Basketball Page 820 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Micah Peavy (triple-double), TCU rally past Arizona State
Micah Peavy became the third player in TCU history to achieve a triple-double, leading the Horned Frogs to a 79-59 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night at Fort Worth, Texas....
Thunder edge Nuggets on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's last-second shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, including a go-ahead jumper with 0.9 seconds left as the visiting Oklahoma Thunder edged the Denver Nuggets 118-117 on Saturday night....
Luka Doncic's triple-double carries Mavs past Blazers
Luka Doncic recorded his 61st career triple-double with 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists as the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers 131-120 on Saturday....
No. 11 Oklahoma beats Green Bay to remain unbeaten
Rivaldo Soares had 13 points to lead No. 11 Oklahoma to an 81-47 win over Green Bay on Saturday in Norman, Okla....
No. 18 BYU takes care of business from long range, tops Georgia St.
Richie Saunders netted a career-high 20 points and No. 18 BYU scored more than half of its points from 3-point territory in an 86-54 win over Georgia State on Saturday night in Provo, Utah....
Stephen Curry helps Warriors fend off Nets, 124-120
Stephen Curry saved 16 of his team-high 37 points for the fourth quarter, Klay Thompson buried a pair of late 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors held off the visiting Brooklyn Nets for a 124-120 victory Saturday night....
Big second half sparks SMU past slumping Florida State
Chuck Harris matched his season high with 24 points and SMU woke up in the second half to roll to a 68-57 victory over Florida State on Saturday night in Tallahassee, Fla....
No. 8 Creighton holds off Alabama, 85-82
Trey Alexander scored 22 points and Baylor Scheierman added 20 points, nine assists and six rebounds to help No. 8 Creighton post an 85-82 victory over Alabama on Saturday night at Omaha, Neb....
Heat dump Bulls on Jimmy Butler buzzer beater
Jimmy Butler hit a step-back jumper over Coby White at the buzzer, leading the host Miami Heat to a 118-116 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night....
Without Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers routed by Wolves
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 40 points on 15-for-25 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 127-109 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday night in Minneapolis....
Jarrett Allen leads Cavaliers past Hawks
Jarrett Allen had team highs of 25 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 127-119 win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night....
Ole Miss remains perfect, beating Cal
Hot-shooting Jaemyn Brakefield notched a career-high 27 points, and the Ole Miss Rebels remained perfect Saturday night in an 88-78 win over the California Golden Bears in the Hall of Fame Series in San Antonio, Texas....
Texas Tech zips past Vanderbilt
Pop Isaacs scored 19 points and keyed a crucial surge early in the second half that helped carry Texas Tech to a 76-54 victory over struggling Vanderbilt on Saturday in the USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas....
Xavier ends Winthrop's four-game winning streak
Quincy Olivari scored 22 points and Desmond Claude added 15 as Xavier defeated Winthrop 75-59 Saturday in the Skip Prosser Classic in Cincinnati....
DaRon Holmes II carries Dayton past Cincinnati
DaRon Holmes II scored 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting and Dayton pulled away for an 82-68 win over host Cincinnati on Saturday evening....
76ers blow out Hornets for sixth straight win
Joel Embiid scored 42 points in just three quarters as the Philadelphia 76ers blew out the host Charlotte Hornets 135-82 on Saturday night....
UMass recovers to topple West Virginia, 87-79
Josh Cohen scored 19 points and Robert Davis finished with 18 to lead UMass to an 87-79 victory over West Virginia on Saturday at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass....
Wooga Poplar paces No. 24 Miami past La Salle
Wooga Poplar shook off an injury scare to score a career-high 25 points as No. 24 Miami posted an 84-77 win over visiting La Salle on Saturday afternoon....
Hot-shooting Bucks destroy Pistons, 146-114
Damian Lillard scored 33 points, Bobby Portis recorded a double-double on a season-high 31 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks extended the visiting Detroit Pistons' franchise-long losing streak to 23 games with a 146-114 rout on Saturday....
Coming off Top 10 win, Washington takes on Seattle
Washington got a signature victory last Saturday, defeating then-No. 7 Gonzaga 78-73....