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Stars look for more success against lowly Flames
The Dallas Stars kicked off a four-game road swing with a win. Now the red-hot Stars will look for another when they visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Thanks to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, Dallas has won six of seven games overall and posted a 5-0-2 mark in its last sev...
No. 5 Duke buries 17 treys, dominates Niagara in weekend opener
Patrick Ngongba scored a career-high 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds as No. 5 Duke breezed to a 100-42 victory over Niagara, Friday in Durham, N.C.,Cameron Boozer tallied 14 points and Isaiah Evans contributed a rare four-point play on his way to scoring 12 points as the Blue Devils (6-0) u...
Raptors wallop Wizards, clinch advancement in NBA Cup
Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett scored 24 points each as the Toronto Raptors dominated the visiting Washington Wizards 140-110 on Friday for their sixth straight win.,The Raptors improved to 3-0 in the NBA Cup group stage and clinched a spot in the knockout rounds. The victory and a Friday loss by the...
Michael Porter Jr. continues torrid streak, paces Nets past Celtics
Michael Porter Jr. scored 33 points and Nic Claxton recorded his first career triple-double, fueling the visiting Brooklyn Nets to a 113-105 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday to salvage a split of their home-and-home series.,Porter sank 13 of 21 shots from the floor -- including 4 of 6 from ...
Pacific lead at stake as Jack Eichel, Golden Knights visit Ducks
First place in the Pacific Division will be on the line Saturday night when the reigning division champion Vegas Golden Knights visit the Anaheim Ducks.,Anaheim finished sixth in the division last season, 30 points behind Vegas, but enters this game with a one-point lead over the Golden Knights at t...
Shedeur Sanders brings intrigue into matchup of lowly Browns, Raiders
Playoff talk ceased weeks ago and the Browns and Raiders roll into their Week 12 intersection with matching 2-8 records, zero combined division wins and a cumulative touchdown deficit of minus-21.,Next year is here early for the AFC bottom-feeders, but Cleveland hit a dash of spice into the Sunday d...
Darius Garland returns as Cavs best Pacers in NBA Cup match
Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points and Darius Garland had 20 points and seven assists in his first game since Nov. 10, to power the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 120-109 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers in an NBA Cup matchup Friday night., ,Garland played 27 minutes and made 3-of-4 3-point attempts an...
Myles Colvin's buzzer-beating trey rallies Wake Forest past Memphis
Myles Colvin capped a 19-point showing by hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Wake Forest outlasted Memphis for a 69-68 victory in the third-place game of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas on Friday night.,Wake Forest (4-2) trailed most of the night but outscored Memphis (1-4) 20-8 over ...
Matt Boldy scores twice as Wild dominate Penguins
Matt Boldy scored two goals and picked up one assist, and the Minnesota Wild pulled away for a 5-0 win over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.,Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Marcus Johansson a...
Tomislav Buljan's big night helps New Mexico edge Mississippi State
Tomislav Buljan scored 19 points and collected a school freshman-record 21 rebounds to lead New Mexico to an 80-78 victory over Mississippi State on Friday night in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Classic at Kansas City, Mo.,Uriah Tenette and Deyton Albury added 13 points apiece for the Lob...
No. 5 Duke buries 17 of 31 treys, dominates Niagara in weekend opener
Patrick Ngongba scored a career-high 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds as No. 5 Duke breezed to a 100-42 victory over Niagara, Friday in Durham, N.C.,Cameron Boozer tallied 14 points and Isaiah Evans contributed a rare four-point play on his way to scoring 12 points as the Blue Devils (6-0) u...
Rueben Chinyelu grabs 21 boards as No. 10 Florida routs Merrimack
Rueben Chinyelu scored 14 points and made Florida history with 21 rebounds as the 10th-ranked Gators cruised to a comfortable 80-45 victory over Merrimack on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla.,Chinyelu's rebounding total, which included on the six offensive glass, is the highest on a game by a Gators...
Carter Welling's late-game heroics lead Clemson past West Virginia
Carter Welling sank back-to-back 3-point shots down the stretch as part of a personal scoring surge as Clemson stormed back from an 11-point deficit to defeat West Virginia 70-67 on Friday night in the Charleston Classic's Palmetto Bracket at Charleston, S.C.,RJ Godfrey and Jestin Porter led the Tig...
Ryan Conwell scores 25 as No. 6 Louisville spoils Cincinnati upset bid
Ryan Conwell scored 17 of his season-high 25 points in the second half to help No. 6 Louisville deny an upset bid from Cincinnati, 74-64, Friday night in Cincinnati.,Conwell had a season-high five 3-pointers as part of his big night for Louisville (5-0). Mikel Brown Jr. finished with 22 points on 4-...
Jeremy Fears Jr. fuels No. 17 Michigan State past Detroit Mercy
Jeremy Fears Jr. had 18 points and 11 assists to lead No. 17 Michigan State to an 84-56 home win over in-state foe Detroit Mercy on Friday.,Coen Carr had 13 points and seven rebounds, Jaxon Kohler scored 13 points and Carson Cooper added 12 points to flank Fears for Michigan State.,The Spartans have...
Mammoth try to regain early-season magic vs. Rangers
Stuck in a rut the past week, the Utah Mammoth are searching for the positive vibes of their 8-2-0 start to the season.,The Mammoth hope to end a four-game losing streak (0-1-3) on Saturday night when they face the New York Rangers in Salt Lake City.,Utah scored 36 goals during a seven-game winning ...
Central Connecticut St. pulls off second major upset, knocks off Rutgers
Darin Smith Jr. scored 21 points as Central Connecticut State scored its second upset of a major conference school this season, toppling Rutgers 67-54 on Friday in Piscataway, N.J.,Jay Rodgers delivered 15 points and nine assists as the Blue Devils (3-2) of the Northeast Conference beat a Big Ten te...
Lajae Jones ties Florida State record in rout of Georgia Southern
Lajae Jones tied the program record with 10 made 3-pointers, scoring a career-high 36 points to lead Florida State to a runaway 98-72 defeat of Georgia Southern Friday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,After a nine-point first half, Jones hit three 3-pointers in a 44-second span early in the second half to...
Thijs De Ridder, Virginia outlast Northwestern at Greenbrier
Thijs De Ridder had 26 points and eight rebounds and Chance Mallory added 16 points and eight boards as Virginia defeated Northwestern 83-78 on Friday at the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,Malik Thomas had 14 points for Virginia (5-0), which overcame 37.5% shooting, including a ...
Winners of 11 straight, Pistons try to end Bucks' series dominance
The Detroit Pistons look to continue their early-season success Saturday, bringing an 11-game winning streak to Milwaukee for their first matchup against the rival Bucks, who will not have superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo., ,The Pistons come in rested, having not played since their back-to-back on Mo...