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Rockets use third-quarter surge to top struggling Pacers
Alperen Sengun had 31 points and 12 rebounds and the Houston Rockets used a third-quarter surge to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 130-113 on Wednesday.,Sengun, who notched his 12th double-double of the season, helped the Rockets reclaim control midway through the fourth quarter after the Pacers sl...
Jalen Williams' late burst lifts Thunder over Blazers
Jalen Williams scored 30 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 28 as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 109-99 on Wednesday night.,It was the Thunder's 14th consecutive win over the Blazers, dating back to January 2022.,Williams controlled the game during the d...
Georgetown takes down Mount St. Mary's
Micah Peavy scored 12 points in topping the 1,000-point mark for his career as Georgetown used its size and quickness to control Mount St. Mary's in a 79-51 win Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.,In his fourth college game, Thomas Sorber produced 14 points, 12 rebounds and five assists as Georgetow...
Jason Robertson logs three points as Stars beat Sharks
Jason Robertson scored once in a three-point outing while Roope Hintz and Wyatt Johnston both collected one goal and one assist to pace the host Dallas Stars to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.,Jamie Benn and Evgenii Dadonov also scored for the Stars, who have won four of five ga...
Joseph Woll stops 31 shots as Leafs blank Golden Knights
Fraser Minten scored his first career NHL goal, Joseph Woll earned his second career shutout and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Wednesday.,Woll made 31 saves while earning his first shutout of the season.,William Nylander added a goal and an assist for the ...
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks take control late vs. Bulls
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 of his 41 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away in the final minutes to beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 122-106 on Wednesday.,Brook Lopez had 21 points and Damian Lillard added 20 points and 10 assists for Milwaukee, which shot a season-high ...
Hurricanes score 3 goals in third, top Flyers to stay hot
Sebastian Aho and Jalen Chatfield each registered a goal and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes stayed hot with a 4-1 road victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday., ,The Hurricanes scored three times in the first seven minutes of the third period to win for the 12th time in 14 games. Car...
No. 24 Rutgers pulls away from pesky Merrimack
Ace Bailey recorded 23 points and 10 rebounds, Dylan Harper scored 14 points and No. 24 Rutgers remained unbeaten thanks to a 74-63 win over visiting Merrimack on Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J., ,Rutgers (4-0) didn't lead by double digits until the second half, and the Scarlet Knights allowed Merrima...
No. 23 Texas A&M surges past Southern after shaky first half
Wade Taylor IV scored 17 points and helped spur a huge Texas A&M second half turnaround as the 23rd-ranked Aggies came from behind to beat Southern 71-54 on Wednesday in College Station, Texas., ,Texas A&M (4-1) trailed by 16 points in the first half and entered the second half down 39-25 before mou...
Cavs dominate injury-depleted Pelicans
Ty Jerome scored a career-high 29 points and made seven 3-pointers as the host Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from their first loss of the season to rout the depleted New Orleans Pelicans 128-100 on Wednesday night., ,Jerome had his career-high after scoring 27 first-half points, Georges Niang sco...
UConn's Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest D-I coach
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on Wednesday night as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 in Storrs, Conn.,Auriemma's 1,217th victory pushed him one win past his former adversary, recently retired Stanf...
Jacksonville surges past Virginia Tech for road victory
Dayton transfer Zimi Nwokeji came off the bench and scored a season-high 19 points and Jacksonville overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to beat host Virginia Tech 74-64 on Wednesday night in Blacksburg, Va.,Trailing 39-29 at halftime, the Dolphins (3-2) stepped up the defensive pressure and the res...
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State run past Purdue Fort Wayne
Ace Baldwin Jr. led the way with 25 points and 11 assists as Penn State remained unbeaten with a 102-89 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday in University Park, Pa.,Five other players scored in double figures for the Nittany Lions (5-0): Zach Hicks (17 points), Yanic Konan Niederhauser (16 po...
Sharp-shooting West Virginia doubles up Iona
Javon Small scored 23 points to propel West Virginia to a wire-to-wire 86-43 victory over Iona on Wednesday night in Morgantown, W.Va. ,Small also had five rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Mountaineers (3-1), who atoned for a humbling loss Friday at rival Pitt in which they trailed by ...
Raptors upbeat heading into visit from Timberwolves
Wins in November typically don't call for exultation, but the Toronto Raptors couldn't resist on Monday night. ,After ending a seven-game skid with a 130-119 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers, Toronto hopes to further climb out of its early-season slump when it hosts the Minnesota Timberwolve...
Xavier runs win streak to five by routing Siena
Ryan Conwell scored 16 points in just 25 minutes while Marcus Foster added 12 points, five assists and five rebounds to lead the Xavier Musketeers to a comfortable 80-55 win over the visiting Siena Saints Wednesday night in Cincinnati.,The game was an on-campus opener of the Fort Myers Tip-Off tourn...
Streaking Capitals, without Alex Ovechkin, face challenge in Avalanche
The Washington Capitals aim to continue their ascent without the face of the franchise on Thursday when they host the Colorado Avalanche.,Sure, the Capitals have scored a whopping 27 goals during their five-game point streak (4-0-1), including 16 during an emphatic sweep of a three-game road trip th...
Italy beats Slovakia for first Billie Jean Cup title since 2013
Jasmine Paolini defeated Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova in straight sets on Wednesday to secure Italy's first Billie Jean King Cup championship in 11 years in Malaga, Spain.,Paolini's 6-2, 6-1 triumph in 66 minutes over Sramkova came after Lucia Bronzetti dispatched Viktoria Hruncakova 6-2, 6-4 in one ...
Madison Booker scores 25 as No. 4 Texas cruises past Tarleton State
All-American forward Madison Booker poured in 25 points in 24 minutes as No. 4 Texas routed visiting Tarleton State 83-41 on Wednesday in Austin.,The Longhorns (4-0) took advantage of 29 Texans turnovers to score 35 points, and also had the better side of points in the paint (38-16) and fastbreak po...
Iowa keeps mystery at quarterback ahead of clash vs. Maryland
Iowa moves on without injured quarterback Brendan Sullivan when the Hawkeyes visit Maryland for a Big Ten Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.,Coach Kirk Ferentz declined to name either former starter Cade McNamara or former fourth-stringer Jackson Stratton as Sullivan's replacement when asked ...