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Caden Pierce's late shot lifts Princeton over Rutgers
Caden Pierce made the game-winning hook shot with five seconds left and Princeton stunned Rutgers 83-82 in a back-and-forth rivalry contest Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Pierce finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds and Xaivian Lee added 21 points, 11 assists and six rebounds as the duo carrie...
Alex Karaban, No. 11 UConn hold off Butler
Alex Karaban scored 21 and Liam McNeeley added 17 to help No. 11 UConn avoid the upset on the road at Butler 78-74 on Saturday in Indianapolis.,The Huskies (10-3) won their sixth straight.,The Bulldogs (7-6) got within two in the final minutes, but two consecutive 3-pointers from Karaban gave UConn ...
David Joplin's career outing helps No. 9 Marquette get past Xavier
David Joplin scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and reached a career milestone to lead the No. 9 Marquette Golden Eagles to a 72-70 win over the host Xavier Musketeers in a Big East contest Saturday in Cincinnati.,All-American guard Kam Jones had 20 points, including seven clutch points i...
Erik Reynolds II, Saint Joseph's too strong for Virginia Tech
Erik Reynolds II supplied 25 points to guide host Saint Joseph's to an 82-62 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday in a Holiday Hoopfest matchup in Philadelphia.,The Hawks (8-4) shot a sizzling 15-of-32 from 3-point range, led by strong efforts from Reynolds (5-of-11), Derek Simpson (4-of-8) and An...
Selton Miguel, Maryland rout Syracuse
Selton Miguel drilled a career-high six 3-pointers, fellow transfer Ja'Kobi Gillespie logged his first-career double-double and Maryland steamrolled Syracuse 87-60 on Saturday at the Gotham Classic in New York City.,Miguel, a South Florida transfer, shot 8 of 11 from the field and finished with 24 p...
No. 5 Duke wins sixth straight with rout of Georgia Tech
Kon Knueppel paired 18 points with five assists, helping guide the visiting No. 5 Duke Blue Devils to an 82-56 rout of Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play Saturday in Atlanta.,Khaman Maluach added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Cooper Flagg -- on his 18th birthday -- scored 13 points...
Yanic Konan Niederhauser fuels Penn State past Drexel
Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18 points to guide visiting Penn State to a 75-64 win over Drexel in a Saturday matinee from Philadelphia. ,Konan Niederhauser also had six rebounds and three blocks, while Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 15 points and six assists for the Nittany Lions (10-2). ,Nick Kern a...
Will Richard leads the way as No. 7 Florida dominates North Florida
Will Richard scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead the host Florida Gators to a comfortable 99-45 victory over the North Florida Ospreys on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, Fla.,The No. 7 Gators (12-0) continued what is their second-best start in program history and best since o...
Capitals place F Lars Eller (illness) on injured reserve
Washington Capitals placed Lars Eller on injured reserve due to illness on Saturday and have recalled fellow forward Henrik Rybinski from Hershey of the American Hockey League.,The move to injured reserve is retroactive to Dec. 17. The Capitals acquired Eller from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 12 ...
Anthony Duclair expected to return as Isles battle Leafs
The New York Islanders expect to have Anthony Duclair back in the lineup on Saturday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs.,The forward was activated from injured reserve on Friday after being out with a lower-body injury since Oct. 19. He has two goals and an assist in five games.,The Islan...
Nathan MacKinnon's 3-point outing lifts Avalanche past Ducks
Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and an empty-net goal in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-2 road win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,The Avalanche have won their last two games, while the loss ended Anaheim's own two-game win streak.,Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar each had a goal and an assist, and M...
Notre Dame holds off Indiana, faces Georgia in CFP quarterfinal
Riley Leonard passed for 201 yards and one touchdown and rushed for another score, and No. 7 seed Notre Dame held on for a 27-17 win against No. 10 seed Indiana in the first round of the College Football Playoff tournament on Friday night in South Bend, Ind., ,Jeremiyah Love rushed for a 98-yard tou...
Patrik Laine's power-play strike lifts Habs over Red Wings
Patrik Laine scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:58 remaining as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the host Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday.,Montreal's Jake Evans scored a short-handed goal and added an assist in his 300th career game. Emil Heineman also had a goal and an assist, while Arber X...
Cavs run out to big lead, coast past Cup champion Bucks
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 124-101 home win over the Bucks on Friday, swiftly bringing Milwaukee down from its NBA Cup-championship high.,Five other Cavs scored in double-figures, with Darius Garland putting up 16 and Evan Mobley and Dean Wade adding 15 ea...
Kanon Catchings' 21 points lead BYU past Florida A&M
Freshman Kanon Catchings scored a career-high 21 points to lead BYU to a 103-57 victory over Florida A&M on Friday night in Provo, Utah.,Catchings, a highly touted NBA prospect, hit 8 of 12 shots with four 3-pointers to help the Cougars (9-2) finish their nonconference schedule on a three-game winni...
No. 19 Cincinnati halts No. 22 Dayton's 5-game win streak
Dan Skillings Jr. scored a team-high 17 points while Jizzle James added 14 to lead No. 19 Cincinnati past No. 22 Dayton 66-59 on Friday night in downtown Cincinnati.,In his third game back from minor knee surgery, Skillings looked more comfortable assuming a scoring role for Cincinnati (9-1) while a...
Rangers' Igor Shesterkin makes 41 saves, stymies Stars
With the New York Rangers in dire need of a win, Igor Shesterkin turned in a spectacular performance on Friday. The goalie made 41 saves to end his team's three-game losing streak in a 3-1 victory against the host Dallas Stars.,The Rangers' top goalie entered play having lost three of his past four ...
Dylan Guenther nets pair as Utah edges Wild
Dylan Guenther scored a pair of goals to lift the Utah Hockey Club to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Guenther's two goals were all that Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka needed to preserve the victory. Vejmelka stopped 28 of 29 shots for Utah, which notched a sea...
Jalen Williams leads road-weary Thunder past Heat
Jalen Williams scored a season-high 33 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 25 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder withstood a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Miami Heat 104-97 on Friday.,Luguentz Dort had 14 points and Isaiah Hartenstein scored 13 points and matched his season high with 18 r...
Zuby Ejiofor's buzzer-beater lifts St. John's over Providence
Zuby Ejiofor finished a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double with a second-chance make in the paint as time expired, lifting visiting St. John's to a 72-70 win over Providence in Big East action on Friday night.,The Red Storm (10-2, 2-0), who have won five in a row, overcame a 42-29 halftime deficit a...