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John Blackwell leads No. 19 Wisconsin past UCF at Greenbrier
John Blackwell scored 17 points and John Tonje added 15 to lead No. 19 Wisconsin to an 86-70 win over UCF on Friday at the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.,Wisconsin advances to the final on Sunday to face Pitt, a 74-63 winner over LSU on Friday. UCF will play in the consolation ga...
No. 24 UNLV shakes off slow start, tops San Jose State
Jai'Den Thomas ran for 135 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 24 UNLV over host San Jose State 27-16 in a rain-soaked affair Friday night.,UNLV's Hajj-Malik Williams completed 11 of his 20 passes, throwing for 131 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Ricky White III led the Rebels (9-2, 5-1 Mo...
Warriors outlast Pelicans, clinch first in NBA Cup group
Andrew Wiggins poured in a season-best 30 points, Stephen Curry added 19 and the Golden State Warriors clinched first place in West Group C of the NBA Cup with a 112-108 road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.,Draymond Green chipped in with 11 points, eight rebounds and five assi...
Clippers turn away Kings for seventh straight win at home
James Harden had 22 points and nine assists and Derrick Jones Jr. added 17 points as the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 104-88 victory Friday against the visiting Sacramento Kings at Inglewood, Calif., ,Kevin Porter Jr. scored 14 points, Amir Coffey had 11 an...
Naji Marshall has big night as Mavericks dump Nuggets
Naji Marshall scored a career-high 26 points, P.J. Washington had 22, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 123-120 on Friday night in the NBA Cup West Group C game.,Kyrie Irving finished with 19 points, Quentin Grimes added 14, Daniel Gafford 13 and Dereck Lively II had 11 and t...
Jiri Kulich lifts Sabres to overtime win against Ducks
Jiri Kulich scored in overtime to give the visiting Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Kulich collected a rebound in the bottom of the right circle and beat a sprawled John Gibson at 4:00 of the extra frame.,Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist, Jason Zucker...
Pair of freshmen lead No. 12 Duke's win over No. 17 Arizona
Cooper Flagg scored 24 points and Duke picked up its first victory against a power-conference team this season by defeating Arizona 69-55 on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz.,Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points courtesy of three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's firs...
Tyler Harris scores 27 as Washington tops pesky Alcorn State
Tyler Harris scored a career-high 27 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as Washington pulled away late to defeat Alcorn State 77-60 on Friday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.,Zoom Diallo added 15 points for the Huskies (4-1) in a game that featu...
UCLA rides defense to demolition of Cal State Fullerton
Kobe Johnson scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and passed for five assists, and a stifling UCLA defense shut down Cal State Fullerton en route to a 80-47 victory on Friday in Los Angeles.,UCLA (5-1) won its fourth straight game, all by double-digit margins, and remained perfect at home, thanks ...
Texas' balanced scoring enough to beat Saint Joseph's
Tre Johnson scored 17 points to lead four Texas scorers in double figures, and the Longhorns beat Saint Joseph's 67-58 to win the Legends Classic championship on Friday in New York City.,Texas (5-1) went back-and-forth with Saint Joseph's (4-2) for most of the night, combining for eight ties and 10 ...
Michigan State sends Purdue to 10th consecutive loss
Aidan Chiles completed 15 of 31 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Michigan State earn a 24-17 win over Purdue on Friday in East Lansing, Mich.,Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams gained 85 yards on 18 carries for the Spartans (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten), who kept their hopes of bowl-eligibility alive. Nate Car...
No. 11 Tennessee rolls past No. 13 Baylor in Baha Mar Hoops title game
Chaz Lanier poured in 25 points, all of them in the first half when he knocked down seven 3-pointers, as No. 11 Tennessee built a huge early lead and waltzed to a 77-62 victory over No. 13 Baylor on Friday in the title game of the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas., ,Tennessee (6-0) led...
Adou Thiero, No. 20 Arkansas hold off Little Rock
Adou Thiero had 23 points, eight rebounds and six steals for No. 20 Arkansas, which withstood a late charge from Little Rock to earn a 79-67 victory on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Thiero blocked a would-be Ante Beljan dunk with 1:35 left to keep the Trojans from making it a two-possession game. Thi...
Mississippi State overcomes early deficit to knock off SMU
Mississippi State rallied back from a 13-point deficit in the first half for an 84-79 victory over SMU on Friday night in Dallas.,KeShawn Murphy led the Bulldogs with 16 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals, although he fouled out with just over two minutes left in the game. RJ Melend...
Giannis Antetokounmpo's triple-double helps Bucks past Pacers
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his second triple-double of the season with 37 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists as the Milwaukee Bucks led wire-to-wire in a 129-117 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Friday night in an NBA Cup game.,Damian Lillard had 24 points and 12 assists for his third str...
Rockets roll past Blazers, continue recent surge
Dillon Brooks scored a season-high 28 points and Tari Eason added 22 off the bench as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 116-88 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.,Brooks shot 10 of 15 from the floor and finished 6-for-8 on 3-pointers, leading Houston to its seventh win in its p...
Kansas State outlasts George Washington in Paradise Jam
David N'Guessan scored 17 points to lead Kansas State to a 83-71 victory over George Washington in the first round of the Paradise Jam at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands Friday night.,K-State jumped out to a big first-half lead before George Washington made it close in the second half.,The Wil...
Warriors outlast Pelicans, improve to 3-0 in NBA Cup group play
Andrew Wiggins poured in a season-best 30 points, Stephen Curry added 19 and the Golden State Warriors clinched no worse than a tie for first place in West Group C of the NBA Cup with a 112-108 road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.,Draymond Green chipped in with 11 points, eigh...
Bulls score season-best 136, take down Hawks
Zach LaVine scored 26 points and Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White added 20 apiece to spark seven Chicago players in double figures and boost the Bulls to a 136-122 victory against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday in an NBA Cup game.,Nikola Vucevic posted 18 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago. Josh Gid...
Nebraska bottles up Ryan Kalkbrenner, defeats Creighton
Juwan Gary scored 16 points with seven rebounds and helped make Ryan Kalkbrenner a non-factor on offense as visiting Nebraska upset No. 14 Creighton 74-63 on Friday in Omaha, Neb.,Brice Williams also finished with 16 points for Nebraska (4-1). Connor Essegian had a season-high 15 points, Berke Buyuk...