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Top 25 roundup: No. 3 UConn holds off No. 7 BYU's comeback bid
Silas Demary Jr., Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. each scored 21 points to lead No. 3 UConn to an 86-84 victory over No. 7 BYU on Saturday night in the Hall of Fame Series at Boston.,Karaban made all four 3-point attempts and was 8 of 11 overall, Reed was 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds...

Top 25 roundup: Down 27, No. 3 Texas A&M rallies to stay unbeaten
Marcel Reed threw three touchdown passes in the third quarter as No. 3 Texas A&M overcame a 27-point halftime deficit to beat South Carolina 31-30 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in College Station, Texas.,Reed completed 22 of 39 passes for 439 yards and three TDs as the Aggies (10-0, ...

Top 25 roundup: Down 27, No. 3 Texas A&M rallies to stay unbeaten
Marcel Reed threw three touchdown passes in the third quarter as No. 3 Texas A&M overcame a 27-point halftime deficit to beat South Carolina 31-30 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in College Station, Texas.,Reed completed 22 of 39 passes for 439 yards and three TDs as the Aggies (10-0, ...

NHL roundup: Leon Draisaitl's heroics lift Oilers past Hurricanes in OT
Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime and also had two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C., ,Draisaitl won the opening faceoff to begin the extra period and Connor McDavid, who finished with two goals and an as...

NHL roundup: Leon Draisaitl's heroics lift Oilers past Hurricanes in OT
Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime and also had two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C., ,Draisaitl won the opening faceoff to begin the extra period and Connor McDavid, who finished with two goals and an as...

NBA roundup: Cavaliers pull off comeback to edge past Grizzlies
Donovan Mitchell scored 14 points and made three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as Cleveland came from behind to beat visiting Memphis 108-100 on Saturday. The Cavaliers have now won six of eight., ,Mitchell, a six-time All-Star, finished with 30 points and Evan Mobley had 22 points and 13 rebound...

NBA roundup: Cavaliers pull off comeback to edge past Grizzlies
Donovan Mitchell scored 14 points and made three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as Cleveland came from behind to beat visiting Memphis 108-100 on Saturday. The Cavaliers have now won six of eight., ,Mitchell, a six-time All-Star, finished with 30 points and Evan Mobley had 22 points and 13 rebound...

Thomas Castellanos pilots Florida State past Virginia Tech
Quarterback Thomas Castellanos ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to help Florida State defeat Virginia Tech 34-14 Saturday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,Castellanos scored on runs of 1 and 15 yards, and tossed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Duce Robinson (six receptions, 134 yards). The Semino...

Gunner Stockton (5 total TDs), No. 5 Georgia dominate No. 10 Texas
ATHENS, Ga. -- Gunner Stockton completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards and four touchdowns and added a rushing score on Saturday as No. 5 Georgia posted a commanding 35-10 victory over No. 10 Texas in a pivotal Southeastern Conference showdown.,Noah Thomas caught two touchdowns, London Humphreys hau...

Golden Knights halt slide, cruise past skidding Blues
Braeden Bowman scored his first NHL goal as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Saturday night.,Brandon Saad and Noah Hanifin each scored their first goal of the season for the Golden Knights. Tomas Hertl also scored as Vegas snapped its four-game winless streak (0-...

Averaging nearly 100 points, Indiana to host Incarnate Word
Through three games, the Darian DeVries era at Indiana is off to a high-scoring start. ,Under DeVries, who came over as the Hoosiers' new head coach from West Virginia in the offseason, Indiana has scored at least 100 points twice and 98 points the other game.,Indiana will hope to keep its offensive...

Battle of hot Islanders, Avalanche also a reunion game
Brock Nelson scored 295 goals over 901 games for the New York Islanders, but the center is now wearing a Colorado Avalanche sweater.,Nelson will face the team he spent 11-plus seasons with when New York visits Denver to face surging Colorado on Sunday night.,Nelson was the most-coveted center at las...

Bruins D Charlie McAvoy hit in face by puck vs. Canadiens, ruled out
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy was hit in the face by a puck in the second period and was ruled out of Saturday's 3-2 victory against the host Montreal Canadiens.,Montreal defenseman Noah Dobson took a slap shot at 11:01, which may have deflected off of the Bruins' Mark Kastelic or another ...

Washington shakes off key absences in rout of Purdue
Adam Mohammed rushed for three first-half touchdowns as Washington defeated Purdue 49-13 Saturday in a Big Ten Conference game in Seattle.,Jordan Washington added a 68-yard touchdown run for the Huskies (7-3 overall, 4-3 Big Ten), who played without leading rusher Jonah Coleman and leading receiver ...

Kewan Lacy, No. 7 Ole Miss run past Florida
Kewan Lacy rushed for a career-high 224 yards on 31 carries and set an Ole Miss touchdown record, and the No. 7 Rebels took another step toward the postseason by rallying to a 34-24 win over the Florida Gators on Saturday night in Oxford, Miss.,The Rebels (10-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied ...

Devils again work OT, edge Capitals in shootout
Simon Nemec scored the decisive goal in the shootout Saturday night for the visiting New Jersey Devils, who won their first game since losing Jack Hughes to injury by edging the Washington Capitals 3-2.,Hughes, a center, is expected to miss up to two months after requiring surgery to repair a finger...

Bruins edge Atlantic foe Canadiens in penalty-filled game
The visiting Boston Bruins scored twice in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and held on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in Saturday night's battle of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.,Viktor Arvidsson scored the eventual game-winner on a power play at 16:51 of the middle frame aft...

Mattias Samuelsson's OT goal tops Red Wings, snaps Sabres' 5-game skid
Mattias Samuelsson scored 1:05 into overtime off a Tage Thompson feed as the visiting Buffalo Sabres stormed back from a three-goal deficit to down the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night.,Thompson and Josh Doan had a goal and an assist apiece as the Sabres snapped a five-game losing streak and ...

Canes rally, but Oilers prevail on Leon Draisaitl's OT goal
Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime and also had two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C., ,Draisaitl won the opening faceoff to begin the extra period and Connor McDavid, who finished with two goals and an as...

Raptors' balanced attack too much for woeful Pacers
RJ Barrett and Jakob Poeltl scored 22 points apiece on Saturday night to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 129-111 victory over the hapless Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,Brandon Ingram added 19 points, followed by Scottie Barnes' 14 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, which won its third straight game...