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Josh Hubbard scores 30 as No. 24 Mississippi State beats LSU
Josh Hubbard scored 30 points and No. 24 Mississippi State pulled away in the second half to defeat LSU 81-69 on Saturday afternoon in Southeastern Conference play at Starkville, Miss.,Riley Kugel added 12 points and the Bulldogs (20-9, 8-8 SEC) outscored the Tigers (14-15, 3-13) 46-32 in the second...
Georgia Tech blasts NC State
Baye Ndongo scored a career-high 29 points and added 18 rebounds on Saturday, as Georgia Tech posted an 87-62 win over visiting North Carolina State in Atlanta in Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Duncan Powell had 23 points and 10 boards, while Lance Terry scored 15 and Jaeden Mustaf chipped in 13 po...
No. 7 St. John's holds off Seton Hall to clinch Big East title
RJ Luis Jr scored 21 points as seventh-ranked St. John's survived several shaky stretches before clinching its first outright Big East regular season title since 1985 with a 71-61 victory over Seton Hall Saturday afternoon in New York.,The Red Storm (26-4, 17-2) improved to 32-5 in their past 37 gam...
No. 1 Auburn takes care of SEC foe No. 17 Kentucky
Miles Kelly made a career-best nine 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 points as top-ranked Auburn recorded a 94-78 victory over No. 17 Kentucky in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday for the Tigers' first win in Lexington, Ky., in 37 years.,Chad Baker-Mazara matched his season high of 22 p...
Islanders pour on offense, top Predators 7-4
Brock Nelson scored twice in the second period and collected an assist during a three-goal opening period as the New York Islanders started quickly and earned a 7-4 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon in Elmont, N.Y.,Ilya Sorokin was credited with a goalie goal into an empty n...
Wild acquire F Gustav Nyquist from Predators
The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators on Saturday in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2026.,The Predators also will retain 50 percent of Nyquist's contract.,Indications of a pending deal came when Nyquist was held out of the Predators' game against ...
Eric Dixon scores 34 as Villanova gets past Butler
Eric Dixon scored 34 points with seven rebounds and three assists on senior day to lead Villanova to an 80-70 win over visiting Butler on Saturday afternoon.,Jordan Longino added 14 for the Wildcats (18-12, 11-8 Big East), who won their third consecutive game. Wooga Poplar scored 12 points with a ga...
No. 16 Maryland holds off pesky Penn State
Derik Queen scored 23 points to highlight No. 16 Maryland's 68-64 win over Penn State on Saturday in University Park, Pa.,Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 19 points and Selton Miguel notched 17 for the Terrapins (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten), who rebounded nicely from Wednesday's crushing loss in which a Michigan Sta...
Predators hold out Gustav Nyquist (trade-related) vs. Islanders
The Nashville Predators held forward Gustav Nyquist out of their game against the host New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon due to "trade-related reasons.",The Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings reportedly are potential landing spots for Nyquist, who is playing in the final season of a two-yea...
Xander Schauffele to return at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Xander Schauffele will make his return to active competition at next week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla.,Schauffele, who is No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking, has been nursing a rib cage injury since tying for 30th place in the season-opening The Sentry in Hawaii. ,"It's been a...
Figure skating community gathers for tribute to D.C. crash victims
The figure skating community will gather Sunday in Washington, D.C., to remember the victims of the Jan. 29 aircraft collision that killed 67 people, including 11 young skaters and members of their families.,The event, "Legacy on Ice," will be co-hosted by Olympic gold medalists Brian Boitano (1988)...
No. 11 Wisconsin aims to stay in 'attack mode' vs. No. 8 Michigan State
Wisconsin finished a nearly perfect February with a resounding victory over Washington on Tuesday. ,The Badgers will face perhaps their biggest test of the Big Ten season in their March opener, however.,No. 11 Wisconsin, which went 6-1 in February, will visit East Lansing, Mich., on Sunday afternoon...
Davion Mitchell delivers big shot as Heat drop Pacers
Tyler Herro scored a team-high 29 points and dished seven assists, leading the host Miami Heat past the Indiana Pacers 125-120 on Friday night.,Miami's Davion Mitchell snapped a tie on a 3-pointer with 43.8 seconds left. Indiana doubled Herro, leaving Mitchell open.,On Indiana's next possession, Mia...
No. 23 Saint Mary's ready for senior night vs. Oregon State
Mitchell Saxen played in his school-record 151st game for No. 23 Saint Mary's on Thursday night. No. 152 promises to be more emotional.,The center for the Gaels will be playing in his final home game at the cozy on-campus gym when Saint Mary's faces Oregon State in West Coast Conference play on Satu...
Riding high from Iowa State upset, Oklahoma State tackles Baylor
The Baylor Bears were ranked No. 8 in the preseason. Now, after an injury-plagued season, the Bears are trending toward the dreaded NCAA Tournament bubble with three straight losses going into the stretch run.,Baylor (16-12, 8-9 Big 12) intends to get things going back in the right direction as it h...
Struggling Arizona State, Utah wondering when next win will come
Utah recently fired its head coach and Arizona State may consider dismissing its leader.,The common factor is both teams are experiencing mediocre seasons when the Sun Devils face the Utes on Saturday night in Big 12 play at Salt Lake City.,Utah (15-13, 7-10 Big 12) fired fourth-year coach Craig Smi...
No. 3 Florida, No. 12 Texas A&M trying to shake off losses
For No. 3 Florida and No. 12 Texas A&M, it's not whether the Southeastern Conference foes will make the NCAA Tournament, it's more about where they will be seeded.,When the Gators (24-4, 11-4 SEC) take on the Aggies (20-8, 9-6) on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla., both teams will have a chance to enhan...
Surging Indiana needs win at Washington to boost NCAA Tournament chances
Indiana gets to be the last Big Ten team to visit the West Coast since the conference expanded to 18 teams.,But a couple of Hoosiers already are familiar with the Pacific Northwest, where Indiana plays Washington on Saturday in Seattle and Oregon on Tuesday. Center Oumar Ballo began his career at Go...
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze battling early stage prostate cancer
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, the university said Friday.,Auburn said Freeze's cancer is in the early stages and is "very treatable and curable.",Freeze, 55, will continue with his coaching duties while undergoing treatment.,"Recently, Coach Freeze was diagnos...
NC State in must-win mode vs. resurgent Georgia Tech
Just a year removed from an unexpected run to the Final Four, visiting NC State is in desperate need of a win over Georgia Tech at Atlanta on Saturday just to qualify for this year's ACC tournament.,NC State (11-17, 4-13 ACC) enters the weekend tied with Boston College for 16th in the league standin...