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Women's First Four roundup: Iowa State, Southern advance
Audi Crooks scored 27 points and Addy Brown contributed 22 for Iowa State, which rallied from a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat Princeton 68-63 on Wednesday in a Women's NCAA Tournament First Four game in South Bend, Ind.,The Cyclones (23-11) advance as a No. 11 seed to face No. 6 seed M...
SMU shuts down Northern Iowa for opening NIT win
B.J. Edwards recorded 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Southern Methodist held Northern Iowa without a field goal for the final four minutes en route to a 73-63 opening-round NIT win on Wednesday in Dallas.,Consecutive 3-pointers by Northern Iowa's Trey Campbell, the second with 4:10 to ...
Zion Williamson (29 points) carries Pelicans past Timberwolves
Zion Williamson scored 29 points on 12-for-16 shooting, and the New Orleans Pelicans outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 119-115 win Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Williamson added eight assists, five rebounds and three steals for New Orleans (19-51), which won its first game since forward T...
Sandro Mamukelashvili puts up 34 as Spurs dump Knicks
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored a career-high 34 points, 21 of them in a rousing fourth quarter, as the host San Antonio Spurs ambushed the slow-starting New York Knicks 120-105 on Wednesday.,The Spurs led by 24 points at halftime and by 11 after three quarters. New York drew to within 103-94 on Mikal ...
Thunder clinch division with wipeout of 76ers
Aaron Wiggins scored 26 points and Jaylin Williams had his second career triple-double as the host Oklahoma City Thunder knocked off the Philadelphia 76ers 133-100 on Wednesday.,The Thunder (57-12), headed toward the top seed in the Western Conference, clinched the Northwest Division.,Williams finis...
Cade Cunningham's last-second hoop pulls Pistons past Heat
Cade Cunningham banked in a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left on Wednesday as the visiting Detroit Pistons sent the Miami Heat to their ninth straight loss, 116-113.,Cunningham, from the top of the key, got his shot off over Bam Adebayo. Cunningham, who is 3 inches shorter than the 6-foot-...
Bennedict Mathurin's big finish rescues Pacers in win over Mavericks
Bennedict Mathurin's sensational fourth quarter and a 3-pointer by Andrew Nembhard with 14.7 seconds left opened Indiana's five-game homestand in dramatic fashion with a 135-131 win over Dallas on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Mathurin scored 16 of his 23 points in the final 5:54, including 10 straight...
Steven Lorentz, Maple Leafs slide past Avalanche
Steven Lorentz scored a short-handed goal in the third period to break a tie and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Wednesday night.,Auston Matthews also scored for the Maple Leafs (41-24-3, 85 points) and Joseph Woll was strong in making 38 saves. Toronto split ...
Rockets run win streak to 8 by defeating Magic
Jalen Green scored 26 points, Alperen Sengun had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the visiting Houston Rockets extended their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 116-108 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.,Fred VanVleet added 19 points for Houston (45-25), which outscored Orlando 32-...
Iowa State overtakes Princeton for First Four victory
Audi Crooks scored 27 points and Addy Brown contributed 22 for Iowa State, which rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Princeton 68-63 on Wednesday in a Women's NCAA Tournament First Four game in South Bend, Ind.,The Cyclones (23-11) advance as a No. 11 seed to face No. 6 seed Michigan...
Gael Monfils becomes second-oldest male to win match in Miami
Frenchman Gael Monfils because the second-oldest ATP player to win a match at the Miami Open by delivering a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in first-round play on Wednesday.,The 38-year-old Monfils had 15 aces among 38 winners.,The only older male to win in Miami is Hall of Fam...
Mount St. Mary's holds off American, earns matchup with Duke
DAYTON, Ohio -- Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilia each scored 22 points to help Mount St. Mary's hold off American 83-72 on Wednesday night in a First Four victory. , ,Dallas Hobbs added 17 for the Mountaineers (23-12), who advance as a No. 16 seed to play top-seeded Duke in a first-round East Region c...
Jimmy Butler, Warriors look to maintain momentum vs. Raptors
The Jimmy Butler trade continues to pay dividends for the Golden State Warriors, who are 15-3 since acquiring the six-time All-Star from the Miami Heat on Feb. 6.,The Warriors (40-29) are poised to resume their climb up the Western Conference standings when they face the Toronto Raptors (24-45) on T...
Cruising Capitals host offensively-challenged Flyers
The Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals will play host to the floundering Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.,The Capitals (45-15-8, 98 points) have won seven of their past eight contests, with their latest win coming on Tuesday when they took down the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on the road.,Loga...
Emma Raducanu rolls to easy first-round win in Miami
Emma Raducanu drilled six aces while recording a 6-2, 6-1 victory over wild card Sayaka Ishii in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday.,Raducanu converted 5 of 6 break points while defeating the 19-year-old from the Japan in just 65 minutes.,"I was just so focused on every point and trying ...
Dodgers sweep Cubs in Tokyo Series
Enrique Hernandez homered to highlight his three-RBI performance, and Shohei Ohtani and Tommy Edman also went deep, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a sweep of the Tokyo Series with a 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.,Hernandez drove in Max Muncy with a sacrifice fly in the second inning...
Maxime Raynaud carries Stanford past Cal State Northridge in NIT
Maxime Raynaud brought his double-double magic to the postseason with 22 points and 11 rebounds Tuesday night, lifting host Stanford to an 87-70 victory over Cal State Northridge in the opening round of the NIT.,Oziyah Sellers chipped in with 20 points, while Benny Gealer had 13 off the bench and Ja...
Four score 20-plus for Clippers in win over Cavaliers
Ivica Zubac scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 33 points and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 132-119 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday in Inglewood, Calif.,James Harden posted 22 points and nine assists Bogdan Bogda...
Stephen Curry-less Warriors hang on for win over Bucks
Jimmy Butler III scored a game-high 24 points, Brandin Podziemski returned from an injury to hit two key late 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry, held off the Milwaukee Bucks 104-93 on Tuesday night.,With Curry resting his 36-year-old back and knees, Golden State...
Brock Boeser, Canucks slow Western Conference-leading Jets
Brock Boeser produced two goals and an assist, Pius Suter also scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 6-2 on Tuesday night.,Vancouver (32-25-11, 75 points) won for the third time in four games to hang onto the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.,Nils H...