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Brice Williams, Nebraska keep rolling with win over Ohio State
Brice Williams continued his recent surge with 24 points and 10 rebounds Sunday as Nebraska rallied to defeat Ohio State 79-71 in Lincoln, Neb.,Williams is averaging 25.5 points during Nebraska's current four-game winning streak.,Juwan Gary added 19 points and Berke Buyuktuncel scored 15 for the Cor...
No. 17 Memphis tops Temple, avenging lone AAC loss
PJ Haggerty scored 20 points and dished out seven assists Sunday as No. 17 Memphis avenged its only American Athletic Conference loss with an 85-79 decision over visiting Temple. ,The Tigers (20-4, 10-1) upped their AAC lead over UAB to 1 1/2 games despite the absence of second-leading scorer Tyrese...
Oklahoma State's balanced scoring sinks Arizona State
Jamyron Keller scored 14 points to lead six players in double figures, helping Oklahoma State post an 86-73 victory over Arizona State on Sunday in Stillwater, Okla.,Keller scored 11 in the first half, making 4-of-5 attempts from the field, including all three attempts from long range. Arturo Dean a...
Lightning power past Canadiens for fourth straight win
Victor Hedman and Anthony Cirelli each registered a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to win 5-3 over the host Montreal Canadiens Sunday afternoon in the final NHL game before the 4 Nations Face-Off. ,Nick Paul, Brayden Point and Zemgus Girgensons also scored for Tampa Bay in its...
Karel Vejmelka backstops Utah to shootout win vs. Caps
Karel Vejmelka made 30 saves, including all three shots he faced in the shootout, for Utah Hockey Club in a 5-4 shootout win against the host Washington Capitals on Sunday.,Vejmelka, who played Saturday in a 7-3 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes, came on in relief in the first period after starter Con...
Pistons start fast, hang on to defeat Hornets 112-102
Cade Cunningham recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons never trailed while earning a 112-102 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Sunday afternoon.,Tobias Harris had 20 points and Malik Beasley supplied 17 as the Pistons won their second...
No. 5 UConn rebounds from loss, crushes Providence
Azzi Fudd scored all of her 17 points in the third quarter on Sunday as No. 5 UConn cruised to a 77-40 road win over Providence.,Paige Bueckers tallied 20 points and Ashlynn Shade chipped in 12 for the Huskies (22-3, 13-0 Big East), who recovered after Thursday's 80-76 nonconference loss at No. 19 T...
Derik Queen (29 points), No. 18 Maryland handle Rutgers
Freshman Derik Queen bundled a career-high 29 points with 15 rebounds and five assists on Sunday to help No. 18 Maryland beat Rutgers 90-81 in College Park, Md.,Rodney Rice added 19 points and Selton Miguel scored 17 as the Terrapins (18-6, 8-5 Big Ten) won for the seventh time in nine games. Miguel...
Tundra Esports brush aside Gaimin Gladiators in Blast Slam II final
Tundra Esports recorded a 3-0 sweep of Gaimin Gladiators in the grand final of the BLAST Slam II championship on Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Tundra posted a 34-minute win on green before notching 39- and 26-minute victories on red to take home $300,000 in prize money plus $100,000 in team earning...
Eric Dixon takes charge after halftime as Villanova tops Xavier
Eric Dixon poured in 24 points, Wooga Poplar 23 and Tyler Perkins 20 for Villanova, which broke away in the second half for an 80-68 win over visiting Xavier on Sunday in Philadelphia., ,Dixon, the nation's leading scorer at 23.8 points per game, had just two points before halftime but exploded for ...
Alex Ovechkin continues to chase history as Caps host Utah
Game by game, Alex Ovechkin is chipping away at Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal-scoring record.,Now with 879 career goals, 16 away from surpassing Gretzky, he'll look to keep it going when the Washington Capitals host the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday afternoon.,Ovechkin has scored in four straight g...
Rockets hope to stop freefall against Raptors
It has taken fewer than three weeks for the Rockets to transition from darlings of the Western Conference to experiencing a calamitous collapse that has them tumbling down the standings.,With their 116-105 road loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, the Rockets' skid reached six games. In that sp...
Dricus du Plessis retains title in rematch with Sean Strickland
Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis outboxed Sean Strickland for 25 minutes en route to a unanimous decision win (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) in the main event of UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday night (Sunday in Australia).,The fight was never competitive as Strickland (29-7 MMA) stayed on hi...
Spacestation Gaming tops standings in OCS NA Stage 1
Sweeps were the order of the day in the Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage 1 on Saturday. ,Spacestation Gaming's win moved them atop the standings, with the other two victors, NTMR and Team Liquid, also in the top four. ,The $100,000 tournament, played online, features eight teams. The...
Team Vitality, Team Spirit sweep into IEM Katowice grand final
Team Vitality and Team Spirit rode sweeping wins into the grand final of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event in Poland on Saturday.,Those teams will meet for the title on Sunday.,Vitality eliminated The MongolZ with victories on Mirage (13-7) and Nuke (13-9). ,Mathieu "ZywOo) Herbaut of France led ...
Tundra Esports, Gaimin Gladiators advance to BLAST Slam II final
Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators will play for the BLAST Slam II championship after winning in the semifinals of the Dota 2 event on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark -- albeit in different ways.,In the first semi, Tundra faced a stiff challenge from Nigma Galaxy, winning 2-1 after nearly two hour...
Ducks give up late goal, then top Kings in shootout
Lukas Dostal made 43 saves in regulation and overtime and did not allow a goal in the shootout to help the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.,Brian Dumoulin scored in regulation and Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson scored in the two-round shootout for ...
Ducks give up tying goal, but beat Kings in shootout
Lukas Dostal made 43 saves in regulation and overtime and did not allow a goal in the shootout to help the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.,Brian Dumoulin scored in regulation and Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson scored in the two-round shootout for ...
Ivica Zubac, Clippers rally, extend Jazz's road losing streak
Ivica Zubac collected 26 points and 15 rebounds and Norman Powell also had 26 points as the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first half to earn a 130-110 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif., ,James Harden scored 23 points with a season-...
Balanced attack leads No. 20 Arizona past No. 13 Texas Tech
Jaden Bradley and Caleb Love led five Arizona players in double figures with 16 points apiece as the No. 20 Wildcats topped No. 13 Texas Tech 82-73 Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats (17-6, 11-1 Big 12) extended their winning streak to six games since they lost at Texas Tech on Jan. 18.,The Red ...