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Baylor buries Alcorn State with huge second-half run
Cameron Carr poured in 24 points, 17 of them in the first half, as Baylor used two huge runs at the end of the first half and midway through the second on the way to a 113-56 win over hapless Alcorn State on Friday in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (8-2) led by 25 points at halftime after a late 14-0 run, b...
VJ Edgecombe's clutch finish carries Sixers past Knicks
VJ Edgecombe scored seven points down the stretch, guiding the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 116-107 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday.,Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 30 points and nine assists, while Edgecombe supplied 23 points. Andre Drummond chipped in with 14 points and 13 rebou...
Kiefer Sherwood nabs hat trick as Canucks rock Islanders
Kiefer Sherwood registered his third career hat trick Friday night, when the Vancouver Canucks continued their surge following the Quinn Hughes trade by beating the New York Islanders, 4-1, in Elmont, N.Y.,The hat trick was the second of the season for Sherwood, who scored all three of Vancouver's p...
Victor Wembanyama powers Spurs to season sweep of Hawks
Victor Wembanyama had 26 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting San Antonio Spurs to a 126-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.,The win gave San Antonio a sweep of the two-game season series. The Spurs have won four straight against the Hawks and improved to 10-5 on the road. Atlanta has lo...
Derrick White, Celtics pull away from banged-up Heat
Derrick White made 9 of 14 3-point attempts and scored a game-high 33 points while leading the Boston Celtics to a 129-116 home victory over the short-handed Miami Heat on Friday night.,It was a back-and-forth game through three quarters, but Boston outscored Miami 37-27 in the fourth. The Celtics m...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Maryland crushes Central Connecticut St.
Yarden Garzon scored a season-high 25 points to lead No. 7 Maryland to a 98-30 rout of Central Connecticut State on Friday afternoon in College Park, Md.,Oluchi Okananwa added 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the unbeaten Terrapins (13-0), who held the winless Blue Devils (0-11) to fewer t...
Florida State wallops Mississippi Valley State, ends 5-game skid
Chauncey Wiggins led four Florida State players in double figures as the Seminoles snapped their five-game losing streak with a 96-49 thrashing of Mississippi Valley State on Friday in Tallahassee, Fla.,Wiggins hit 6 of 10 shots and 2 of 5 3-point attempts to help the Seminoles (6-6) secure their fi...
Tajuan Simpkins' late 3 gives Seton Hall win in Big East opener over Providence
Tajuan Simpkins' late 3-pointer and Adam Clark's turnaround jumper helped visiting Seton Hall maintain its dream start by defeating normally potent Providence, 72-67, in the Pirates' Big East opener.,After trading the lead across the final two minutes, Clark kicked it out to a wide-open Simpkins, wh...
Syracuse swears 'nothing wrong' with offense ahead of Northeastern game
Although Syracuse coach Adrian Autry insists there's nothing wrong with his team's offense, the Orange will enter Saturday's nonconference game against visiting Northeastern ranked last among ACC teams in free-throw percentage.,Syracuse (7-4) is 17th in the 18-team conference in points per game (72....
Virginia Tech sharing the ball effectively with Elon on deck
Before conference play begins next week, Virginia Tech has its sights on a fourth straight double-digit win when the Hokies welcome Elon to town Saturday in Blacksburg, Va.,The Hokies (10-2) are coming off an 82-53 thumping of Maryland Eastern Shore on Sunday, when they held the Hawks to 14.8% from ...
No. 3 Duke, No. 19 Texas Tech have areas to address before hitting NYC
No. 3 Duke has played a number of stout opponents across the first chunk of the schedule. Next up for Jon Scheyer's team is a neutral-site battle with No. 19 Texas Tech.,Scheyer doesn't want the Blue Devils sleeping on the Red Raiders when they meet Saturday night in New York.,"It's going to be as g...
Pelicans ride rare winning streak, Pacers on downturn ahead of meeting
The host New Orleans Pelicans and the Indiana Pacers meet on Saturday riding opposite trajectories over their last three games.,The Pelicans want to build on their longest winning streak of the season, currently at three games, when they welcome the Pacers for the first matchup between the teams thi...
North Carolina State powers past Memphis 31-7 at Gasparilla Bowl
CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as North Carolina State had an efficient first half in a 31-7 victory against Memphis in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday afternoon in Tampa.,Bailey was 14-for-25 passing for 221 yards. Teammate Jayden Scott rushed for 108 yards on 19 carries to he...
Indiana chasing bounce-back effort vs. Chicago State
The priorities for Indiana coach Darian DeVries seemed clear ahead of Saturday's home game against Chicago State at Bloomington, Ind.,The Hoosiers (8-3) are coming off a 72-60 loss to Kentucky on Dec. 13 in the first regular season meeting between the teams in 14 years. Indiana had 18 turnovers that...
Hot-shooting Georgia Tech looks to take down Lafayette
Georgia Tech will look to ride the hot shooting of Kowacie Reeves Jr. and continue its recent success from the perimeter on Saturday when they host Lafayette in a nonconference game in Atlanta.,The Yellow Jackets (7-4) fell just shy of a single-game school record in Tuesday's 87-76 win over Marist, ...
No. 14 Arkansas meets No. 8 Houston as freshman flashes elite talent
Arkansas freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. is playing like the one-and-done he was projected to be. Fifth-year senior forward Trevon Brazile seemingly has saved his best for last.,Acuff and Brazile have been the main drivers in the No. 14 Razorbacks' fast start as they prepare to meet No. 8 Houston in...
Rockets return to Denver five days after frustrating OT loss
The last time the Houston Rockets were in Denver, they left angry and defeated. Five days later they have a chance to rewrite the ending when they return to face the Nuggets on Saturday afternoon.,Following Denver's 128-125 overtime win on Monday night, Houston head coach Ime Udoka was critical of t...
Angels settle wrongful death lawsuit with Tyler Skaggs’ family
More than six years after the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the Los Angeles Angels reached a settlement Friday of the wrongful death lawsuit brought against them by his family.,The Angels' ex-communication director, Eric Kay, began serving a 22-year sentence in federal prison in 2022 for t...
Kansas State to put revamped approach up against South Dakota
Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang believes his Wildcats have things figured out with Big 12 Conference play set to arrive at the start of the new year.,The Wildcats (7-4) will test his theory Saturday when they host South Dakota (7-6) in Manhattan, Kan. It is one of two nonconference games remaini...
Seahawks LB Derick Hall suspended one game for leg stomp
The NFL handed down a one-game suspension to Seattle Seahawks edge rusher Derick Hall on Friday over what the league called an act of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct.,In the first quarter of Seattle's 38-37 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, Hall stepped on the leg...