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Benny Gealer shoots lights out in Stanford's runaway win over SMU
Benny Gealer posted a career-high 30 points and went 7-for-11 from beyond the arc as Stanford dominated visiting SMU 95-75 on Saturday.,Gealer added four rebounds and a career-high six steals for the Cardinal (18-11, 7-9 Atlantic Coast Conference), who finish their regular season next week on the ro...
Oklahoma surges ahead early, cruises past LSU
Nijel Pack scored 21 points, Xzayvier Brown had 20 and Oklahoma pulled away from LSU 83-67 on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.,Dayton Forsythe scored 13 points and Mohamed Wague added 10 for the Sooners (15-14, 5-11 Southeastern Conference), who won for the fourth time in six games since a nine-game los...
Myles Colvin's big game leads Wake Forest past Syracuse
Myles Colvin scored 32 points behind a blistering shooting effort as Wake Forest topped Syracuse 88-83 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., ,Colvin had shot a combined 1 of 16 from the field -- including 1 of 9 from long range -- over the last two games, both losses. But he was on fire from the start...
Jaylin Sellers powers Providence to sweep of Creighton
Jaylin Sellers scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and Jason Edwards added 18 points as the Providence Friars won their third straight game and swept the season series over the Creighton Bluejays with an 85-82 victory on Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb.,Ryan Mela had 11 points a...
West Virginia upsets No. 19 West Virginia to snap 3-game skid
Honor Huff scored 19 points and dished out six assists to lead West Virginia to a 79-71 upset win at home over No. 19 BYU in a Big 12 Conference game on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Brenen Lorient racked up 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds, and DJ Thomas scored 13 points off the bench for W...
Jacob Markstrom helps Devils stymie Blues
Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves as the visiting New Jersey Devils snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Timo Meier, Dougie Hamilton and Nico Hischier scored for the Devils and Luke Hughes earned an assist in his first game since Jan. 19. He had ...
Shane van Gisbergen charges to victory in NASCAR O'Reilly Series race at COTA
AUSTIN, Texas -- With a bold, brilliant move moments after the final restart of Saturday's Focused Health 250 at Circuit of the Americas, Shane van Gisbergen once again exhibited his road course supremacy.,Taking the inside line into Turn 1 after the restart with five laps left, van Gisbergen made a...
Minnesota United holds off FC Cincinnati in historically cold matchup
Kelvin Yeboah scored in the 66th minute and Drake Callender made four saves as Minnesota United presented Cameron Knowles his first victory as head coach with a 1-0 shutout of FC Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.,Roman Celentano finished with four saves for FC Cincinnati (1-1-0, ...
Sharks beat Oilers to halt five-game slide
Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game-winner on a slap shot midway through the third period as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Saturday.,Michael Misa had a goal and an assist, and 12 different players recorded points for the Sharks, who ended a five-game losing streak...
No. 16 Texas Tech hands No. 4 Iowa State first home loss
Every time Iowa State began to gain any semblance of second-half momentum Saturday, Texas Tech had an answer.,Whether it was a 3-pointer on one end, a block on the other or just stingy work on the defensive backboards, the Red Raiders simply refused to buckle to what has been dubbed Hilton Magic.,Th...
Rapids shutout Timbers to earn first win of the season
Hamzat Ojediran and Lucas Herrington each scored a goal and Zack Steffen turned in a clean sheet for the Colorado Rapids in a 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers on Saturday in Commerce City, Colo.,Jackson Travis and Dante Sealy had assists for the Rapids (1-1-0, 3 points). Steffen added three saves f...
Pitt cruises to easy victory over Cal
Cameron Corhen and Nojus Indrusaitis scored 16 points apiece to lead Pittsburgh to a 72-56 upset win over Cal in Berkeley on Saturday. ,Corhen put together an efficient offensive performance for the visitors, shooting 7-of-10 from the field while Indrusaitis made 6-of-11 attempts overall and 4-of-6...
Texas closes strong, slips past Texas A&M to split season series
Tramon Mark hit for 23 points, 17 of them in the second half, as Texas was at its best after halftime and held on for a 76-70 win over Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon in a key Southeastern Conference clash in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies led by a point after a back-and-forth first half before ...
Pryce Sandfort scores 32 points, No. 12 Nebraska defeats Southern California
Pryce Sandfort scored 32-plus points for a second time in the last week, and No. 12-ranked Nebraska rallied from a second-half deficit to send Southern California to its fifth consecutive loss with Saturday's 82-67 decision in Los Angeles.,The Cornhuskers (25-4, 14-4 Big Ten Conference) shot just 12...
Commanding stretch gets No. 2 Arizona past No. 14 Kansas 84-61
Jaden Bradley scored six of his 10 points in a 16-0 scoring run as No. 2 Arizona took charge to deliver an 84-61 victory over No. 14 Kansas on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats (27-2, 14-2 Big 12) avenged their loss at Kansas on Feb. 9, which was their first of the season after a program-record...
Braeden Carrington explodes for 32 points as Wisconsin routs Washington
Braeden Carrington came off the bench Saturday to score a career-high 32 points and Wisconsin knocked down 17 3-pointers to earn a 90-73 Big Ten Conference road win over Washington in Seattle.,Nick Boyd added 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Badgers (20-9, 12-6 Big Ten), while Nolan...
Heat rally in 4th quarter to take down Rockets
Bam Adebayo posted a double-double, and Andrew Wiggins ignited a fourth-quarter rally after returning from an in-game injury to lead the Miami Heat to a 115-105 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Adebayo paired 24 points with 11 rebounds to help the Heat snap a two-game skid. Pel...
Flyers strike in 3rd to snap Bruins' 8-game point streak
The Philadelphia Flyers scored back-to-back goals to start the third period and held on to defeat the visiting Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Travis Konecny and Jamie Drysdale both scored and assisted on each other's goals for Philadelphia, which has won two of its three games since the Ol...
Balanced scoring effort gets Arizona State past Utah
Maurice Odum scored 15 points as Arizona State completed a season sweep over Utah with a 73-60 victory at Tempe Ariz.,Massamba Diop scored 14 points for the Sun Devils (15-14, 6-10 Big 12) and Anthony Johnson added 13. Santiago Trouet delivered his fifth double-double of the season with 12 points an...
Georgia reaches 20 wins again, rolls past South Carolina on Senior Day
Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 18 points to help Georgia make history on Saturday with its wire-to-wire 87-68 win over visiting South Carolina on Senior Day in Athens.,Georgia (20-9, 8-8 Southeastern Conference) reached 20 wins for the third consecutive season. The Bulldogs achieved their 16th 20-win sea...