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Celtics eliminate Bulls from NBA Cup contention
Jayson Tatum had 35 points and 14 rebounds and Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score 29 points as the visiting Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 138-129 Friday in the fourth NBA Cup game for each team.,A Tatum free throw handed Boston a 125-115 lead with 4:11 to play. Chicago sliced its d...
Cade Cunningham returns to spark Pistons to comfortable win over Pacers
Cade Cunningham returned from an injury to put up 24 points and the Detroit Pistons remained unbeaten in the NBA Cup while also formally eliminating the defending runner-up with a 130-106 road win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.,Malik Beasley paced Detroit with 25 points, while Jaden Ivey c...
Franz Wagner helps Magic blast Nets for 5th straight win
Franz Wagner scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half as the red-hot Orlando Magic seized control late in the second quarter and pulled away in the third for a 123-100 NBA Cup victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night in New York.,Orlando improved to 3-0 in Group A and started a stretch of ...
Anthony Edwards steps up late as Wolves edge Clippers
Anthony Edwards made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 93-92 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night in Minneapolis in West Group A action of the NBA Cup., ,Edwards turned a 90-87 deficit into a 93-90 lead by throwing down a dunk, knocking dow...
Texas Tech puts away Northern Colorado with hot shooting
Darrion Williams scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and Texas Tech cruised to an 89-64 win over Northern Colorado on Friday night in Lubbock, Texas., ,Kevin Overton contributed 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting for Texas Tech (6-1), which won its second straight game. JT Toppin registered a ...
Franz Wagner helps Magic blast Nets
Franz Wagner scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half as the red-hot Orlando Magic seized control late in the second quarter and pulled away in the third for a 123-100 NBA Cup victory over the Brooklyn Nets Friday night in New York.,Orlando improved to 3-0 in Group A and started a stretch of thr...
LSU sputters at start, still routs Northwestern State
Jordan Sears scored 18 points and LSU overcame a difficult first half to run away from Northwestern State in a 77-53 nonconference victory on Friday in Baton Rouge, La.,Cam Carter added all 15 of his points in the second half for the Tigers (6-1), who trailed by one point at halftime but produced a ...
No. 11 Duke takes care of business against Seattle
Tyrese Proctor scored 13 points as No. 11 Duke put together a methodical 70-48 victory against visiting Seattle on Friday night in Durham, N.C.,It wasn't an outing full of dazzling plays for the Blue Devils, but they did move on after the disappointment of a three-point loss to top-ranked Kansas ear...
No. 8 Kentucky eclipses 100 again in win over Georgia State
Jaxson Robinson scored a team-high 19 points, helping lead the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats to a 105-76 win over the visiting Georgia State Panthers in Lexington, Ky., on Friday.,Lamont Butler added 17 points and six assists for Kentucky (7-0), which eclipsed the 100-point total for the fourth time this ...
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern hang on against UNLV
Brooks Barnhizer pumped in 23 points as Northwestern defeated UNLV 66-61 in the third-place game of the Arizona Tip-Off on Friday at Tempe, Ariz.,Barnhizer sank four 3-point shots and contributed team highs of nine rebounds and six assists.,Barnhizer has scored 20 or more points in three of his four...
Philip Tomasino, Penguins rally for win over Bruins
Philip Tomasino scored his first goal of the season in the third period to propel the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday.,A 23-year-old former first-round pick who was acquired from the Nashville Predators in a deal on Monday, Tomasino netted...
Clemson uses strong second half to dispatch Florida A&M
Chase Hunter scored 16 points and Ian Schieffelin grabbed 15 rebounds to lead host Clemson to an 86-58 victory over Florida A&M on Friday night at Clemson, S.C.,The Tigers (7-1) picked up their fourth consecutive victory as they broke open a close game nearly five minutes into the second half. The R...
Surprising Oklahoma clips Louisville to earn Battle 4 Atlantis title
Jalon Moore matched his career high of 24 points to propel Oklahoma to a 69-64 win over Louisville and an unlikely title in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,Glenn Taylor Jr. provided 12 points off the bench for Oklahoma (7-0), which was picked in the preseason to finish 1...
No. 13 Purdue scores in final second, beats No. 23 Ole Miss for Rady title
Myles Colvin scored off a rebound in the final second and Trey Kaufman-Renn racked up 25 points and 13 rebounds as No. 13 Purdue recovered after surrendering a large early lead to defeat No. 23 Ole Miss 80-78 in the title game of the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday in San Diego.,The Boilermak...
San Jose State uses aerial attack to get by Stanford
Walker Eget threw for 385 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning 18-yard strike to TreyShun Hurry with 1:55 left in the game, as San Jose State ended the regular season Friday with a 34-31 nonconference win over visiting Stanford.,Hurry adjusted to an underthrown back-shoulder ball in...
Jaxson Dart, No. 14 Ole Miss fends off Miss. State in Egg Bowl
Jaxson Dart broke Eli Manning's school passing record, Ulysses Bentley IV had the SEC's longest run this season and No. 14 Ole Miss beat visiting Mississippi State 26-14 in Friday's 121st annual Egg Bowl in Oxford, Miss. ,In eclipsing Manning's mark of 10,119 yards set from 2000-03, Dart was 14 of 2...
Ja Morant, Grizzlies handle banged-up Pelicans
Ja Morant scored 27 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 23 and reserve Santi Aldama had 20 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to their first NBA Cup victory Friday, 120-109 over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans.,The Pelicans, playing without Zion Williamson (hamstring) and Brandon Ingram (right calf ...
Washington tops Santa Clara in Acrisure Invitational final
Great Osobor had a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds as Washington took control midway through the first half and held off Santa Clara 76-69 on Friday afternoon in the Acrisure Invitational championship game in Palm Desert, Calif., ,The Huskies (6-1) led by nine at halftime and by 13 with nine ...
Chiefs first to clinch playoff spot after edging Raiders
Patrick Mahomes passed for 306 yards and became Kansas City's career leader in touchdown passes and the Chiefs clinched an AFC playoff spot with a 19-17 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders on Friday.,Kansas City (11-1) has played in a slew of close games this season and wrapped up this win w...
Sharks outgun Kraken 8-5 in first game of back-to-back
Jake Walman scored twice and Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 8-5 Friday afternoon in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Pacific Division rivals.,Will Smith, Mikael Granlund and Klim Kostin also had a goal and an ass...