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Washington opens with blowout of Arkansas-Pine BluffHannes Steinbach finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead Washington to a 94-50 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the season opener for both teams Monday night at Seattle.,It was Washington's first win by at least 40 points since beating Bethune-Cookman 106-55 in the 2017-18...

Norman Powell drops 21 points on former team as Heat beat ClippersBam Adebayo scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Norman Powell scored 21 against his former team as the Miami Heat earned a 120-119 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday in Inglewood, Calif.,Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points and Kel'el Ware added 16 as the Heat won for the first t...

Maryland defeats Coppin State in Buzz Williams' debutPharrel Payne put up 21 points with six rebounds, freshman Darius Adams scored 10 of his 16 points at the foul line and Maryland tipped off its season with an 83-61 win over Coppin State in the Naismith Hall of Fame Series on Monday in Baltimore.,Maryland saw its lead whittled down to as few as seve...

Behind Obed Vargas' brace, Sounders level series with Loons

Obed Vargas notched a brace Monday night and the Seattle Sounders stayed alive in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs with a 4-2 win over visiting Minnesota United.,The result tied the best-of-3 series at 1-1 with the deciding match scheduled for Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. The seri...

Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers lead Kraken over Blackhawks

Jordan Eberle and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Monday night.,Jamie Oleksiak also scored for the Kraken, who extended their point streak to five games (3-0-2). Goaltender Joey Daccord made 29 saves.,Andre Burakovsky ...

Lakers, minus mainstays, surge past Trail Blazers

Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura and Nick Smith Jr. all achieved season-best point totals as the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers notched a 123-115 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.,Ayton had 29 points on 14-of-19 shooting and collected 10 rebounds and three blocked shots agai...

Donovan Dent, No. 12 UCLA fend off Eastern Washington

Donovan Dent scored 21 points and dished nine assists in his UCLA debut, and the No. 12 Bruins held off Eastern Washington 80-74 on Monday in Los Angeles in the teams' season opener.,With five scorers in double-figures, UCLA led most of the way against its Big Sky Conference opponent. Each time the ...

AJ Dybantsa stars in debut as No. 8 BYU tops Villanova

AJ Dybantsa scored 21 points in his college basketball debut -- including 13 in the second half -- to lead No. 8 BYU to a 71-66 victory over Villanova in Las Vegas on Monday night in the teams' season opener., ,Richie Saunders finished with 15 points and seven rebounds and Robert Wright III added 14...