Basketball Page 821 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 9 Tennessee holds off upset-minded Wisconsin
Dalton Knecht scored 24 points and Josiah-Jordan James added 14 as ninth-ranked Tennessee never trailed en route to an 80-70 nonconference road victory over Wisconsin on Friday night....
Luka Doncic, Mavs hammer Clippers in tournament game
Luka Doncic scored 44 points on 17-of-21 shooting and the Dallas Mavericks blasted the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 144-126 on Friday night as part of the NBA in-season tournament....
Tied at half, Oregon pulls away from Montana
Nate Bittle scored 17 points with eight rebounds and four blocks to lead Oregon to a 75-61 victory Friday over Montana at Eugene, Ore....
No. 11 Gonzaga opens with comfortable win over Yale
Braden Huff recorded 19 points and nine rebounds to help No. 11 Gonzaga post an 86-71 victory over Yale in a clash of teams called Bulldogs on Friday night at Spokane, Wash....
Stanford fends off pesky Sacramento State
Stanford used a pair of strong runs spanning both halves to turn a close game into a runaway, riding 18 points from Brandon Angel to a 91-73 nonconference men's basketball victory over visiting Sacramento State on Friday night....
Jazz squander big lead, recover to beat Grizzlies
Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen each scored 26 points and the Utah Jazz recovered to beat the host Memphis Grizzlies 127-121 after blowing a 21-point, second-half lead on Friday night....
Fred VanVleet leads rally as Rockets upend Pelicans
Fred VanVleet drilled two late 3-pointers as the Houston Rockets rallied from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 104-101 on Friday in an NBA in-season tournament game....
No. 5 Marquette throttles Rider
Kam Jones racked up 23 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals as No. 5 Marquette rolled past visiting Rider 95-65 on Friday night in Milwaukee....
Butler too much for Southeast Missouri State
Posh Alexander scored 15 points, and four other Butler players scored in double figures as the Bulldogs beat the visiting Southeast Missouri State RedHawks 91-56 on Friday night....
Northwestern holds off tough challenge from Dayton
Ryan Langborg scored 19 points on 6-for-9 shooting and Northwestern held on for a 71-66 win over Dayton on Friday night in Evanston, Ill....
Big third quarter vaults Wolves past Spurs
Karl-Anthony Towns poured in 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a 117-110 come-from-behind victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in the teams' first game in the NBA In-Season Tournament....
Trio of 20-point scorers leads No. 24 Alabama over Indiana State
In the first-ever meeting between No. 24 Alabama and Indiana State, the Crimson Tide rolled to a 102-80 home win behind the trio of Aaron Estrada, Grant Nelson and Mark Sears in Tuscaloosa, Ala....
Nicholls sinks LSU with last-second 3-pointer
Diante Smith scored 18 points and Jalen White added 17, including a game-winning 3-pointer with one second remaining, and Nicholls defeated LSU 68-66 on Friday night in Baton Rouge, La....
No. 14 Arkansas overcomes slow start, downs Gardner-Webb
Arkansas newcomer Khalif Battle netted a game-high 21 points and added four rebounds off the bench to lead the No. 14 Razorbacks to an 86-68 win over Gardner-Webb on Friday night in Fayetteville, Ark....
Oklahoma overwhelms MVSU on glass in blowout win
Otega Oweh scored 20 points to lead Oklahoma to an 82-43 win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday in Norman, Okla....
Oregon State edges Troy in double OT
Jordan Pope was fouled when scoring a driving layup with six seconds left in double overtime and made the free throw to give Oregon State an 81-80 victory Friday night over Troy at Corvallis, Ore....
Johni Broome paces Auburn to first win over Southeastern Louisiana
Johni Broome scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and collected 11 rebounds as Auburn shook off a sluggish start and extended its nonconference home winning streak to 46 games with an 86-71 victory over Southeastern Louisiana Friday night....
Allen Flanigan, Ole Miss put away Eastern Washington
Allen Flanigan scored a game-high 29 points and Ole Miss shook off Eastern Washington for a 75-64 victory Friday night in Oxford, Miss....
Late 16-0 run lifts No. 25 Illinois over Oakland
Locked in a tie with 7:30 to play, No. 25 Illinois reeled off 16 points in a row and ran away to a 64-53 nonconference victory over visiting Oakland on Friday night in Champaign....
Jaylen Brown lifts Celtics to in-season tournament win vs. Nets
Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 28 points to help the Boston Celtics end a two-game losing streak by beating the visiting Brooklyn Nets 121-107 on Friday night....