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Creighton extends win streak to 4, continues dominance over Butler
Jasen Green scored 23 points and Austin Swartz added 22 as Creighton extended its winning streak to four games, returning to Big East Conference play with an 89-85 victory over Butler on Tuesday in Omaha, Neb.,Isaac Traudt scored 16 points and Nik Graves had 11 for the Bluejays (9-5, 3-0 Big East), ...
Clippers post biggest winning margin of season vs. Kings
Kawhi Leonard scored 26 of his game-high 33 points in a runaway first half and the Los Angeles Clippers went on to a fifth straight victory, 131-90 over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday in Inglewood, Calif.,James Harden chipped in with 21 points for the Clippers, who led 73-40 at halftime en route to...
Lakers come up short vs. Pistons on LeBron James' 41st birthday
Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and dished out 11 assists as the visiting Detroit Pistons earned a 128-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers to spoil LeBron James' 41st birthday.,Marcus Sasser put up 19 points, Isaiah Stewart scored 15 points and Jalen Duren added 14 points and eight rebounds as ...
Flyers rally past Canucks for 14th comeback win
Carl Grundstrom stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games as the Philadelphia Flyers recorded their league-leading 14th come-from-behind win to defeat the host Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Tuesday night.,Noah Cates, Travis Konecny and Bobby Brink each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who a...
Jeremy Payne's OT jaunt lifts TCU past No. 16 USC in Alamo Bowl
Jeremy Payne broke two tackles on his way to the game-winning touchdown and TCU shocked Southern California 30-27 in overtime to win the Alamo Bowl in dramatic fashion Tuesday in San Antonio.,TCU faced third-and-20 and needed at least a field goal to match USC and force a second overtime. Ken Seals ...
No. 7 Gonzaga makes it 20 straight wins vs. San Diego
Jalen Warley recorded a season-best 22 points and a career-high 14 rebounds to help No. 7 Gonzaga defeat host San Diego for the 20th consecutive time, 99-93 in West Coast Conference play on Tuesday night.,Tyon Grant-Foster scored 18 points, Braden Huff had 14 points and eight rebounds and Mario Sain...
Ryan Conwell nets 26 as No. 16 Louisville rolls over Cal
Ryan Conwell scored 26 points for No. 16 Louisville, which won its ACC opener for the first time in four seasons as the visiting Cardinals manhandled the Cal Bears 90-70 in Berkeley on Tuesday.,Louisville (11-2) once again was without freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr., as the five-star recruit mi...
Derrick White packs stat sheet as Celtics outlast Jazz
Derrick White produced 27 points, seven blocks, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 129-119 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,White became the first NBA player 6-foot-5 or shorter to finish with at least 25 points, six rebounds, six assists and six b...
Creighton extends win streak to 4, continues dominance of Butler
Jasen Green scored 23 points and Austin Swartz added 22 as Creighton extended its winning streak to four games, returning to Big East Conference play with an 89-85 victory over Butler at Omaha, Neb.,Isaac Traudt scored 16 points and Nik Graves had 11 for the Bluejays (9-5, 3-0 Big East), who continu...
Notre Dame outlasts Stanford in low-scoring ACC opener
Jalen Haralson had a team-high 13 points as Notre Dame held off host Stanford for a 47-40 win to kick off ACC play on Tuesday night.,Carson Towt posted eight points and a team-leading 10 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (10-4, 1-0), who led by as much as 16 points midway through the second half.,Chis...
Bo Horvat powers Islanders past Blackhawks in shootout
Bo Horvat scored the lone shootout goal to accompany a goal in regulation, boosting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.,Calum Ritchie added a goal for the Islanders, who won for the third time in four games. David Rittich stopped 17 shots through r...
No. 13 Nebraska remains perfect with rout of New Hampshire
Pryce Sandfort had 19 points and No. 13 Nebraska extended its school-record win streak to 17 games in an 86-55 win over New Hampshire in a nonconference game on Tuesday night in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (13-0) continued their best start in school history despite poor shooting from the perimeter...
VJ Edgecombe's trey late in OT leads Sixers past Grizzlies
Rookie VJ Edgecombe knocked down a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Philadelphia 76ers to a 139-136 victory over the host Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.,Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 34 points apiece and Edgecombe finished with 25, including 13 in the fo...
No. 19 Tennessee heads into SEC Play after demolition of S.C. State
Ja'Kobi Gillespie amassed 21 points, eight assists, three rebounds and a steal, and No. 19 Tennessee rounded out its nonconference schedule by hammering South Carolina State 105-54 on Tuesday night in Knoxville, Tenn.,The point guard connected on 7 of 12 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers and all four fre...
Nick Suzuki scores last two to rally Canadiens past Panthers
Nick Suzuki scored two goals, including the game-winner 3:24 into overtime, as the Montreal Canadiens rallied to defeat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Montreal trailed 2-0 with less than five minutes left in regulation, but Cole Caufield scored with 4:27 left. Suzuki scor...
Joseph Woll stops 33 shots as Maple Leafs blank Devils
Joseph Woll stopped 33 shots to earn his first shutout of the season Tuesday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-0.,Bobby McMann and Nicolas Roy each had a goal and an assist for the short-handed Maple Leafs, who have won three of four.,Calle Jarnkrok and Matth...
Anthony Mantha, Penguins flatten banged-up Hurricanes
Anthony Mantha scored twice for the first time this season to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins, who routed the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Tuesday.,Mantha's goals, which give him 14 for the season, extended the winger's goal-scoring streak to three games. Justin Brazeau, coming off a hat trick a...
Malik Reneau's 28 help Miami rally past Pitt
Malik Reneau scored a season-high 28 points to lead host Miami to a 76-69 victory over Pitt in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Tuesday.,Reneau, who sat out the final 7:32 of the first half because of foul trouble, shot 8 of 13 from the field and made all 10 of his free-throw a...
Seton Hall uses game-ending run to escape Marquette
Stephon Payne had 14 points and a career-high 22 rebounds and Seton Hall closed the game on a 13-0 run to down Marquette 79-73 Tuesday night in Milwaukee.,AJ Staton-McCray had 14 points for Seton Hall (12-2, 2-1 Big East), all in the first half. Adam "Budd" Clark tallied 13 points, six assists, four...
Wisconsin strolls to comfortable win over Milwaukee
Nick Boyd scored 16 points while leading Wisconsin to an 80-60 nonconference win over Milwaukee on Tuesday in Madison, Wis.,Nolan Winter added 14 points and seven rebounds for Wisconsin (9-4). John Blackwell added eight points, six rebounds and four assists for the Badgers, who won their second stra...