Basketball Page 743 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Knicks pursue season sweep of stumbling Wizards
The Knicks will look to complete a three-game sweep of their season series against the Washington Wizards when the teams meet in New York on Thursday....
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UConn takes down No. 18 Creighton
Tristen Newton had a team-high 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists as No. 1 UConn topped No. 18 Creighton 62-48 on Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn....
NBA roundup: Pelicans blast Hornets, set 3-point mark
Brandon Ingram had the third triple-double of his career and led a franchise-record 3-point performance as the host New Orleans Pelicans routed the reeling Charlotte Hornets 132-112 on Wednesday night....
Pacers aim for better start vs. Kings to end losing streak
The visiting Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings have bigger things to worry about than Tyrese Haliburton's canceled homecoming when each team attempts to end a losing streak Thursday night....
Washington State, Stanford seek solid footing in Pac-12
Washington State and Stanford want to be considered contenders in the Pac-12 Conference race....
Streaking Oregon seeks rare success at Colorado
Oregon takes a six-game winning streak into its Thursday night road game against Colorado in Boulder....
Struggling Blazers still beat Nets for second time in two weeks
Anfernee Simons drove through the lane to sink a floater with 0.2 seconds left to give the host Portland Trail Blazers a 105-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night....
No. 12 Arizona turns away short-handed USC
Caleb Love scored a team-high 20 points and Keshad Johnson had a double-double as No. 12 Arizona defeated short-handed Southern California 82-67 on Wednesday night in Tucson, Ariz....
Jazz, after postponement due to tragedy, return to face Thunder
With heavy hearts, the Utah Jazz will retake the court in Salt Lake City on Thursday night to face the Oklahoma City Thunder....
Northwestern squeezes out Big 10 win over Maryland
Boo Buie scored 20 points, Brooks Barnhizer followed with 15 and Ty Berry was clutch from the free-throw line late as Northwestern edged Maryland 72-69 on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill....
No. 4 UNC shakes off Louisville's second-half rally
RJ Davis scored 21 points and No. 4 North Carolina cruised for all except a second-half stretch, topping Louisville 86-70 for its seventh straight victory Wednesday night at Chapel Hill, N.C....
UCLA rallies, hands Arizona State first home loss
Sebastian Mack scored consecutive layups in the final 72 seconds, and UCLA completed a rally from down as many as 15 points to hand Arizona State its first home loss of the season in a 68-66 decision on Wednesday in Tempe, Arizona....
Big first half propels No. 13 Auburn past Vanderbilt
Jaylin Williams scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, as No. 13 Auburn grabbed a big first-half lead en route to an 80-65 win at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday evening....
No. 5 Houston bounces back from losses, beats No. 25 Texas Tech
Jamal Shead scored a career-high 29 points and added 10 assists and paced the fifth-ranked Houston Cougars to a 77-54 victory over the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders on Wednesday....
Balanced scoring boosts Providence past DePaul
Devin Carter scored 25 points and Josh Oduro added 17 to lead five players in double figures and boost visiting Providence to a 100-62 victory against DePaul on Wednesday in Chicago....
Lakers overcome triple-double from Mavs' Luka Doncic
Anthony Davis scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, D'Angelo Russell delivered 29 points and the Los Angeles Lakers continued their revival with a 127-110 home victory to spoil the return of the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic on Wednesday....
Pelicans' team-record 3-point effort too much for Hornets
Brandon Ingram had the third triple-double of his career and led a franchise-record 3-point performance as the host New Orleans Pelicans routed the reeling Charlotte Hornets 132-112 on Wednesday night....
Jalen Brunson scores 30 to carry Knicks past Rockets
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points in his return from a calf injury Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who pulled away in the second half of a 109-94 win over the Houston Rockets....
No. 15 Oklahoma stops skid with victory over WVU
Jalon Moore scored 16 points to lift No. 15 Oklahoma to a 77-63 win over West Virginia on Wednesday in Norman, Okla....
Hawks' Dejounte Murray scores at buzzer to edge Magic
Dejounte Murray scored 26 points and made an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer to give the Atlanta Hawks a 106-104 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Wednesday....