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Nebraska puts perfect Big Ten home mark on line vs. PSU
A pair of teams stuck in the middle of the clogged Big Ten Conference standings tangle on Saturday afternoon when Nebraska faces Penn State in Lincoln, Neb....

Top 25 roundup: No. 2 Purdue rallies past Minnesota
On a night when both teams blew double-figure leads, No. 2 Purdue rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit Thursday night to stop Minnesota 84-76 in West Lafayette, Ind....

Joshua Morgan's block seals USC's win over Utah
Joshua Morgan blocked Deivon Smith's tying layup attempt with six seconds left to help USC emerge with a 68-64 victory over Utah in Pac-12 play on Thursday night in Los Angeles....

Augustas Marciulionis, No. 18 Saint Mary's pound Pepperdine
Augustas Marciulionis scored a career-high 28 points and No. 18 Saint Mary's won its 13th straight game, defeating Pepperdine 103-59 on Thursday night in Moraga, Calif....

NBA roundup: Klay Thompson comes off bench to fuel win
Klay Thompson responded to not being in the starting lineup by scoring a season-high 35 points and the Golden State Warriors survived a late rally to earn a 140-137 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City....

Anthony Edwards, Wolves cap two-game sweep of Blazers
Anthony Edwards scored 34 points to finish off a two-game scoring spree against Portland as the Minnesota Timberwolves notched a 128-91 victory over the host Trail Blazers on Thursday night....

Myles Rice pours in 25 as Wazzu thumps Cal
Myles Rice had 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field to lead Washington State to an 84-65 victory over Cal on Thursday at Pullman, Wash....

Klay Thompson comes off bench to lead Warriors past Jazz
Klay Thompson responded to not being in the starting lineup by scoring a season-high 35 points and the Golden State Warriors survived a late rally to earn a 140-137 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City....

Undermanned Grizzlies turn back Bucks' rally
Ziaire Williams and rookie GG Jackson scored 27 points apiece as the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies withstood a late rally by the visiting Milwaukee Bucks in a 113-110 win on Thursday....

UCLA beats Colordo for 6th straight win
Sebastian Mack scored four of his game-high 19 points book-ending a pivotal, 9-2 run as UCLA held off a second-half rally from visiting Colorado and scored its sixth consecutive win in a 64-60 decision on Thursday in Los Angeles....

Koren Johnson fuels Washington past Stanford
Koren Johnson came off the bench to score a career-high 30 points, making six 3-pointers, to lead Washington to an 85-65 victory against Stanford in a Pacific-12 Conference game Thursday night in Seattle....

No. 2 Purdue bounce back in 2nd half, tops Minnesota
On a night when both teams blew double-figure leads, No. 2 Purdue rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit Thursday night to stop Minnesota 84-76 in West Lafayette, Ind....

Caitlin Clark shatters scoring mark in No. 4 Iowa's victory
Caitlin Clark etched her name into the history books Thursday night, scoring a school-record 49 points and setting the all-time NCAA Division I career scoring record for women's college basketball as No. 4 Iowa beat Michigan 106-89 in Iowa City....

No. 24 Florida Atlantic holds off upset-minded Temple
Johnell Davis had 17 points and six assists and Alijah Martin added 16 points and seven rebounds as No. 24 Florida Atlantic thwarted an upset bid from visiting Temple for an 80-68 victory Thursday in Boca Raton, Fla....

No. 22 Kentucky looks to spoil No. 13 Auburn's perfect home record
No. 13 Auburn looks to maintain its perfect home record when it entertains No. 22 Kentucky Saturday in Southeastern Conference play....

Rutgers digs down, rallies past Northwestern
Jeremiah Williams scored 15 points, Jamichael Davis had 11 and Aundre Hyatt chipped in 10 as host Rutgers rallied past Northwestern 63-60 Thursday in Piscataway, N.J., to earn its fourth straight victory....

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 NC State flattens No. 16 Notre Dame
River Baldwin paired 14 points with 10 rebounds as the No. 6 North Carolina State Wolfpack secured their sixth win over a ranked opponent this season by stifling the No. 16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 59-43 in South Bend, Ind....

Streaking No. 5 Arizona eyes payback against ASU
Arizona State will be reminded of one of its most thrilling moments when it plays at No. 5 Arizona on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz....

Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks women's Division I scoring record
Iowa's Caitlin Clark became the queen of college basketball scoring on Thursday, breaking the women's Division I career points record in the opening minutes of the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes' game against Michigan in Iowa City....

No. 3 Houston aims to stay perfect at home in matchup with Texas
The third-ranked Houston Cougars have found a measure of stability on the road in the Big 12, a development that represents how much growth they have undergone after opening the conference slate with consecutive road losses....