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Eeli Tolvanen (2 goals), Kraken double up Canucks
Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and Brandon Montour had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday night to boost their flagging playoff hopes.,Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers also scored and Shane Wright and Vince Dunn added ...
No. 25 BYU pulls away after half to down West Virginia
Fousseyni Traore scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the bench Saturday night as No. 25 BYU exploded in the second half to rout visiting West Virginia 77-56 in a Big 12 Conference game in Provo, Utah.,Egor Demin added 15 points for the Cougars (21-8, 12-6), which tied No. 9 Iowa State for f...
Cal handles Boston College, qualifies for ACC tournament
Mady Sissoko had 21 points and 15 rebounds in California's 82-71 victory Saturday night over Boston College at Berkeley, Calif.,California (13-16, 6-12 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back after losing five straight overall and three of its previous four home games.,In their first season in the c...
Augustas Marciulionis nets 25 as No. 23 Saint Mary's tops Oregon St.
Augustas Marciulionis recorded 25 points and seven assists to lead No. 23 Saint Mary's to a 74-64 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play at Moraga, Calif.,Fellow seniors Lake Barrett (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Mitchell Saxen (12 points, 11 rebounds) made key cont...
Timo Meier nets game winner as Devils defeat Utah
Timo Meier scored the eventual game-winner as the visiting New Jersey Devils defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-1 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,Nico Hischier and Curtis Lazar also scored for the Devils, who avoided a second consecutive loss and improved to 6-5-0 over its last 11.,With the victor...
Rafael Navarro's second goal seals draw between FC Dallas, Rapids
Rafael Navarro recorded a brace, with his goal in the 72nd minute proving the equalizer, as the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas settled for a 3-3 draw on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Commerce City, Colo.,Both created late scoring chances but neither could capitalize on one of them.,The Ra...
No. 9 Iowa State builds 24-point lead, beats No. 22 Arizona
Milan Momcilovic scored 17 points and made 4 of 7 attempts from beyond the arc, and No. 9 Iowa State posted an 84-67 win over No. 22 Arizona in a Big 12 Conference matchup Saturday night in Ames, Iowa.,Tamin Lipsey finished with 15 points and eight assists for Iowa State (22-7, 12-6), which snapped ...
JuJu Watkins, No. 4 USC sting second-ranked UCLA again
JuJu Watkins went 4-of-11 on 3-point attempt en route to 30 points, and No. 4-ranked Southern California claimed the regular-season Big Ten Conference championship with an 80-67 defeat of second-ranked host UCLA on Saturday in Los Angeles.,The Trojans (26-2, 17-1 Big Ten) never trailed, scoring the ...
76ers halt losing skid as Quentin Grimes drops career-high 44 points vs. Warriors
Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 44 points on 18-of-24 shooting as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 126-119 home victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.,Guerschon Yabusele made five 3-pointers en route to 18 points for Philadelphia, which played its firs...
Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Bucks to comeback win over Mavs
Giannis Antetokounmpo led six Milwaukee scorers in double-figure scoring with 29 points and the Bucks cruised to a 132-117 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.,Milwaukee trailed 57-50 with 4:50 remaining before halftime, but Gary Trent Jr.'s 3-pointer off an Antetokounmpo assist began a 2...
Minnesota United gets first win, shuts out CF Montreal
Kelvin Yeboah scored his first goal of the season midway through the second half to lift Minnesota United to a 1-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Yeboah's tally in the 69th minute came at the end of the most consistent stretch of pressure for Minnesota, which rebounded in its h...
San Jose survives a man down to win at SKC
Josef Martinez had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in SKC's home opener Saturday night. Sporting played with a man advantage for more than 40 minutes, including stoppage time, but couldn't figure out how to penetrate the San Jose defense for the mat...
D.C. United earn draw with Fire on late bicycle-kick goal
Jacob Murrell scored on a spectacular bicycle kick from 12 yards out in the closing seconds to give D.C. United a 2-2 draw against the host Chicago Fire.,In the sixth minute of stoppage time, The 20-year-old Murrell scored off a feed from the right flank by Aaron Herrera. The play came moments after...
Baylor eventually gets going, downs Oklahoma State
Jeremy Roach and Robert Wright III combined for 37 points as the Baylor Bears shrugged off a terrible start to snap a three-game losing streak, toppling the Oklahoma State Cowboys 71-61 on Saturday night in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (17-12, 9-9 Big 12) made just 8 of 34 field goals (23.5 percent) in th...
No. 3 Florida rides Will Richard's 25 points, 6 3-pointers past No. 12 Texas A&M
Will Richard scored a game-high 25 points Saturday night and canned six of Florida's 14 3-pointers as the third-ranked Gators bounced back from an upset loss Tuesday night at Georgia, bouncing No. 12 Texas A&M 89-70 in Gainesville, Fla.,Thomas Haugh added 17 points for Florida (25-4, 12-4), which ti...
De'Aaron Fox hits winner as Spurs edge Grizzlies
De'Aaron Fox capped a back-and-forth affair with a tiebreaking 20-footer with 2.1 seconds remaining Saturday night, allowing the visiting San Antonio Spurs to complete a 130-128 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.,Fox finished with 20 points, as did Devin Vassell, and Stephon Castle had a team-high ...
Flyers get by NHL-leading Jets in shootout
Ivan Fedotov made 29 stops and turned aside all three shots he faced in the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers outlasted the host Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Saturday night.,Jamie Drysdale, assisted by Noah Cates and Nick Seelers, provided the only offense for the Flyers in regulation. Philadelphia has wo...
Dylan Holloway, Blues get better of Kings
Dylan Holloway scored a goal and earned an assist as the St. Louis Blues defeated the visiting Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday.,Colton Parayko, Pavel Buchnevich and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues, who extended their season-best winning streak to four games.,Jordan Binnington made 25 saves t...
Balanced scoring pushes Kings past Rockets
DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine combined for 41 points as the visiting Sacramento Kings rode a balanced offensive attack to a 113-103 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Six Kings players scored in double figures as the team completed a sweep of the three-game season series with Houston. The...
Silas Demary’s 26 points help Georgia thrash Texas in NCAA bubble clash
Silas Demary Jr. scored a season-high 26 points as Georgia dominated from the jump in an 83-67 win over stumbling Texas on Saturday in a near do-or-die Southeastern Conference matchup for both teams in Austin, Texas.,Both teams are projected to be on the bubble to earn an appearance in the NCAA Tour...