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Darius Acuff Jr. helps No. 20 Arkansas hold off Texas A&M
Billy Richmond III scored 23 points, Darius Acuff Jr. posted 17 of his 22 points in the last nine minutes, and No. 20 Arkansas moved closer to a double bye in the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 99-84 victory over Texas A&M on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Malique Ewin had 18 points and ...
Anthony Edwards looks to recreate All-Star magic as Timberwolves face Clippers
Anthony Edwards will return to the site of his All-Star Game MVP performance when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif.,The Timberwolves entered the All-Star break on a 7-3 run and are 2-1 since returning. Edwards has done his part to start the s...
Isaiah Johnson's big performance powers Colorado past Kansas State
Isaiah Johnson stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while leading Colorado to a 79-70 win over Kansas State on Wednesday in Boulder, Colo.,The rebound and assist totals were season highs for the freshman.,Ian Inman contributed 17 points, Barrington Hargress tallied ...
Strong first half helps Iowa pull away from Ohio State
Brian Stirtz had 22 points and Alvaro Folgueiras 20 when Iowa used a first-half surge to pull away for a 74-57 win over Ohio State in Iowa City on Wednesday.,The Hawkeyes (20-8, 10-7 Big Ten) won for the eighth time in 11 games to maintain eighth place, the last spot for a double-bye in the conferen...
DePaul sweeps Creighton with yet another 1-point win
Brandon Maclin scored 21 points to fuel visiting DePaul to a 72-71 victory over Creighton on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,Maclin made 8 of 12 shots from the floor and all three attempts from 3-point range for the Blue Demons (15-13, 7-10 Big East), who completed a season sweep of the Bluejays after losi...
No. 17 Alabama completes season sweep against Mississippi State
Amari Allen scored 23 points and made a career-best six 3-pointers to lead No. 17 Alabama to a 100-75 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night in Southeastern Conference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Latrell Wrightsell Jr. registered 18 points, six rebounds and five assists and Aden Holloway add...
No. 9 Gonzaga avenges loss to Portland, grabs share of WCC title
Graham Ike scored 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and snagged a career-high seven steals as No. 9 Gonzaga clinched the top seed in the West Coast Conference tournament as well as at least a share of the regular-season title with an 89-48 victory against Portland on Wednesday in Spokane, Wash.,Brae...
Wyatt Johnston tallies twice, Stars beat Kraken to run streak to 7
Wyatt Johnston scored twice and Thomas Harley added two assists as the Dallas Stars topped the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Wednesday night.,Matt Duchene and Sam Steel also scored, with Duchene adding an assist, as the Stars extended their winning streak to seven and won for the eighth time in nin...
Hilary Knight calls President Trump's comment 'distasteful joke'
Hilary Knight, captain of the gold-medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, took exception to a comment President Donald Trump made in the wake of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team winning its championship game.,Trump invited the men's Olympic team to attend the State of the Union speech, ad...
Nikita Kucherov posts 700th career assist as Lightning top Maple Leafs
Nikita Kucherov scored and recorded his 700th career assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning resumed the regular season with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.,The right wing fed Gage Goncalves, who later assisted on Kucherov's tally, for a second-period goal to beco...
Bucks narrowly defeat injury riddled Cavaliers
Kevin Porter Jr. hit the game winner in the final seconds and scored 20 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 118-116 victory over the visiting, short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night., ,Milwaukee won its second in a row and eighth in their last 10 contests. It was a balanced scoring ...
4th-quarter rally sends Spurs past Raptors for 10th straight win
Devin Vassell scored 21 points Wednesday night and the visiting San Antonio Spurs rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Toronto Raptors 110-107 for their 10th consecutive win.,San Antonio outscored Toronto 32-17 in the final period after trailing by 15 late in the third.,De'Aaron Fox added 20 ...
Injuries piling up as Jazz begin two-game set with Pelicans
Injuries are afflicting the Utah Jazz and shortening the rotation of available, healthy players ahead of a two-game set against the New Orleans Pelicans in Salt Lake City.,Utah will have a shortened roster going through the rest of the season, starting with Wednesday's showdown with the Pelicans.,Tw...
Alperen Sengun, Reed Sheppard fly Rockets past Kings
Alperen Sengun recorded his third triple-double of the season, and Reed Sheppard scored a game-high 28 points while making only his seventh start as the Houston Rockets cruised to a 128-97 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.,Sengun posted 26 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists wh...
Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duran record double-doubles as Pistons top Thunder
Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 13 assists and Jalen Duren had 29 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 124-116 home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday in a battle of the top teams from each conference.,The Pistons have won six of their last seven, while the Thunder ...
Ebuka Okorie drops 34 in latest showcase, Stanford beats Pitt
Ebuka Okorie saved his second and third 3-pointers of the night for a late flurry and finished with a game-high 34 points, lifting host Stanford to a 75-67 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Pitt on Wednesday night.,Okorie also found time for six rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Ca...
Will Richard nets 21 to lead shorthanded Warriors past Grizzlies
Will Richard scored 21 points and Gary Payton II and Brandin Podziemski added 19 apiece to lead Golden State to a 133-112 victory Wednesday night over the host Memphis Grizzlies. ,Each of the nine Warriors who played made a 3-pointer as Golden State finished 19-of-46 from deep. Gui Santos contribute...
Out-of-sync offenses collide as Suns host Lakers
Two teams in varying states of offensive dysfunction will meet when the Phoenix Suns host the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.,The Suns enter the matchup after their two lowest-scoring games of the season, a 92-77 loss to Portland and a 97-81 defeat to Boston. Phoenix was unable to generate consisten...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: FC Cincinnati cap 13-0 series rout
Kenji Mboma Dem scored twice as FC Cincinnati routed visiting O&M FC 9-0 on Wednesday, completing a 13-0 aggregate victory in a first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series.,Cincinnati posted a 4-0 win at Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on Feb. 18. The dominant series performance sends t...
Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs lead Sabres past Devils
Tage Thompson and Peyton Krebs each had a goal and an assist for the Buffalo Sabres in a 2-1 win against the host New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.,Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves for the Sabres in his return after missing five games with a lower-body injury.,Timo Meier scored and Jake Allen made 2...