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No. 6 Duke uses 2nd-half surge to sink Texas in opener
Isaiah Evans scored a career-high 23 points and got some offensive help as No. 6 Duke defeated Texas 75-60 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night in Charlotte.,Highly touted freshman Cameron Boozer, son of former Duke and NBA star Carlos Boozer, scored all 15 of his points in the second h...
Zaccharie Risacher (season-best 21) steers Hawks past Magic
Zaccharie Risacher scored 11 of his team's first 13 points finished with a season-high 21 while leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 127-112 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Tuesday.,Risacher hit 7 of 14 attempts from the field as part of Atlanta's 55.6% shooting effort.,Six players scored in double...
Drake transfers lead Iowa to rout of Robert Morris
Bennett Stirtz scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half, as the Iowa Hawkeyes took control early and never looked back, opening the Ben McCollum era with a 101-69 victory over visiting Robert Morris on Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa.,Stirtz, one of six players who followed McCollum from Drake,...
Wild allow last-second goal, recover to beat Predators in OT
Marcus Johansson scored the winning goal to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov and Zeev Buium also scored for Minnesota, which won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Brock Faber had two assist...
Mikko Rantanen's 300th goal helps Stars top Oilers in shootout
Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.,Mikko Rantanen scored twice, including his 300th career goal, and had an assist and Miro Heiskanen also scored for the Stars, who stretched...
Late surge vs. Hornets gives Pelicans first win of season
Trey Murphy scored 21 points and Jose Alvarado added 18 as the New Orleans Pelicans broke through for their first win, finishing with an 11-0 burst to reel in the visiting Charlotte Hornets 116-112.,Saddiq Bey had 16 points, while Derik Queen amassed 12 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four...
Bulls take lone lead on Nikola Vucevic's late trey, stun 76ers
Nikola Vucevic drilled a go-ahead corner 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left and Josh Giddey recorded his second straight triple-double as the host Chicago Bulls rallied for a 113-111 win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Vucevic's trey gave the Bulls their lone lead of the night and capped a c...
Bruins edge Islanders in shootout to extend win streak to 4
Marat Khusnutdinov tied the game late in the third period and collected the only goal in the shootout Tuesday night for the visiting Boston Bruins, who edged the New York Islanders 4-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Viktor Arvidsson and Pavel Zacha also scored for the Bruins, who have won four straight and five of...
Kansas State blows out UNC Greensboro with huge second half
P.J. Haggerty and Nate Johnson combined for 49 points as Kansas State used a torrid-shooting second half to defeat UNC Greensboro 93-64 in the opening game for both clubs. The Wildcats scored 60 points in the second half.,Haggerty led all scorers with 27 points, while Johnson was one rebound and one...
Christian Anderson, No. 10 Texas Tech pound Lindenwood
With four teammates sidelined, Christian Anderson scored a career-high 34 points to propel No. 10 Texas Tech to a 98-60 victory over Lindenwood in the opening game for both teams Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas.,In his Red Raiders' debut, UNC Greensboro transfer Donovan Atwell added 22 points, including 1...
Strong second half leverages Oklahoma State over Oral Roberts
Vyctorius Miller scored a game-high 21 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla., ,Parsa Fallah scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and Jaylen Curry racked up 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Cowboys., ,Christian Coleman had a...
Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett lead red-hot Raptors in rout of Milwaukee
RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes scored 23 points each Tuesday night and the Toronto Raptors easily defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 128-100 for their third straight win.,Immanuel Quickley added 15 points for the Raptors and reserve Sandro Mamukelashvili also scored 15. Gradey Dick scored 14 point...
Canadiens finally fall after regulation as Flyers win shootout
Trevor Zegras scored in the first round of the shootout to lift the visiting Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.,Zegras, who notched two assists in regulation, took his time before wiring his shootout attempt between the pads of Sam Montembeault.,Dan Vladar s...
Hurricanes' Pyotr Kochetkov blanks Rangers in season debut
Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves in an impressive season debut Tuesday night and the Carolina Hurricanes earned a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers, who remained winless on home ice.,Kochetkov returned from missing the first month with a lower-body injury after making one appearance for the Chicago...
Bruins extend win streak to 4; edge Islanders in shootout
Marat Khusnutdinov tied the game late in the third period and collected the only goal in the shootout Tuesday night for the visiting Boston Bruins, who edged the New York Islanders 4-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Viktor Arvidsson and Pavel Zacha also scored for the Bruins, who have won four straight and five of...
Clayton Keller's goal lifts Mammoth, hands Sabres another OT loss
Clayton Keller's game-winner 47 seconds into overtime lifted the Utah Mammoth past the host Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday.,Keller finished with two points as he recorded the primary assist on Nick Schmaltz's third-period goal. John Marino and Mikhail Sergachev notched assists as Utah erased a two-ga...
Pyotr Kochetkov posts shutout in season debut as Hurricanes blank Rangers at MSG
Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves in an impressive season debut Tuesday night and the Carolina Hurricanes earned a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers, who remained winless on home ice.,Kochetkov returned from missing the first month with a lower-body injury after making one appearance for the Chicago...
Robert McCray V's record 17 assists pace Florida St. past Alcorn St.
Robert McCray V set a new school record with 17 assists, while Chauncey Wiggins scored a career-high 22 points in their Florida State debuts, leading the Seminoles to a 108-76 victory over Alcorn State in Luke Loucks' coaching debut Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,McCray had never reached double-...
Russ Hodge kicks off West Virginia era with Mount St. Mary's win
Jasper Floyd tied a career high with 25 points as West Virginia withstood some shaky moments in coach Russ Hodge's debut, doing enough to earn a 70-54 victory over pesky Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W. Va., ,Floyd, who averaged nine points last season while playing for Hodge at N...
Hot-shooting second half leads No. 9 Kentucky past Nicholls
Sophomore Collin Chandler scored 11 of his career-best 15 points in the second half as Kentucky pulled away for a 77-51 win over Nicholls on Tuesday to open both teams' seasons in Lexington, Ky.,The Wildcats began the second half with a 13-4 run in the first 3 1/2 minutes en route to a 49-point seco...