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South Carolina easily handles South Carolina State
Jacobi Wright scored 20 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 19 to go along with 16 rebounds, lifting host South Carolina to an 86-64 victory over South Carolina State on Friday in Columbia, S.C.,Wright sank four 3-pointers to highlight his performance and help the Gamecocks (1-1) improve to 23-0 a...
Nuggets get triple-double from Nikola Jokic, dump Heat
Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for his fifth triple-double of the season, Jamal Murray returned to the lineup to score a season-high 28 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 135-122 on Friday night.,Jokic notched his 135th career triple-double midway through...
Brandon Miller's third-quarter outburst powers Hornets' win over Indiana
LaMelo Ball scored 31 points and Brandon Miller poured in 29 points in sparking the Charlotte Hornets to a 103-83 comeback victory against the visiting Indiana Pacers on Friday night.,Cody Martin notched 15 points off the bench to help the Hornets bounce back from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to...
New Mexico rolls to wire-to-wire win over No. 22 UCLA
Nelly Junior Joseph scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Donovan Dent added 17 points and eight assists and New Mexico never trailed No. 22 UCLA en route to a 72-64 win on Friday in Henderson, Nev.,The Lobos (2-0) opened up an 11-point lead by intermission and kept the Bruins at a distance thro...
Raptors G Ja'Kobe Walter (shoulder) out at least a week
Toronto Raptors rookie guard Ja'Kobe Walter will miss at least one week after aggravating a right shoulder injury, the team announced Friday.,Walter re-sprained the shoulder in the third quarter on Wednesday as the Raptors fell 122-107 to the host Sacramento Kings. He didn't play in the fourth quart...
Kirill Kaprizov's 3-point night lifts Wild past Ducks
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist in the Minnesota Wild's 5-2 road win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,The Wild are 7-1-1 on the road this season, with a league-leading 15 away points.,Kaprizov leads the NHL with 27 points (nine goals, 18 assists). The star forward has three points in ea...
UCLA regroups after slow start to edge Iowa
UCLA overcame a 10-point deficit and three first-half turnovers to beat Iowa 20-17 on Friday in Pasadena, Calif., for the Bruins' third straight win. ,UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers went 21-of-34 passing for 204 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, each of which ended the Bruins' first t...
Norman Powell's first double-double helps Clippers beat Kings
Norman Powell scored 31 points amid his hot start to the season, James Harden added 22 points and the Los Angeles Clippers remained unbeaten on the road with a 107-98 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.,Powell completed his first career double-double with a career-high 12 rebounds. Ivica ...
Jared McCann, Kraken edge Golden Knights in OT
Jared McCann scored the overtime winner as the Seattle Kraken edged the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday night.,McCann beat Adin Hill on a breakaway 29 seconds into the extra period for his team-leading seventh goal as the Kraken snapped a four-game losing streak.,Brandon Tanev scored twi...
Mateusz Bogusz lifts LAFC over Whitecaps, into West semis
Mateusz Bogusz scored in the second half and top-seeded Los Angeles FC protected the lead to notch a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday night and win the decisive third game of their Western Conference first-round series.,Bogusz scored in the 62th minute for top-seeded LAFC, who won ...
Nate Bittle comes up big again, leading Oregon past Montana
Nate Bittle continued to look strong in his return from a wrist injury and long-term illness that forced him out of much of last season, leading Oregon to a 79-48 win over Montana Friday night in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks forward followed up a double-double in the season opener with team highs of 17 po...
Lakers get well at home, knock off 76ers
Anthony Davis scored 31 points with nine rebounds and LeBron James scored 21 points in his second triple-double of the season as the Los Angeles Lakers returned home from a rough road trip to earn a 116-106 victory Friday over the Philadelphia 76ers.,Austin Reaves added 20 points for the Lakers, whi...
Hole-in-one helps A Lim Kim take Lotte Championship lead
South Korea's A Lim Kim made a hole-in-one to finish the front nine on Friday, then closed with back-to-back birdies while grabbing a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the Lotte Championship in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.,Kim wound up with a 5-under-par 67 at Hoakalei Country Club, leaving her at 14-unde...
Fernando Mendoza helps Cal top Wake Forest for first ACC victory
Fernando Mendoza threw for two touchdown passes and ran for another to help Cal beat Wake Forest 46-36 on Friday night in Winston-Salem, N.C., for the Bears' first Atlantic Coast Conference win., ,Mendoza threw for 385 yards by completing 40 of 56 passes with an interception., ,Derek Morris kicked t...
Colorado squeaks out 2OT win over Northern Colorado
Elijah Malone scored 27 points, while Javon Ruffin and Julian Hammond III each added 12 as Colorado regrouped for a 90-88 double-overtime victory over visiting Northern Colorado on Friday in Boulder.,Hammond scored five points in the second overtime and Assane Diop finished with 10 rebounds for the ...
Egor Demin scores 20 as BYU defeats UC Riverside
Freshman Egor Demin scored 20 points with seven assists to lead BYU (2-0) to an 86-80 win over UC Riverside (0-2) on Friday night in Provo, Utah.,Keba Keita, a transfer from Utah, compiled a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, Fousse Traore added 13 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots...
Nuggets get triple-double from Nikola Jokic in outscoring Heat
Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for his fifth triple-double of the season, Jamal Murray returned to the lineup with a season-high 28 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 135-122 on Friday night.,Jokic notched his 135th career triple-double midway through the...
No. 18 Marquette pulls away late to thwart George Mason's upset bid
David Joplin scored 27 and Kam Jones added 24 to help No. 18 Marquette pull away late and avoid an upset bid, winning 82-63 against George Mason on Friday night in Milwaukee.,Joplin grabbed 10 boards, while Jones dished eight assists. Chase Ross and Ben Gold scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, fo...
Anthony Edwards hits nine 3-pointers as Wolves pummel Blazers
Anthony Edwards scored 37 points and made nine 3-pointers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 127-102 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night in Minneapolis., ,Julius Randle added 22 points and six rebounds for Minnesota, which won its second game in as many nights. Naz Reid sco...
Texas Tech keeps mark against Northwestern State unblemished
JT Toppin scored 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting as Texas Tech rolled to an 86-65 victory over Northwestern State on Friday in Lubbock, Texas.,Kevin Overton contributed 19 points off the bench and Chance McMillian added 13 points, eight rebounds and two steals as the Red Raiders (2-0) improved to 8-0...