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Oilers fight back, top Chicago to stay hot
Zach Hyman scored the game-winner with 13 minutes left in regulation and the Edmonton Oilers held on to edge the host Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night.,Vasily Podkolzin scored a goal and added an assist, and Adam Henrique and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers, who have won five of six.,...
Canucks' Kevin Lankinen blanks Leafs for 4th shutout of season
Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season and the visiting Vancouver Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Saturday night.,Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist for the Canucks. Brock Boeser and Kiefer Sherwood also scored, and Tyler Myers added two assists.,Lan...
Cade Cunningham nets triple-double, Pistons down Raptors
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a season-high 27 points and the host Detroit Pistons held off the Toronto Raptors 123-114 on Saturday night.,Hardaway made all but one of his eight 3-point attempts. Cade Cunningham notched a triple-double with 22 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds as the Pistons won for the ...
Utah blasts Oklahoma St. for first Big 12 win
Ezra Ausar scored 21 points to lift Utah to its first-ever Big 12 Conference win, an 83-62 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,Jake Wahlin and Keanu Dawes each scored 16 points for the Utes (9-6, 1-3 Big 12), who snapped a four-game losing streak with the blowout win.,Ut...
Georgia defends homecourt, knocks off No. 17 Oklahoma
Asa Newell and Dakota Leffew scored 15 points apiece, leading Georgia to a 72-62 win over No. 17 Oklahoma on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play in Athens, Ga. ,Silas Demary Jr. added 10 points and eight rebounds for Georgia (14-2, 2-1 SEC), which won its second game in a row after beating No. ...
Virginia Tech withstands Cal's second-half rally to claim ACC road victory
Tobi Lawal drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 5:43 to play, Mylyjael Poteat dropped in a key layup in the final minute and Virginia Tech survived a second-half California flurry for a 71-68 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball win Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Jaydon Young led a ba...
Virginia Tech withstand Cal's second-half rally to claim ACC road victory
Tobi Lawal drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 5:43 to play, Mylyjael Poteat dropped in a key layup in the final minute and Virginia Tech survived a second-half California flurry for a 71-68 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball win Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Jaydon Young led a ba...
No. 1 Tennessee escapes matchup with Texas with 4-point win
Zakai Zeigler hit for 16 points, including a basket and four clutch free throws in the final minute, as No. 1 Tennessee outlasted Texas 74-70 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference slugfest in Austin, Texas.,The back-and-forth battle was tied at 58-58 after a jumper by the Volunteers' Chaz Lanier ...
J.J. Spaun climbs into lead at Sony Open in Hawaii
J.J. Spaun shot a 5-under-par 65 to move into the lead through three rounds of the Sony Open on Saturday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.,Spaun's best score of the tournament puts him at 13-under 197 going to Sunday's final round. He'll have plenty of pursuers within range.,He's ahead of second-...
No. 12 Houston steamrolls Kansas State to win 8th straight
Houston used a well-balanced scoring attack, led by Emanuel Sharp's 15 points, and defeated Kansas State 87-57 Saturday evening in Manhattan, Kan. The Cougars had five players in double figures and two others with 8 points.,Houston (12-3, 4-0 Big 12) is tied with Iowa State atop the Big 12 standings...
Texans devour Chargers for wild-card victory
C.J. Stroud passed for 282 yards and a touchdown, Joe Mixon rushed for 106 yards and a score and Eric Murray returned an interception for a touchdown as the host Houston Texans routed the Los Angeles Chargers 32-12 in an AFC wild-card game on Saturday.,Houston (11-7) advanced to the divisional round...
No. 23 Ole Miss capitalizes on turnovers to down LSU
Malik Dia scored 19 points and No. 23 Ole Miss used a strong second half to pull away to a 77-65 victory against LSU on Saturday in Oxford, Miss., ,Jaemyn Brakefield added 16 points, Sean Pedulla scored 11, Dre Davis and Jaylen Murray scored 10 each for the Rebels (14-2, 3-0 Southeastern Conference)...
Cameron Hildreth (31 points) leads Wake Forest past Miami
Cameron Hildreth scored 16 of his game-high 31 points in the first half as Wake Forest defeated host Miami 88-78 in the Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday night.,Wake Forest (12-4, 4-1 ACC), which is 5-1 in its past six games, had a 50-20 advantage on paint points. The Demon Deacons also ...
Bensley Joseph's career night lifts Providence over Seton Hall
Bensley Joseph went 7-for-9 from beyond the arc en route to a career-high 28 points, leading host Providence to a 91-85 win over Seton Hall on Saturday.,Three of Joseph's career-best 3-pointer total came in a span of 2:24 late in the second half. Those makes from deep highlighted a 17-6 outburst tha...
Devin Booker (34 pts.), Suns continue dominance of Jazz
Devin Booker matched his season high with six 3-pointers and scored 34 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and the Phoenix Suns led wire-to-wire in a 114-106 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Saturday.,Utah rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second quarter and trailed 91-88 with 8:36 left ...
Kraken score six straight goals to shoot past Sabres
Kaapo Kakko scored twice as the Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat the host Buffalo Sabres 6-2 Saturday.,Oliver Bjorkstrand sparked Seattle, which was winless in its previous four games (0-3-1), with a rare fight, and later scored the go-ahead goal. Ryker Evans, Andre Burakovsk...
SMU uses explosive first half to rout Georgia Tech
Chuck Harris scored a game-high 21 points, helping lead SMU to a 93-71 rout of visiting Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Dallas.,B.J. Edwards added 19 points, six assists and six steals, while Yohan Traore added 13 points and Kario Oquendo netted 12 as the Mustangs (12-4...
Ian Jackson helps North Carolina slip by NC State
North Carolina's Ian Jackson scored 21 points in his first meeting with rival North Carolina State and teammate Jalen Washington's tiebreaking dunk with 24 seconds to play and game-clinching defense allowed the visiting Tar Heels to escape with a 63-61 victory Saturday at Raleigh, N.C.,After Washing...
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford hand Virginia 3rd straight loss
Benny Gealer, Ryan Agarwal and Jaylen Blakes hit 3-pointers in a late first-half flurry, Maxime Raynaud registered another double-double and Stanford completed a two-game Atlantic Coast Conference home sweep with an 88-65 victory over Virginia on Saturday afternoon.,Raynaud compiled his nation-leadi...
Xavier holds DePaul scoreless in stretches in 14-point win
Zach Freemantle had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Conwell scored 19 points to lift visiting Xavier to a 77-63 victory against DePaul on Saturday in Chicago.,Jerome Hunter added 10 points and six boards for the Musketeers, who shot 48.1 percent compared to 39.6 percent for the Blue Demons.,DePau...