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Seton Hall surges after halftime to down Xavier
Tajuan Simpkins scored 20 of his career-high-tying 27 points after halftime, and Seton Hall opened the second half with a 14-0 run to flip the script and bury visiting Xavier 86-68 on Wednesday in Newark, N.J.,Simpkins made all five of Seton Hall's 3-pointers as the Pirates shrugged off their 31.6% ...
Keyshawn Hall erupts for 25 in second half to lead Auburn over Texas
Keyshawn Hall poured in 31 points, with 25 of them in the second half, as surging Auburn shredded the nets in the second half to secure an 88-82 victory over Texas on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference game in Auburn, Ala.,The Longhorns led by eight at halftime but Auburn (14-7, 5-3 SEC) rallied...
Chauncey Wiggins helps Florida State escape Cal rally
Chauncey Wiggins scored 18 points to help Florida State survive blowing a 15-point second-half lead to escape with a 63-61 win over Cal Wednesday evening in Tallahassee, Fla.,Wiggins scored 13 of those points in the first half. He made more half (three) of the team's 3-pointers, as the Seminoles (9-...
Iowa avoids huge collapse, beats Southern California in final seconds
Bennett Stirtz capped a 20-point performance with a pair of game-winning free throws in the final five seconds, and Iowa escaped a major collapse in its 73-72 defeat of Southern California on Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa.,The Hawkeyes (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten Conference) shot 19-of-22 at the foul line, in...
No. 25 St. John's stretches win streak to 7 with thumping of Butler
Ian Jackson scored 18 points as No. 25 St. John's extended its winning streak to seven games with a wire-to-wire 92-70 rout of visiting Butler on Wednesday night in New York.,After honoring Rick Pitino for becoming the fourth coach with 900 career wins, the Red Storm (16-5, 9-1 Big East) notched the...
Mississippi State snaps skid with comfortable win over LSU
Josh Hubbard put up 15 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and Mississippi State never trailed while ending a five-game losing streak with an 80-66 victory over LSU on Wednesday in Baton Rouge, La.,Quincy Ballard scored 13 points, Ja'Borri McGhee added 11 points and Sergej Macura had 10 points ...
Baba Miller, Cincinnati prove too much for Baylor
Baba Miller scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and Jizzle James added 17 to help short-handed Cincinnati beat visiting Baylor, 67-57, in Big 12 play Wednesday night in Cincinnati.,Cincinnati (11-10, 3-5) never trailed in the game and led by as many as 18 and gave their embattled head coach Wes...
Patrick Kane chases Mike Modano point mark as Red Wings host Capitals
Patrick Kane will look to make more history on Thursday, preferably during a Detroit Red Wings victory.,Detroit hosts the struggling Washington Capitals in the middle game of a three-game homestand.,Kane assisted Alex DeBrincat's late goal against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday to bring his career...
Caps F Brandon Duhaime fined for unsportsmanlike conduct
Washington Capitals forward Brandon Duhaime was fined $2,500 by the NHL on Wednesday for unsportsmanlike conduct that occurred while he was on his team's bench.,Duhaime reached out from the bench with his stick and jabbed Seattle Kraken forward Jacob Melanson during the second period on Tuesday nigh...
Novak Djokovic to face Jannik Sinner in Aussie semifinals
Fortune is smiling on Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.,The fourth-seeded Serbian was down two sets to none in the quarterfinals on Wednesday in Melbourne when his opponent, fifth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, retired due to an injury.,Musetti was ahead 6-4, 6-3, 1-2 when he got hurt and use...
Streaking Raptors ride strong defensive effort into clash vs. Knicks
The Toronto Raptors will strive to expand their winning streak to five games on Wednesday night when they return home to face the New York Knicks.,The Raptors finished a five-game road trip with a 4-1 record on Sunday with a 103-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.,"I thought we did a lot of ...
Novak Djokovic reaches Australian Open semis as Lorenzo Musetti retires
Fortune is smiling on Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.,The fourth-seeded Serbian was down two sets to none in the quarterfinals on Wednesday in Melbourne when his opponent, fifth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, retired due to an injury.,Musetti was ahead 6-4, 6-3, 1-2 when he got hurt and use...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander puts up 29 to lead Thunder past Pelicans
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points while leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-95 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.,The Thunder snapped a two-game losing streak while halting the Pelicans' two-game winning streak.,Chet Holmgren helped the Thunder create some separation in...
Jared McCann's 4-point effort propels Kraken past Capitals
Jared McCann scored twice and added two assists as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Washington Capitals 5-1 on Tuesday.,Jordan Eberle and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist, Ryker Evans scored and Philipp Grubauer made 19 saves for the Kraken, who improved to 3-2-0 on a six-game hom...
Kawhi Leonard, James Harden carry surging Clippers past Jazz
Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points while James Harden tallied 16 points and 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 115-103 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.,Kris Dunn and Brook Lopez chipped in 14 points apiece to help the Clippers win for the ninth time in 10 games. Los Angeles sco...
Sharks start fast, cruise past struggling Canucks
Macklin Celebrini scored and set up three others as the visiting San Jose Sharks skated to a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.,Will Smith scored and added two assists, and Adam Gaudette, Tyler Toffoli and John Klingberg had the other goals for San Jose, which improved to 10-4-...
Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina advance to Australian Open semis
Jessica Pegula keeps getting better with age.,The 31-year-old Buffalo native made history while beating Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday in the Australian Open quarterfinals at Melbourne.,Pegula became the first woman in Open Era (since 1968) to reach her first three major semifinals after...
Suns finish strong, continue woeful Nets' spiral
Mark Williams scored a season-high 27 points, Dillon Brooks added 26 points and the host Phoenix Suns held off Brooklyn 106-102 on Tuesday, sending the Nets to their sixth straight loss.,Grayson Allen scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and his driving layup with 12 seconds capped a game-...
Trio of first-time scorers power USWNT's rout of Chile
Croix Bethune, Jameese Joseph and Emily Sams all scored their first goals as a young U.S. women's national team breezed to a 5-0 victory over Chile in a friendly in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Tuesday.,The U.S. completed a rousing two-match set mainly featuring players looking to add depth to an alrea...
Marquette dominates first half en route to big win over Creighton
Nigel James Jr. had 21 points and Royce Parham added 19 as Marquette used a dominant first half to roll to an 86-62 victory over visiting Creighton in a Big East matchup Tuesday in Milwaukee.,Marquette (8-14, 3-8 Big East) led 52-23 at the half, its largest halftime lead of the season. All eight of ...