Basketball Page 604 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Memphis G Caleb Mills (knee) to undergo season-ending surgery
Memphis senior guard Caleb Mills will miss the remainder of the season due to an injury to his left knee, Tigers coach Penny Hardaway said Sunday....
Paolo Banchero, Magic outlast Hawks in overtime
Paolo Banchero tallied a game-high 35 points plus 10 rebounds to help lead the Orlando Magic to a 117-110 overtime win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Sunday....
Hot-shooting Pelicans destroy Kings, 133-130
CJ McCollum scored 30 points and the visiting New Orleans Pelicans dominated from start to finish in a 133-100 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday....
Elijah Hawkins paces Minnesota past Maryland
Elijah Hawkins collected 10 points and nine assists as Minnesota rallied to a 65-62 victory over Maryland on Sunday in Minneapolis....
Bucks seek more well-rounded effort, face Jazz
The Utah Jazz have only won six road games all season and lost by 29 points to Boston over the weekend, but that might not make the Milwaukee Bucks feel too confident when they host them on Monday night....
No. 15 Memphis rallies to clip SMU, 62-59
Jahvon Quinerly's stepback 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining capped a gritty comeback as the 15th-ranked Memphis Tigers outlasted visiting SMU 62-59 on Sunday afternoon in an American Athletic Conference slugfest....
Trail Blazers come on strong to beat Nets in overtime
Malcolm Brogdon hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:02 remaining in overtime as the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the host Brooklyn Nets for a 134-127 victory on Sunday in New York....
Thunder look at big picture with visit to Wizards up next
Mark Daigneault isn't about to overreact to back-to-back losses, just like he wasn't overreacting to his Oklahoma City Thunder's five-game winning streak before that....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Virginia Tech stuns No. 3 NC State
Sparked by Elizabeth Kitley and Georgia Amoore, No. 13 Virginia Tech erased an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit and Kitley made a buzzer-beating layup to hand No. 3 North Carolina State its first loss of the season, 63-62, on Sunday in Blacksburg, Va....
Hornets, Bulls collide in clash of struggling teams
The Chicago Bulls and Charlotte Hornets each will have had a couple of days to rest before they meet Monday night in North Carolina for their second straight matchup....
Heat eager for home game against Rockets
It's been exactly two weeks between home games for the Miami Heat....
Jarrett Allen, Cavaliers withstand Spurs' late charge
Jarrett Allen recorded his seventh straight double-double with 29 points and 16 rebounds as the host Cleveland Cavaliers extended San Antonio's losing streak to five games with a 117-115 win on Sunday....
After holding Pacers offense down once, can Celtics do it again?
The Boston Celtics will be seeking back-to-back victories over the Indiana Pacers when the teams meet Monday night in Indianapolis....
Penn State uses second-half comeback to beat Michigan
Ace Baldwin scored 25 points to lead Penn State to a 79-73 win over Michigan in a Big Ten contest played at The Palestra in Philadelphia on Sunday....
Report: Warriors G Chris Paul (hand) out 4-6 weeks
Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul is expected to miss four to six weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a fracture in his left hand, ESPN reported on Sunday....
No. 15 Memphis squares up for showdown with SMU
No. 15 Memphis shoots for its eighth straight win on Sunday when it hosts SMU, winners of four in a row, in an American Athletic Conference headliner....
Top 25 roundup: Southern Miss drops No. 19 James Madison to 14-1
Victor Hart tallied 16 points and seven rebounds to lead Southern Miss to an 81-71 Sun Belt Conference upset of No. 19 James Madison on Saturday in Hattiesburg, Miss....
Cal stifles UCLA to halt 19-game Pac-12 losing streak
Jaylon Tyson scored 22 points, Fardaws Aimaq recorded a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds and Cal snapped its year-long losing streak in Pac-12 Conference play with a 66-57 defeat of host UCLA on Saturday in Los Angeles....
Cincinnati starts sloppy, recovers to upset No. 12 BYU
Viktor Lakhin had 17 points and seven rebounds as Cincinnati upset No. 12 BYU 71-60 on Saturday night in Provo, Utah, in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams....
Oregon 4-0 in Pac-12 after taking down Washington State
Brennan Rigsby scored 18 points and Jadrian Tracey hit a critical 3-pointer Saturday night as Oregon stayed unbeaten in the Pac-12 Conference with an 89-84 win over Washington State in Pullman, Wash....