Basketball Page 719 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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....
NBA roundup: Rockets extinguish Bucks' late rally
Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. posted double-doubles and teamed for a critical late 3-pointer as the Houston Rockets fended off the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 112-108 on Saturday....
Utah State takes down No. 13 Colorado State
Great Osobor had 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead Utah State to a 77-72 upset of No. 13 Colorado State in their Mountain West matchup on Saturday night at Logan, Utah....
No. 24 Gonzaga has no trouble dispatching San Diego
Ben Gregg came off the bench and scored a career-high 22 minutes as No. 24 Gonzaga cruised to a 101-74 victory against San Diego in a West Coast Conference game Saturday night in Spokane, Wash....
Despite Giannis Antetokounmpo's big night, Bucks fall to Rockets
Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. posted double-doubles and teamed for a critical late 3-pointer as the Houston Rockets fended off the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 112-108 on Saturday....
With big second half, LSU sinks Texas A&M in SEC opener
Jordan Wright had 20 points and 10 rebounds and LSU dominated the second half in a 68-53 victory over Texas A&M in the SEC opener for both teams Saturday night at College Station, Texas....
Arizona State continues cruising in Pac-12 play, edges Colorado
Jamiya Neal scored 19 points and Arizona State withstood a late charge from Colorado to earn a 76-73 victory in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday night....