Basketball Page 591 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Johnell Davis lifts No. 22 Florida Atlantic past North Texas
Johnell Davis leaned in and stroked a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left as No. 22 Florida Atlantic beat North Texas 66-63 for its sixth straight win Sunday afternoon in Boca Raton, Fla....
No. 2 Purdue holds off Rutgers for 5th straight win
Zach Edey scored 16 of his 26 points in the second half and No. 2 Purdue staved off host Rutgers to secure a 68-60 victory Sunday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J....
Old Dominion dismisses leading scorer Vasean Allette
Old Dominion dismissed leading scorer Vasean Allette from the men's basketball team for "conduct unbecoming of a Monarch," the school announced on Sunday....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Virginia upsets No. 20 North Carolina
Kymora Johnson scored 25 points to help the Virginia Cavaliers upset the 20th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels 81-66 on Sunday in Charlottesville, Va....
No. 1 UConn dominates Xavier
Top-ranked UConn looked like the best team in the country during its 99-56 victory over visiting Xavier on Sunday in Hartford, Conn....
Pacers G Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) out vs. Grizzlies
Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss his fifth straight game by sitting out Sunday's contest against the Memphis Grizzlies in Indianapolis....
Top 25 roundup: Mississippi State upsets No. 8 Auburn
Josh Hubbard scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and Mississippi State overcame a slow start offensively to beat No. 8 Auburn 64-58 on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play at Starkville, Miss....
Thunder visit Pistons in clash of NBA opposites
The Oklahoma City Thunder will carry a five-game winning streak and the best record in the Western Conference into a Sunday matinee against the team with the NBA's worst record, the host Detroit Pistons....
NBA roundup: Lakers' LeBron James torches Warriors in 2OT win
LeBron James capped one of his most remarkable triple-double performances with two free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining in the second overtime on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Lakers a 145-144 win over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco....
Report: NBA commissioner Adam Silver finalizing contract extension
NBA commissioner Adam Silver is finalizing a contract extension that will likely keep him in his post up until 2030, ESPN reported Saturday night....
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....