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UCLA hangs on to beat No. 8 Michigan State but Tyler Bilodeau injured
Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists and Trent Perry scored 22 points to boost UCLA to an 88-84 victory against No. 8 Michigan State in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal Friday in Chicago.,The sixth-seeded Bruins (23-10) advanced to face No. 7 seed Purdue in a semifinal on Saturday.,UCLA held o...

Team USA holds on against Canada to reach WBC semis
Brice Turang and Pete Crow-Armstrong's consecutive RBI singles proved to be the difference in the United States' 5-3 win over Canada in a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal Friday in Houston., ,The U.S. will face the Dominican Republic, which crushed South Korea 10-0 in seven innings in its quarter...

No. 6 UConn reaches finals, spoils Georegtown's Big East run
NEW YORK -- Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half as second-seeded UConn never trailed and kept 11th-seeded Georgetown at bay throughout a 67-51 victory in the Big East semifinals on Friday night., ,The sixth-ranked Huskies (29-4) advanced to the title game and will face top-s...

Robert Thomas tallies deep in OT as Blues overtake Oilers
Robert Thomas scored with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 comeback win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Friday.,Down 2-0 with less than eight minutes remaining in the third period, the Blues equalized on goals from Pius Suter and Cam Fowler. Thomas then added the ...

Rockets steal win after Pelicans' late collapse
Kevin Durant scored a team-high 32 points, Amen Thompson flirted with a triple-double and the Houston Rockets survived a late rally from the visiting New Orleans Pelicans to claim a 107-105 win on Friday.,Behind Dejounte Murray, who tallied a season-high 35 points, and Zion Williamson (21 points), t...

Dominican Republic mercy-rules South Korea 10-0 in WBC quarterfinal
The Dominican Republic quickly turned its World Baseball Classic quarterfinal into a blowout, routing South Korea 10-0 on Friday night in Miami, with the mercy rule ending the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.,The Dominicans piled up 10 runs on nine hits, building a lead so quickly that Sout...

Olivia Moultrie goal carries Thorns past Spirit in NWSL opener
Olivia Moultrie scored in the 51st minute and the visiting Portland Thorns earned a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Friday in the opening match of the 2026 NWSL season.,Moultrie followed her heavy touch in the penalty area and scored with her left foot past Spirit goalkeeper Sandy MacIver,...

Raptors rally to knock off Suns
Brandon Ingram scored 36 points Friday night and the Toronto Raptors came back to defeat the visiting Phoenix Suns 122-115.,RJ Barrett added 22 points for the Raptors, who trailed by 10 points early in the fourth quarter and finished the game on a 27-10 run.,Immanuel Quickley scored 17 points for th...

Jalen Brunson, Knicks deal Pacers 12th consecutive defeat
Jalen Brunson scored 29 points and handed out nine assists on Friday to help the New York Knicks post a 101-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,OG Anunoby added 25 points while Mitchell Robinson had 12 points and 22 rebounds for New York, which won its second straight game to finish ...

Ole Miss shocks No. 15 Alabama to reach SEC tournament semifinals
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and 15th-seeded Ole Miss still has never trailed in the Southeastern Conference tournament after an 80-79 victory over second-seeded Alabama in the quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday.,Malik Dia added 14 p...

Evan Mobley scores 23 in first half as Cavs crush Mavs
Evan Mobley scored 23 of his season-high-tying 29 points in the first half and Donovan Mitchell posted 24 points and eight assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 138-105 win over the host Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a home-and-home set Friday.,James Harden had 17 points, seven rebou...

Jalen Duren's monster day gets Pistons past Grizzlies
Jalen Duren powered for 30 points and 13 rebounds and the host Detroit Pistons rolled past the injury-riddled Memphis Grizzlies, 126-110, on Friday night., ,Cade Cunningham had 17 points and 15 assists, while Marcus Sasser supplied 16 points and Duncan Robinson added 14. Ronald Holland tossed in 12 ...

Anze Kopitar on cusp of history as Kings hold off Isles
Anze Kopitar inched closer to the Kings' all-time scoring record, notching the second goal in a three-goal first-period flurry that carried Los Angeles to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday in Elmont, N.Y.,Kopitar, who has spent his entire 20-year career with the Kings and plans to reti...

Arizona sinks Iowa St. on Jaden Bradley's buzzer-beater in Big 12 semis
Jaden Bradley sank an 18-foot jumper as time expired to give top-seeded Arizona a dramatic 82-80 victory over fifth-seeded Iowa State on Friday night in Kansas City, Mo., sending the Wildcats to the Big 12 tournament title game.,Anthony Dell'Orso matched his career best of six 3-pointers and scored ...

Virginia in ACC final after shutting down Miami in rout
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ugonna Onyenso racked up 17 points and four blocked shots off the bench and No. 10 Virginia didn't let Miami get untracked in an 84-62 romp in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals Friday night.,Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis both scored 16 points, Malik Thomas posted...

Purdue handles Nebraska, advances to Big Ten semifinals
Fletcher Loyer had 19 points and seventh-seeded Purdue led for all but 27 seconds in a 74-58 win over No. 2 seed Nebraska in the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals on Friday in Chicago.,The 18th-ranked Boilermakers (25-8) will face either No. 3 seed Michigan State or No. 6 seed UCLA in Satu...

Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews (MCL) will miss rest of season
Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will be sidelined for the rest of the season, the team said Friday.,The Maple Leafs said Matthews sustained a Grade 3 tear in the knee and also sustained a bruised quadriceps during the second period of...

St. John's fends off Seton Hall, reaches Big East title game
NEW YORK -- Zuby Ejiofor scored 20 points as top-seeded St. John's took control in the second half and fended off a late comeback attempt in its 78-68 victory over fourth-seeded Seton Hall on Friday in the Big East tournament semifinals.,The 13th-ranked Red Storm (27-6) advanced to Saturday's title ...

Ludvig Aberg holes 2 eagles to surge to top of Players leaderboard
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Fueled by a blistering front nine that included two eagles, Sweden's Ludvig Aberg charged two strokes clear of the field in the second round of The Players Championship on Friday.,The 26-year-old, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour whose most recent victory came at last year...

Vanderbilt beats rival Tennessee for 2nd time in week's span
NASHVILLE - Vanderbilt's Duke Miles scored 30 points and Tyler Tanner added 19, leading the 22nd-ranked Commodores to a 75-68 win over No. 25 Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinal matchup on Friday.,Both guards grabbed six rebounds, while Miles added five assists and three s...