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Filip Gustavsson, Wild hand Canes rare home loss
Mats Zuccarello scored two goals, including an empty netter, and Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy, who also had a pair of assists, scored for the Wild, while Marco Rossi logged...
Matthew Knies racks up 5 points as Leafs top Bruins
Matthew Knies recorded his first career hat trick and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday night.,Mitch Marner added an empty-net goal and four assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won three games in a row.,Auston Matthews (upper-body inju...
Red Wings double up Jets for 4th straight win
Dylan Larkin scored twice to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the host Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night., ,Lucas Raymond had a goal and two assists and Alex DeBrincat also scored for Detroit, which won its fourth straight under new coach Todd McLellan. Defenseman Moritz Seider added three...
Pistons overcome 53 points from Anthony Edwards, beat Wolves
Cade Cunningham poured in a season-high 40 points to go along with nine assists to offset Anthony Edwards' career-high 53 points as the host Detroit Pistons defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-105 on Saturday.,Edwards had been limited to 20 points or less in eight of his previous 14 games. His p...
Pacers run away from Suns in second half
Tyrese Haliburton scored 27 points to lead six Indiana scorers in double figures and the Pacers bookended the second half with big runs to send the visiting Phoenix Suns to a fourth consecutive loss and seventh in their last eight games, 126-108 on Saturday in Indianapolis.,Indiana opened the second...
Darrion Williams helps Texas Tech dismantle Utah
Darrion Williams led a balanced attack by scoring 19 points with nine assists to help lift Texas Tech to a 93-65 road win over Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City.,Five other players scored in double figures for the Red Raiders (10-3, 1-1 Big 12), who picked up their first conference win of the seaso...
Pitt takes control late in first half, never looks back vs. Stanford
Ishmael Leggett scored 21 points on Saturday night and Pitt stayed undefeated in Atlantic Coast Conference play with an 83-68 win over visiting Stanford.,Leggett added six rebounds for the Panthers (12-2, 3-0 ACC), who canned 56.4 percent of their field-goal attempts. Jaland Lowe added 16 points, fi...
No. 5 Alabama emphatically hands No. 12 Oklahoma its first loss
Mark Sears scored a game-high 22 points and dished out 10 assists as No. 5 Alabama cruised to a 107-79 home win that knocked No. 12 Oklahoma from the ranks of the unbeaten in the SEC opener for both teams on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ,Labaron Philon scored 16 points, Grant Nelson added 12 points ...
Joel Embiid, 76ers overwhelm Nets
Joel Embiid totaled 28 points and 12 rebounds in three quarters as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame an extremely early 11-point deficit and rolled to a 123-94 victory over the short-handed Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night in New York.,Embiid made 8 of 16 shots, hit all 10 free throws and played 29 min...
Florida State sinks Syracuse for first ACC win
Taylor Bol Bowen scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Florida State beat Syracuse 90-74 for its first Atlantic Coast Conference win of the season Saturday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,Jamir Watkins scored 16 as he hit double figures in the 11th straight game for the Seminoles (10-4, 1-2 ACC...
Arizona State notches convincing win over Colorado
BJ Freeman scored 19 points before being ejected in the second half, and Arizona State beat Colorado 81-61 in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday.,Bashir Jihad scored 17 points, Jayden Quaintance contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds and Amier Ali scored 10 for Arizona State (10-3, 1-1 Big 12 Conference).,Tre...
Hideki Matsuyama holds 1-shot edge on Collin Morikawa at The Sentry
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama shot an 11-under-par 62 to maintain the lead through three rounds of The Sentry in what turned into a shootout with Collin Morikawa on Saturday.,Matsuyama, who was the second-round leader, couldn't shake Morikawa, who also shot 62 in the PGA Tour season opener at The Plantat...
Ravens rout Browns, clinch AFC North title
Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes Saturday and Derrick Henry added two fourth-quarter scoring runs as the Baltimore Ravens clinched the AFC North title with a 35-10 win over the visiting Cleveland Browns.,Baltimore (12-5) will host a first-round playoff game next weekend as the No. 3 seed, wh...
Vanderbilt slides past LSU in SEC opener for both teams
AJ Hoggard scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and Vanderbilt held off LSU 80-72 in the SEC opener for both teams Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge, La.,Jaylen Carey and MJ Collins added 14 points each, Jason Edwards scored 12 and Tyler Nickel had 11 for the Commodores (13-1), who had...
Cody Ceci scores in final minute to lift Sharks past Devils
Cody Ceci scored with 25 seconds left to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Saturday afternoon.,Nikolai Kovalenko and Macklin Celebrini also scored and Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves for the Sharks, who have won two in a row following an eight-game losing...
Noah Reynolds carries TCU past Kansas State 63-62
Noah Reynolds scored 18 points, including a go-ahead layup with 12.8 seconds remaining as TCU scored the final seven points to defeat visiting Kansas State 63-62 on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas., ,Vasean Allette and Trazarie White added 14 points each for TCU (8-5, 1-1 Big 12), which improved to 8-...
Louisville shows off depth in 70-50 victory over Virginia
Aboubacar Traore scored 15 points in just 16 minutes as Louisville earned a rare victory over host Virginia on Saturday, winning 70-50 in Charlottesville, Va.,Traore returned last weekend after missing 10 games due to a broken arm. He entered Saturday after scoring just five points in his first four...
Arizona holds off rally by No. 16 Cincinnati
Jaden Bradley led Arizona with 15 points as the visiting Wildcats withstood a furious second-half rally in a 72-67 upset of No. 16 Cincinnati on Saturday.,Bradley's layup with 43 seconds left gave Arizona a 66-64 lead. After Dan Skillings Jr. missed a corner 3-pointer for the Bearcats, Bradley was f...
No. 9 Oregon out to extend Maryland's Big Ten road woes
The Big Ten's coast-to-coast expansion has brought a wave of new matchups in unfamiliar -- and oftentimes distant -- environments for the league's 18 teams.,For the second time in four days, Maryland faces a completely new challenge as it travels to face No. 9 Oregon on Sunday in Eugene. ,In the tea...
Late run pushes St. John's to 70-62 victory over Butler
RJ Luis Jr. collected 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds and converted a tie-breaking dunk with 4:48 remaining as St. John's survived struggles from the 3-point line to earn a 70-62 victory over visiting Butler on Saturday afternoon at New York.,Luis made 9 of 19 shots despite missing all five o...