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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...
Max Shabanov strikes twice as Islanders blank Red Wings
Max Shabanov produced two goals and one assist in his ninth career game as the New York Islanders rolled past the host Detroit Red Wings 5-0 on Thursday night.,Ilya Sorokin recorded his second shutout this season by making 29 saves as the Islanders completed their seven-game road trip with a 6-1 rec...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 LSU hits triple digits again
Fifth-ranked LSU continued its run of triple-digit-scoring games to open the season, hitting the century mark for the sixth consecutive time with a 112-49 rout of visiting Alcorn State in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday night.,Flau'jae Johnson and MiLaysia Fulwiley led the latest onslaught for LSU (6-...
Mark Mitchell scores 22 as Missouri routs South Dakota
Mark Mitchell scored a game-high 22 points Thursday night and unbeaten Missouri pulled away from visiting South Dakota in the second half of a 102-68 nonconference win in Columbia.,Five other players reached double figures for the Tigers (6-0). Jevon Porter hit all nine of his field-goal attempts fo...
Ohio State relies on first-half run to cruise past Western Michigan
Christoph Tilly led five Ohio State players in double figures with 17 points and the Buckeyes routed Western Michigan 91-58 in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday.,John Mobley Jr. had 15 points, Amare Bynum had 12 and Devin Royal added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Buckeyes (5-0).,Ohio State senior guar...
Alex Ovechkin's 33rd hat trick lifts Capitals over Canadiens
Alex Ovechkin scored his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4 in Montreal on Thursday night.,Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a Sta...
Xavier still in feeling-out mode ahead of tilt with unbeaten Georgia
With 13 new players on Xavier's roster, this season was destined to be filled with growing pains for the Musketeers.,First-year head coach Richard Pitino hopes a tough nonconference schedule will have the Musketeers ready for Big East play -- and they're guaranteed two games against high-major foes ...
Sergei Bobrovsky, Sam Reinhart carry Panthers to 1-0 win over Devils
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves and Sam Reinhart scored a highlight-reel goal in the Florida Panthers' 1-0 shutout over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers are 4-1-0 in their last five games, and 8-2-1 in 11 home games.,The Devils are on a two-game losing streak, ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 9 Maryland overwhelms Bethune-Cookman
Eight Maryland players scored at least seven points and every Terrapin who saw the floor scored as the ninth-ranked team in the nation routed Bethune-Cookman 95-49 in College Park, Md., on Thursday.,Kyndal Walker, Oluchi Okananwa and Kaylene Smikle led the balanced scoring effort for Maryland (6-0) ...
Somi Lee takes 2-stroke lead after 18 holes of Tour Championship
South Korea's Somi Lee carded an 8-under-par 64 to take a two-stroke lead after one round of the season-concluding CME Group Tour Championship on Thursday in Naples, Fla.,Allisen Corpuz is Lee's closest pursuer, coming in with a 6-under total of 66, and four players got to the clubhouse with identic...
Lauri Markkanen leads Jazz into NBA Cup matchup vs. dominant Thunder
Two of the NBA's best big men square off Friday when the Utah Jazz host the Oklahoma City Thunder in NBA Cup West Group A action.,While the Jazz (5-9, 0-2) have struggled, dropping five of their last seven games overall, Lauri Markkanen has not. He enters Friday's contest averaging 30.6 points per g...
Torrid-shooting Magic extend Clippers' tailspin in rout
Jalen Suggs knocked down five 3-pointers on his way to a team-high 23 points, and the Orlando Magic continued the tailspin of the visiting Los Angeles Clippers with a 129-101 triumph on Thursday.,Orlando overwhelmed Los Angeles defensively, holding the Clippers to just 36-of-89 (40.4%) shooting from...
SMU's balanced, high-scoring attack awaits Arkansas State
SMU looks to continue its perfect start to the season and build on a dominant win Friday when Arkansas State visits Dallas for the schools' first meeting.,The Mustangs (5-0) rarely have been challenged during their season-opening seven-game homestand -- with their latest triumph being Tuesday's 106-...
Miami’s starting five excels in runaway win over Elon
Tru Washington finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead a balanced effort by host Miami in a 99-72 win over Elon on Thursday night in Coral Gables, Fla.,The Hurricanes (4-1) bounced back from a loss Sunday against Florida by pulling away in the second half from the Phoenix (3-2), who lost for...
Vanderbilt routs Texas Southern 109-74 to remain undefeated
Vanderbilt (5-0) had seven players in double figures and shot 53.4% from the field in a 109-74 rout of Texas Southern (0-5) in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday evening. ,The Commodores' Tyler Tanner notched 20 points and seven assists while adding a block and two steals. ,Tyler Nickel (20 points), Devi...
UCF topples Pitt to kick off Legends Classic
Riley Kugel and Themus Fulks each scored 18 points, Jamichael Stillwell had 12 points and 11 rebounds and UCF extended its winning streak to four with a 77-67 victory over Pitt on Thursday night in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Fulks made three 3-pointers and dished out four assists as UCF (5-1) successfully ...
Jamarques Lawrence, Nebraska extend nation's longest win streak
Jamarques Lawrence scored a career-high 21 points and Braden Frager added 20 off the bench to lead Nebraska to an 84-72 win over New Mexico on Thursday night in the first round of the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo.,It was the ninth consecutive win for Nebraska (5-0) to extend the nation's ...
Iowa speeds past winless Chicago State
Tavion Banks notched a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds and Alvaro Folgueiras added 14 points as Iowa rolled past Chicago State 93-54 on Thursday in Iowa City.,Iowa shot 56.9% and finished plus-15 on the glass to improve to 5-0.,Chicago State (0-6) never led, unlike Tuesday's visit to Iowa...
Road Warriors no more as Golden State readies for lengthy homestand
The Golden State Warriors begin the schedule-equalizing portion of their season Friday night when they get a revenge matchup at home against the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA Cup game.,The Warriors will play more than two straight home games for the first time this season after concluding a nine-...