Basketball Page 643 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

No. 13 Colorado State seeks to rebound against Boise State
No. 13 Colorado State looks to get back on track Tuesday at Boise State after suffering a loss in which it struggled late at Utah State on Saturday night....

No. 6 Kentucky hopes to keep soaring vs. reeling Missouri
No. 6 Kentucky has climbed up the rankings thanks to a stretch in which it has won nine of its past 10 games....

Last of unbeatens, No. 3 Houston faces challenge at Iowa State
No. 3 Houston has been virtually unstoppable but will be tested by Iowa State on Tuesday in a Big 12 Conference matchup in Ames, Iowa....

After winning Big 12 debut, Cincinnati battles No. 20 Texas
One team will look to make it two straight wins in Big 12 play while another aims to rebound from a disappointing home loss when Cincinnati hosts No. 20 Texas on Tuesday night....

No. 1 Purdue faces Nebraska seeking eighth straight win
Top-ranked Purdue has been riding high since its only loss of the season and will look to continue that trend when it visits Nebraska in a Big Ten Conference game on Tuesday night in Lincoln, Neb....

LeBron James (25 points) helps Lakers beat Clippers to end skid
LeBron James scored 25 points, Anthony Davis added 22 points with 10 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers ended a four-game losing streak with a 106-103 victory Sunday over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers....

NBA roundup: Paolo Banchero, Magic shake off Hawks in OT
Paolo Banchero tallied a game-high 35 points to go along with 10 rebounds to help lead the Orlando Magic to a 117-110 overtime win against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Sunday....

RJ Barrett settling in after trade, leads Raptors past Warriors
RJ Barrett exploded for a season-high 37 points as the Toronto Raptors won for the third time in four games by beating the Golden State Warriors 133-118 on Sunday night in San Francisco....

Desmond Bane, Grizzlies rally late to upend Suns
Desmond Bane's go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:47 remaining in regulation completed a 13-point second-half comeback for the Memphis Grizzlies in their 121-115 road win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday....

Jamal Murray powers Nuggets past slumping Pistons
Jamal Murray scored a season-high 37 points, Nikola Jokic finished with 16 assists, two shy of his career high, and the host Denver Nuggets rebounded from a disappointing loss to Orlando to beat the struggling Detroit Pistons 131-114 on Sunday night....

Ty Berry, Boo Buie boost Northwestern over Michigan State
Ty Berry scored 22 points and Boo Buie had 19 points and 10 assists to lift Northwestern to an 88-74 victory against visiting Michigan State in Big Ten play on Sunday in Evanston, Ill....

Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic power Mavericks over Timberwolves
Kyrie Irving scored 35 points and Luka Doncic added 34 to lift the host Dallas Mavericks to a 115-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday....

Pistons G Cade Cunningham (knee) exits vs. Nuggets
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham left Sunday night's game at the Denver Nuggets with a left knee strain....

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....