavid helps Oilers come back for OT win over Blue Jackets
Connor McDavid and Jake Walman each had two goals and Jack Roslovic scored 56 seconds into overtime to help the Edmonton Oilers rally for a 5-4 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.,Roslovic, a Columbus native and former Blue Jacket, lifted a backhand by Jet Greaves on a breakaway f...

Cal has fast start, finally gets going from 3 in win over Cal State Fullerton
Dai Dai Ames and John Camden did all the scoring in a game-opening flurry, California ran up a 15-point halftime lead and the Golden Bears recorded a third straight nonconference men's basketball win with a 93-65 romp over Cal State Fullerton in Berkeley on Monday night., ,Ames finished with a game-...

No. 15 UCLA finally heats up in victory over West Georgia
No. 15 UCLA overcame a slow start with standout guard Donovan Dent sidelined, running past West Georgia in the second half en route to an 83-62 win on Monday in Los Angeles.,The Bruins (3-0) led fledgling NCAA Division I member Wolves (1-2) by just five points at the first media timeout of the secon...

Connor McDavid's magic helps Oilers to comeback win over Blue Jackets
Connor McDavid had two goals and Jack Roslovic scored 56 seconds into overtime to help the Edmonton Oilers rally for a 5-4 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.,Roslovic, the Columbus native and former Blue Jacket, lifted a backhand by Jet Greaves on a breakaway for the OT winner.,J...

Anthony Edwards continues dominance vs. Jazz in Timberwolves win
Anthony Edwards scored 35 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 120-113 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night in Salt Lake City., ,It marked the ninth straight game Edwards scored at least 30 points against Utah. Julius Randle added 27 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists to help ...

Grayson Allen's record-setting night powers Suns over Pelicans
Grayson Allen had career highs with 42 points and 10 3-pointers, Royce O'Neale added 14 points and four more threes, and the host Phoenix Suns rolled over the undermanned New Orleans Pelicans 121-98 on Monday.,Allen, 10 of 15 from distance, set a franchise record for threes in a game while taking ov...

Eagles' defense shuts down Packers in low-scoring win
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jalen Hurts turned consecutive big plays into Philadelphia's only touchdown to back a dominant performance by the Eagles' defense in a 10-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.,Green Bay's Brandon McManus was short on a 64-yard field goal on the final play of the ga...

Georgia Tech squeaks by again, escapes SE Louisiana
Freshman Mouhamed Sylla recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds Monday, helping Georgia Tech grind out a 70-60 victory over visiting Southeastern Louisiana in Atlanta., ,Lamar Washington added 13 points, while Kowacie Reeves Jr. and Akai Fleming chipped in 12 points apiece for the Yellow Jackets (3-0), w...

Bucks rally to spoil Cooper Flagg's career-best effort
The visiting Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit and a career night from Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg to stun Dallas 116-114 on Monday.,The Mavericks had a chance to tie or win the game with 1.2 seconds left when P.J. Washington was fouled by Giannis Antetokounmpo while shoot...