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Stanford's 3-point prowess, balance too much for Portland
One of six Cardinal players to score in double figures, Jeremy Dent-Smith led a barrage of first-half 3-pointers en route to a season-high 16 points as Stanford overwhelmed visiting Portland 94-72 in a nonconference game Monday night.,Benny Gealer and Oskar Giltay finished with 15 points apiece, Chi...
Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George lead Jazz to split with Rockets
Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and Keyonte George added 28 to lead the Utah Jazz to a 133-125 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday in Salt Lake City.,Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Jazz in a rematch of Houston's 129-101 win at Salt Lake City on Sunday. Geo...
Colorado rallies from double-digit deficit to beat Cal Baptist
Isaiah Johnson scored 17 points and Colorado overcame a 14-point, first-half deficit to post a 78-70 victory over Cal Baptist on Monday night in nonconference play at Boulder, Colo.,Sebastian Rancik and Barrington Hargress added 12 points apiece for the Buffaloes, who are 8-0 for the first time sinc...
Ryan Nembhard's career day helps Mavericks take down Nuggets
Ryan Nembhard finished with 28 points and 10 assists, both career-highs, Anthony Davis scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 131-121 on Monday night.,Cooper Flagg had 24 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for Dallas, which ha...
Patriots extend win streak to 10 games, beat down hapless Giants
Drake Maye completed 24 of 31 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns, and Marcus Jones returned a punt for a score as the New England Patriots extended their winning streak to 10 games by beating the New York Giants 33-15 on Monday night in Foxborough, Mass.,Kicker Andy Borregales added four field ...
Ducks cruise to easy win over struggling Blues
Fill-in goaltender Ville Husso made 22 saves as the visiting Anaheim Ducks defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Monday night.,Husso, a former Blues netminder, was pressed into the lead role for Anaheim with Lukas Dostal and Petr Mrazek sidelined by injuries.,Pavel Mintyukov and Leo Carlsson each had a g...
Desmond Bane comes up big for Magic in win vs. Bulls
Anthony Black saved five of his 22 points for a late surge, Desmond Bane capped a 37-point effort with a late go-ahead 3-pointer and the Orlando Magic held off the visiting Chicago Bulls 125-120 on Monday night for their third consecutive win.,Scoring 21 of the second half's first 27 points, the Bul...
Behind Sam Towns’ career night, Bowling Green upsets Kansas State
Sam Towns erupted for 27 points and pulled down eight rebounds, Javon Ruffin knocked down five 3-pointers en route to 17 points and Bowling Green upset Kansas State 82-66 on Monday night in Manhattan, Kan.,Bowling Green (6-2) is now riding a three-game winning streak after defeating the only power c...
Heat match team record with 24 treys, trounce Clippers
Norman Powell sank six of the Heat's franchise-record-tying 24 3-pointers as Miami blew out the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 140-123 on Monday.,Powell put up 30 points and shot 6-for-10 from long distance for the Heat, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Bam Adebayo set a career high with ...
Josh Norris scores twice in his return as Sabres club Jets
In his return to the Sabres line-up, Josh Norris had two goals and an assist as Buffalo crushed the visiting Winnipeg Jets 5-1 Monday night.,Jason Zucker, Bowen Byram, and Alex Tuch also scored for the Sabres. Josh Doan and Zach Benson chipped in two assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 stops.,Kyle...
Tom Wilson, Capitals blazing hot with Kings on tap next
The Los Angeles Kings will try to cool off Tom Wilson and the visiting Washington Capitals when the teams meet on Tuesday night.,Washington has won four straight and seven of eight following a brutal 2-6-2 stretch that briefly left the team out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.,Los Angeles ...
Nets put away Hornets for elusive first home victory
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 35 points as the Brooklyn Nets ended their nine-game home losing streak to start the season with a 116-103 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night in New York.,Porter returned after missing the previous two games due to back tightness that flared up...
Blue Jackets break losing streak with comeback win over Devils
Sean Monahan tallied twice and Charlie Coyle scored once in a three-point game to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-3 comeback victory over the New Jersey Devils Monday night in Newark, N.J.,Miles Wood notched one goal and one assist while Denton Mateychuk added a goal for the Blue Jackets, who ...
Donovan Mitchell scores 43 to lead Cavaliers past Pacers
Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points and Jaylon Tyson added a season-high 27 as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 135-119 on Monday in Indianapolis to end a three-game losing streak.,De'Andre Hunter and Evan Mobley scored 13 points apiece for Cleveland, which led by as many as 21 in the s...
Sidney Crosby's 2 goals spark Penguins past Flyers
Sidney Crosby scored two goals, including one of the Pittsburgh Penguins' three power-play tallies, in a 5-1 road victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday., ,Bryan Rust chipped in with a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, which has won three of its last four games. Tommy Novak and Kevin H...
CJ McCollum, Wizards surge past Bucks in 4th quarter
CJ McCollum scored 28 points while leading the Washington Wizards to an improbable second-half comeback en route to a 129-126 win over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.,Milwaukee led by 16 points midway through the third quarter, but the Wizards got within range before going on a 10-1 run in t...
Pistons rally late, then narrowly hold off Hawks
Jalen Duren had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the host Detroit Pistons escaped with a 99-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.,Cade Cunningham contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, five steals and three blocks, while Ronald Holland II supplied 17 points and six rebounds. Caris LeVe...
Cincinnati holds off late surge from short-handed Tarleton State
Kerr Kriisa scored 20 points and Day Day Thomas added 19 as Cincinnati used long-distance sharp-shooting to fend off short-handed Tarleton State, 76-58, Monday night in Cincinnati.,Kriisa, Thomas and Jalen Celestine combined for 13 threes as Cincinnati (6-2) rebounded from a stunning home loss to Ea...
Catarina Macario scores again as USWNT caps sweep of Italy
The U.S. women's national team had a slow start, by its lofty standards, but that was only a temporary setback that Catarina Macario remedied with a 20th-minute goal to spark a 2-0 victory against Italy on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Macario has five goals in a three-match scoring streak to give...
Roddie Anderson II scores 28 as Xavier downs Saint Francis
Led by Roddie Anderson II's 28 points and five 3-pointers, host Xavier pulled away in the second half for a 96-74 win over Saint Francis on Monday night in Cincinnati.,Anderson made 10 of his 16 shots from the field while dishing out a game-high seven assists. The Musketeers, who have won four of th...