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Suns get stars back, crush Lakers
Devin Booker recorded 26 points and 10 assists as the Phoenix Suns halted a five-game losing streak with a convincing 127-100 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.,Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 23 points in their returns from calf injuries. The Suns went 1-6 with...
UCLA forces 30 turnovers, trounces Southern Utah
Lazar Stefanovic scored 13 of his season-high 19 points in the first half and the UCLA defense forced 30 turnovers in an 88-43 rout of Southern Utah on Tuesday in Los Angeles.,The Bruins (6-1) faced little resistance in their wire-to-wire win, staying perfect at home for the season and scoring their...
Boopie Miller's late hoop rescues SMU against Cal Baptist
Boopie Miller's game-winning floater with two seconds left lifted SMU to a dramatic 79-77 win over Cal Baptist at the Acrisure Holiday Invitational in Palm Desert, Calif., on Tuesday.,With 15.7 seconds left, Cal Baptist's Dominique Daniels Jr. beat Matt Cross on a dribble and drove for a game-tying ...
Spurs handle Jazz to stay alive in NBA Cup
Victor Wembanyama poured in 34 points, 24 of them in the first half, as the San Antonio Spurs won their season-best fourth straight game, 128-115 over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in a West Group B game in the NBA Cup in Salt Lake City.,San Antonio improved to 2-1 in Group B play, staying alive for a ch...
No. 1 Kansas emerges with tight win over No. 11 Duke
LAS VEGAS -- Duane Harris Jr. tallied 14 points and nine assists while Zeke Mayo added 12 points to lead Kansas to a 75-72 win over No. 11 Duke on Tuesday night.,Rylan Griffin answered an emphatic go-ahead slam from Duke's Cooper Flagg by hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer, putting Kansas up 68-67 with 5:...
No. 5 Iowa State needs late surge to nip Dayton
Keshon Gilbert scored six of his 24 points in the final 44 seconds to propel No. 5 Iowa State to an 89-84 win over Dayton in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii.,Curtis Jones delivered 19 points off the bench as Iowa State (4-1) recovered from an agonizing ...
Gabe Madsen, Utah storm past Mississippi Valley State
Gabe Madsen scored 27 points to lead Utah to a 94-48 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. ,Madsen made seven 3-pointers and went 10-for-13 from the floor to pace the Utes' offense. As a team, Utah shot 55.9 percent from the field and made 14 triples (on 29 attemp...
No. 6 Houston goes cold in OT as No. 9 Alabama prevails
Mark Sears scored a season-best 24 points and No. 9 Alabama held Houston to two points in overtime while notching an 85-80 victory over the No. 6 Cougars on Tuesday night in the Players Era Festival at Las Vegas.,Aden Holloway scored 14 points, Grant Nelson added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Latrel...
Rockets advance in NBA Cup with OT win over Wolves
Alperen Sengun tallied a triple-double and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 117-111 overtime win in an NBA in-season tournament matchup Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Sengun amassed 22 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds while Fred VanVleet finished with 27 points and 11 ...
Damian Lillard (37) leads Giannis-less Bucks past Heat
Damian Lillard scored 37 points and dished 12 assists as the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks defeated the host Miami Heat 106-103 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night.,Milwaukee has won five straight games and seven of eight.,Lillard made 10 of 17 shots, including 8 of 13 from 3-point range.,Bucks star ...
Brock Harding's career night lifts Iowa past South Carolina Upstate
Brock Harding notched a career-high 20 points and dished out 10 assists and Owen Freeman scored 17 points as Iowa routed South Carolina Upstate 110-77 on Tuesday in Iowa City.,Harding shot 9-for-13 from the floor and Freeman was 8-for-12 to help the Hawkeyes top 100 points for the first time this se...
Joshua Beadle nails winning 3, Boston College beats Boise St. in Cayman Islands
Joshua Beadle's 3-pointer with two seconds remaining lifted Boston College to a 63-61 win over Boise State to win the Cayman Islands Classic on Tuesday in George Town, Cayman Islands.,Beadle, who had only six points combined in the Eagles' first two tourney games, finished with 13. His step-back tre...
Kevin Lankinen stars in goal in Canucks win over Bruins
Kevin Lankinen recorded a 33-save shutout and made Jake DeBrusk's second-period goal stand up as the Vancouver Canucks edged past the host Boston Bruins 2-0 on Tuesday.,Lankinen made 13 saves in the middle frame and another 11 in the third en route to his second shutout of the season. The 29-year-ol...
Mikhail Sergachev scores OT winner as Utah beats Canadiens
Mikhail Sergachev scored with 27 seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Utah Hockey Club to a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.,Sergachev scored on a redirection off a centering pass from Nick Schmaltz, who had two assists.,Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist, Jack ...
Grand Canyon sends Stanford to first loss of season
Collin Moore led a balanced attack with 15 points and Grand Canyon overcame a 29-point performance from Maxime Raynaud for a 78-71 victory over previously unbeaten Stanford in Palm Desert, Calif., on Tuesday night.,Fellow starters Duke Brennan (14), Ray Harrison (13) and JaKobe Coles (10) also score...
Bulls speed past Wizards, who lose 12th straight game
Coby White recorded 21 points and eight rebounds and Nikola Vucevic added 19 and 12, respectively, lifting the visiting Chicago Bulls to a 127-108 victory over the reeling Washington Wizards on Tuesday in an NBA Cup East Group C game.,White sank five 3-pointers and Zach LaVine drained four to highli...
Daquan Davis helps lead Florida State to easy win vs. Western Carolina
Daquan Davis scored 19 points off the bench to pace another balanced scoring effort for host Florida State to lead the Seminoles to a 91-57 rout of Western Carolina on Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,Florida State (7-1) continued to gain early-season momentum as it won its fourth game in a row. I...
Bad luck, injuries besieging slow-starting Raptors, Pelicans
The Toronto Raptors visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night, and both teams are desperate for a win.,The Raptors are 0-10 on the road and have lost nine of their past 11 games overall. The Pelicans have lost five in a row and 11 of their past 12.,Both teams have been in position to win rec...
Georgetown's defense clamps down on Wagner
Malik Mack scored 16 points and Micah Peavy added 15 points as Georgetown dominated Wagner with suffocating defense in a 66-41 win Tuesday in Washington.,Thomas Sorber stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, seven rebounds, six assists and three blocks as Georgetown (5-1) won its third straight gam...
Virginia rebounds to down Manhattan with balanced scoring
Isaac McKneely scored 18 points to lead five Virginia players in double figures in a 74-65 victory over Manhattan on Tuesday night in Charlottesville, Va.,The Cavaliers (4-2) bounced back after back-to-back losses in the Bahamas last week by a combined 47 points to Tennessee and St. John's.,McKneely...