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No. 11 Vanderbilt overcomes shooting woes to take down LSU
No. 11 Vanderbilt built a first-half cushion to help survive a second-half shooting slump and remain undefeated with an 84-73 win over LSU in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday afternoon.,Tyler Nickel scored 19 points and pulled a game-high 10 rebounds for Vanderbilt (16-0, 3-0 SEC), while Tyler Tanner s...
No. 7 Houston continues dominance over Baylor
Emanuel Sharp scored 17 points, 11 of them in the second half, as No. 7 Houston continued its recent dominance over Baylor with a 77-55 win on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference clash in Waco, Texas.,The Cougars (15-1, 3-0 Big 12) took charge of the game with a decisive first-half run in whic...
No. 4 UConn extends win streak to 12 with victory over DePaul
Make it a dozen wins in a row for fourth-ranked UConn, which got 16 points and seven rebounds from Braylon Mullins in a 72-60 Big East victory over DePaul on Saturday afternoon in Hartford, Conn.,Alex Karaban contributed 15 points and Silas Demary Jr. 14 as the Huskies (16-1, 6-0) improved to 9-1 at...
Miami overpowers Georgia Tech as win streak reaches 9
Tre Donaldson scored a career-high 27 points and added 10 assists and three steals as host Miami extended its winning streak to nine games with a 91-81 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday.,With the game on the line, Donaldson scored seven straight Miami points, making two free throws with 2:38 lef...
Boogie Fland's 23 points help Florida upset No. 21 Tennessee
Boogie Fland poured in a season-high 23 points, and Florida won for the fourth straight time at home over Tennessee by plastering the No. 21 Volunteers 91-67 on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, Fla.,The first-year Florida point guard went 9 of 13 from the floor and 3 of 6 from distance, adding fiv...
Second-half burst pushes West Virginia past No. 22 Kansas
Honor Huff scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds as West Virginia rallied for an 86-75 victory over No. 22 Kansas in a Big 12 Conference game Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.,Brenen Lorient scored 18 points and dished out six assists and Treysen Eaglestaff added 12 points for West Virginia (11-5,...
Sananda Fru's double-double lifts No. 20 Louisville over Boston College
Sananda Fru tallied 19 points and 13 rebounds as No. 20 Louisville had to play from behind to end a two-game losing streak in an 75-62 win over visiting Boston College on Saturday. ,Louisville was without its injured top two scorers, starting guards Ryan Conwell (knee) and Mikel Brown Jr. (back), an...
Jamarques Lawrence, No. 10 Nebraska too strong for Indiana
Jamarques Lawrence scored a career-high 27 points and No. 10 Nebraska overcame a 16-point deficit in the second half to remain undefeated, beating Indiana 83-77 on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.,The Cornhuskers (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten) extended their school-record win streak to 20 games by outsc...
UCLA searches for solutions at home vs. Maryland
Big Ten Conference counterparts Maryland and UCLA each look to pull out of skids when they meet on Saturday in Los Angeles.,The Bruins (10-5, 2-2 Big Ten) began the new year with back-to-back league losses on the road. They were unable to complete a comeback from down 18 points at halftime in a 74-6...
Bucks thwart Lakers comeback bid, win in LA
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 21 points and made two key defensive plays in the closing seconds as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks finished off a 105-101 victory Friday over the Los Angeles Lakers.,Kevin Porter Jr. scored 22 points, Kyle Kuzma had 13 against his former team and Bobby Portis had 11 point...
Trail Blazers spoil Kevin Durant's milestone in win over Rockets
Toumani Camara scored a career-high 25 points and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Kevin Durant's milestone night with a 111-105 home victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.,Durant recorded 30 points and 12 rebounds and swished a 3-pointer with 7:57 left in the third quarter to move into...
Warriors match season-high point total in rout of Kings
De'Anthony Melton ignited a 15-0 burst bridging the third and fourth quarters with six straight points, Stephen Curry went for a game-high 27 and the Golden State Warriors won a second in a row to start a lengthy homestand, thumping the Sacramento Kings 137-103 on Friday night in San Francisco.,Melt...
Suns give up late lead, hit free throws to sink Knicks
Devin Booker scored 31 points, Dillon Brooks added 27 and the pair combined for nine 3-pointers as the host Phoenix Suns held off the New York Knicks 112-107 on Friday.,Grayson Allen made four free throws and Brooks hit two in the final 13.5 seconds after the Knicks overcame a 12-point deficit to ti...
Nick Schmaltz tallies 3 points as Mammoth get third straight win
Nick Schmaltz had two goals and an assist, and the Utah Mammoth extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Salt Lake City on Friday.,Clayton Keller had three assists and Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist for the Mammoth, whose streak ...
In 1st game since trading Trae Young, Hawks trounce Nuggets
Jalen Johnson scored 29 points, Dyson Daniels finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the visiting Atlanta Hawks outscored Denver 36-12 in the fourth quarter to beat the Nuggets 110- 87 on Friday night.,Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 22 points, Onyeka Okongwu contributed 15 points ...
Fernando Mendoza (5 TDs), No. 1 Indiana stomp No. 5 Oregon in CFP semi
ATLANTA -- Fernando Mendoza completed 17 of 20 passes for 177 yards and five touchdowns, helping No. 1 Indiana post a 56-22 romp of No. 5 Oregon in a College Football Playoff semifinal game in the Peach Bowl on Friday night.,Indiana (15-0) scored 21 points off three Oregon turnovers, advancing to th...
Chad Baker-Mazara (29), USC squeeze past Minnesota
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 29 points, including a go-ahead pair of free throws with 10.9 seconds left in overtime, and USC held on for a 70-69 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Minneapolis.,Baker-Mazara added eight assists and Ezra Ausar contributed 14 points and nine ...
Jalen Williams leads Thunder to comeback win over Grizz
Jalen Williams scored a season-high 26 points, Ajay Mitchell added 23 and Kenrich Williams also posted a season high with 21 off the bench as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 21 points down in the second half to stun the host Memphis Grizzlies 117-116 on Friday night.,The Thunder outscored the...
Capitals spoil Connor Bedard's return with 5-1 win over Blackhawks
Connor McMichael had a goal and assist and John Carlson, Martin Fehervary and Ryan Leonard earned two assists apiece to lift the visiting Washington Capitals to a 5-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.,Anthony Beauvillier, Ethen Frank, Justin Sourdif and Alex Ovechkin also scored for ...
Jets hammer Kings to end 11-game winless streak
Mark Scheifele scored two goals to help the Winnipeg Jets end an 11-game winless streak with a 5-1 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.,It was the longest winless streak for the Jets since they moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011.,Vladislav Namestnikov, Cole Koepke and Jona...