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Trevor Zegras shines in Flyers' shootout win over Blues
Trevor Zegras scored two goals, earned an assist and buried the shootout winner as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers rallied past the St. Louis Blues 6-5 on Friday.,Christian Dvorak also logged two goals and an assist for the Flyers, who erased 3-1 and 5-3 deficits to force the shootout.,Owen Tippett...
David Mirkovic records 20-20 game as No. 14 Illinois eases past Colgate
Freshman forward David Mirkovic piled up 27 points and 21 rebounds to lead No. 14 Illinois to an 84-65 nonconference victory over Colgate on Friday night in Champaign, Ill.,In his fourth college game, Mirkovic produced the school's first 20-20 game since NBA first-round pick Nick Weatherspoon notche...
Timberwolves dominate late, beat Kings for fourth straight win
Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves finished strong for a 124-110 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Julius Randle posted a double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Donte DiVincenzo finished...
Lakers earn NBA Cup win, hand Pelicans 4th straight loss
Luka Doncic scored 24 points with 12 assists and Austin Reaves added 31 points with seven assists as the Los Angeles Lakers earned a 118-104 road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in NBA Cup play.,Deandre Ayton added 20 points with 16 rebounds, Rui Hachimura had 14 points and Marcus Smart added ...
Rockets romp to 140 points in demolition of Trail Blazers
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, Alperen Sengun flirted with a triple-double and the Houston Rockets cruised to a 140-116 home win over the Portland Trail Blazers in NBA Cup play on Friday.,Durant scored 16 first-quarter points to ignite the Rockets before Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. helpe...
Jordan Burks has perfect second half as UCF upends Texas A&M
Jordan Burks scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half and UCF rallied from down 14 with just over 12 minutes left in an 86-74 win at Texas A&M on Friday night in College Station, Texas.,The Knights (3-1) beat the Aggies for the second straight year, as they opened the 2024-25 season with a 3-po...
No. 11 Texas Tech overcomes slow start to beat Milwaukee
Christian Anderson scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 11 Texas Tech pulled away from Milwaukee for an 80-63 win Friday night in Lubbock, Tex.,Donovan Atwell tallied 17 points, Tyeree Bryan scored 13 points and Jaylen Petty came off the bench to add 11 points. LeJuan Watts...
Bennett Stirtz puts up 21 as Iowa takes down Xavier
Bennett Stirtz scored a game-high 21 points to go with eight rebounds and Tavion Banks chipped in 13 points to help Iowa post an 81-62 victory against Xavier on Friday in Iowa City.,Kael Combs added 11 points for the Hawkeyes (3-0).,Jovan Milicevic paced the Musketeers with 15 points. Filip Borovica...
Javonte Green helps short-handed Pistons rally past 76ers
Javonte Green led six Detroit players in double figures with 21 points and nine rebounds as the short-handed Pistons won their ninth straight by rallying past Philadelphia, 114-105, on Friday.,The game was part of the NBA Cup. Detroit is now 2-0 in the Group Stage, while the Sixers are 0-2.,Daniss J...
Karl-Anthony Towns drops 39 as Knicks top Heat in NBA Cup action
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 of his 39 points in the first half, Landry Shamet had a career-high 36 points off the bench and fellow reserve Josh Hart posted a triple-double Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who beat the Miami Heat 140-132 in NBA Cup East Group C action.,Both teams are 1-1 i...
No. 23 Creighton blows past Maryland Eastern Shore
Blake Harper and Jasen Green each scored 14 points to lead No. 23 Creighton to a 84-45 non-conference win over Maryland Eastern Shore Friday in Omaha, Neb.,Harper also had nine rebounds while Green had five for the Bluejays (2-1). Josh Dix added 10 points.,Justin Monden led the Hawks (1-4) with 13 p...
No. 21 Arkansas emerges with tight victory over Samford
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 20 points and Meleek Thomas added 17 points to lead No. 21 Arkansas to a hard-earned win over Samford on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Acuff made 7 of 13 attempts from the field overall, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range. Thomas shot 5 of 13 from the field in addition to gra...
Sebastian Aho’s late OT goal propels Hurricanes past Canucks
Sebastian Aho's goal with 31 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Andrei Svechnikov scored two first-period goals and later added an assist and Taylor Hall also found the net for the Hurricanes, who won f...
Franz Wagner nets 25 as Magic finish on 11-0 run to polish off Nets
Franz Wagner sank a pair of late 3-pointers to highlight his 25-point performance, fueling the host Orlando Magic to a 105-98 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday in an NBA Cup game.,Tristan da Silva added 22 points and nine rebounds while starting in place of the injured Paolo Banchero (left gr...
Balanced scoring leads Ole Miss past Cal State Bakersfield
AJ Storr scored 14 points and Ole Miss used a balanced scoring effort to roll past Cal State Bakersfield 82-60 on Friday night in Oxford, Miss., ,Malik Dia and Ilias Kamardine added 10 points each for the Rebels (4-0), who had 11 players score., ,Ole Miss, which turned the ball over just four times,...
Rodney Rice's triple-double helps USC race past Illinois State
Powered by Rodney Rice's triple-double of 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Southern California came out hot, then held off an Illinois State rally to win 87-67 in the first game of the Hall of Fame Series Los Angeles doubleheader on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.,USC (3-0) overwhelmed Illinois St...
Cameron Boozer goes for 35 as No. 4 Duke trounces Indiana State
Freshman Cameron Boozer scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 4 Duke overcame a slow start to earn a 100-61 victory over Indiana State in Durham, N.C.,Caleb Foster added 14 points, Dame Sarr had 10 points and Patrick Ngongba II contributed nine points and eight rebounds for t...
No. 9 Kentucky bounces back with wire-to-wire rout of Eastern Illinois
Mouhamed Dioubate scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 9 Kentucky roll to a 99-53 victory over Eastern Illinois on Friday night at Lexington, Ky.,Denzel Aberdeen had 13 points and Otega Oweh added 12 for the Wildcats (3-1), who rebounded from a 96-88 loss to No. ...
Dylan Grant's career-high 28 points lead Rutgers past Lehigh
Dylan Grant had 18 of his career-high 28 points in the first half, and Rutgers held off a mild comeback for an 84-72 victory over Lehigh on Friday in Piscataway, N.J.,Emmanuel Ogbole had 15 of his career-high 16 points in the second half and added 10 rebounds for his first career double-double for t...
Justin Thomas to miss start of '26 season after disc surgery
PGA Tour star Justin Thomas announced Friday that he has undergone disc surgery to address back issues, which will cause him to miss the early part of the 2026 season.,A successful microdiscectomy was performed Thursday in New York, per Thomas, alleviating a disc problem that had been causing hip pa...