Basketball Page 654 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Rockets face Nets, look to keep rolling behind young stars
Inconsistent performances often accompany any reliance upon 21-year-olds, a reality that continues to shape the Houston Rockets' decision to develop around Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green....
Top 25 roundup: No. 17 FAU a big winner in AAC debut
Johnell Davis and Alijah Martin each netted 20 points, Vladislav Goldin added 11 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 17 Florida Atlantic debuted in the American Athletic Conference with a 79-64 win over East Carolina on Tuesday night in Boca Raton, Fla....
NBA roundup: Hornets buzz by Kings, end 11-game skid
Terry Rozier scored 34 points and the Charlotte Hornets ended an 11-game losing streak by rallying for a 111-104 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night....
Red-hot Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander roll into Atlanta
Fresh off an impressive win over the team with the best record in the NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder bring a five-game winning streak into Atlanta on Wednesday when they begin a four-game road trip against the Hawks....
Stephen Curry powers Warriors past Magic to end slide
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 36 points and added a team-high six assists as the Golden State Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 121-115 on Tuesday night in San Francisco....
No. 13 Colorado State stops UNM in MW opener
Patrick Cartier scored 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field to lead No. 13 Colorado State to a 76-68 victory over New Mexico on Tuesday in the Mountain West opener for both teams at Fort Collins, Colo....
Hornets overtake Kings, end 11-game slide
Terry Rozier scored 34 points and the Charlotte Hornets ended an 11-game losing streak by rallying for a 111-104 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night....
No. 25 Auburn tops Penn for sixth straight win
Johni Broome recorded 24 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots to help No. 25 Auburn notch an 88-68 nonconference victory over visiting Penn on Tuesday night....
No. 14 Duke extends head-to-head dominance of Syracuse
Mark Mitchell scored a career-high 21 points and Jared McCain heated up from the perimeter to score 18 points to lift No. 14 Duke past Syracuse 86-66 on Tuesday night in Durham, N.C....
Marcus Domask (32 points) leads No. 9 Illinois past Northwestern
Marcus Domask piled up 32 points, six assists and five rebounds to lead No. 9 Illinois to a 96-66 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday in a Big Ten matchup in Champaign, Ill....
Caitlin Clark's buzzer-beater lifts No. 4 Iowa over Michigan St.
Caitlin Clark capped a 40-point night by drilling a buzzing-beating, step-back 3-pointer from the midcourt logo to give No. 4 Iowa a 76-73 win over Michigan State on Tuesday in Iowa City....
Ja Morant's late push lifts Grizzlies over Spurs
Ja Morant scored 26 points, 13 of them in the fourth quarter, and dished out 10 assists as the Memphis Grizzlies ruled the final 20 minutes en route to a 106-98 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday....
St. John's balanced offense too much for Butler
Daniss Jenkins had a team-high 17 points and seven assists while Joel Soriano and Chris Ledlum each posted double-doubles Tuesday night for host St. John's, which never trailed in beating Butler 86-70 in a Big East game....
Surging Thunder cool off Celtics
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 and Josh Giddey added a season-high 23 as the Oklahoma City Thunder knocked off the Boston Celtics 127-123 on Tuesday in Oklahoma City....
No. 18 Baylor opens new arena with win over Cornell
Ja'Kobe Walter poured in four 3-pointers as part of his 23 points to help No. 18 Baylor run away from upset-minded Cornell 98-79 on Tuesday in Waco, Texas, in the game ever played in the new Foster Pavilion....
Cam Carter, Kansas State hold off Chicago State
Cam Carter scored 19 points to lead Kansas State past Chicago State, 62-55, on Tuesday night in Manhattan, Kan....
Balanced effort allows Pels to roll past Nets
CJ McCollum scored 16 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and the host New Orleans Pelicans never trailed in a 112-85 rout of the struggling Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night....
Joel Embiid returns with triple-double as Sixers trounce Bulls
Joel Embiid returned from an 11-day absence to produce a triple-double of 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, lifting the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Chicago Bulls 110-97 on Tuesday....
No. 8 North Carolina turns away Pittsburgh
Armando Bacot had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 8 North Carolina top host Pittsburgh 70-57 on Tuesday....
Wake Forest tops Boston College, extends winning streak to 8
Hunter Sallis tossed in a game-high 21 points and Wake Forest stretched its winning streak to eight games by beating Boston College 84-78 in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass....