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Patrik Laine tallies 400th point, Canadiens extend Utah's slide
Kirby Dach scored twice while Lane Hutson, who leads all rookies in points, recorded his first three-assist game to pace the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Montreal's Cole Caufield and Mike Matheson both netted one goal and one assist, whi...
Arizona rolls past No. 25 Baylor for 7th straight win
Henri Veesaar's 19 points led a balanced scoring effort to lead Arizona to its seventh straight win, 81-70 over No. 25 Baylor on Tuesday night in Tucson, Ariz.,Arizona (11-5, 5-0 Big 12) took advantage of short-handed Baylor (11-5, 3-2) for most of the game, building a 27-point lead in the second ha...
NBA roundup: Bucks stop Kings’ 7-game winning streak
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard combined for 25 points during a 47-point first quarter that propelled the Milwaukee Bucks to a 130-115 win over the visiting Kings on Tuesday night, snapping Sacramento's seven-game winning streak.,Antetokounmpo finished with a game-high 33 points and Lillard...
Missouri upsets No. 5 Florida behind Caleb Grill
Caleb Grill racked up 22 points off the bench and sank a pair of clutch free throws with five seconds remaining as Missouri upset No. 5 Florida 83-82 on Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla. ,Grill's key foul shots came just one second after Alex Condon converted a layup to get the Gators (15-2, 2-2 So...
Tiger Woods' team drops TGL opener
Tiger Woods entered the venue for his TGL debut to the sounds of "Eye of the Tiger" on Tuesday, but his team ended up as the prey instead of the predator in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Los Angeles Golf Club routed Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club 12-1 in the new simulated golf league's second-ever match....
Patrik Laine (400th point), Canadiens extend Utah's slide
Kirby Dach scored twice while Lane Hutson, who leads all rookies in points, recorded his first three-assist game to pace the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Montreal's Cole Caufield and Mike Matheson both netted one goal and one assist, whi...
Patrik Laine (400th point), Habs extend Utah's recent slide
Kirby Dach scored twice while Lane Hutson, who leads all rookies in points, recorded his first three-assist game to pace the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Montreal's Cole Caufield and Mike Matheson both netted one goal and one assist, whi...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Maryland survives No. 24 Minnesota's rally
Shyanne Sellers scored a season-high 27 points and Kaylene Smikle added 19 as No. 8 Maryland nearly blew a 20-point lead in the final three minutes but held off No. 24 Minnesota 99-92 on Tuesday in College Park, Md.,Smikle hit six consecutive free throws in the final 29 seconds, with four of those c...
No. 17 Purdue, leaning on Braden Smith, visits Washington
Purdue star point guard Braden Smith might be the top passer in college basketball.,But sometimes he falls into periods where he is too unselfish.,No. 17 Purdue will be looking for all of Smith's talents to be on display when it battles Washington in Big Ten play on Wednesday night in Seattle.,The B...
Predators survive hat trick from Knights' Pavel Dorofeyev
Steven Stamkos scored twice and also had an assist and Filip Forsberg added a goal and an assist as the Nashville Predators jumped out to a four-goal lead and then held on for a milestone 5-3 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.,Justin Barron and Ryan O'Reilly also scored...
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton cruise over reeling Providence
Ryan Kalkbrenner collected 20 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks and Steven Ashworth added 20 points, lifting host Creighton to an 84-64 victory over Providence on Tuesday night in Omaha, Neb.,Kalkbrenner, who made 8 of 12 shots from the floor, was honored before the game in recognition of scoring h...
Leevi Merilainen, Senators secure shutout win vs. Islanders
Leevi Merilainen authored his second shutout in three starts Tuesday night, recording 24 saves to lead the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 2-0 win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.,Ottawa has won three straight games -- all started by Merilainen. The Finnish netminder stopped all 29 shots he...
RJ Luis Jr. scores 19 as St. John's overtakes Georgetown
RJ Luis Jr. withstood shooting struggles and scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 6:16 remaining as St. John's rallied from a 15-point deficit and earned a 63-58 victory over Georgetown on Tuesday in New York.,A day after being named Big East Player of the Week for his 30-poi...
No. 8 Kentucky's second-half surge sinks No. 11 Texas A&M
Jaxson Robinson hit for 22 points and No. 8 Kentucky won the battle of the boards and the paint in an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday in a key early-season Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington, Ky., ,Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) had a three-point lead at halftime that it expanded to...
David Joplin, No. 7 Marquette extend DePaul's run of Big East futility
David Joplin had a career-high 30 points and opened overtime with back-to-back 3-pointers as No. 7 Marquette escaped Chicago with an 85-83 Big East victory over DePaul on Tuesday night.,Joplin made 7 of 13 3-point attempts, none bigger than those two to begin the extra session, where the Golden Eagl...
Malik Dia powers No. 21 Ole Miss to upset of No. 4 Alabama
Malik Dia set season highs with 23 points and 19 rebounds, and No. 21 Ole Miss' stifling defense led to a 74-64 win over No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Dia made 11 of 21 shots while Jaylen Murray and Jaemyn Brakefield had 13 apiece for the Rebels (15-2, 4-0 SEC), who frustrated Alabama...
Sharks snap Red Wings' seven-game winning streak
William Eklund had a goal and two assists as the visiting San Jose Sharks snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday.,Nico Sturm, Jan Rutta, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro had the other goals for San Jose, which snapped a three-game...
Thunder take advantage of banged-up 76ers for easy win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting to guide the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Gilgeous-Alexander also dished out nine assists, joining Isaiah Hartenstein (nine points, 16 rebounds) in barely missing a d...
No. 19 Illinois uses explosive first half to rout Indiana
Kylan Boswell scored 22 points and backcourt mate Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 as No. 19 Illinois racked up 60 first-half points to spark a 94-69 Big Ten rout of Indiana Tuesday night in Bloomington, Ind., ,Tomislav Ivisic posted 17 points and 11 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn added 12 points as the...
Louisville routs Syracuse for seventh straight win
Chucky Hepburn hit a career-high-tying six three-pointers and scored 24 points to guide red-hot Louisville an 85-61 victory over host Syracuse on Tuesday., ,The impressive effort gave the Cardinals (13-5, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) their seventh straight victory. Louisville has won more games th...