Basketball Page 744 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Pelicans complete two-game sweep of Kings
Zion Williamson scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram added 23 and the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 117-112 on Wednesday night....

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder top Bulls for 6th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and 12 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-102 win over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night....

Trae Young erupts for 43 as Hawks clip Nets in OT
Trae Young scored 14 of his season-high 43 points in overtime to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 147-145 on Wednesday and end their three-game losing streak....

Jalen Green uses strong second half to push Rockets past Grizzlies
Jalen Green scored 26 of his season-high 34 points in the second half to lead the Houston Rockets to a 111-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzles, extending their homecourt winning streak to seven games....

Anthony Edwards pours in 31 as Wolves dump 76ers
Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 31 points and added six rebounds and six assists as the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 112-99 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in Minneapolis....

Nebraska rallies past Duquesne to win Cornhusker Classic
Juwan Gary had a career-high 20 points and Nebraska scored on its first 16 possessions of the second half to beat Duquesne 89-79 on Wednesday night in a nonconference game in Lincoln, Neb....

Pascal Siakam, Raptors top Pacers in high-scoring affair
Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, and the visiting Toronto Raptors defeated the Indiana Pacers 132-131 Wednesday night at Indianapolis....

Celtics produce wire-to-wire win over Bucks
Jaylen Brown scored a team-high 26 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 119-116 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday....

Heat pummel Cavs behind balanced effort
Kyle Lowry scored 28 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. led four bench scorers in double figures with 22 points and the Miami Heat rolled past the host Cleveland Cavaliers 129-96 on Wednesday....

Arthur Kaluma, Kansas State cruise past Central Arkansas
Arthur Kaluma had a season-high 20 points as Kansas State defeated visiting Central Arkansas 100-56 Wednesday night. Kaluma was one of four Wildcats to reach double figures....

Paolo Banchero heroics vault Magic past Nuggets
Paolo Banchero sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:49 remaining in the fourth quarter, lifting the host Orlando Magic to a 124-119 victory over the Denver Nuggets....

Another clutch Miles Bridges trey lifts Hornets over Wizards
Miles Bridges made a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute for the second game in a row as the Charlotte Hornets rallied for a 117-114 victory against the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night....

Freshmen lead No. 13 Baylor over Oregon State in NIT Season Tipoff
Ja'Kobe Walter poured in 24 points and fellow freshman Yves Missi added 14 points and 14 rebounds as No. 13 Baylor rolled to an 88-72 win over Oregon State on Wednesday in the semifinal of the NIT Season Tipoff in Brooklyn, New York....

Cincinnati uses massive second-half run to blast Georgia Tech
Viktor Lakhin drained his first five 3-point attempts and finished with a team-leading 15 points to lead unbeaten Cincinnati to an 89-54 rout of visiting Georgia Tech on Wednesday night....

Missouri explodes in second half to comeback against South Carolina State
Sean East II scored 21 points as Missouri rallied to defeat South Carolina State 82-59 Wednesday in Columbia, Mo....

Coach's son leads Notre Dame in blowout of UMES
Braeden Shrewsberry — the son of coach Micah Shrewsberry — led a balanced attack with a career-high 13 points as Notre Dame rolled to a 75-55 nonconference victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday in South Bend, Ind....

Women's Top 25 roundup: Cameron Brink powers No. 4 Stanford past Belmont
Cameron Brink piled up 27 points and 16 rebounds as No. 4 Stanford rolled to a 74-55 win over Belmont on Wednesday in the opening round of the Ball Dawgs Classic in Henderson, Nevada....

No. 24 Virginia sneaks by West Virginia, 56-54
Reece Beekman made the tiebreaking free throw with 2.3 seconds left to help No. 24 Virginia notch a 56-54 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night in the consolation game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida....

Memphis holds off Michigan behind Ashton Hardaway
Ashton Hardaway came off the bench to score 17 points to lead Memphis to a 71-67 win over Michigan in a first round game in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday....

Streaking BYU faces next obstacle in Arizona State
BYU seeks its second 5-0 start in the past three seasons when it faces Arizona State on Thursday night in the opening round of the Vegas Showdown at Las Vegas....