Basketball Page 493 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
LeBron James' triple-double lifts Lakers over Warriors in 2OT
LeBron James capped one of his most remarkable triple-double performances with two free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining in the second overtime Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Lakers a 145-144 win over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco....
Washington puts Utah on blast, 98-73
Keion Brooks Jr. scored a game-high 27 points and Washington hit 57.4 percent of its field-goal attempts in a 98-73 Pac-12 Conference rout of Utah in Seattle on Saturday night....
Kings survive test from Luka Doncic, Mavs
De'Aaron Fox scored 34 points and the Sacramento Kings kept Luka Doncic relatively quiet while notching a 120-115 victory over the host Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night....
Spurs stun Wolves on Keldon Johnson's late FT
Devin Vassell scored 25 points, Victor Wembanyama added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Keldon Johnson hit the game-winning free throw as the San Antonio Spurs roared back from 15 points down to stun the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 113-112 on Saturday....
Ole Miss clips Texas A&M, 71-68
Jaylen Murray scored 16 points and Jaemyn Brakefield added 15, including two free throws with seven seconds to play, as Ole Miss outlasted Texas A&M 71-68 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference matchup in College Station, Texas....
Northwestern handles Ohio State, now 11-1 at home
Ryan Langborg scored all 14 of his points in the first half to help host Northwestern build a double-digit lead in an 83-58 rout of Ohio State in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday....
Giannis Antetokounmpo's 30-point night helps Bucks rout Pelicans
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 12 rebounds and the host Milwaukee Bucks rode a major offensive turnaround to a 141-117 rout over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night in a matchup of teams completing sets of back-to-back games....
Alabama hangs 109 points in rout of LSU
Mark Sears scored 21 points, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. had 19 and hot-shooting Alabama pulled away from LSU for a 109-88 victory on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala....
UCLA tops host USC, ending lengthy drought
UCLA scored its first win road win against USC since 2018 and sent the Trojans to a fifth consecutive loss in a 65-50 decision on Saturday in Los Angeles....
Oregon St. takes command early, never looks back to beat Arizona St.
Jordan Pope had 19 points, six assists and four rebounds to lead Oregon State to an 84-71 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night in a Pac-12 game at Corvallis, Ore....
Jazz set team record en route to victory over Hornets
Lauri Markkanen finished with 33 points and the Utah Jazz posted a record-setting first quarter in a 134-122 victory over the host Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night....
Clippers run away from Celtics for 5th straight win
A dominant third quarter helped the Los Angeles Clippers stretch their winning streak to five games with a 115-96 road victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night....
No. 17 Creighton pins DePaul with 8th straight loss
Trey Alexander scored 23 points to go along with seven assists and Ryan Kalkbrenner added 22 points and 10 rebounds as No. 17 Creighton owned the second half to earn an 85-62 victory over DePaul on Saturday night at Omaha, Neb....
Syracuse's defense clamps down on NC State
JJ Starling scored a career-high 26 points as Syracuse closed out a three-game homestand with a crisp 77-65 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday evening....
Cincinnati rallies past UCF late in second half
Dan Skillings Jr. keyed an 11-0 run in the final five minutes and finished with a team-high 21 points to rally the Cincinnati Bearcats past the visiting Central Florida Knights, 68-57, in a back-and-forth Big 12 contest Saturday night....
Cam Thomas helps Nets hold off hard-charging Rockets
Cam Thomas scored 37 points as the Brooklyn Nets sped out to a big lead in the first half before surviving an extremely shaky fourth quarter and holding on for a 106-104 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night in New York....
Minnesota snaps skid, topples Penn State
Dawson Garcia scored 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting and Minnesota held on for an 83-74 win over Penn State in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Saturday evening in University Park, Penn....
Richmond ends No. 16 Dayton's 13-game win streak
Jordan King scored a team-high 17 points to help lead host Richmond to a 69-64 victory over No. 16 Dayton on Saturday....
No. 6 Kentucky patiently gets by Arkansas
Antonio Reeves scored 24 points and No. 6 Kentucky overcame a frigid first half to register a 63-57 victory over Arkansas on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play at Fayetteville, Ark....
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets top short-handed 76ers
Nikola Jokic had 26 points and 16 rebounds, Jamal Murray scored 23 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 111-105 on Saturday....