Basketball Page 918 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
LeBron James pours in 35 points as Lakers extend Blazers' skid
LeBron James recorded 35 points and nine assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-95 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night....
NBA roundup: De'Aaron Fox (43 points) pushes Kings past Spurs
De'Aaron Fox scored a season-high 43 points to help the visiting Sacramento Kings do just enough to outlast the struggling San Antonio Spurs 129-120 in on Friday....
Ole Miss has just enough to fend off Sam Houston
Allen Flanigan scored a game-high 23 points and Ole Miss held off Sam Houston 70-67 Friday night in Oxford, Miss....
Stanford shrugs off slow start to roll past Eastern Washington
Andrej Stojakovic scored 18 points Friday night to lead five players in double figures as Stanford shrugged off a slow start to rout Eastern Washington 95-70 in a nonconference game in Palo Alto, Calif....
Oregon pulls away from Tennessee St. in second half
Jesse Zarzuela's first appearance on Oregon's home court was a successful one as the transfer from Central Michigan scored 14 points for the Ducks in their 92-67 win over Tennessee State on Friday night in Eugene, Ore....
No. 21 Villanova mauls Maryland
Tyler Burton scored 15 points and No. 21 Villanova smothered visiting Maryland 57-40 in the Gavitt Tipoff Games on Friday night....
Oklahoma has little trouble with UT Rio Grande Valley
John Hugley IV scored 16 points off the bench to lead Oklahoma to a 90-66 win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Friday in Norman, Oklahoma....
Magic withstand Bulls' second-half charge
Franz Wagner scored 21 points and Jonathan Isaac had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead the visiting Orlando Magic to a 103-97 win against the Chicago Bulls on Friday in the NBA in-season tournament....
Pelicans get jump on Nuggets, hold on to win 115-110
Zion Williamson scored 26 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 22 and the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Denver Nuggets 115-110 on Friday night for their second consecutive victory following a five-game losing streak....
Ben Krikke nets 25 to carry Iowa past Arkansas State
Ben Krikke tallied 25 points, nine rebounds and four steals to lead Iowa to a workmanlike 88-74 win over Arkansas State Friday night in Iowa City....
Keyshaun Langley (23 points), UNC Greensboro stun No. 14 Arkansas
Keyshaun Langley poured in 23 points as UNC Greensboro pulled off a 78-72 upset of No. 14 Arkansas on Friday night in Fayetteville, Ark....
No. 22 Alabama starts hot, hammers Mercer
No. 22 Alabama sank its first nine shots of the game and kept on rolling to a 98-67 victory against Mercer on Friday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala....
De'Aaron Fox goes for 43, Kings beat Spurs for 5th straight win
De'Aaron Fox scored a season-high 43 points to help the visiting Sacramento Kings do just enough to outlast the struggling San Antonio Spurs 129-120 on Friday in an In-Season Tournament game....
No. 23 Illinois heats up in 2nd half, defeats Valparaiso
After trailing for most of the first 25 minutes, No. 23 Illinois needed a huge second-half run to claim an 87-64 nonconference victory over visiting Valparaiso on Friday night in Champaign, Ill....
Joel Embiid stars as 76ers dispatch Hawks
Joel Embiid had 32 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to lift the Philadelphia 76ers past the host Atlanta Hawks 126-116 in the NBA in-season tournament on Friday....
Celtics slip by Raptors for 5th straight win
Derrick White hit a 3-pointer with 26.8 seconds to play and the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 108-105 on Friday night....
TCU pulls away to knock off Mississippi Valley State
Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr. each scored 13 points as TCU emerged with an 86-52 victory over visiting Mississippi Valley State on Friday night at Fort Worth, Texas....
No. 20 North Carolina blows past UC Riverside in second half
Armando Bacot pumped in 21 points and No. 20 North Carolina scored the first 19 points of the second half to defeat visiting UC Riverside 77-52 on Friday night in Chapel Hill, N.C....
No. 13 Texas A&M holds off upset-minded Oral Roberts
Henry Coleman III scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds, and Wade Taylor IV had a key layup late and two clinching free throws as No. 13 Texas A&M outlasted visiting Oral Roberts 74-66 on Friday in College Station, Texas....
Darius Garland powers Cavaliers as Pistons' skid hits 10 games
Darius Garland's 28 points led six Cleveland scorers in double figures, and the Cavaliers overcame the absence of Donovan Mitchell to send the visiting Detroit Pistons to their 10th consecutive loss, 108-100 on Friday in pool play of the NBA in-season tournament....