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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...
DePaul's game-ending run seals win over Seton Hall
N.J. Benson dominated the interior for 21 points and eight rebounds, CJ Gunn added 18 and seven as DePaul completed a season sweep of Seton Hall 69-57 on Wednesday in Newark, N.J., ,Benson, who made 10 of 11 shots in his previous game against Creighton, hit 8 of 9 Tuesday, including 6 of 6 in the fi...
No. 25 Alabama rallies past No. 20 Arkansas in 2OT thriller
Labaron Philon Jr. scored a season-high 35 points and added seven assists and No. 25 Alabama overcame a 14-point deficit for a wild 117-115 double overtime victory over No. 20 Arkansas on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference game in Tuscaloosa Ala.,Aiden Sherrell also had a season-high with 26 poi...
Ja'Kobi Gillespie's record 8 steals fuels 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...
Rashaun Agee’s late heroics help Texas A&M rally past hapless Ole Miss
Rashaun Agee hit the deciding jumper, then grabbed a crucial late rebound and added a pair of free throws to help Texas A&M rally past reeling Ole Miss 80-77 on Wednesday in a wild Southeastern Conference battle in College Station, Texas., ,The Rebels led by five points at halftime and by 13 after a...
Creighton topples No. 5 UConn in revenge upset
Josh Dix scored 21 points and Nik Graves added a season-high 18, lifting Creighton to a 91-84 upset victory over No. 5 UConn on Wednesday in a Big East matchup in Storrs, Conn.,Dix drained three shots from 3-point range and added eight rebounds on a night in which a moment of silence was observed pr...
Wake Forest remains hot, extends Clemson's slide
Juke Harris scored 20 points after his Wake Forest teammates were responsible for building a nice lead, and the Demon Deacons won their third game in a row by beating Clemson 85-77 on Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,It was another blow for Clemson (20-7, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), which...
Butler tops Georgetown to give Thad Matta 500th career win
Finley Bizjack returned and scored a game-high 19 points and Butler held on to beat Georgetown 93-89 on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. as Thad Matta earned his 500th career victory.,Michael Ajayi and Jamie Kaiser Jr. each scored 16 and Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor added 12 as Butler (14-13, 5-11 Big Ea...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Union pound Defence Force
A second-half onslaught widened Philadelphia Union's margin of victory to 5-0 against Defence Force on Wednesday in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup opening-round series.,Barring an epic collapse in the second game of the two-leg, total-goal series...
Aurora Gaming lone unbeaten at DreamLeague Season 28
Aurora Gaming won twice to improve to 4-0 Wednesday in Group Stage 1 at DreamLeague Season 28.,With a pair of 2-0 victories, Aurora sits alone atop Group A and is the lone unbeaten team in the event. ,MOUZ and Tundra Esports also won twice and are tied atop Group B at 2-2.,The $1 million Dota 2 even...
Rutgers sprints to early lead, holds off Penn State
Tariq Francis scored 22 points as visiting Rutgers defeated Penn State 85-72 on Wednesday in Big Ten action from University Park, Pa.,Three teammates scored in double figures for the Scarlet Knights (11-15, 4-11 Big Ten), including Dylan Grant (15 points), Harun Zrno (13) and Lino Mark (12). Francis...
Raptors relishing resurgence, shift focus to keeping Bulls down
Having already eclipsed last season's win total, the Toronto Raptors find themselves firmly entrenched in the race for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.,Winners of seven of their last 11 games, the Raptors return to action following the All-Star break on Thursday when they vis...
Quinn Hughes' OT goal sends Team USA into semifinals
Quinn Hughes scored at 3:27 of overtime to help the United States men's hockey team reach the semifinals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Sweden on Wednesday.,Hughes banked a wrist shot off the inside of the right post from above the hash marks to end the 3-o...
Coco Gauff saves 3 match points to reach Dubai quarters
No. 3 seed Coco Gauff fought off three match points and advanced to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarterfinals with a 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-3 victory over Belgium's Elise Mertens on Wednesday.,Gauff overcame 16 double faults and completed the comeback in two hours and 18 minutes to improve to ...
NAVI, PARIVISION, Aurora make PGL Cluj-Napoca playoffs
Natus Vincere, PARIVISION and Aurora Gaming joined the eight-team PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 playoff bracket with wins Wednesday in Romania.,They won their respective Round 5 matches to complete the group stage, with the single-elimination playoffs set to begin on Friday.,The $625,000 Counter-Strike 2 tou...