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No. 3 Iowa State posts wire-to-wire win vs. No. 25 Baylor
Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished five assists as No. 3 Iowa State pulled away from No. 25 Baylor 74-55 in a Big 12 Conference showdown Saturday in Ames, Iowa., ,Milan Momcilovic added 15 points for Iowa State (12-1, 2-0), which won its ninth in a row and improved to 8-...

No. 3 Iowa State post wire-to-wire win vs. No. 25 Baylor
Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished five assists as No. 3 Iowa State pulled away from No. 25 Baylor 74-55 in a Big 12 Conference showdown Saturday in Ames, Iowa., ,Milan Momcilovic added 15 points for Iowa State (12-1, 2-0), which won its ninth in a row and improved to 8-...

No. 14 Houston dominates early, rolls past BYU
Emanuel Sharp scored a game-high 18 points and Terrance Arceneaux added 15 points off the bench as No. 14 Houston rolled to a 86-55 victory over BYU in their Big 12 home opener on Saturday.,Sharp and Arceneaux combined for 18 points on 5-of-10 shooting in a runaway first half for Houston (10-3, 2-0 ...

No. 17 Mississippi State stays hot, cools off South Carolina
Josh Hubbard scored 21 points as No. 17 Mississippi State smothered visiting South Carolina in an 85-50 rout in both teams' SEC opener Saturday in Starkville, Mis.,Hubbard made 7 of 13 shots after shooting 31.3 percent (16-of-51) in his previous four games. He also sank five 3s after shooting 1-of-9...

No. 1 Tennessee 14-0 after cruising past No. 23 Arkansas
Chaz Lanier scored 29 points and top-ranked Tennessee equaled the best start in program history with an easy 76-52 victory over No. 23 Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Knoxville, Tenn.,Igor Milicic Jr. had 13 points, a career-best 18 rebounds and...

Capitals turn on offense to get past Rangers 7-4
Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin added his 872nd career goal and the Washington Capitals earned a 7-4 victory against the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.,Logan Thompson made 28 saves for the Capitals as Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals.,C...

West Virginia handles Oklahoma State for 7th straight win
West Virginia's Javon Small burned his former team with 24 points and 11 rebounds as the Mountaineers subdued visiting Oklahoma State 69-50 on Saturday in Morgantown.,Jonathan Powell matched his season high with 17 points as West Virginia (11-2, 2-0 Big 12) led wire-to-wire for its seventh straight ...

Late four-point play gets North Carolina past Notre Dame
Ian Jackson scored a career high 27 points and Elliot Cadeau completed a four-point play with 4.8 seconds left to help North Carolina defeat host Notre Dame 74-73 on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.,North Carolina (9-6, 2-1 ACC) trailed by three points when Cadeau dribbled along the right wing...

West Virginia runs away from Oklahoma State
West Virginia's Javon Small riddled his former team, collecting 24 points and 11 rebounds as the Mountaineers subdued visiting Oklahoma State 69-50 on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.,Jonathan Powell matched his season high with 17 points as West Virginia (11-2, 2-0 Big 12) led wire-to-wire to capture ...

Buffalo wins fifth straight, stymies Liberty in Bahamas Bowl
Al-Jay Henderson ran for 119 yards and a touchdown while Red Murdock returned an interception for a score as Buffalo dominated short-handed Liberty for a 26-7 win Saturday in the Bahamas Bowl in Nassau.,C.J. Ogbonna was 9-of-19 passing for 137 yards and Upton Bellenfant booted four field goals as th...

Hunter Sallis (20 points) leads Wake Forest past NC State
Hunter Sallis scored 20 points and Wake Forest won its second game in a row by defeating visiting North Carolina State 77-59 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Juke Harris came off the bench for 17 points and Tre'Von Spillers added 12 points for the Demon Deacons (11-4, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference...

Jaemyn Brakefield, No. 24 Ole Miss too strong for Georgia
Jaemyn Brakefield and Matthew Murrell each scored 15 points to lift No. 24 Ole Miss to a 63-51 win over Georgia on Saturday afternoon in Oxford, Miss.,Dre Davis added nine points for the Rebels (12-2, 1-0 SEC), which rebounded from their loss at Memphis on Dec. 28.,Asa Newell collected 13 points and...

Hot-shooting Georgia Tech routs Boston College
Javian McCollum and Lance Terry both scored 20 points and Georgia Tech shot 58.5 percent from the field to beat Boston College 85-64 on Saturday in Atlanta and earn its third straight win.,McCollum, fully recovered from a concussion that caused him to miss four games, shot 6-for-9 from the floor wit...

Eric Dixon, Jordan Longino pace Villanova in rout of DePaul
Eric Dixon scored a game-high 25 points and Jordan Longino added 19 to lead four players in double figures as host Villanova rolled to a 100-56 rout of DePaul on Saturday afternoon.,Jhamir Brickus notched a double-double of 11 points and 11 assists for the Wildcats and Wooga Poplar had 17 points.,Lo...

Koby Brea helps No. 10 Kentucky outlast No. 6 Florida
Koby Brea finished with 23 points and seven 3-pointers, both career highs, for the Kentucky Wildcats who opened Southeastern Conference play Saturday outlasting the visiting Florida Gators 106-100 in Lexington, Ky.,The No. 10 Wildcats (12-2, 1-0) scored their third win this season over a team ranked...

Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews to return vs. Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews told reporters that he will return from an upper-body injury in Saturday night's game against the visiting Boston Bruins.,"I think the last couple skates I've had, I've felt good. I've made progress throughout those and feeling confident day-by-day," Matth...

ATP roundup: U.S., Poland to clash in United Cup final
Top-seeded United States and No. 2 seed Poland will meet Sunday in the United Cup final in Sydney.,Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz topped the Czech team of Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac on Saturday to advance. Gauff was a 6-1, 6-4 winner; Fritz took the victory when Machac, up a set at 7-6 (4), 5-6 ...
Final Countdown: NFL Coaches Likely to Be Fired Once the Season Ends
NFL Week 18 is here, and these head coaches find themselves on the hot seat and likely to be fired once the regular season concludes on Monday....

Malik Monk, Kings prevail in shootout with Grizzlies
Malik Monk hit three key fourth-quarter 3-pointers to stall a Memphis rally as part of a 31-point night, DeMar DeRozan chipped in with 29 points and the Sacramento Kings earned a 138-133 victory over the visiting Grizzlies on Friday night.,The Kings, who improved to 3-1 under interim coach Doug Chri...

LeBron James adds to statistical achievements as Lakers top Hawks
LeBron James scored 30 points and Anthony Davis returned from a one-game absence to score 18 points with 19 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers earned a 119-102 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday., ,James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, passed Michael Jordan for most 30-point games...