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Boopie Miller's 28 points help SMU fend off Murray State
Boopie Miller scored 28 points and B.J. Edwards added 20 as SMU defeated feisty Murray State 102-91 on Tuesday in a battle of undefeated teams in Dallas.,The Mustangs (3-0) led by seven points at halftime and by 18 at the first media timeout of the second half. Murray State shot its way back into th...
No. 25 Kansas shuts down Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Kohl Rosario scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds, and No. 25 Kansas pulled away for a 77-46 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday night in Lawrence, Kan.,Flory Bidunga added 12 points and eight rebounds for Kansas (2-1), which bounced back from a loss on the road against North Carolina...
No. 21 Arkansas delivers bounce-back blowout win over Central Arkansas
Karter Knox had his first career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first start of the season and host No. 21 Arkansas pulled away in the second half for a 93-56 victory over Central Arkansas on Tuesday.,Freshman Darius Acuff Jr. had 17 of his 21 points in the second half and freshm...
Buffalo breezes to victory over turnover-prone DePaul
Ryan Sabol scored 20 points and Daniel Freitag chipped in 18 to lift Buffalo to a 66-53 win over DePaul on Tuesday in Chicago.,Angelo Brizzi added 12 points for the Bulls (3-0), who forced the Blue Demons into 20 turnovers.,NJ Benson had team highs of 11 points and eight rebounds for DePaul, which s...
Raptors dominate glass, paint and pull away from Nets
Brandon Ingram led the way with 25 points Tuesday night as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Brooklyn Nets 119-109 in New York.,Immanuel Quickley added 24 points while Scottie Barnes amassed 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Raptors, who have won five of six. Jakob Poeltl also was a force with 12 poi...
Oklahoma's balanced attack turns back Pine Bluff
Xzayvier Brown scored 19 points to lead Oklahoma to a 95-69 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday in Norman, Oklahoma.,Nijel Pack added 15 points for Oklahoma (2-1) by hitting 5 of 7 on 3-point attempts. Dayton Forsythe also scored 15 while Tae Davis added 13 and Darrion Reid 12. Davis also had 15...
Knicks’ latest scoring outburst denies Grizzlies comeback
Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each recorded double-doubles Tuesday night for the host New York Knicks, who made franchise history by earning a 133-120 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.,The Knicks are 5-0 on a season-long seven-game homestand and scored more than 130 points in each of the last t...
Keyshawn Hall stuffs stat sheet as No. 20 Auburn whomps Wofford
Elyjah Freeman recorded 21 points and five rebounds and No. 20 Auburn rolled to a 93-62 victory over visiting Wofford in Tuesday night's nonconference game.,Keyshawn Hall added 20 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, three blocked shots and two steals for the Tigers (3-0). He made all three of his 3-po...
David Pastrnak's 400th, 401st goals power Bruins past Leafs
David Pastrnak became the sixth 400-goal scorer in Bruins history as part of a two-goal, one-assist performance, leading Boston to a 5-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.,Pastrnak's milestone tally came 49 seconds into the second period. It capped a three-goal run for Bosto...
Notre Dame pulls away from Eastern Illinois in second half
Markus Burton had 21 points while Braeden Shrewsberry hit six 3-pointers to finish with 18, as Notre Dame used a strong second half to beat visiting Eastern Illinois 78-58 on Tuesday night in South Bend, Ind.,Burton went 8-of-19 from the field, while Shrewsberry missed just two of his eight 3-point ...
Roope Hintz's overtime winner lifts Stars over Senators
Roope Hintz scored with 1:56 left in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the host Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.,Jason Robertson had a goal and two assists and Mikko Rantanen provided a goal and an assist for the Stars, who are 7-1-3 in their last 11 games. Defensema...
Kings stay hot on the road, rout Canadiens
Quinton Byfield and defenseman Joel Edmundson each collected a goal and an assist, fueling the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.,Kevin Fiala and former Canadien Joel Armia also tallied and Warren Foegele scored into an empty net for the Kings, who ha...
Logan Thompson continues to shine in goal as Capitals upend Hurricanes
Logan Thompson made 30 saves as the Washington Capitals won for the second time in their last eight games, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Alex Ovechkin, who notched an empty-net goal to go with an earlier assist, finished with a two-point night, while Brandon D...
Sam Hoiberg's career game lifts Nebraska past UMES
Sam Hoiberg scored a career-high 18 points and Nebraska extended the nation's longest winning streak with a 69-50 nonconference win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday night in Lincoln, Neb.,Hoiberg, a senior guard and son of Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg, was 7 of 10 from the field and add...
Day Day Thomas guides Cincinnati to intense win over Dayton
Day Day Thomas poured in 20 points and Shon Abaev added 14 to lead Cincinnati past visiting Dayton 74-62 in an electric atmosphere on Tuesday.,The rivalry between the two basketball-rich southwest Ohio schools separated by 35 miles returned to a campus rotation for the first time since 2010 after sp...
No. 18 North Carolina rides free-throw line parade past Radford
Luka Bogavac scored 19 points in place of Seth Trimble to help No. 18 North Carolina grind out a win over Radford 89-74 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill.,Trimble was injured in a team practice Sunday and underwent surgery to repair a broken bone in his left arm. Bogavac was coach Hubert Davis' pick t...
UCF buries 13 treys in romp over FAMU
UCF's Carmelo Pacheco scored 17 points and 11 teammates also hit the scoring column as the Knights crushed the Florida A&M Rattlers 97-60 on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla.,Pacheco sank 5-of-6 three-point shots, while Riley Kugel chipped in 16 points and made all three of his three-pointers. George B...
High-scoring Providence pulls away for blowout of Penn
Corey Flood Jr. scored 20 points and Providence went over 100 points for a second straight game in a convincing 106-81 win over visiting Penn on Tuesday.,The Friars (2-1), who shot 13 of 30 (43.3%) from 3-point range, broke open a game that was relatively close until the final eight minutes.,Provide...
Thomas Haugh’s double-double lifts No. 10 Florida past rival Florida State
Thomas Haugh posted his first double-double of the season, as No. 10 Florida dominated on the glass and escaped with a 78-76 win over rival Florida State Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla.,Haugh finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds, leading a glass attack which saw Florida (2-1) rack up a 58-36 r...
Army honors Mike Krzyzewski, then No. 4 Duke hammers Cadets
On a night when Army alum Mike Krzyzewski was honored by his alma mater, the first school to hire him, his other and more famous team, No. 4 Duke, never trailed and rolled to an easy 114-59 victory on Tuesday night in West Point, N.Y.,Duke (3-0) and Army (1-2) watched an emotional pregame tribute du...