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Short-handed Oregon pursues improved performance vs. Rice
Twenty-one turnovers and a 2-for-16 performance from the 3-point arc don't typically lead to a win. However, Oregon posted those team statistics in its season opener on Tuesday and still walked off its home court with a one-point victory over Hawaii.,The Ducks hope to be better on Friday night when ...
Matchup with UAB presents 'different opportunity' for NC State
All the adoration around the new-look North Carolina State team was nice leading up to the season.,Now there's some serious business for the Wolfpack at the end of the season's first week.,UAB visits NC State for a Friday night game in Raleigh, N.C.,The Wolfpack (1-0) rolled to a 114-66 win over vis...
Missouri aims to jump-start stalwarts against SEMO
Missouri expects to run its offense this season through its top two returning players, forward Mark Mitchell and point guard Anthony Robinson II.,After those two combined for just 17 points in Missouri's 88-67 season-opening victory at Howard on Monday, the Tigers (1-0) will try to get Mitchell and ...
DePaul, trying to avoid overconfidence, faces Stonehill
Early-season runaways can offer lots to like, but "what you don't want to do is create bad habits," DePaul coach Chris Holtmann cautions.,After rolling past Chicago State on Monday behind what Holtmann called some terrific sequences, the Blue Demons will host Stonehill on Friday with an eye on stayi...
Ole Miss plots to dominate boards against UL Monroe
Ole Miss' season opener went the way one might expect for a team featuring eight transfers.,The Rebels got off to a slow start and looked like a group still learning about each other, but things got better as the game went along.,Ole Miss defeated visiting Southeastern Louisiana 88-58 on Monday nigh...
After stellar opener, Seton Hall's Najai Hines squares off with Wagner
Seton Hall is aiming for a bounce-back season after a disappointing 2024-25 campaign in which it finished 7-25. A 2-0 start would be a strong step for coach Shaheen Holloway and the Pirates, who host Wagner on Friday in South Orange, N.J.,Seton Hall is coming off a 77-50 neutral-site victory vs. Sai...
Cincinnati looks to maintain scoring spread vs. Georgia State
Cincinnati will turn to its new-look balanced attack to continue to set the table for the Big 12 Conference gauntlet when it hosts Georgia State on Friday.,The Bearcats (1-0) were dynamite in their season-opening 94-63 win over visiting Western Carolina on Monday. Cincinnati got 18 points each from ...
Georgia Tech looks to lock in against Bryant after OT scare
After escaping with an overtime win over Maryland-Eastern Shore, Georgia Tech hopes to see a more complete effort Friday against visiting Bryant in Atlanta.,Georgia Tech (1-0) needed Peyton Marshall's game-tying free throw with 1.7 seconds left to send its season opener to overtime, where the Yellow...
NHL roundup: High-flying Ducks win fifth straight
Chris Kreider scored two goals and the visiting Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth win in a row.,Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to eight games each and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks, who b...
Wake Forest sees room for improvement against visiting Morehead State
Wake Forest will need to avoid becoming greedy early in the season.,The Demon Deacons will try to pounce on another opponent when Morehead State visits for Friday night's game at Winston-Salem, N.C.,But coach Steve Forbes is directing his team to pay attention to the details.,Coming off an 88-74 sea...
New-look Virginia seeks more success vs. North Carolina Central
Led by a 22-year-old freshman forward and the shortest player on the roster, Virginia made a statement in its first game under head coach Ryan Odom: This isn't Tony Bennett's program anymore., ,Belgian import Thijs De Ridder delivered a double-double and 5-foot-10 Chance Mallory sparked a second-hal...
Lightning erase early deficit, double up Golden Knights
Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel each scored two goals and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Thursday in Las Vegas.,Dominic James scored his first NHL goal and also had two assists, Oliver Bjorkstrand added two ...
Birthday boy Sam Reinhart nets winner in Panthers win over Kings
Sam Reinhart celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring the game-winning goal and Brad Marchand tallied twice to give the visiting Florida Panthers a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday., ,Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who claimed only their second road win ...
Dai Dai Ames puts up 23 as Cal gets past Wright State
Dai Dai Ames poured in a game-high 23 points and Cal kept Wright State at arm's length most of the way en route to a 77-67 nonconference men's basketball victory on Thursday in Berkeley, Calif.,John Camden, the leading scorer in Cal's opening win over Cal State Bakersfield with 22 points, finished w...
Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Louisville eclipses century mark in romp
Ryan Conwell scored 19 points as No. 11 Louisville cruised to a 106-70 victory over visiting Jackson State on Thursday.,The Cardinals (2-0) were without starter J'Vonne Hadley, who is in the concussion protocol, but they welcomed back Kasean Pryor, a 6-foot-10 senior who played seven games last seas...
Top 25 roundup: Despite being banged up, No. 11 Louisville rolls
Ryan Conwell scored 19 points as No. 11 Louisville cruised to a 106-70 victory over visiting Jackson State on Thursday.,The Cardinals (2-0) were without starter J'Vonne Hadley, who is in the concussion protocol, but they welcomed back Kasean Pryor, a 6-foot-10 senior who played seven games last seas...
Seven double figure scorers pace Washington over Denver
Hannes Steinbach had a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds to lead Washington to an 84-70 win over Denver on Thursday in Spokane, Wash., ,It was a balanced scoring effort for Washington as seven players scored in double figures., ,Wesley Yates III tallied 13 points, Zoom Diallo added 12 poi...
Heat, Hornets play early-season rematch in NBA Cup opener
The Miami Heat, who have played a road-heavy schedule so far, return home to face the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night in an NBA Cup matchup.,Miami is 2-0 at home but just 2-4 on the road, having just concluded a 1-3 trek out west.,However, the Heat finished the trip ranked fourth in the NBA in sco...
Broncos defense shuts down Raiders, Denver wins despite offensive woes
Wil Lutz kicked a short field goal late in the third quarter and the Denver defense protected the lead as the Broncos squeezed out a 10-7 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to seven consecutive games.,JL Skinner's blocked punt set up the tieb...
Jalen Green makes impressive season debut, leads Suns past Clippers
Jalen Green scored 29 points and sank six 3-pointers in his season debut as the host Phoenix Suns beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 115-102 on Thursday.,Devin Booker added 24 points, Grayson Allen produced 18 points and four 3-pointers and Royce O'Neale had 17 points and five threes for the...