Basketball Page 635 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Tyler Herro helps Heat slide past Hawks
Tyler Herro scored a team-high 30 points and made a season-high seven 3-pointers to help the Miami Heat to a 122-113 win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday....
Rockets easily dispatch short-handed Mavericks
Alperen Sengun produced his eighth double-double of the season and the host Houston Rockets took full advantage of a short-handed Dallas Mavericks roster, rolling to a 122-96 win on Friday....
Notre Dame ends 3-game losing skid at Marist's expense
Freshman Markus Burton had 21 points as Notre Dame snapped a three-game losing streak with a 60-56 victory over visiting Marist on Friday night in South Bend, Ind....
Hayden Hefner scores 24 as Texas A&M routs Houston Christian
Hayden Hefner scored 24 points on 7-for-14 shooting, and Texas A&M pulled away for a 79-52 win over visiting Houston Christian on Friday night in College Station, Texas....
Auburn hammers in-state foe Alabama State
Jaylin Williams racked up 20 points and Johni Broome had 16 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks and three steals as Auburn overwhelmed visiting Alabama State 82-62 Friday night....
No. 24 Wisconsin overwhelms Chicago State
A.J. Storr led all scorers with 29 points to lead No. 24 Wisconsin to an 80-53 home win over Chicago State on Friday....
Jamal Murray's 32 points carry Nuggets past Nets
Jamal Murray scored a season-high 32 points to go along with nine assists and connected with Nikola Jokic for the go-ahead basket with 2:28 remaining as the Denver Nuggets continued their improved play in road games with a 122-117 victory over the slumping Brooklyn Nets on Friday night....
Kevin McCullar (34 points) helps No. 2 Kansas escape pesky Yale
Kevin McCullar scored nearly half of Kansas' points as the No. 2 Jayhawks pulled away from Yale 75-60 Friday night in Lawrence, Kan....
Florida State ekes out home win over Winthrop
Jalen Warley's spinning layup and Darin Green Jr.'s steal and breakaway dunk in the last 1:18 helped the Florida State Seminoles pull away late from the Winthrop Eagles 67-61 in their nonconference matchup on Friday night in Tallahassee, Fla....
Sixers have too many scorers for Raptors to keep up
Tyrese Maxey had 33 points and 10 assists and Tobias Harris scored a season-best 33 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Toronto Raptors 121-111 on Friday....
Dan Skillings Jr. paces Cincinnati past Stetson
Dan Skillings Jr. scored 29 points on 11-for-14 shooting, including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc, and Cincinnati held on for an 83-75 win over visiting Stetson on Friday evening....
No. 6 Marquette cruises past Georgetown for first league win
David Joplin bundled his season-high 20 points with nine rebounds as No. 6 Marquette throttled Georgetown 81-51 on Friday in Milwaukee for its 18th straight home win....
No. 10 Baylor starts hot, runs away from Mississippi Valley State
Ja'Kobe Walter poured in 26 points as No. 10 Baylor bounced back from a pair of neutral court games against marquee teams with a dominating 107-48 win over visiting Mississippi Valley State on Friday on Waco, Texas....
Streaking Bulls take on resilient Cavaliers
Injuries and illnesses have kept the Cleveland Cavaliers shorthanded, but they haven't prevented the team from clicking....
Thunder on a roll while Lakers still figuring things out
The Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder have been trending in different directions recently....
No. 18 Clemson crushes Queens
PJ Hall scored a game-high 27 points, 20 of which came in the first half, to help lead No. 18 Clemson to a 109-79 victory over visiting Queens on Friday....
South Carolina takes care of Elon to improve to 11-1
Ta'Lon Cooper hit four 3-pointers and scored a season-high 20 points to lead the charge for South Carolina in a 70-43 win over Elon Friday in Columbia, S.C....
Jarod Lucas, Nevada take down TCU to reach Diamond Head finals
Jarod Lucas racked up 25 points and Nevada continued its winning ways Friday afternoon by defeating TCU 88-75 in the semifinals of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Jacy Sheldon scores big for No. 13 Ohio State
Jacy Sheldon topped the 30-point mark for the second straight game as No. 13 Ohio State beat visiting Belmont 84-55 on Friday in Columbus, Ohio....
Magic, Pacers try to reverse losing trends
The Orlando Magic will try to pull out of a four-game losing skid on Saturday in Indianapolis when they visit an Indiana Pacers team that has dropped five of the past six....