Basketball Page 509 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Lakers rally, snap Knicks' 9-game win streak
Austin Reaves scored 14 points in the fourth quarter Saturday night as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers completed a comeback and snapped the New York Knicks' nine-game winning streak with a 113-105 victory....
No. 5 Tennessee knocks off rival No. 10 Kentucky
Zakai Zeigler matched his career best of 26 points and recorded a career-high 13 assists to help No. 5 Tennessee notch a 103-92 victory over No. 10 Kentucky on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Lexington, Ky....
Donovan Mitchell fuels Cavaliers past Spurs
Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 31 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists, leading the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers to a 117-101 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday....
Louisville stuns Florida State, 101-92
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield poured in a career-high 29 points before fouling out in the final minute and Atlantic Coast Conference tail-ender Louisville stunned visiting Florida State 101-92 Saturday night in Louisville....
Jayden Nunn hits game-winner as No. 18 Baylor edges No. 12 Iowa St.
Jayden Nunn scored 16 points and knocked down a game-winning jumper with two seconds left as No. 18 Baylor survived a thriller to earn a 70-68 win over No. 12 Iowa State on Saturday in Waco, Texas....
Kings' stars provide big lift in win over Bulls
De'Aaron Fox scored 41 points, Domantas Sabonis recorded his 14th triple-double of the season with 13 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Sacramento Kings improved to 5-1 on their seven-game road trip with a 123-115 defeat of the Chicago Bulls on Saturday....
No. 24 Alabama thrashes Miss. State, 99-67
Mark Sears scored 21 points Saturday night and No. 24 Alabama remained atop the Southeastern Conference by squashing visiting Mississippi State 99-67 in Tuscaloosa, Ala....
Stephen Curry scores 60, but Hawks sink Warriors in OT
Dejounte Murray extended the game with a jumper in the final seconds of regulation, then scored seven consecutive points in overtime, allowing the host Atlanta Hawks to overcome a 60-point explosion by Stephen Curry for a 141-134 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night....
Lights-out shooting carries Wake Forest past Syracuse
Hunter Sallis scored 24 points and Kevin Miller chipped in 21 as Wake Forest authored a sizzling shooting display in a 99-70 victory over Syracuse on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 19 Gonzaga posts 30th straight home win
Kaylynne Truong scored 15 points and led a 3-point barrage that propelled No. 19 Gonzaga to its 30th straight home win, a 104-39 blowout of Pacific on Saturday in Spokane, Wash....
Southern Cal drubs Oregon State, 82-54
Southern Cal leveraged a stout defensive effort, leading nearly wire-to-wire, as it snapped a six-game losing streak with an 82-54 rout of visiting Oregon State on Saturday in Los Angeles....
Jimmy Butler, Heat out to cool off veteran-led Clippers
One of the reasons Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is regarded as such a terrific team leader is his self-awareness....
Armando Bacot leads No. 3 North Carolina past No. 7 Duke
Armando Bacot had one of his bigger games of the season with 25 points, and it came at an ideal time for No. 3 North Carolina as the host Tar Heels picked apart No. 7 Duke for a 93-84 victory Saturday night at Chapel Hill, N.C....
Cam Thomas drops 40 as Nets pound 76ers
Cam Thomas scored 40 points, Mikal Bridges added 23 and the visiting Brooklyn Nets handily defeated the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 136-121 on Saturday....
No. 20 Florida Atlantic bombs Tulsa for 7th straight win
Florida Atlantic's Johnell Davis tallied 24 points and five rebounds, Alijah Martin had 16 points and nine boards, and the No. 20 Owls blew past the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 102-70 Saturday night in Boca Raton, Fla....
Cincinnati defense leads the way in upset at No. 15 Texas Tech
With the national spotlight shining elsewhere, the Cincinnati Bearcats and 15th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders didn't garner a ton of attention, but that didn't prevent the teams from delivering one of the more competitive games in the country Saturday....
Pitt grinds out 70-60 win over Notre Dame
It took some time, but host Pittsburgh warmed up Saturday evening against Notre Dame, earning a 70-60 win in a matchup between teams trending in different directions....
No. 22 BYU overcomes slow start, knocks off West Virginia
Fousseyni Traore tallied 24 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 22 BYU to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va....
Johni Broome's big 2nd half leads No. 16 Auburn past Ole Miss
Johni Broome scored all 15 of his points in the second half and No. 16 Auburn surged past Ole Miss 91-77 on Saturday night in Oxford, Miss....
Malik Hall, Michigan State knock off Maryland again
Malik Hall had 19 points and seven rebounds as Michigan State pulled away from Maryland 63-54 in East Lansing, Mich. on Saturday....