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Miami (Ohio) shakes off lone loss, tops SMU in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio -- Eian Elmer scored 23 points and Brant Byers added 19 as Miami (Ohio) used a 3-point barrage to beat SMU 89-79 in an NCAA Tournament final First Four contest Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio.,Luke Skaljac added 17 and Almar Atlason had 12 as Miami (32-1) rebounded from its only loss of...
Grizzlies surprise Nuggets with gritty defense late
Ty Jerome hit five 3-pointers on his way to 21 points, and Taylor Hendricks' play off the bench helped key the Memphis defense as the host Grizzlies stunned the Denver Nuggets, 125-118, on Wednesday.,Memphis (24-44) came into Wednesday's matchup, a make-up for a January date postponed due to weather...
Hawks win 11th in a row, extend Mavericks' home skid
Powered by 24 points by CJ McCollum and 22 from Nickeil Alexander-Walker, the visiting Atlanta Hawks soared to their 11th straight win, taking down the Dallas Mavericks 135-120 on Wednesday night.,Atlanta's win streak is the longest by any NBA team this season. It is also the longest win streak for ...
Timberwolves dismantle Jazz with 2nd-half outburst
Ayo Dosunmu scored 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished six assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 147-111 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert registered a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (43-27), which won for the sec...
Balanced scoring attack helps Raptors complete season sweep of Bulls
RJ Barrett scored 23 points while Scottie Barnes, Brandon Ingram and Ja'Kobe Walter chipped in 18 apiece to boost the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 139-109 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.,Toronto shot 57.1% from the floor to cruise in the opener of a five-game road trip. Seven players scored...
Capitals grab key late-season win over Senators
Cole Hutson scored in his NHL debut for Washington, putting an exclamation mark on the Capitals' 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.,Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas also scored for Washington (34-27-8, 76 points), which has won two of its last three. Rasmus Sandin, Trevo...
Pelicans overtake Clippers to continue late-season surge
Saddiq Bey scored 25 points and Trey Murphy III added 23 as the New Orleans Pelicans finished off a 124-109 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday in the opener of a back-to-back set between the teams.,Dejounte Murray scored 17 points and dished a season-high 11 assists as the P...
Trail Blazers survive late surge to extend Pacers' historic skid
Deni Avdija had 32 points and 11 rebounds on Wednesday to help the Portland Trail Blazers stave off the Indiana Pacers for a 127-119 victory in Indianapolis.,Donovan Clingan added 28 points and 13 rebounds, Toumani Camara scored 17 points and Jrue Holiday chipped in 15 points and eight assists. Robe...
Thunder thump hapless Nets for 10th straight victory
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points in three quarters as the Oklahoma City Thunder raced out to a big lead and easily extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 121-92 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night in New York.,Gilgeous-Alexander scored at least 20 for the 130th straight ga...
Sean Walker scores late in OT as Hurricanes nip Penguins
Sean Walker's goal with 28.3 seconds left in overtime gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 6-5 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Jackson Blake posted a goal and two assists while Walker, Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall each had a goal and assist for the Hurricanes...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Nashville tops Miami despite Lionel Messi's 900th
Cristian Espinoza fired home the second-half goal that sent Nashville SC to the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals, knocking out Inter Miami on a milestone night for Lionel Messi.,The match ended 1-1 on the night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., leaving the teams level 1-1 in the two-game, total-goal mat...
Jack Hughes, Devils upend Rangers to extend hot stretch
Olympic hero Jack Hughes and Connor Brown each collected one goal and two assists, fueling the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday.,Hughes has tormented the Rangers in both encounters this season. He recorded his fourth career hat trick and added an ass...
Jaylen Brown climbs Celtics scoring chart in big win vs. Warriors
Jaylen Brown collected 32 points, six rebounds and five assists to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Golden State Warriors 120-99 Wednesday night.,Brown passed Jo Jo White and Dave Cowens to move into 10th place in the franchise's all-time scoring list. ,Jayson Tatum added 24 points and 10...
Nebraska separates in 3rd quarter for First Four win over Richmond
A 27-6 scoring margin in the third quarter propelled Nebraska to a Women's NCAA Tournament First Four victory against Richmond 75-56 in Durham, N.C., on Wednesday.,In a battle of No. 11 seeds, Britt Prince scored 10 of her team-high 22 points in the decisive third period as the Cornhuskers (19-12) b...
Wake Forest's late run puts away Navy in NIT opener
Juke Harris scored 26 points to propel Wake Forest to an 82-72 victory over Navy in the opening round of the NIT on Wednesday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Omaha Biliew threw down three slam dunks on his way to scoring 15 points as the Demon Deacons (18-16) advanced to a second-round matchup against the wi...
Wake Forest's late runs puts away Navy in NIT opener
Juke Harris scored 26 points to propel Wake Forest to an 82-72 victory over Navy in the opening round of the NIT on Wednesday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Omaha Biliew threw down three slam dunks on his way to scoring 15 points as the Demon Deacons (18-16) advanced to a second-round matchup against the wi...
Prairie View A&M bests Lehigh for 1st NCAA tourney win
Dontae Horne scored 25 points as Prairie View A&M earned its first ever NCAA Tournament victory with a 67-55 win over Lehigh in a First Four matchup Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio., ,In a contest between 16th-seeded longshots, the Panthers (19-17) dominated the second half, outscoring the Mountain Hawks ...
Nuggets score 72 first half points, rout short-handed 76ers
Christian Braun had 22 points, Cameron Johnson scored 18, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big first half to rout the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 124-96 on Tuesday night.,Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray and Bruce Brown finished with 12 points each and Nikola Jokic had 14 assists for Denver, which n...
Evan Mobley, James Harden tally 27 each as Cavs stop Bucks
Evan Mobley scored 27 points and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds, and James Harden had 27 points and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the final seven minutes to beat the host Milwaukee Bucks 123-116 on Tuesday night.,Cleveland scored eight straight points in a 70-second span ...
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, sizzling Sabres shut out Golden Knights
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves en route to his first shutout of the season as the Buffalo Sabres blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.,Josh Doan and Josh Norris scored the goals for Buffalo, which maintained a four-point lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning, a 6-2 winn...