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Xtreme stave off elimination twice at DreamLeague Season 27
Xtreme Gaming won a pair of elimination matches Friday to remain alive in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs, advancing into the lower-bracket semifinal.,After losing its playoff opener 2-0 to Team Spirit on Wednesday, Xtreme Gaming began the Friday competition with a 2-0 sweep of Team Falcons in a ...

France downs Saudi Arabia to win Rocket League's FIFAe World Cup
Team France claimed the last two rounds to earn a 4-2 win over Team Saudi Arabia and capture the Rocket League's FIFAe World Cup championship on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The title match was level 2-2 before France logged consecutive 2-1 wins on AquaDome (Salty Shallows) and Neo Tokyo.,After F...

Panthers rally with 3 3rd-period goals to edge Hurricanes in shootout
Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues scored in the shootout and Sergei Bobrovsky made three stops on four attempts, as the host Florida Panthers rallied to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Florida trailed 3-0 with less than 10 minutes left and was down 3-1 with under th...

Seattle upsets Washington for second consecutive season
Austin Maurer scored 19 points, making a tiebreaking layup with 1:02 remaining and two free throws with 19 seconds left, as Seattle University defeated Washington 70-66 on Friday in the Battle for Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena.,The Redhawks (10-2) beat the Huskies (7-4) for the second consecutive ...

Fast start steers Stars to blowout win against Ducks
Oskar Back and Roope Hintz each scored in the opening five minutes of Dallas' four-goal first period and the visiting Stars cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Sam Steel and Thomas Harley also scored in the opening period as the Stars won their third consecutive game while ma...

Eight-point run in final minute pulls Wolves over Thunder
Anthony Edwards scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied for a 112-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday in Minneapolis.,Julius Randle added 19 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota, which closed the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run in the final minute....

Skyy Clark's 30 points carry UCLA past Cal Poly
Skyy Clark scored a season-high 30 points and had his season best of six 3-pointers for the third time to help UCLA notch a 108-87 victory over Cal Poly on Friday night in nonconference play at Los Angeles.,Tyler Bilodeau added 24 points and eight rebounds for the Bruins, who scored 65 second-half p...

Cal manhandles Morgan State for 8th straight victory
Chris Bell poured in a season-high 28 points and Cal blitzed Morgan State 97-50 on Friday in Berkeley, Calif., for it eighth straight win.,Cal freshman Semetri Carr had his best all-around game with 20 points, nine assists and six rebounds.,John Camden scored 23 points while Lee Dort chipped in with...

Stefan Noesen nets go-ahead goal as Devils edge Mammoth
Stefan Noesen scored the go-ahead goal at the 4:20 mark of the third period and Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves as the New Jersey Devils completed a sweep of their two-game western road trip with a 2-1 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Friday night in Salt Lake City.,Connor Brown also scored a goal and...

Avalanche top floundering Jets for 12th straight home win
Brett Burns and Martin Necas scored goals in the first period, Parker Kelly had the eventual game-winner and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in Denver on Friday night.,Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves, and Josh Manson had two assists for Colorado, which has won 12 straight home games,...

AJ Dybantsa powers for career-best 35 as No. 10 BYU dumps Abilene Christian
AJ Dybantsa scored a career high 35 points and collected six rebounds to lead No. 10 BYU to a 85-67 victory over Abilene Christian on Friday night.,Richie Saunders added 21 points and Rob Wright III chipped in 10 to lead the Cougars (11-1) to their eighth straight victory. BYU shot 59.5% from the fi...

Alabama shakes off slow start, downs Oklahoma in CFP opener
Ty Simpson threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns to overcome a slow start and help No. 9 Alabama rally for a 34-24 win over No. 8 Oklahoma on Friday in Norman, Okla., in the College Football Playoff opener.,The Crimson Tide (11-3) will take on top-ranked Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.,Alabama ...

Bryce Lindsay powers Villanova to overtime win against Wisconsin
Bryce Lindsay scored 10 of his 12 points in overtime to pace Villanova to a 76-66 victory over Wisconsin in a nonconference game Friday night as part of the Milwaukee Hoops Showdown.,Wisconsin, which trailed by 15 early in the second half, pulled even at 56-all on Nolan Winter's short jumper with 31...

Marquel Sutton, Michael Nwoko lift LSU past SE Louisiana
Marquel Sutton knocked down three 3-pointers during a 19-point, nine-rebound performance, Michael Nwoko added 18 points on a night he went a perfect 6 for 6 from the field and LSU prevailed with a 78-65 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night at the Maravich Center in Baton Rouge, La.,Th...

Panthers rally with 3 late third-period goals to edge Hurricanes in shootout
Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues scored in the shootout, and Sergei Bobrovsky made three stops on four attempts as the host Florida Panthers rallied to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday night in Sunrise.,Florida trailed 3-0 with less than 10 minutes left, and the Panthers were down 3-1 wit...

Nikola Vucevic, Bulls emerge on top of Cavaliers
Nikola Vucevic collected 24 points and 15 rebounds and Matas Buzelis scored 24 points as the Chicago Bulls pulled away down the stretch for a 136-125 victory over the host Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.,Josh Giddey scored 17 points and Coby White had 13 points, six rebounds and a season-high nine as...

Baylor buries Alcorn State with huge second-half run
Cameron Carr poured in 24 points, 17 of them in the first half, as Baylor used two huge runs at the end of the first half and midway through the second on the way to a 113-56 win over hapless Alcorn State on Friday in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (8-2) led by 25 points at halftime after a late 14-0 run, b...

VJ Edgecombe's clutch finish carries Sixers past Knicks
VJ Edgecombe scored seven points down the stretch, guiding the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 116-107 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday.,Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 30 points and nine assists, while Edgecombe supplied 23 points. Andre Drummond chipped in with 14 points and 13 rebou...

Kiefer Sherwood nabs hat trick as Canucks rock Islanders
Kiefer Sherwood registered his third career hat trick Friday night, when the Vancouver Canucks continued their surge following the Quinn Hughes trade by beating the New York Islanders, 4-1, in Elmont, N.Y.,The hat trick was the second of the season for Sherwood, who scored all three of Vancouver's p...

Victor Wembanyama powers Spurs to season sweep of Hawks
Victor Wembanyama had 26 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting San Antonio Spurs to a 126-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.,The win gave San Antonio a sweep of the two-game season series. The Spurs have won four straight against the Hawks and improved to 10-5 on the road. Atlanta has lo...