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Arkansas gets first SEC win on wild fiinish
Adou Thiero split a pair of free throws with 1.6 seconds left, then scored a layup at the buzzer after rebounding his missed second attempt, giving Arkansas a 68-65 win over visiting Georgia in Fayetteville on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference play.,With the score tied at 63, Thiero's jumper gave...
No. 13 Texas A&M overtakes No. 19 Ole Miss in final seconds
Manny Obaseki sank the decisive 3-pointer with 12.5 seconds left as No. 13 Texas A&M rallied to beat No. 16 Ole Miss 63-62 on Wednesday night in Oxford, Miss.,Zhuric Phelps scored 14 points, Obaseki contributed 12 and Pharrel Payne added 10 points for the Aggies (15-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference), ...
Baylor pulls away late to down Kansas State
VJ Edgecombe had a career-high 30 points as Baylor snapped a two-game losing streak with a 70-62 victory over visiting Kansas State Wednesday night. He had 20 of his points in the second half, when Baylor outscored the Wildcats 44-32.,It was the first victory in four tries for Baylor over Kansas Sta...
Cal, minus top scorer, runs away from Florida State
Jeremiah Wilkinson had 18 points in his first collegiate start and Cal overcame the absence of leading scorer Andrej Stojakovic to turn back Florida State 77-68 on Wednesday night in Berkeley, Calif.,DJ Campbell gave the Golden Bears (10-9, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead for good on a 3-poi...
USC holds off Nebraska for another road win
Desmond Claude scored 21 points and Wesley Yates III added 17 as Southern California continued to look comfortable on the road on Wednesday, earning a 78-73 victory over Nebraska in Lincoln.,Rashaun Agee scored 14 points off the bench and Nebraska native Saint Thomas added 11 for the Trojans (12-7, ...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander explodes for 54 points as Thunder beat Jazz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.,Neither team led by double digits until the Thunder pulled away in the last 3 1/2 minutes.,Jalen Williams finished off a three-point play to break a tie at ...
Grizzlies handle Hornets for fourth consecutive win
Desmond Bane scored 24 points to extend his streak of 20-point games to six, leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 132-120 wire-to-wire win over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.,Reserve Luke Kennard contributed a season-high 23 points -- including 18 in the first half -- and Jaren Jackson J...
Rockets make clutch plays, hold off Cavaliers
Alperen Sengun sank two free throws with 4.5 seconds left and the Houston Rockets survived a seven-minute scoring drought in the fourth quarter to outlast the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108 on Wednesday.,Sengun rebounded a Donovan Mitchell miss and absorbed a foul from Jarrett Allen before sna...
Jaden McDaniels leads Wolves past short-handed Mavs
Jaden McDaniels scored a career-high 27 points and Anthony Edwards added 21 as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 115-114 on Wednesday night.,Mike Conley added a season-high 18 points for Minnesota, which snapped a two-game losing skid and won the season series ...
Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli nets hat trick vs. Leafs
Adam Fantilli scored his first career hat trick as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.,Luca Del Bel Belluz added a goal and an assist and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won seven of nine (7-1-1).,Elvis Merzlikins ...
Pistons keep rolling, end 5-year drought in Atlanta
Cade Cunningham scored 29 points and Malik Beasley came off the bench to score 19 to lead the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 114-104 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.,Cunningham was 12-for-19 from the floor and added six rebounds, 11 assists and two blocks. Beasley was 7-for-14 with five 3-poi...
Dawson Mercer's two-goal night sparks Devils' rout of Bruins
Dawson Mercer scored bookend goals in New Jersey's four-goal second period, propelling the Devils to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday in Newark, N.J.,Mercer, 23, recorded his first multigoal game this season, scoring a game-tying goal 1:24 into the frame and the second of New Jersey...
Kevin Durant, Devin Booker lead Suns past skidding Nets
Kevin Durant scored 24 points in three quarters against his former team Wednesday night and the Phoenix Suns ended a five-game road trip with a wire-to-wire 108-84 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York.,Nearly two years after getting his trade request granted, Durant helped the Suns conclude a ...
No. 20 St. John's starts fast in OT, rallies past Xavier
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 16 points in overtime for No. 20 St. John's, which overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Xavier 79-71 on Wednesday night in New York.,Kadary Richmond finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals for St. John's (17-3, 8-1 Big East), w...
Ty Berry's hot shooting carries Northwestern past Indiana
Ty Berry swished a career-best seven 3-pointers on his way to 23 points and Brooks Barnhizer had 21 points and eight rebounds to lift host Northwestern to a 79-70 win against Indiana on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.,Nick Martinelli added 18 points and Jalen Leach scored all 15 of his points after half...
USMNT blanks Costa Rica, caps perfect January camp
Brian White and Caden Clark each scored his first international goal as the U.S. men's national team defeated Costa Rica 3-0 in a friendly at Orlando on Wednesday.,White scored in the 21st minute and Clark in 77th before Patrick Agyemang added a goal in the 90th after also scoring in his debut Satur...
Georgia Tech ends 4-game losing skid at Virginia Tech's expense
Duncan Powell scored a season-high 23 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 71-64 win over visiting Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Wednesday in Atlanta.,Javian McCollum added 16 points and Baye Ndongo collected 14 points, nine rebounds and five steals, as the Yellow Jackets (9-1...
No. 5 Florida gets its only lead when it counts, edges South Carolina
Will Richard capped a 22-point showing by hitting the go-ahead layup with five seconds left as fifth-ranked Florida executed down the stretch and rallied for a 70-69 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in Columbia, S.C.,The Gators (17-2, 4-2 SEC) trailed 58-45 with 8:49 left but outscored...
Chase Hunter puts up 23 as Clemson clobbers Syracuse
Chase Hunter scored 23 points to propel Clemson to an 86-72 home victory over Syracuse on Wednesday.,Viktor Lakhin chipped in 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (16-4, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won seven of their past eight games. Jaeden Zackery contributed 14 points for Clemson...
NHL-best Capitals set to face optimistic Kraken
For the Washington Capitals, this season was expected to be about Alex Ovechkin's chase to surpass Wayne Gretzky for the NHL's career goal-scoring record.,Instead, it's turned into so much more.,The Capitals enter Thursday's road game against the Seattle Kraken in first place in the league's overall...