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Kon Knueppel, Hornets manhandle Celtics for 6th consecutive victory
Kon Knueppel tossed in 20 points as the visiting Charlotte Hornets beat the Boston Celtics 118-89 on Wednesday for their sixth consecutive win.,LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each added 18 points for Charlotte, which received 17 points and six assists from reserve Coby White. Moussa Diabate finished...
Kawhi Leonard, Clippers overwhelm struggling Pacers
Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 23 against his former team and the Los Angeles Clippers increased their winning streak to three games with a 130-107 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Brook Lopez scored 17 points and Derrick Jones Jr. added 12 ...
Hannes Steinbach's historic night helps Washington down USC
Zoom Diallo recorded career highs of 26 points and nine rebounds and Hannes Steinbach collected the fourth-most rebounds in program history as Washington rallied for a convincing 91-72 victory over Southern California on Wednesday night in Big Ten play at Seattle.,Steinbach had 22 points on 9-of-12 ...
Nikolaj Ehlers' hat trick boosts Hurricanes past Canucks
Nikolaj Ehlers collected the hat trick on Wednesday, powering the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-4 back-and-forth victory over the last-place Vancouver Canucks.,Sean Walker, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho all collected one goal and one assist while Seth Jarvis registered ...
Ville Husso steller in net as Ducks score 5 unanswered goals to top Islanders
Cutter Gauthier scored Anaheim's first two goals of a three-goal first-period flurry Wednesday night for the host Ducks, who cooled off the surging New York Islanders with a 5-1 win.,Beckett Sennecke scored late in the first while Ryan Poehling and Frank Vatrano added insurance goals in the third fo...
Brayden Schenn hands out 3 assists as Blues topple Kraken
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and Brayden Schenn added three helpers as the St. Louis Blues defeated the host Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Wednesday.,Logan Mailloux and Dylan Holloway also scored for the Blues, who improved to 2-0-0 on a four-game trip that concludes with stops Friday in San Jose ...
Hawks help their playoff chances by downing Bucks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 23 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to an impactful 131-113 road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.,It's the fifth win in a row for the Hawks, who gained a game in the standings on the Bucks, who are directly behind them fighting for the final play-i...
Florida State starts strong, edges Pitt in dramatic finish
Florida State got off to a hot start and held on for dear life, escaping with a 75-74 win over host Pitt on Wednesday night.,Chauncey Wiggins and Lajae Jones scored 18 points apiece, making a combined seven 3-pointers. Robert McCray V added 14 points, six rebounds and six assists, hitting a pair of ...
Stanford holds off Notre Dame, gets first-ever win vs. Irish
Ebuka Okorie had a game-leading 24 points as Stanford got its first-ever win against Notre Dame, beating the Fighting Irish 86-78 in South Bend, Ind., on Wednesday night.,Notre Dame fought back from multiple 10-point deficits to trail just 79-76 with 58 seconds remaining in the game. Jeremy Dent-Smi...
Emanuel Sharp, No. 7 Houston overtake Baylor in second half
Sharpshooting Emanuel Sharp hit 5 of 10 3-point attempts in a 19-point outing as No. 7 Houston closed its home schedule with a 77-64 comeback win over pesky Baylor on Wednesday.,Maintaining their one-game conference margin over third-place Texas Tech, the second-place Cougars (25-5, 13-4 Big 12) too...
Bruins hope to carry home success on road vs. Predators
Less than 24 hours before the NHL trade deadline, the Boston Bruins take their playoff-chasing show on the road to close out the season series with the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.,Boston is on an 11-game home win streak, but treks to Nashville having won only two road games this calendar ...
C.J. Cox's career night carries No. 15 Purdue past Northwestern
C.J. Cox scored 21 of his career-high 27 points after halftime and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 11 points and 10 rebounds to boost No. 15 Purdue to a 70-66 victory against host Northwestern on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.,Purdue (23-7, 13-6 Big Ten) stopped a two-game skid while snapping a three-game winnin...
Jrue Holiday drops season-high 35 as Trail Blazers beat Grizzlies
Jrue Holiday scored a season-high 35 points with 11 assists, Jerami Grant added 30 points and nine rebounds, and Robert Williams III had 20 points and 11 boards to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-114 victory Wednesday night over the host Memphis Grizzlies.,Holiday made 13 of 19 shots from t...
Villanova rides second-half surge past DePaul
Tyler Perkins scored 20 points, while Duke Brennan recorded 15 with 12 rebounds, as visiting Villanova used a strong second half to win 76-57 over DePaul on Wednesday night at Chicago.,Devin Askew scored all of his 14 points after halftime for the Wildcats (23-7, 14-5 Big East), who shot 8 of 29 (27...
76ers rally late to hand Jazz 7th straight loss
Tyrese Maxey scored 25 points and Quentin Grimes made a pair of clutch free throws to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 106-102 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Wednesday.,Jabari Walker contributed 22 points and 10 rebounds for Philadelphia, which played without Joel Embiid (oblique), Kelly Oub...
Wisconsin blasts Maryland, keeps pace in Big Ten
Braeden Carrington came off the bench for 18 points and John Blackwell added 14 as Wisconsin bolstered its postseason seeding hopes with a 78-45 victory over Maryland in a Big Ten matchup Wednesday in Madison, Wis.,Wisconsin's leading rebounder, Nolan Winter, was helped from the floor with an appare...
No. 25 Saint Louis downs Loyola Chicago for unblemished home mark
Amari McCottry scored 18 points as No. 25 Saint Louis closed the home portion of its schedule a perfect 19-0 with a 79-65 win over visiting Loyola Chicago in an Atlantic 10 Conference game on Wednesday.,Dion Brown tallied 15 points and Robbie Avila pitched in 12 points as the Billikens (27-3, 15-2 A...
Devils keep Maple Leafs' skid going with shootout win
Jesper Bratt scored the final tally of a shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday in Newark, N.J.,The Devils are on a three-game winning streak, and erased three Toronto leads before winning in the shootout. New Jersey is 4-0 in shootouts this season...
Tomas Hertl's OT tally caps Knights' comeback against Red Wings
Tomas Hertl scored a 4-on-3 power-play goal 2:11 into overtime as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday.,Hertl took a pass from Mitch Marner at the bottom of the right circle and then buried a spinning wrist sh...
Kon Kneuppel, Hornets manhandle Celtics for 6th consecutive victory
Kon Kneuppel tossed in 20 points as the visiting Charlotte Hornets beat the Boston Celtics 118-89 on Wednesday for their sixth consecutive win.,LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each added 18 points for Charlotte, which received 17 points and six assists from Coby White. Moussa Diabate finished with ni...