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No. 24 San Diego State uses balanced attack to roll past San Diego
Four players scored in double figures to help No. 24 San Diego State pull away in the second half for a 74-57 home win over cross-town rival San Diego on Saturday.,Florida Atlantic transfer Nick Boyd led the Aztecs (6-2) with 17 points, while Miles Byrd and Jared Coleman-Jones each added 13. Freshma...

Nolan Hauser's FG sends No. 17 Clemson past No. 8 SMU as time expires
Nolan Hauser kicked a 56-yard field goal as time expired, Cade Klubnik threw four touchdown passes and No. 17 Clemson pulled out a 34-31 victory against No. 8 SMU on Saturday night in Charlotte in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. ,The game appeared destined for overtime after Kevin J...

Dillon Gabriel leads No. 1 Oregon past No. 3 Penn State in Big Ten championship
Dillon Gabriel threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns Saturday night and No. 1 Oregon likely clinched the top seed for the College Football Playoff by beating No. 3 Penn State 45-37 in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis.,Gabriel completed 22 of 32 passes for the 13-0 Ducks, connecting with Te...

Evan Mobley scores career-high 41 to lead Cavs over Hornets
Evan Mobley had a huge first quarter on his way to a career-high 41 points as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Charlotte Hornets for a 116-102 victory Saturday afternoon.,Mobley, who finished with six 3-pointers and shot 16 for 23 from the field, had 23 points in Cleveland's 40-18 first...

Pair of Kings reach milestones in win over Wild
Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals in the opening two periods as the Los Angeles Kings extended their season-best winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. ,Trevor Moore scored two empty-net goals and Anze Kopitar recorded an assis...

Bam Adebayo posts 25 points to carry Heat past Suns
Bam Adebayo had game highs with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-111 on Saturday night.,Adebayo had 12 of his points in the third quarter, when Miami surged ahead for a lead it never relinquished.,Jimmy Butler had 24 points, including nine...

Ja Morant leads Grizzlies to rare road win over Celtics
Ja Morant had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help the visiting Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Boston Celtics 127-121 Saturday night and earn their first win in Boston since 2013.,The victory ended Boston's six-game winning streak against Memphis. The Grizzlies had lost 16 of their last 1...

Cade Cunningham's triple-double helps Pistons down Knicks
Cade Cunningham finished with 29 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 120-111 win over the host New York Knicks on Saturday. ,Cunningham shot 9 of 17 from the field and went 5-of-8 from three-point range. Malik Beasley added 23 points off the bench, making 7 of 10 atte...

Jalon Moore scores 19 2nd-half points as No. 21 Oklahoma tops winless Alcorn State
Jalon Moore scored 19 of his 20 points in the second half to help No. 21 Oklahoma break out of an early slumber en route to a 94-78 victory over winless Alcorn State on Saturday night in Norman, Okla.,Moore connected on all eight of his second-half shots and was 8 of 9 overall for the Sooners (9-0)....

Mavericks hold off Raptors for 7th straight win
Luka Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and the visiting Dallas Mavericks defeated the Toronto Raptors 125-118 on Saturday night for their seventh straight win.,It was the second consecutive triple-double for Doncic and the 79th of his career, good for seventh on the all-time list.,Kyr...

First-half burst carries Colorado past Colorado State
Bangot Dak scored 16 points off the bench as host Colorado rolled to a 72-55 win over in-state rival Colorado State on Saturday night in Boulder, Colo.,The Buffaloes (7-2) effectively put the game out of reach early with a 16-0 first-half run and built a double-digit lead they carried the rest of th...

Capitals beat Canadiens to extend road win streak to 9
Tom Wilson scored two third-period goals and the visiting Washington Capitals rallied for a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.,Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist and Dylan Strome also scored for the Capitals, who extended the franchise record with their ninth straight ...

No. 23 Ole Miss turns narrow halftime lead into rout of Lindenwood to improve to 8-1
Sean Pedulla scored 19 points and No. 23 Ole Miss used a dominant second half to run away from Lindenwood in an 86-53 victory Saturday night in Oxford, Miss.,Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 14 points, Dre Davis had 12 and Davon Barnes added 11 for the Rebels (8-1), who outscored the Lions (3-6) 47-20 in t...

Wizards top Nuggets, end 16-game skid despite Nikola Jokic’s 56 points
Jordan Poole had 39 points to help the host Washington Wizards overcome Nikola Jokic's career-high 56 points and beat the Denver Nuggets 122-113 on Saturday to end their 16-game losing streak.,Poole hit a career-high nine 3-pointers and was one of four Wizards to score in double figures. Justin Cham...

Senators deal Predators their seventh straight loss
Linus Ullmark turned aside 37 of 38 shots on Saturday night in the host Ottawa Senators' 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators, who lost their seventh straight game.,Jacob Bernard-Docker, Claude Giroux, and Nick Cousins scored for the Senators and Tim Stutzle picked up a pair of assists.,Fedor Svechk...

Penguins ride Michael Bunting's 3rd-period goal to win over Maple Leafs
Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each had a goal and an assist for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-2 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.,Michael Bunting, Blake Lizotte and Kris Letang also scored and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the Penguins, who have won five of six games...

Alexandar Georgiev recovers in goal as Avalanche edge Wings
Alexandar Georgiev bounced back from his worst outing of the season by making 29 saves and the visiting Colorado Avalanche defeated the slumping Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Saturday night.,Georgiev was pulled from his previous start after giving up four goals in less than 12 minutes against the Buffalo...

Paulius Murauskas' 3-point shooting leads Saint Mary's past Utah
Paulius Murauskas finished with 29 points and hit a game-clinching 3-pointer to lift Saint Mary's to a 72-63 win over Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City.,Murauskas went 6-for-10 from 3-point territory, including a clutch trey with 28 seconds left that ended the Utes' second-half rally. The sophomore...

First-place Thunder take charge early, coast to win over struggling Pelicans
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder never trailed while defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 119-109 on Saturday night.,Jalen Williams scored 27 points, Luguentz Dort and Alex Caruso had 14 each, Isaiah Hartenstein added 12 points and 12 rebounds and Ajay Mi...

Matthew Tkachuk, Panthers hold Sharks at bay
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, leading the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. ,Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, who have won 11 straight games against the Sharks and have points in six straight overall (5-0-1).,Sergei Bobrovsky, who miss...