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Missing two stars, Bucks edge Wolves on late FTs
Brook Lopez sank a pair of free throws with 10.9 seconds to go, and the Milwaukee Bucks held on for a 103-101 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Gary Trent Jr. finished with 21 points off the bench for Milwaukee, which bounced back from a home loss against the G...
Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers cruise to win over Raptors
Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the Toronto Raptors 131-108 on Wednesday night to win their fourth straight game.,Reserve De'Andre Hunter put up 18 points, Sam Merrill scored 16 points and Darius Garland added 15 points and eight assists for the Caval...
Obi Toppin, Pacers outlast Wizards in OT
Obi Toppin had 31 points and 10 rebounds off the bench Wednesday, helping the visiting Indiana Pacers rally for a 134-130 overtime win over the Washington Wizards. ,Bennedict Mathurin added 28 points, while Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 and dished seven assists as the Pacers snapped a two-game losing ...
TCU grabs victory over Oklahoma State on 3-pointer at buzzer
Vasean Allette hauled in a three-quarters-court inbounds pass and hit a game-winning 3-pointer as time ran out to vault TCU to a 73-72 win against Oklahoma State on Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Allette led the Horned Frogs with 16 points and added seven assists and six rebounds. Noah Reynolds and...
Florida State rallies from 16 down to clip Wake Forest
Taylor Bol Bowen drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer and Justin Thomas added an insurance dunk to help Florida State complete its 72-70 comeback win at Wake Forest on Wednesday night at Winston-Salem, N.C.,The Seminoles, who trailed 35-21 at halftime, went up 70-69 on Bol Bowen's triple with 15 seconds lef...
Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis push Celtics past Spurs
Jayson Tatum had 32 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 116-103 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night., ,Tatum made 12 of 25 field goal attempts, including 4 of 14 from behind the 3-point arc. , ,Kristaps Porzingis added 29 points and six re...
Malik Dia's late surge lifts No. 19 Ole Miss over South Carolina
Malik Dia scored 12 consecutive Ole Miss points in the final 6:21, Dre Davis sank a clutch layup in the closing seconds, and the 19th-ranked Rebels fought off pesky South Carolina for a 72-68 win on Wednesday in Columbia, S.C.,Davis canned a layup with 22.4 seconds remaining as the shot clock was ab...
Naithan George, Baye Ndongo lead Georgia Tech past Stanford
Naithan George had 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists Wednesday, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 60-52 Atlantic Coast Conference win over visiting Stanford in Atlanta.,Baye Ndongo added 15 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks, while Duncan Powell chipped in 10 points and seven boards as the Y...
Streaks continue as Louisville blows out NC State
Reyne Smith and Terrence Edwards each scored 21 points as Louisville led wire to wire in a 91-66 victory over North Carolina State on Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.,Edwards shot 8 of 12 from the floor and dished out five assists, while Smith made 5 of 9 3-point attempts.,J'Vonne Hadley added 17 points a...
Magic beat Hornets for third time this season
Paolo Banchero collected 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists to lift the host Orlando Magic to a 102-86 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.,Banchero sank 4 of 9 attempts from 3-point range for the Magic, who broke open a close game by outscoring the Hornets 33-19 in the third quar...
Josh Dix, Payton Sandfort lead Iowa over Rutgers
Josh Dix scored 16 of his game-high 26 points in the second half Wednesday night and visiting Iowa rallied from a 10-point deficit to defeat Rutgers 84-73 in a Big Ten Conference game in Piscataway, N.J.,Dix made 11 of 17 shots from the field for the Hawkeyes (14-10, 5-8 Big Ten), while Payton Sandf...
Villanova stuns No. 9 St. John's on late 3-pointer
Tyler Perkins drained a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left as host Villanova knocked off No. 9 St. John's, ending the Red Storm's 10-game winning streak with an exciting 73-71 victory Wednesday., ,Simeon Wilcher made a 3-pointer with 27.3 seconds left to put the Red Storm (21-4, 12-2 Big East) in front...
Iga Swiatek rallies to advance to quarterfinals at Doha
Second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland needed three sets and 2½ hours to defeat Linda Noskova on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025 in Doha. ,Swiatek rallied for 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4 victory over the 20-year-old Czech, setting up a rematch against No. 5 Elena Ry...
Cavs, already with an eye on playoffs, clash with Raptors
The Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday with the luxury of being able to experiment with moves they hope will lead to a long playoff run.,"It's a little bit my DNA," Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said after his team's 128-107 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday...
Oregon holds off Northwestern to end skid
Jackson Shelstad scored a career-high 26 points and Oregon halted a five-game losing streak with an 81-75 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night in Big Ten play in Eugene, Ore.,Keeshawn Barthelemy added 19 points and Nate Bittle had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Ducks (17-8, 6-8 Big Ten),...
Steven Wilson wins at Daytona to open eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing season
Steven Wilson took the checkered flag in the first race of the 2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season on Tuesday night, prevailing at a virtual Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. ,Wilson became the eighth driver in series history to record 10 career race wins. He crossed the...
Grizzlies spoil milestone night for Suns' Kevin Durant
Ja Morant recorded 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help the Memphis Grizzlies post a 119-112 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.,Phoenix's Kevin Durant scored 34 points on 12-of-18 shooting and became the eighth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points. His t...
Indiana hangs on to stun No. 11 Michigan State
Malik Reneau had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Indiana snapped a five-game losing streak with a 71-67 upset of No. 11 Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday night.,Oumar Ballo supplied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers (15-10, 6-8 Big Ten), while Myles Rice and Luke Goode had 10 ...
Liam McNeeley pours in 38 as UConn drops No. 24 Creighton
Liam McNeeley scored a career-high 38 points to go along with 10 rebounds, fueling visiting UConn to a 70-66 victory over No. 24 Creighton on Tuesday in Omaha, Neb.,McNeeley, a freshman, made 12 of 22 shots from the floor and 5 of 10 from 3-point range while playing in his second game since missing ...
Samet Yigitoglu’s double-double helps SMU beat Pitt
Samet Yigitoglu racked up 17 points and 10 rebounds as SMU continued its impressive start to its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a wire-to-wire 83-63 victory over struggling Pitt on Tuesday in Dallas., ,The Mustangs (19-5, 10-3 ACC) have won five straight games and were in charge ...