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Cooper Flagg scores 35 as Mavs eke out win vs. Clippers
Klay Thompson turned back the clock with six 3-pointers en route to a season-high 23 points, Cooper Flagg went for a season-best 35 points and the Dallas Mavericks held off the host Los Angeles Clippers 114-110 on Saturday night.,Resting Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back, the Maver...
Whitecaps top SDFC to win West, earn date with Miami in MLS Cup final
Brian White scored a first-half brace and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps comfortably secured their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 3-1 victory over host San Diego FC in the Western Conference Final on Saturday night.,Andres Cubas and Ali Ahmed connected to set up both of White's goals for No...
Cal's late TD denies No. 21 SMU spot in ACC title game
Kendrick Raphael scored on a 2-yard run with 43 seconds remaining as Cal, in interim coach Nick Rolovich's debut, stunned No. 21 SMU 38-35 on Saturday night in Berkeley, Calif., denying the Mustangs a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.,A 1-yard plunge by T.J. Harden with 2:22 r...
No. 10 Alabama blows lead but beats Auburn to play for SEC title
Tyler Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help visiting No. 10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night.,The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) clinched a spot in the SEC conference game ...
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets top Suns as road win streak hits 7
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, Tim Hardaway Jr. tied a season high with 23 points while making a season-high seven 3-pointers, and the Denver Nuggets beat the host Phoenix Suns 130-112 for their seventh straight road victory Saturday.,Jamal Murray had 24 points and five th...
Warriors overcome Stephen Curry's absence, top Pelicans
Jimmy Butler III and Gary Payton II recorded double-doubles in the absence of All-Star Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski ignited a late lead-taking run and the Golden State Warriors outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans for a 104-96 triumph Saturday night in San Francisco.,Having lost two of three to s...
Alessio Milivojevic helps Michigan State avoid history it didn't want
Freshman Alessio Milivojevic threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Michigan State snapped its eight-game losing streak with a 38-28 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit.,Alante Brown added a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown as the Spartans (4-8, 1-8 Big Ten) avoided bec...
Whitecaps blank SDFC, will face Inter Miami in MLS Cup final
Brian White scored a first-half brace and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps comfortably secured their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 3-0 victory over San Diego FC in Saturday night's Western Conference Final.,Andres Cubas and Ali Ahmed connected to set up both of White's goals for No. 2 seed V...
NC State again gets better of rival North Carolina
Will Wilson ran for four touchdowns and host North Carolina State blew out rival North Carolina 42-19 in the regular-season finale Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.,CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns as the Wolfpack (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat North Carolina (4-8, 2-6) for the fifth year...
No. 17 USC rallies in second half, upends rival UCLA
Jayden Maiava threw both of his touchdown passes in the second half to spearhead No. 17 Southern California's 29-10 comeback win over visiting rival UCLA on Saturday in Los Angeles.,With two stalled drives ending in missed field goals, USC (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten Conference) went to halftime trailing 10-7...
Blues' Joel Hofer shuts out Mammoth in defensive battle
Joel Hofer made 18 saves for his fourth career shutout as the St. Louis Blues blanked the visiting Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Saturday night.,Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues, who won consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 11-13.,Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves for the Mammoth, who lost key forwar...
No. 24 Tulane shuts out Charlotte, advances to American title game
Tulane did its damage early by finding paydirt on its first two drives, and the No. 24 Green Wave locked in a spot in the American Conference title game by blanking the Charlotte 49ers 27-0 on Saturday night in New Orleans, La.,With the win, the Green Wave (10-2, 7-1) earned the right to host North ...
Sabres win in shootout to cool off Wild
Beck Malenstyn and Josh Doan scored in regulation and the visiting Buffalo Sabres won 3-2 in a shootout to end the Minnesota Wild's seven-game winning streak on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn and Noah Ostlund scored in the four-round shootout, and Colten Ellis made 22 sa...
Illinois forces four turnovers, holds off Northwestern in snowy rivalry win
Ca'Lil Valentine ran for 74 yards and a touchdown Saturday night while the Illinois defense came up with four turnovers to secure a 20-13 win over visiting Northwestern in Champaign, Ill.,The Fighting Illini (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter to seal the result. Leon Low...
Pistons nearly relinquish big lead, halt Heat's win streak
Cade Cunningham had 29 points and eight assists as the visiting Detroit Pistons held off the Miami Heat 138-135 on Saturday.,Tobias Harris supplied a season-high 26 points for the Pistons, who nearly squandered a 22-point lead in the fourth but snapped a two-game skid. Duncan Robinson, playing again...
No. 18 Virginia stuffs Virginia Tech, reaches ACC title game
J'Mari Taylor rushed for 80 yards and one touchdown and also passed for a score to help No. 18 Virginia roll to an easy 27-7 victory over visiting Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday night at Charlottesville, Va.,Chandler Morris completed 21 of 35 passes for 182 yards and add...
Behind Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks top Nets, end losing streak
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a convincing 116-99 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, ending their seven-game losing streak.,AJ Green added 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc and Bobby Portis added 13 off the bench.,Kevin ...
Pascal Siakam's buzzer-beater propels Pacers past Bulls
Pascal Siakam hit a 14-foot jumper at the buzzer and finished with 24 points and nine rebounds as the Indiana Pacers beat the Chicago Bulls 103-101 on Saturday in Indianapolis.,Chicago's Tre Jones scored on a driving layup with 7.5 seconds left to tie the game. Indiana called a timeout to set up a p...
Jeremy Swayman shuts door in shootout as Bruins edge Red Wings
Jeremy Swayman topped off a 24-save effort with three straight stops in a shootout, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings in the front end of the Atlantic Division rivals' home-and-home series on Saturday night.,Casey Mittelstadt scored a backhander for the lone ...
Jets score five in Nashville, end four-game skid
Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals and the Winnipeg Jets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, defeating the host Nashville Predators 5-2 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak.,Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti and Kyle Connor were the other goal scorers...