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Seven double-figure scorers enable Wizards to edge Pacers
Bub Carrington, Jaden Hardy, Anthony Gill and Kadary Richmond each scored 13 points as the Washington Wizards beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 112-105 on Thursday.,Bilal Coulibaly and Tristan Vukcevic added 12 points apiece and Tre Johnson had 10 for Washington, which snapped a three-game losing str...
Big shots late lift Rockets, who cool off Hornets
Kevin Durant poured in 35 points on 14-for-20 shooting as the Houston Rockets fended off the host Charlotte Hornets for a 105-101 victory in the first game after the All-Star break Thursday night.,Jabari Smith Jr. added 15 points and Alperen Sengun and Reed Sheppard both scored 13 points for the Roc...
Cavaliers thrash Nets for sixth straight win
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points and James Harden had 16 points and nine assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the visiting Brooklyn Nets 112-84 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to six.,Jarrett Allen posted 15 points and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which led from wire to wire...
Aaron Rai on top, Rory McIlroy 1 back at rain-delayed Genesis
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Aaron Rai of England held a one-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday at Riviera Country Club despite being unable to complete his round during a rainy and windy day.,Rai was at 6 under par through 16 holes before the rain-delayed opening round was halted by ...
Tundra moves to top of Group B at DreamLeague Season 28
Tundra Esports won twice on Thursday to rise to the top of Group B with one day left in Group Stage 1 at DreamLeague Season 28.,Tundra is the first team to reach four wins in its group, with MOUZ close behind in second. In Group A, Aurora Gaming notched another win and remains comfortably in first.,...
Three Americans charge into Dubai semifinals
Americans Amanda Anisimova, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula reached the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships along with Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Thursday.,The second-seeded Anisimova will meet the fourth-seeded Pegula, and the third-seeded Gauff will take on No. 7 seed Svitolina ...
Chanettee Wannasaen surges to share of first-round lead at Honda
Chanettee Wannasaen is tied atop the leaderboard of her home-country tournament with Japan's Nasa Hataoka after the opening round of the Honda LPGA Thailand on Thursday in Pattaya, Thailand.,Wannasaen was effective throughout a 7-under-par 65 opening round, racking up nine birdies against two bogeys...
Oriol Cardona Coll wins Spain’s first winter gold since 1972 in SkiMo debut
BORMIO, Italy -- Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.,Minutes earlier, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton also made history as she beat big favorite Emily Harrop of Fran...
Ja'Kobi Gillespie's record 8 steals fuel Tennessee's rout of Oklahoma
Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 16 points, set a school record with eight steals and added eight assists, sparking a Tennessee defense that capitalized on 15 Oklahoma turnovers in an 89-66 walloping on Wednesday night in Knoxville, Tenn.,Nate Ament netted a game-high 29 points to go with six rebounds as th...
No. 17 St. John's continues winning ways against Marquette
Bryce Hopkins had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Oziyah Sellers added 12 points as 17th-ranked St. John's held off Marquette 76-70 in a Big East matchup Wednesday in Milwaukee, extending its winning streak to 12 games.,St. John's (21-5, 14-1 Big East) moved atop the conference, a half-game in front o...
No. 11 Gonzaga easily makes it 35 straight vs. San Francisco
Graham Ike scored 22 points on 10-of-17 shooting to help No. 11 Gonzaga roll to an 80-59 victory over host San Francisco in West Coast Conference play on Wednesday night.,Mario Saint-Supery had 14 points and six assists and Emmanuel Innocenti registered 12 points, eight rebounds and four steals as t...
Seven Illini score at least 10 as No. 10 Illinois pummels USC
Andrej Stojakovic's 22 points led seven double-figure point scorers for No. 10 Illinois as the Illini pounded short-handed Southern California 101-65 on Wednesday in Los Angeles.,Doubt loomed over the availability of Stojakovic going into this week's California road trip for Illinois (22-5, 13-3 Big...
Josh Hubbard hits 10 treys, scores 46 as Mississippi State tops Auburn
Josh Hubbard made a school single-game record 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 46 points as Mississippi State withstood a furious second-half rally by Auburn to defeat the Tigers, 91-85, in Starkville on Wednesday.,Jayden Epps scored all 13 of his points in the second half, while Shawn Jones J...
Missouri, once up by 21, barely edges No. 19 Vanderbilt
Jayden Stone scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Missouri held off No. 19 Vanderbilt 81-80 on Wednesday in Columbia, Mo.,The Tigers (18-8, 8-5 Southeastern Conference) led 65-44 with 8:41 left to play before the Commodores (21-5, 8-5) staged a furious rally that fell just short.,After Tyl...
No. 17 St. John's continues winning ways versus Marquette
Bryce Hopkins had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Oziyah Sellers added 12 points as 17th-ranked St. John's held off host Marquette 76-70 in a Big East matchup Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wis., extending its winning streak to 12 games.,St. John's (21-5, 14-1 Big East) moved atop the conference, a half-game...
No. 14 Virginia routs Georgia Tech for 7th straight win
Thijs De Ridder scored 22 points in 22 minutes on Wednesday, helping No. 14 Virginia pummel Georgia Tech 94-68 in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Atlanta.,Malik Thomas added 17 points and Dallin Hall had 12 points and 10 assists for Virginia (23-3, 11-2 ACC), which extended its winning streak to s...
Reserve helps No. 4 Arizona top No. 23 BYU to end 2-game slide
Arizona reserve guard Anthony Dell'Orso scored a career-high 22 points to lead the fourth-ranked Wildcats to a 75-68 victory over No. 23 BYU on Wednesday in a Big 12 game at Tucson, Ariz.,Dell'Orso's scoring output helped the load with Arizona's second-leading scorer Koa Peat out indefinitely with a...
Utah downs West Virginia to snap 15-game road losing streak
Seydou Traore scored 17 points and Terrence Brown and Don McHenry added 16 each as Utah ended a 15-game road losing streak with a 61-56 win over West Virginia on Wednesday in Morgantown, W.Va.,The Utes (10-16, 2-11 Big 12) had not won on the road since topping TCU 73-65 on Jan. 15, 2025. They also e...
No. 8 Kansas rides hot start to take down Oklahoma State
Darryn Peterson scored 23 points as No. 8 Kansas cruised to an 81-69 win over Oklahoma State in a Big 12 Conference showdown on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.,Bryson Tiller contributed 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for Kansas (20-6, 10-3 Big 12). Tre White tallied 16 points and Elmarko Ja...
Northwestern explodes behind the arc, takes down Maryland
Nick Martinelli scored 29 points as Northwestern surged in the second half in snapping a five-game losing streak with a 78-74 Big Ten victory over Maryland on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.,Jordan Clayton scored 18 of his career-high 20 points from beyond the arc for the Wildcats (11-16, 3-13), who ent...