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Hawks have little trouble pinning Raptors with 10th straight loss
Trae Young collected 34 points and 10 assists and the visiting Atlanta Hawks never trailed en route to a 136-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.,Reserve De'Andre Hunter added 22 points for the Hawks, who have won four games in a row.,Jalen Johnson chipped in 15 points, six steals a...
Balanced offense, late surge help Pacers slide past Celtics
Tyrese Haliburton had 31 points, six rebounds and seven assists as the visiting Indiana Pacers pulled away late for a 123-114 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night.,Six players scored in double figures for Indiana, which beat Boston in two of the teams' three regular-season meetings.,Andre...
Jake Evans continues goal streak to help Canadiens past Lightning
Jake Evans scored in his fifth straight game, Alexandre Carrier had two assists and the visiting Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Sunday.,Evans delivered the eventual game-winner to put Montreal up 3-1 with 1:32 left in the second period. Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov answered 26...
Sidney Crosby sets team record as Penguins get revenge on Isles
Sidney Crosby claimed the franchise's all-time record for assists as the host Pittsburgh Penguins claimed a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday.,Michael Bunting and Philip Tomasino both collected one goal and one assist, Anthony Beauvillier also scored and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic m...
Braden Smith goes off as No. 21 Purdue tops Toledo
Braden Smith set career highs with 34 points and six 3-pointers as No. 21 Purdue pulled away from Toledo 83-64 in a nonconference matchup on Sunday night in West Lafayette, Ind.,Smith went 12 of 22 from the floor and added 12 assists and three steals for the Boilermakers (9-4). Trey Kaufman-Renn add...
Patrick Kane has milestone night as Red Wings beat Capitals
Patrick Kane reached the 1,300-point mark with a goal and an assist as the host Detroit Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.,Todd McLellan recorded his first win in two games as Detroit's head coach. McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde, w...
Sam Darnold-led Vikings down Packers for ninth straight win
Sam Darnold completed 33 of 43 passes for a career-best 377 yards to go with three touchdowns and one interception, and the Minnesota Vikings escaped with a 27-25 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Justin Jefferson had eight catches for 92 yards for Minnesota (14-2)...
Dolphins defeat Browns to keep playoff hopes alive
Tyler Huntley completed 22 of 26 passes for 225 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, and ran for another score to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 20-3 victory over the host Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio.,Huntley made his fourth start of the season, and did so in place of Dolphins'...
No. 9 Oregon steamrolls Weber State to close nonconference slate
No. 9 Oregon led for all but the first minute of the game, shooting 55 percent from the field in an 89-49 victory over Weber State in the final nonconference game for both teams Sunday in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks (12-1) have won three consecutive games since losing at home to UCLA in a Big Ten game th...
Ducks charge back to beat Oilers
Ryan Strome scored the go-ahead goal at 17:24 of the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 5-3 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.,Strome took the puck from behind the net and stuffed it in on the doorstep. It initially appeared that goalie Calvin ...
Indiana edges Winthrop despite horrid 3-point shooting
Myles Rice scored 18 points to lead Indiana to a 77-68 win over Winthrop on Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.,Malik Reneau added 14 points and seven rebounds and Trey Galloway scored 11 points for Indiana (10-3).,The Hoosiers prevailed despite shooting just 1-of-20 from 3-point range. The Eagles were a li...
Magic rally from 21 down to stun Nets
Cole Anthony hit the game-winning basket with 1.3 seconds left to cap a furious rally as the host Orlando Magic erased a 21-point deficit and completed a season sweep of the Brooklyn Nets with a 102-101 victory on Sunday.,The Magic ended their fourth win over the Nets this season on a 22-4 run over ...
Sabres knock off Blues for third straight win
Jason Zucker and Tage Thompson each had a goal and an assist to lead the visiting Buffalo Sabres past the St. Louis 4-2 on Sunday.,Peyton Krebs and Juri Kulich also scored for the Sabres, who won their third straight game following a 13-game winless stretch. Jack Quinn had two assists for Buffalo an...
Washington recovers from upset, rolls past NJIT
Great Osobor scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had three assists in 18 minutes of playing time as Washington wrapped up nonconference action with a 90-53 rout of NJIT on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.,Zoom Diallo came off the bench to contribute 12 points and a game-high five assists for the ...
Aden Holloway explodes as No. 5 Alabama rolls over South Dakota State
Aden Holloway established career highs of 26 points and eight 3-pointers to help No. 5 Alabama roll to a 105-82 nonconference victory over South Dakota State on Sunday at Tuscaloosa, Ala. ,Freshman Labaron Philon had the best game of his young career with 21 points and six assists for the Crimson Ti...
Georgia rallies, then holds off South Carolina State
RJ Godfrey and Tyrin Lawrence each scored 14 points to help lead Georgia to a 79-72 win over visiting South Carolina State on Sunday in Athens, Ga.,Asa Newell and Dakota Leffew added 12 apiece for Georgia (12-1) which rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit. Silas Demary Jr. had 11 points followed ...
No. 12 Oklahoma pulls away late vs. Prairie View A&M
Jalon Moore led No. 12 Oklahoma with 22 points in an 89-67 home win against pesky Prairie View A&M in Norman on Sunday.,Jeremiah Fears scored 19 points and Duke Miles added 17 for the Sooners, who are 13-0 for the fourth time in program history and the first time since the 1987-88 season.,Tanahj Pet...
SMU owns second half in win over Longwood
Boopie Miller scored 24 points and Yohan Traore added 20 points and 11 rebounds as SMU was at its best after halftime in a 98-82 win over Longwood on Sunday afternoon in Dallas.,The Mustangs (11-2) have won seven straight games but this one was not without a serious scare from Longwood. SMU led by j...
Giants' offense explodes in 45-33 win, knocking Colts out of playoff race
Drew Lock matched his career high of four touchdown passes and also rushed for a score and the New York Giants snapped their franchise-record 10-game losing streak with an entertaining 45-33 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.,Malik Nabers had seven receptions for ...
Raiders find winning formula again in topping Saints
Aidan O'Connell threw two touchdown passes, Daniel Carlson kicked four field goals, Ameer Abdullah had the first 100-yard rushing game of his career and the visiting Las Vegas Raiders defeated the New Orleans Saints 25-10 on Sunday afternoon.,Abdullah, playing in the 141st game of his 10-year career...