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Bangot Dak scores 16, helps Colorado put away Utah
Bangot Dak had 16 points, 12 rebounds and a key block late in the second half, Sebastian Rancik scored 19 points, and the Colorado Buffaloes beat the Utah Utes 85-73 in Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday night.,Isaiah Johnson scored 12 points and Alon Michaeli contributed 10 points for Colorado, (12-3, 2-...
Richie Saunders goes off as No. 9 BYU routs Arizona State
Richie Saunders scored a career-high 31 points and collected eight rebounds to lead No. 9 BYU to a 104-76 victory over Arizona State in Provo, Utah on Wednesday night.,Saunders went 10-of-13 from the field and made six 3-pointers. He averaged 28.0 points in two wins over Arizona State last season. ,...
Scottie Scheffler commits to WM Phoenix Open
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is returning to "The People's Open.",The two-time event champion committed to the 2026 WM Phoenix Open on Wednesday. Scheffler won at TPC Scottsdale in 2022 and 2023 and was third the following year before finishing 25th in 2025.,"Scottie has been a great champion and l...
Suns nail 22 3-pointers to beat Grizzlies, end series skid
Dillon Brooks scored 21 points and Grayson Allen added 19 as the visiting Phoenix Suns snapped a six-game losing streak to the Memphis Grizzlies with a 117-98 victory Wednesday night. ,The Suns, who won for the seventh time in nine games, made 22 3-pointers, including five each from Brooks and Allen...
Braden Smith leads No. 5 Purdue over Washington
Braden Smith scored a game-high 23 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn registered a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds to lift No. 5 Purdue to an 81-73 victory against visiting Washington on Wednesday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Purdue (14-1, 4-0 Big Ten), which never trailed, won its sixth straight ga...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander helps Thunder snap skid in OT vs. Jazz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 46 points to lift the host Oklahoma City Thunder to a 129-125 overtime win over the Utah Jazz Wednesday.,Gilgeous-Alexander hit the big shot to force overtime, then Chet Holmgren made perhaps the biggest play in the extra period, slamming home Gilgeous-Alexander's miss...
Paolo Banchero's buzzer-beating 3 lifts Magic over Nets in OT
Paolo Banchero banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime off an inbounds pass from Anthony Black as the Orlando Magic eked out a 104-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets after blowing an 18-point lead Wednesday night in New York.,Banchero finished with 30 points and 14 rebounds and his only 3 ga...
No. 3 Iowa State beats Baylor to make school history with 15-0 start
Tamin Lipsey scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and No. 3 Iowa State is 15-0 for the first time in school history after notching a 70-60 victory over Baylor on Wednesday night in Big 12 play at Waco, Texas.,Joshua Jefferson recorded 19 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and added three ste...
Led by Karl-Anthony Towns, Knicks top Clippers to end 4-game skid
Karl-Anthony Towns scored nine points during a decisive run spanning the third and fourth quarters Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who snapped a season-long four-game losing streak with a 123-111 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.,Towns finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds while add...
Alexandre Texier leads scoring charge as Canadiens beat Flames
Alexandre Texier scored once in his first career three-point game and Cole Caufield tallied one goal and one assist to lead the host Montreal Canadiens to a decisive 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.,Lane Hutson and Oliver Kapanen also found the net for the Canadiens, who are on a 7-...
Hawks get season-high 25 from Zaccharie Risacher to beat Pelicans
Zaccharie Risacher knocked down seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 117-100 win over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday to end their two-game losing streak.,Four-time Atlanta all-star Trae Young was on the bench in street clothes with a righ...
Stars shake out of doldrums with dominant win at Capitals
Sam Steel had a goal with an assist, and Matt Duchene notched an assist for his 900th career point, as the visiting Dallas Stars snapped their season-high six-game losing streak with Wednesday night's 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals.,Radek Faksa recorded an early short-handed goal, Wyatt Jo...
No. 4 UConn stages furious rally, tops Providence in OT
Freshman Braylon Mullins scored a career-high 24 points and hit two of his six 3-pointers in overtime as No. 4 UConn erased a double-digit deficit in the second half en route to a 103-98 win at Providence on Wednesday night.,Mullins hit an early jumper and a three during a 7-3 start to the overtime ...
Peyton Watson shoots lights out to lead Nuggets past Celtics
Peyton Watson scored 30 points and Jamal Murray added 22 points, eight rebounds and a career-high 17 assists to lead the visiting Denver Nuggets to a 114-110 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night., ,Watson made 6 of his 7 3-point attempts, including a 3-pointer that put Denver up 106-93...
Mark Mitchell helps Missouri close out win at Kentucky
Missouri closed the game on a 15-2 run over the final 4:37 for a 73-68 road win over Kentucky Wednesday night.,Mark Mitchell led the Tigers with 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the floor. Jayden Stone was right behind with 20 points and three 3-pointers. Two of those 3-pointers came in the second...
Ebuka Okorie's 3 caps huge comeback as Stanford downs Virginia Tech
Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie had a finish to remember, draining a long right-wing 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left to give Stanford a 69-68 win over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Wednesday. Okorie had 26 of his 31 points after halftime, leading the Cardinal back from a 13-point deficit with 3:36 to p...
Austin Swartz, Creighton hand Villanova 1st Big East loss
Austin Swartz went for 20 points, Josh Dix and Blake Harper added 17 apiece and Creighton caught fire in the second half to defeat host Villanova 76-72 on Wednesday., ,The Bluejays (10-6, 4-1 Big East) shot an overwhelming 66.7% (18 of 27) after halftime while making enough plays to defuse some of t...
Immanuel Quickley beats buzzer, Raptors down Hornets
Immanuel Quickley's 3-point basket at the buzzer lifted the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 97-96 victory against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.,Quickley's basket, which was launched just left of the top of the 3-point arc, delivered the final points in a back-and-forth sequence down the st...
76ers' stars shine simultaneously in win over Wizards
Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey all scored more than 20 points for the first time in 1 1/2 seasons together, guiding the Philadelphia 76ers to a 131-110 win over the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday.,Embiid (28 points), George (23) and Maxey (22) led seven players in double figures...
Miami surges past Wake Forest for 1st ACC road win in 24 months
Shelton Henderson converted a go-ahead putback with 26 seconds remaining in the second half to lift visiting Miami to an 81-77 victory over Wake Forest on Wednesday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Tre Donaldson scored 21 points and Malik Reneau added 18 to help Miami (13-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) sna...