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Deep-shooting Alabama overwhelms Texas Tech, moves on to Sweet 16
Latrell Wrightsell scored 24 points and fourth-seeded Alabama unleashed a relentless 3-point attack in blowing out No. 5 Texas Tech 90-65 in the NCAA Tournament's second round Sunday night in Tampa, Fla.,Houston Mallette scored all 15 of his points on 3s, Amari Allen had 12 points despite missing hi...

Mammoth's Nick Schmaltz scores twice, including in OT to edge Kings
Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game 1:46 into overtime and the Utah Mammoth beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday night in Salt Lake City.,Schmaltz entered the zone 2-on-1, kept the puck and beat Darcy Kuemper with a wrist shot.,Lawson Crouse had two goals and an assist for the Mammo...

Suns rout Raptors to end 5-game skid
Devin Booker scored 25 points and Jalen Green added 20 as the Phoenix Suns snapped a season-worst five-game losing streak with a 120-98 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Sunday.,Collin Gillespie had 16 points for Phoenix (40-32), which led wire-to-wire and avenged a 122-115 road loss to t...

UConn turns to veteran Alex Karaban, downs UCLA to reach Sweet 16
PHILADELPHIA -- Alex Karaban has seen his role evolve across 147 games at UConn, from a supporting role as a freshman to a key shooter and connector on offense and, now, the senior leader.,On Sunday, the Huskies asked him for something different. With others struggling and their season on the line, ...

Saint Joseph's makes 19-point comeback to overcome Cal
Jaiden Glover-Toscano had 24 points and a game-ending blocked shot to cap a 19-point comeback as visiting Saint Joseph's nipped Cal 76-75 on Sunday night in the second round of the NIT in Berkeley, Calif.,The Hawks (24-11) advance to play New Mexico in the NIT quarterfinals.,Cal (22-12) was in compl...

Kenyon Giles pours in 28 points as Wichita State rolls over Oklahoma State
Kenyon Giles put on a show as he connected on eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points, leading Wichita State to a dominant 96-70 victory over Oklahoma State in the second round of the NIT Sunday night in Stillwater, Okla.,Giles shot 8-of-16 from long range while four others finished in double figures....

Hyo Joo Kim never loses grip on lead, captures Fortinet Founders Cup
South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim went wire to wire, holding off Nelly Korda to win the Fortinet Founders Cup by one stroke Sunday in Menlo Park, Calif.,Kim became an eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including this event in 2015 in Phoenix, with a 1-over-par 73 for a total of 16-under 272 at Sharon Heigh...

Troy Terry's OT goal lifts Ducks, snaps Sabres' 4-game win streak
Troy Terry scored twice, including the game-winner at 1:29 of overtime in a 6-5 win for the Anaheim Ducks against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.,Beckett Sennecke, Chris Kreider and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks (39-27-4, 82 points), who have won three of their p...

Ryan Strome's OT game-winner gives Flames win over Lightning
Ryan Strome scored the winning goal in overtime to give the host Calgary Flames a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.,Victor Olofsson, Morgan Frost and Mickael Backlund also scored for the Flames (29-34-7, 65 points), who have won three straight games.,Goaltender Devin Cooley made 32...

Arizona holds off Utah State's surge to reach 3rd consecutive Sweet 16
SAN DIEGO -- Jaden Bradley scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half as the catalyst for West Region No. 1 seed Arizona holding off a wild comeback from No. 9 seed Utah State for a 78-66 win Sunday in NCAA Tournament second-round play. ,With its win, Arizona advances to its third consecutive Swe...

NHL mourns death of Minnesota reporter, 3 children in house fire
Jessi Pierce, who covered the Minnesota Wild as a correspondent for NHL.com, and her three children were killed in a house fire, the league announced Sunday.,Pierce and her three children, Hudson, Caden and Avery, were found deceased in the wake of a fire at their home in White Bear Lake, Minn., on ...

Surging Hawks look to take advantage of short-handed Grizzlies
The streaking Atlanta Hawks will try to enhance their push for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference when they host the struggling Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.,Atlanta (39-32) has won 12 of its last 13 games and won its 10th straight home game Saturday by defeating the Golden State Warriors ...

Iowa advances to first Sweet 16 since 1999 after massive upset over Florida
Alvaro Folgueiras drained a wide-open 3-pointer from the right corner with 4.5 seconds left to give Iowa a dramatic 73-72 victory over defending national champion Florida in a South Region second-round game at Tampa, Fla.,Tavian Banks had 20 points and six rebounds, and Folgueiras added 14 points as...

Karl-Anthony Towns leads Knicks offensive explosion past Wizards
Karl-Anthony Towns posted a 26-point, 16-rebound double-double and seven Knicks scored in double-figures as New York rolled to its sixth straight win with a 145-113 rout of sputtering Washington on Sunday.,The Knicks (47-25) rebounded from an anemic offensive effort their last time out in a 93-92 wi...

Reilly Smith's late goal lifts Golden Knights past Stars
Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal with 3:38 remaining as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the host Dallas Stars on Sunday night.,Smith, a healthy scratch the previous five games, swatted in a rebound of Mitch Marner shot from the right side of t...

Ilya Sorokin dazzles as Islanders earn important win over Blue Jackets
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 24 shots he faced and made Bo Horvat's goal on the first shot of the game stand up Sunday night for the New York Islanders, who edged the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 in a game with Eastern Conference playoff implications in Elmont, N.Y.,The Islanders (40-26-5, 85 points) snapp...

Real Salt Lake score late, earn tie with unbeaten San Diego
Victor Olatunji scored the tying goal late in the second half as Real Salt Lake claimed a 2-2 tie with host San Diego FC on Sunday night.,Sergi Solans also scored for Salt Lake (3-1-1, 10 points), which extended its unbeaten stretch to four matches (3-0-1).,Marcus Ingvartsen and Anders Dreyer scored...

Lia Godfrey's 1st professional goal lifts Wave over Royals
Lia Godfrey scored her first professional goal at the perfect time to lift the San Diego Wave past the 10-woman Utah Royals 2-1 on Sunday in Sandy, Utah.,Godfrey's fellow sub, Kimmi Ascanio, tapped a pass to Kenza Dali, and Dali's one-timed through ball found Godfrey, who deposited it in the bottom ...

Kevin Overton's 23 points push Auburn past Seattle, into 2nd round of NIT
Kevin Overton scored 23 points and Elyjah Freeman added 19 to lead a balanced attack as top-seeded Auburn held off a late rally to defeat visiting Seattle University 91-85 on Sunday night in the second round of the NIT.,Sebastian Williams-Adams added 15 points and Filip Jovic scored 12 for the Tiger...

Malik Monk (32 points), Kings hold off Nets
Malik Monk scored 32 points, Maxime Raynaud paired 22 points with 10 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings snapped a two-game losing streak with a 126-122 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.,Monk, as a reserve, also had six assists and knocked down 7 of 13 from 3-point range.,Devin Carter add...