Basketball Page 904 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Nuggets keep Clippers winless in James Harden era
Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, Aaron Gordon scored 20 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 111-108 in an NBA in-season tournament game on Tuesday night....
Jordan Pope nets 25 as Oregon State beats Appalachian State in OT
Jordan Pope scored a career-high 25 points and added seven rebounds and five assists as Oregon State defeated visiting Appalachian State 81-71 in overtime Tuesday night in Corvallis, Ore....
Karl-Anthony Towns helps Timberwolves outlast Warriors
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 11 of his game-high 33 points in the fourth quarter, Mike Conley buried a lead-extending 3-pointer with 9.6 seconds remaining and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the Golden State Warriors 104-101 on Tuesday night in San Francisco in a game marred by three ejec...
No. 15 Baylor leans on Jayden Nunn to beat Kansas City
Jayden Nunn had a season-high 25 points to lead a powerful attack as No. 15 Baylor ran past Kansas City 99-61 on Tuesday in Waco, Texas, to stay undefeated....
Trey Alexander's near-triple-double leads No. 8 Creighton past Iowa
Trey Alexander recorded 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to lead No. 8 Creighton to a 92-84 win over Iowa on Tuesday night in Omaha, Neb....
Hunter Dickinson's career night lifts No. 1 Kansas past No. 17 Kentucky
Hunter Dickinson scored 27 points and grabbed a career-best 21 rebounds to lead top-ranked Kansas to an 89-84 victory over No. 17 Kentucky on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Chicago....
Grizzlies' Marcus Smart injures ankle early vs. Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart was ruled doubtful to return to Tuesday's NBA in-season tournament game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he rolled his left ankle in the first quarter....
Jazz dominate final period to down Blazers
Jordan Clarkson scored 30 points on 13-of-19 shooting to lead the Utah Jazz to a 115-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night at Salt Lake City....
DePaul's long-distance shooting in 2nd half sinks South Dakota
Jeremiah Oden scored 16 points and Caleb Murphy chipped in 13 to lift host DePaul over South Dakota 72-60 on Tuesday night in Chicago....
No. 25 Colorado gets off to fast start in rout of Milwaukee
KJ Simpson scored 23 points, Cody Williams and Tristan da Silva scored 17 points apiece, and the No. 25 Colorado Buffaloes beat the Milwaukee Panthers 106-79 in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday night....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Freshman puts up 42 for No. 7 LSU
Mikaylah Williams set the single-game program scoring record for a freshman by pouring in 42 points as No. 7 LSU downed Kent State 109-79 in Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday....
Adama Bal leads Santa Clara to upset over Stanford
Adama Bal scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half to help visiting Santa Clara to an 89-77 upset of Stanford in a nonconference game on Tuesday night....
No. 11 Gonzaga crushes NAIA Eastern Oregon 123-57
Graham Ike recorded 25 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 11 Gonzaga steamroll Eastern Oregon 123-57 on Tuesday night at Spokane, Wash....
Pelicans halt skid with rout of visiting Mavericks
Brandon Ingram and rookie Jordan Hawkins scored 25 points each to lead six New Orleans scorers in double figures and the host Pelicans ended a five-game losing streak by routing the Dallas Mavericks 131-110 in an in-season tournament game Tuesday night....
No. 13 Texas A&M pulls away to knock off SMU
Tyrece Radford hit for 21 points, 16 in the first half, as No. 13 Texas A&M remained undefeated with a gritty 79-66 win over host SMU in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday....
Oklahoma gets past short-handed Texas State
Javian McCollum scored 15 points to lead a balanced offensive attack as Oklahoma remained undefeated with an easy 93-54 win over short-handed Texas State on Tuesday in Norman, Okla....
Tyler Kolek shakes off injury, leads No. 4 Marquette past No. 23 Illinois
After being a game-time decision due to an injured ankle, point guard Tyler Kolek racked up 24 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead No. 4 Marquette to a 71-64 Gavitt Tipoff Games win over No. 23 Illinois on Tuesday night in Champaign, Ill....
Northwestern holds off Western Michigan, stays unbeaten
Boo Buie scored 21 points to lead Northwestern to a 63-59 home win over Western Michigan on Tuesday in Evanston, Ill....
TCU scores 55 in 2nd half to roll over UTRGV
TCU shot 51.5 percent from the field and tallied 25 fast-break points as the Horned Frogs defeated UTRGV, 88-55, on Tuesday night in Fort Worth, Texas....
Mississippi rallies to top Detroit Mercy
Jaylen Murray scored 22 points, Allen Flanigan made two decisive free throws with 25 seconds remaining and Ole Miss held off Detroit Mercy 70-69 on Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss....