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Cellar-dwelling Wizards, Mavericks meet up again
The bottom feeders of the respective conference standings will meet in the nation's capital on Saturday night when the Washington Wizards host the Dallas Mavericks.,A little more than two weeks into the regular season, Washington (1-8) is tied with the Brooklyn Nets for the league's worst record, wh...
Bruce Thornton scores 38 as Ohio State bests Purdue Fort Wayne
Bruce Thornton scored a career-high 38 points to lead Ohio State to a 94-68 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday.,Thornton made 14 of 17 field-goal attempts, was 5 of 8 from 3-point range and hit all five free throws to break his previous best of 33 vs. Indiana State set last ...
Strong first half helps No. 12 UCLA shut down Pepperdine
Four of No. 12-ranked UCLA's five starters scored in double-figures, and the Bruins held visiting Pepperdine to 34.4 percent field-goal shooting in a 74-63 win on Friday in Los Angeles.,Following its season-opening win over Eastern Washington on Monday, UCLA coach Mick Cronin lamented his team's def...
Macklin Celebrini continues scoring binge as Sharks top Jets
Macklin Celebrini scored a goal and added an assist, leading the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.,With the two-point performance, Celebrini took sole possession of the league lead with 23 points. Friday was the sixth multi-point game of the season for...
Thunder's Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander too much for Kings
Isaiah Hartenstein and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander went over 30 points together for the first time, Ajay Mitchell put up his second career double-double and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder thrashed the Sacramento Kings 132-101 in each team's NBA Cup opener on Friday night.,Hartenstein complemented a ...
JT Toppin shines in return as No. 10 Texas Tech topples Sam Houston
Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin led No. 10 Texas Tech with 31 points and 14 rebounds on Friday as the Red Raiders pulled away for a 98-77 victory over Sam Houston in Lubbock, Texas.,Toppin, who missed the season-opening win over Lindenwood with a lower-body injury, added four assists a...
Nikola Jokic carries Nuggets past Warriors in NBA Cup
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, Jamal Murray finished with 23 points and eight assists, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 129-104 in the West Group C NBA Cup play on Friday night.,Aaron Gordon contributed 18 points, Jonas Valanciunas ...
Oregon rallies late behind Nate Bittle to beat Rice
Oregon rallied from eight points down in the second half behind Nate Bittle's 18 points after halftime to beat Rice 67-63 in Eugene, Ore., on Friday night.,Bittle had 25 points for the game to go with eight rebounds, and the Ducks (2-0) had a big advantage at the free-throw line with 26 made free th...
Jayden Maiava accounts for 3 TDs as No. 19 USC tops Northwestern
Jayden Maiava passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, Makai Lemon added two scores and No. 19 Southern California overwhelmed Northwestern in the second half en route to a 38-17 win on Friday in Los Angeles.,The Trojans (7-2, 5-1 Big Ten) scored on each of their first three possessions in the...
Raptors ride big fourth quarter to victory over Hawks
RJ Barrett scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half to help the visiting Toronto Raptors earn a 109-97 come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday and extend their winning streak to four games.,Barrett, who scored 25 against the Hawks in their first meeting on Oct. 22, had only two po...
Strong defensive effort leads Houston to tight win over UCF
Ethan Sanchez kicked a tiebreaking 22-yard field goal with 2:31 left and the Houston defense allowed just three second-half points as the Cougars came from 10 points down to defeat UCF 30-27 on Friday in Orlando.,Conner Weigman, despite throwing three interceptions, helped Houston (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) ...
Connor Bedard's 4-point game leads Blackhawks past Flames
Connor Bedard had a goal and three assists and Spencer Knight made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Chicago Blackhawks blanked the host Calgary Flames 4-0 on Friday night.,Tyler Bertuzzi scored two goals and Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist for Chicago, which won its seco...
Pistons ride Cade Cunningham's 34 points to rout of Nets; clarifies fourth graf with his game stats;
Cade Cunningham totaled 34 points and 10 assists as the Detroit Pistons surged ahead in the third quarter of an 125-107 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at New York in an NBA Cup game.,In an East Group B matchup, the Pistons overcame an early 10-point deficit and won their fifth straight gam...
Rangers remain hot on road, take down Red Wings
Artemi Panarin notched a goal and two assists, leading the New York Rangers to a 4-1 win over the host Detroit Red Wings on Friday.,Alexis Lafreniere supplied a goal and an assist, Will Cuylle and Noah Laba also scored, while Mika Zibanejad added two assists. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for the Ran...
NC State shows balance throughout, handles cold-shooting UAB
Quadir Copeland and Paul McNeil Jr. both scored 18 points to lead another impressive offensive performance for North Carolina State in a 94-70 victory against visiting UAB on Friday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Darrion Williams and Tre Hollomon each racked up 14 points and the Wolfpack (2-0) shot 54.1% f...
Balanced scoring sends No. 13 Arizona to victory over Utah Tech
Brayden Burries, Anthony Dell'Orso and Koa Peat each scored 18 points to help No. 13 Arizona notch a 93-67 victory over Utah Tech on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz.,Tobe Awaka had 12 points and a career-best 18 rebounds off the bench for the Wildcats (2-0), who pulled away in the second half. Burries ...
Kylan Boswell scores 31 as No. 17 Illinois cruises past Florida Gulf Coast
Kylan Boswell pumped in a game-high 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Friday night as No. 17 Illinois blew out visiting Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in Champaign, Ill.,Boswell canned 8 of 13 shots from the field, including 4 of 7 on 3-pointers, and hit 11 of 13 at the foul line as the Fighting Illini (...
Nick Boyd's career night leads No. 24 Wisconsin past NIU
Nick Boyd scored 20 of his career-high 25 points in a white-hot first half and No. 24 Wisconsin made quick work of Northern Illinois, prevailing 97-72 on Friday night in Madison, Wis.,Boyd, who played for Florida Atlantic's Final Four team in 2023 and spent last season at San Diego State, made 8 of ...
Pistons ride Cade Cunningham's 34 points to rout of Nets
Cade Cunningham totaled 34 points and 10 assists as the Detroit Pistons surged ahead in the third quarter of an 125-107 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at New York in an NBA Cup game.,In an East Group B matchup, the Pistons overcame an early 10-point deficit and won their fifth straight gam...
Heat scorching in 53-point first quarter, hold off Hornets
Norman Powell pumped in 25 points as the Miami Heat -- backed by the highest-scoring quarter in the franchise's 38-year history -- defeated the visiting Charlotte Hornets 126-108 on Friday night.,Kon Knueppel, Charlotte's rookie first-round pick, scored a game-high and a season-best 30 points, and t...