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Butler downs No. 25 Mississippi State in Arizona tourney final
Jaymyl Telfort scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half and Pierre Brooks II scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Butler upset No. 25 Mississippi State 87-77 in the championship game of the Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday night.,Telfort connected on 4 of 7 3-point ...
Arizona State holds on to hand Saint Mary's 1st loss
Joson Sanon scored 19 points and Jayden Quaintance had 10 points, nine rebounds and five assists as Arizona State edged previously unbeaten Saint Mary's 68-64 to win the Acrisure Classic championship on Friday in Palm Springs, Calif., ,Adam Miller and BJ Freeman each registered 11 points for the Sun...
No. 25 Colorado shuts out Oklahoma State in lopsided victory
Travis Hunter made the most of his last impression on Heisman Trophy voters with three touchdown receptions, two pass breakups and an interception for No. 25 Colorado in a 52-0 win against Oklahoma State on Friday in Boulder, Colo.,The two-way star wasted little time making a splash. His interceptio...
Texas dominant from start to finish vs. Delaware State
Freshman standout Tre Johnson poured in 21 points and Kadin Shedrick added 14 points and 11 rebounds as Texas cruised to a 90-68 win over Delaware State on Friday in Austin, Texas., ,The Longhorns (6-1) never trailed, leading by 19 points at halftime and by as many as 24 midway through a workmanlike...
Jimmy Butler, Heat add to Raptors' road struggles
Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 26 points as the host Miami Heat defeated the Toronto Raptors 121-111 in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.,The Heat (2-2) and Raptors (0-3) are out of contention for the NBA Cup.,In the overall standings, Miami (9-8) tied its season high at one game over .500. Toronto ...
Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews calls for his return against Lightning
Center Auston Matthews informed reporters Friday that he intends to make his return for the Toronto Maple Leafs in their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night.,The three-time NHL goal scoring champion (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24) has been out for Toronto since Nov. 3 with what has been ...
LSU sputters at start, still routs Northwestern State
Jordan Sears scored 18 points and LSU overcame a difficult first half to run away from Northwestern State in a 77-53 nonconference victory on Friday in Baton Rouge, La.,Cam Carter added all 15 of his points in the second half for the Tigers (6-1), who trailed by one point at halftime but produced a ...
No. 11 Duke takes care of business against Seattle
Tyrese Proctor scored 13 points as No. 11 Duke put together a methodical 70-48 victory against visiting Seattle on Friday night in Durham, N.C.,It wasn't an outing full of dazzling plays for the Blue Devils, but they did move on after the disappointment of a three-point loss to top-ranked Kansas ear...
No. 8 Kentucky eclipses 100 again in win over Georgia State
Jaxson Robinson scored a team-high 19 points, helping lead the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats to a 105-76 win over the visiting Georgia State Panthers in Lexington, Ky., on Friday.,Lamont Butler added 17 points and six assists for Kentucky (7-0), which eclipsed the 100-point total for the fourth time this ...
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern hang on against UNLV
Brooks Barnhizer pumped in 23 points as Northwestern defeated UNLV 66-61 in the third-place game of the Arizona Tip-Off on Friday at Tempe, Ariz.,Barnhizer sank four 3-point shots and contributed team highs of nine rebounds and six assists.,Barnhizer has scored 20 or more points in three of his four...
Surprising Oklahoma clips Louisville to earn Battle 4 Atlantis title
Jalon Moore matched his career high of 24 points to propel Oklahoma to a 69-64 win over Louisville and an unlikely title in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,Glenn Taylor Jr. provided 12 points off the bench for Oklahoma (7-0), which was picked in the preseason to finish 1...
No. 6 Houston, San Diego State out to leave Vegas with win
No. 6 Houston and San Diego State are set to meet in the third-place game of the Players Era Festival on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Each team participating in the event is receiving $1 million in NIL money. Per media reports, the champion would win an extra $500,000; the team that places third will win ...
San Jose State uses aerial attack to get by Stanford
Walker Eget threw for 385 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning 18-yard strike to TreyShun Hurry with 1:55 left in the game, as San Jose State ended the regular season Friday with a 34-31 nonconference win over visiting Stanford.,Hurry adjusted to an underthrown back-shoulder ball in...
Jaxson Dart, No. 14 Ole Miss fends off Miss. State in Egg Bowl
Jaxson Dart broke Eli Manning's school passing record, Ulysses Bentley IV had the SEC's longest run this season and No. 14 Ole Miss beat visiting Mississippi State 26-14 in Friday's 121st annual Egg Bowl in Oxford, Miss. ,In eclipsing Manning's mark of 10,119 yards set from 2000-03, Dart was 14 of 2...
Lightning notch another 3-2 OT win vs. Predators, sweep season series
Brayden Point's 16th goal just 1:01 into overtime lifted the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win over the host Nashville Predators on Friday afternoon and a sweep of the teams' two-game regular-season series.,After Nashville's Filip Forsberg went off for high sticking 41 seconds into the extra session,...
BYU speeds away from North Carolina State in second half
Richie Saunders scored 13 points to lead a balanced effort by BYU in a 72-61 victory over North Carolina State on Friday afternoon in the consolation game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,BYU (6-1) was held well below its scoring average of 90.0 points per game, but the Cougars hit ...
West Virginia reaches OT once again, shoots down No. 24 Arizona
Tucker DeVries scored 26 points and Toby Okani added 20 to lead West Virginia to an 83-76 win over No. 24 Arizona in overtime in the Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Mountaineers (5-2) also got 13 points and 10 rebounds from Amani Hansberry. Javon Small scor...
No. 18 Florida uses 27-0 run to wallop Wichita State
Walter Clayton Jr. scored a game-high 19 points Friday and No. 18 Florida ripped off 27 consecutive points in a run that bridged both halves as it routed Wichita State 88-51 for the ESPN Events Invitational championship in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,Alex Condon added 17 points and nine rebounds, while R...
Pitt beats buzzer, Buckeyes in OT
Zack Austin hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime and Pitt stunned Ohio State 91-90 in Columbus on Friday afternoon.,Ohio State led 89-85 when Jaland Lowe made three free throws for Pitt with seven seconds left. Devin Royal made one of two free throws for Ohio State to make it 89-88, bu...
Colorado State edges past TCU in OT in Palm Springs
Jalen Lake's jumper with 2:50 left in overtime Friday snapped a tie for Colorado State, which edged TCU 76-72 in the third-place game of the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Springs, Calif.,Lake's tie-breaking basket represented his first points since the first half.,Nique Clifford had a game-high 25 p...