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Winning Pistons make free throws, Nuggets don't at dramatic finish
Cade Cunningham had 22 points and 11 assists, Tobias Harris also scored 22 points, including two free throws with 2 seconds remaining, and the visiting Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 109-107 on Tuesday night.,Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson scored 14 each, and Ronald Holland II and Javonte G...
Tyler Tanner leads No. 18 Vanderbilt's pounding of Kentucky
Tyler Tanner scored 19 points, dished out five assists and had four steals, while Devin McGlockton scored 11 points and added 12 rebounds, as No. 18 Vanderbilt hammered visiting Kentucky, 80-55, in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night.,Vanderbilt (18-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) held Kentucky to a ...
Indiana sends No. 12 Purdue to third consecutive defeat
Lamar Wilkerson scored 19 points and Nick Dorn added 18 as Indiana handed No. 12 Purdue its third straight loss, a 72-67 decision on Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind.,The Hoosiers (14-7, 5-5 Big Ten) led 65-55 with 5:23 left after a layup by Wilkerson and hung on from there. Indiana has won two straight ...
No. 24 Miami (Ohio) rallies past UMass to stay perfect
Trailing for much of the game, No. 24 Miami (Ohio) rallied behind Eian Elmer's 30 points to remain one of two Division I unbeaten teams with an 86-84 win over Massachusetts on Tuesday night before a raucous home crowd in Oxford, Ohio.,The RedHawks (21-0, 9-0 Mid-American Conference), pressed to over...
Wild escape 3-goal hole, topple Blackhawks in shootout
Jared Spurgeon scored the tying goal with just over two minutes remaining and Kirill Kaprizov tallied the lone goal in the shootout, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 comeback win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, w...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 29 leads Thunder past Pelicans
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-95 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday to snap a two-game losing streak.,The loss halted the Pelicans' two-game winning streak.,Chet Holmgren helped the Thunder create some separation in the third quarter, sco...
Treysen Eaglestaff, West Virginia hold off Kansas State
Treysen Eaglestaff scored a three-point play with 43 seconds left to help lift West Virginia to a 59-54 Big 12 win over Kansas State on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.V.,Eaglestaff, who finished with 12 points, scored eight points in the final 3:17 as the Mountaineers (14-7, 5-3 Big 12) survived a n...
Matt Duchene, Thomas Harley power Stars to another win over Blues
Matt Duchene scored twice to lead the visiting Dallas Stars past the St. Louis Blues 4-3 Tuesday night.,Thomas Harley scored the decisive Dallas goal with a deflected shot from the right point with 1:07 left.,Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who defeated the Blues for the second time in five d...
Sixers show shooting touch as Bucks continue slide
Paul George scored 32 points and Joel Embiid added 29 to highlight the Philadelphia 76ers' 139-122 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.,George shot 9 of 15 from 3-point range as Philadelphia earned its 25th win, surpassing last season's total. Tyrese Maxey contributed 22 point...
Ben Hammond, Virginia Tech hold off slumping Georgia Tech
Ben Hammond scored 20 points as Virginia Tech held on late for a 71-65 victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday in Blacksburg, Va.,Jailen Bedford put up 14 points and Christian Gurdak added 11 points and seven rebounds as the Hokies (16-6, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the third time in four ga...
Robbie Avila provides heroics as No. 21 Saint Louis escapes George Washington
Robbie Avila hit a 3-pointer with :03 seconds to play to lift No. 21 Saint Louis to a 79-76 come-from behind win over visiting George Washington in an Atlantic-10 Conference tilt on Tuesday.,Avila scored 22 points, hit 4 of 8 3-point attempts and stole George Washington's last-second pass to secure ...
Elena Rybakina trounces Iga Swiatek to reach Australian Open semis
Fifth-seeded Elena Rybakina took advantage of an error-filled effort by second-seeded Iga Swiatek and rolled to a 7-5, 6-1 win in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Wednesday in Melbourne.,Swiatek, a 24-year-old Polish player who has six Grand Slam championships, committed 25 unforced errors while...
Latrell Wrightsell Jr.'s 7 3-pointers help No. 23 Alabama top Missouri
Latrell Wrightsell Jr. sank a career-best seven 3-pointers to highlight his season-high-tying 21-point performance, lifting No. 23 Alabama to a 90-64 victory over Missouri on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference game in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Wrightsell made 7 of 11 shots from the floor to match his seaso...
No. 2 UConn extends win streak to 16 at Providence's expense
Tarris Reed Jr. scored 19 points and had six rebounds to help second-ranked UConn extend its winning streak to 16 games by beating visiting Providence 87-81 Tuesday night in Storrs, Conn.,Solo Ball added 17 points for the Huskies (20-1, 10-0 Big East), who made 11 of 24 3-point attempts (45.8%). UCo...
Knicks pull away from Kings in 4th quarter for 3rd straight win
Karl-Anthony Towns hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter Tuesday night for the host New York Knicks, who never trailed again as they pulled away from the Sacramento Kings for a 103-87 victory.,Towns (17 points, 11 rebounds) posted his 30th double-double of the se...
No. 17 Virginia rallies, makes clutch shots to sink Notre Dame in 2OT
Thijs De Ridder scored 32 points and No. 17 Virginia tied a school record by overcoming a 19-point deficit for a 100-97 double-overtime win against Notre Dame in Atlantic Coast Conference action on Tuesday in South Bend, Ind.,Sam Lewis added 21 points for the Cavaliers, including the tying 3-pointer...
Vitek Vanecek helps Mammoth overcome Panthers
Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves as the Utah Mammoth held on for a 4-3 road win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.,With the score tied 2-2 at 11:05 of the third period, Mikhail Sergachev put Utah ahead on a tip-in goal. Barrett Hayton's empty-netter at the 19:04 mark seemingly sealed t...
Rasmus Dahlin's 5-point night propels Sabres past Maple Leafs
Rasmus Dahlin had three goals and two assists Tuesday night to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4.,Dahlin completed his first career hat trick with an empty-net goal at 19:16 of the third period. The five points matched his career best.,Tage Thompson added a goal and...
Big second period powers Jets to victory over Devils
Gabriel Vilardi and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets scored three times in the second period, then held on for a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves, including 14 on 15 shots faced in the third period, as the...
David Pastrnak lifts red-hot Bruins past Predators in OT
David Pastrnak scored the game-winning goal 15 seconds into overtime and added an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the visiting Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.,After Boston's Mark Kastelic won the opening draw, Charlie McAvoy possessed the puck and drove into the offensive z...