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Wake Forest, Memphis vie in Bahamas after hard-fought losses
Memphis and Wake Forest turned in highly competitive showings and were pleased with the efforts against ranked opponents on Thursday.,After falling short in their opening games at the Baha Mar Championship, Memphis and Wake Forest will get together in the third-place game on Friday night in Nassau, ...
Sabres intent on ramping up physical play vs. Blackhawks
While the Chicago Blackhawks have emerged from their rebuild and are performing more like a consistent playoff team, the Buffalo Sabres still look like they haven't made the playoffs in each of the last 14 seasons.,The teams will try their luck in a matchup on Friday in Buffalo, N.Y.,Buffalo has los...
Panthers ready for rare big game on Monday night vs. 49ers
Without many opportunities for what would qualify as a significant game in recent seasons, this is about as big as it gets for the Carolina Panthers.,The San Francisco 49ers are more accustomed to these assignments.,Monday night's matchup between the teams at Santa Clara, Calif., could have ramifica...
Arizona State overwhelms Hawaii down stretch to pull out win
Arizona State outscored Hawaii 26-11 over the last eight minutes of the game to pull out an 83-76 win over the Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu on Thursday night.,Maurice Odum had eight of his 15 points and Allen Mukeba scored all eight of his points in that last sequence for the Sun Devils (4-1).,After...
Stanford aims to preserve spotless record vs. Seattle
Ebuka Okorie looks to stay hot and keep Stanford out of the loss column as the Cardinal welcome Seattle University to Maples Pavilion on Friday.,Okorie ranks third in the country and first among freshmen averaging 25.5 points per game. He is coming off a 26-point outing in a 93-66 win against Louisi...
Arizona State overwhelms Hawaii down the stretch to pull out win
Arizona State outscored Hawaii 26-11 over the last eight minutes of the game to pull out an 83-76 win over the Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu on Thursday night.,Maurice Odum had eight of his 15 points and Allen Mukeba scored all eight of his points in that last sequence for the Sun Devils (4-1).,After...
Philipp Kurashev's shootout goal lifts Sharks past Kings
Philipp Kurashev scored the lone goal in a shootout and also scored in regulation as the San Jose Sharks pulled out a 4-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday to earn a point for the ninth time in their past 11 games.,Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves and stopped all three shots in t...
PJ Haggerty nets 37 as Kansas State runs past Mississippi State
PJ Haggerty has a knack for scoring, as he displayed once again with his second-straight 30-point game in leading Kansas State to a 98-77 win over Mississippi State at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo. Thursday night.,The Wildcats advanced to the championship game of the event, where they...
Jack Eichel's 3 points lead Golden Knights past Mammoth
Jack Eichel scored two goals and had an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,It was Eichel's third two-goal game and also his fourth three-point game of the season. Shea Theodore had three assists, Braeden Bowman had a go...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 19 Iowa knocks off No. 7 Baylor
Iowa held Baylor to one point over the final 5:49 of the game and closed on a 9-1 run as the 19th-ranked Hawkeyes knocked off the No. 7 Bears 57-52 in a battle of early-season unbeatens at the WBCA Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Thursday.,Iowa (5-0) held Baylor (4-1) without a field goal for...
Defense racks up 8 sacks as Texans shut down Bills
Davis Mills threw two touchdown passes, Caden Bullock had two interceptions and a forced fumble and the Houston Texans racked up eight sacks while notching a 23-19 victory over the visiting Buffalo Bills on Thursday night.,Will Anderson had 2 ½ sacks and Danielle Hunter had two as Buffalo's Josh All...
No. 15 Texas Tech edges Wake, will face Purdue in Bahamas' title game
JT Toppin scored 21 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field and Christian Anderson notched 16 as No. 15 Texas Tech overcame Wake Forest 84-83 on Thursday night on the first day of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.,Texas Tech (4-1) will meet top-ranked Purdue, an 80-71 winner against M...
No. 2 Houston pummels Rider in 46-point win
Kingston Flemings scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting to help No. 2 Houston roll to a 91-45 home victory over Rider in nonconference play on Thursday night.,Emanuel Sharp made three 3-pointers while totaling 15 points for the Cougars (5-0), who led by as many as 48 points. Mercy Miller scored 14 po...
Tyrese Maxey's 54 points lead 76ers past Bucks in OT
Justin Edwards' only 3-pointer of the game opened the scoring in overtime and gave Philadelphia a lead it never relinquished and Tyrese Maxey scored a career-best 54 points as the 76ers pulled away for a 123-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.,In a game without injured stars...
Cal aims for complete effort vs. Sacramento State
Cal coach Mark Madsen is hoping for a fast start when the Bears face Sacramento State on Friday in Berkeley, Calif.,Madsen would like to avoid a replay of the team's last game, when Cal (4-1) struggled in the first half before going on to beat visiting Presbyterian 67-57 on Tuesday.,Delaware transfe...
Colorado balancing youth with experience; UC Davis up next
Colorado has started the season on a roll and wants to keep it going when it hosts UC Davis on Friday night in Boulder, Colo.,Colorado (4-0) has swept its early home schedule, including wins in the past week over Providence and Alabama State. Friday night's game will be the last at home before the B...
Bills LB Terrel Bernard (elbow) exits vs. Texans
Buffalo Bills standout linebacker Terrel Bernard exited Thursday's game against the Houston Texans in the third quarter due to a right elbow injury.,Bernard injured the arm while helping tackle Houston's Nick Chubb. He went down to the ground in pain and was helped off the field with 10:27 left in t...
Lightning strike late, beat Oilers on wild OT sequence
Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel scored to cap a wild 10-second span in overtime, and the host Lightning earned their second straight victory by edging the slumping Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Thursday night.,Edmonton nearly won it in the three-on-three session with a loose puck in front of goaltender Andrei Va...
No. 19 UCLA shakes up rotation ahead of Presbyterian matchup
No. 19-ranked UCLA readies for a road swing through the Pacific Northwest with a final home-court tune-up on Friday, welcoming Presbyterian to Los Angeles.,The Bruins (4-1) host a Blue Hose team that is at the end of a three-game California road trip. Presbyterian (3-4) is on a three-game losing ski...
Grizzlies set franchise assist record, Kings drop 8th straight in blowout
Santi Aldama tied his career high with 29 points and Jock Landale added 21 as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 137-96 victory Thursday over the visiting Sacramento Kings.,The Grizzlies set a franchise record with 42 assists while handing Sacramento its eighth straight l...