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Big second half boosts Arizona State over Northern Arizona
Massamba Diop scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half and Allen Mukeba and Santiago Trouet each had eight points in the second half of Arizona State's 73-48 victory Tuesday over Northern Arizona at Tempe, Ariz.,Trouet had 12 points and eight rebounds and Mukeba 10 points and six rebounds to lea...

Lamar Wilkerson (44) hits Indiana-record 10 3s in rout of Penn St.
Lamar Wilkerson scored a career-high 44 points and set a school record with 10 3-pointers in Indiana's resounding 113-72 win over Penn State on Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind., ,Wilkerson, a transfer from Sam Houston State, finished 16-of-22 shooting from the field and 10-of-15 from 3-point range in an...

Mark Kastelic, Fraser Minten boost Bruins past Blues
Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten scored two goals each as the visiting Boston Bruins rolled the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday.,Pavel Zacha also tallied for the Bruins, who won their third straight game -- and their second game against St. Louis in six days.,David Pastrnak earned two assists for Bost...

Stars forge 3-goal lead, hold off Jets
Mikko Rantanen picked up three assists as the Dallas Stars won their fourth consecutive game, defeating the host Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Tuesday night.,Esa Lindell, Roope Hintz, Alexander Petrovic, and Jason Robertson got the goals for Dallas, and Wyatt Johnston had two helpers. Casey DeSmith made 30 s...

DePaul overwhelms Morgan State with stifling defense
Kaleb Banks scored 18 points, CJ Gunn chipped in 15 and the defense forced 20 turnovers as DePaul thumped visiting Morgan State 92-49 on Tuesday in Chicago.,The Blue Demons (7-3) led by as many as 43 points, the final margin of victory, in their nonconference home finale while limiting the Bears to ...

Emil Heineman lifts Islanders over Golden Knights in shootout
Bo Horvat scored two goals and Emil Heineman tallied the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y.,Heineman ripped a wrist shot past the glove side of Vegas goaltender Carter Hart to ...

Hurricanes conclude homestand with 4-1 win over Blue Jackets
Eric Robinson scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes went on to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes, who went 4-3-0 on their season-long seven-game home...

No. 13 Illinois fends off Ohio State in Big Ten opener
Keaton Wagler led four scorers in double figures with 23 points for No. 13 Illinois in an 88-80 Big Ten win against Ohio State in Columbus on Tuesday.,Fellow freshman David Mirkovic scored 22, Andrej Stojakovic 17 and Zvonimir Ivisic added 13 for the Illini (8-2, 1-0) in their conference opener.,The...

Beckett Sennecke ties in final second as Ducks top Penguins in shootout
Beckett Sennecke scored with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to tie the game, and Ville Husso stopped all three shootout attempts after making 45 saves, helping the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.,Anaheim was short-handed, and Husso had...

Jamier Jones, Jaylin Sellers lead Providence past cross-town foe Brown
Key runs on both sides of the halftime break and another late in regulation helped Providence hold off visiting cross-town foe Brown 86-79 on Tuesday night.,Jamier Jones and Jaylin Sellers each scored 16 points to lead the Friars (7-4), who have won three straight entering Big East play. Jason Edwar...

Devils halt five-game slide with win over Senators
Cody Glass scored the go-ahead goal with 7:36 remaining in the third period to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,New Jersey's Arseny Gritsyuk collected a goal and two assists, Glass had one of each and Paul Cotter and defenseman Simon Nemec als...

Flyers score 4 unanswered goals to down Sharks
Dan Vladar made 17 saves and Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to guide the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 home victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.,Christian Dvorak, Carl Grundstrom and Noah Cates also scored for Philadelphia, which has won five of its last seven games. Vladar's highlig...

Darren Raddysh scores twice, Lightning smash Canadiens
Darren Raddysh scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning offense erupted in a 6-1 win against the Canadiens in Montreal to snap a four-game losing streak.,Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had been shut out in consecutive games. Jonas Johansson...

AJ Dybantsa, Robert Wright III fuel No. 10 BYU's big comeback over Clemson
AJ Dybantsa tallied 28 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Robert Wright III hit the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to rally No. 10 BYU to a 67-64 victory over Clemson at the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday in New York.,Wright finished 17 points and redeemed himself from missing a free thro...

Honor Huff drills 8 3-pointers as West Virginia blasts Little Rock
Honor Huff scored a game-high 24 points as West Virginia rolled to a 90-58 win over Little Rock on Tuesday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Huff connected on 8 of 11 3-point attempts for the Mountaineers (8-3). Treysen Eaglestaff tallied 23 points as he shot 8 of 14 from the field and 5-for-10 from beyond the ...

No. 24 Virginia uses early 3-point barrage to bury UMES
Sam Lewis scored 15 points and contributed to a long-distance barrage as No. 24 Virginia rolled to an 84-60 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va.,Chance Mallory delivered 10 points, five assists and six steals as the Cavaliers (9-1) won a day after crashing the AP To...

Newly unranked Kentucky steamrolls North Carolina Central
Jasper Johnson had the best night of his young career with 22 points, Otega Oweh scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Kentucky rolled to a 103-67 home victory over North Carolina Central on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.,It was the first victory of December for the Wildcats (6-4) as they...

Desmond Bane, Magic upend Heat, make NBA Cup semis
Desmond Bane made six 3-pointers and matched his season high with 37 points as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Miami Heat 117-108 on Tuesday to advance to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas.,Jalen Suggs had 20 points and Paolo Banchero added 18 for No. 1 seed Orlando, which will face either the...

No. 2 Michigan blasts Villanova for another lopsided win
Elliot Cadeau had 18 points and four assists as No. 2 Michigan overwhelmed Villanova 89-61 in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Tuesday night.,Michigan (9-0) came up just two points shy of a fifth consecutive victory by a margin of 30 or more points. The Wolverines, who led by 30 at halftime, had eight players w...

Leafs' Bobby McMann suspended 1 game for dangerous high-stick
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Bobby McMann was suspended for one game following a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Tuesday.,McMann received a match penalty for high-sticking during a break in play early in the third period of Toronto's 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday. Hi...