Basketball Page 786 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sahvir Wheeler steers Washington to win over ASU
Sahvir Wheeler scored a season-high 24 points, making all five of his 3-point attempts, and added eight assists and six rebounds as Washington outlasted Arizona State 82-67 on Thursday in Seattle....
Top 25 roundup: Santa Clara ends 13-year skid vs. No. 23 Zags
Adama-Alpha Bal converted the decisive layup with 4.6 seconds left and host Santa Clara ended a 26-game losing streak against No. 23 Gonzaga with a 77-76 victory over the Bulldogs on Thursday night....
NBA roundup: Bobby Portis, Bucks blast Celtics
Bobby Portis came off the bench to score a game-high 28 points and grab 12 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks avoided a third consecutive loss by routing the visiting Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday....
Bradley Beal scores 37 as Suns roll past Lakers
Bradley Beal scored a season-high 37 points, Devin Booker added 31 and the visiting Phoenix Suns used a fast start to earn a 127-109 victory Thursday over the Los Angeles Lakers....
Santa Clara ends 26-game run of futility vs. No. 23 Gonzaga
Adama-Alpha Bal converted the decisive layup with 4.6 seconds left and host Santa Clara ended a 26-game losing streak against No. 23 Gonzaga with a 77-76 victory over the Bulldogs in West Coast Conference play on Thursday night....
Nebraska rides big win into matchup with Iowa
Fresh off a signature victory over the No. 1 team in the country, Nebraska will seek its first conference road win of the season when it visits Iowa in a Big Ten game on Friday night in Iowa City....
Nuggets look to bounce back vs. surging Pelicans
The Denver Nuggets assume they are going to get every opponent's best shot, just because they are the reigning champions. But the next challenger coming to town Friday night is already playing at a high level....
Utah puts historic beat-down on UCLA
Five Utah scorers reached double figures and the Utes leveraged a dominant second half to send UCLA to its worst loss in 27 years, a 90-44 rout on Thursday in Salt Lake City....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 21 FSU stops No. 20 UNC's win streak
Sara Bejedi scored 23 points to help No. 21 Florida State get a 70-62 victory over No. 20 North Carolina on Thursday night in Tallahassee, Fla....
Balanced scoring leads No. 10 Illinois past Michigan State
Marcus Domask, Coleman Hawkins and Ty Rodgers each scored 15 points Thursday night and No. 10 Illinois held off Michigan State down the stretch for a 71-68 Big Ten Conference win in Champaign, Ill....
Kyrie Irving scores 44 as Mavs hold off Knicks
Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 44 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. tied his season high with 32 as the Dallas Mavericks withstood a fourth-quarter rally to beat the visiting New York Knicks 128-124 on Thursday....
USC guard Isaiah Collier (hand) out 4-6 weeks
Freshman guard Isaiah Collier, Southern California's second-leading scorer, will miss four to six weeks because of a hand injury....
Thunder roll to blowout victory over Blazers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and Josh Giddey had his first triple-double of the season as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday in Oklahoma City....
Bobby Portis pours in 28 as Bucks beat up Celtics
Bobby Portis came off the bench to score a game-high 28 points and grab 12 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks avoided a third consecutive loss by routing the visiting Boston Celtics 135-102 Thursday night....
Alijah Martin's clutch free throws lift 24 FAU over Tulane
Florida Atlantic's Alijah Martin made two of three free throws with less than a second to play, and the No. 24 Owls held off the Tulane Green Wave 85-84 on Thursday night in New Orleans....
Donta Scott's big 2nd half pushes Maryland past Michigan
Donta Scott scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half to rally Maryland past Michigan 64-57 on Thursday in College Park, Md....
Surging Jazz look to maintain momentum vs. Raptors
After opening the season by losing 16 of their first 23 games, the Utah Jazz have undergone a transformation in recent weeks....
Spurs take aim at Hornets in another clash of struggling teams
The San Antonio Spurs have rediscovered their winning formula and will look to build just their second win streak of the season when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Friday....
Bulls on a streak as bumbling Warriors arrive in town
Something will have to change Friday night when the Chicago Bulls, coming off two overtime wins, host the Golden State Warriors, who have been blown out in each of their last two outings....
Injuries mounting, Grizzlies must deal with rising Clippers
Injuries continue to pile up for the Memphis Grizzlies....