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Lightning erase early deficit, double up Golden Knights
Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel each scored two goals and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Thursday in Las Vegas.,Dominic James scored his first NHL goal and also had two assists, Oliver Bjorkstrand added two ...

Birthday boy Sam Reinhart nets winner in Panthers win over Kings
Sam Reinhart celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring the game-winning goal and Brad Marchand tallied twice to give the visiting Florida Panthers a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday., ,Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who claimed only their second road win ...

Seven double figure scorers pace Washington over Denver
Hannes Steinbach had a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds to lead Washington to an 84-70 win over Denver on Thursday in Spokane, Wash., ,It was a balanced scoring effort for Washington as seven players scored in double figures., ,Wesley Yates III tallied 13 points, Zoom Diallo added 12 poi...

Penguins avoid another blown lead, break away from Capitals
Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the visiting Washington Capitals 5-3 on Thursday night despite surrendering a three-goal second-period lead., ,Bryan Rust had the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and had two assists for the Penguins, who had lost two strai...

Joshua Jefferson puts up 20 as No. 16 Iowa State routs Grambling
Joshua Jefferson scored 20 points and Jamarion Bateman, Milan Momcilovic and Killyan Toure had 11 apiece to lift No. 16 Iowa State to a 102-62 victory against Grambling on Thursday in Ames, Iowa.,Jefferson shot 8-for-10 as the Cyclones (2-0) enjoyed a 54.5% shooting night.,Antonio Munoz was the lone...

Behind Tanner Toolson’s 25 points, TCU cruises past Saint Francis
Tanner Toolson poured in 25 points in 18 minutes, Micah Robinson had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and TCU cruised to a 104-63 victory over Saint Francis on Thursday night at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.,TCU (1-1) rebounded after falling to New Orleans on Monday, marking ...

Pavel Zacha saves Bruins with overtime winner against Ottawa
Pavel Zacha scored with 5.6 seconds left in overtime to propel the Boston Bruins past the visiting Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night.,Zacha stuffed home a loose rebound in front of the crease after Charlie McAvoy's hard net drive for the deciding goal, sending Boston to its fifth consecutive win...

Notre Dame hopes to continue hot shooting against Detroit Mercy
When Detroit Mercy coach Mark Montgomery scouted the video of Notre Dame's season-opening win over Long Island, he must've gotten a bad case of shooter envy., ,That's because Montgomery's squad shot a collective 8 of 40 from 3-point range during their season-opening 91-71 loss at University of Illin...

Iowa seeks to build intensity in matchup with Western Illinois
Iowa coach Ben McCollum wants the Hawkeyes to play with some edge.,After cruising to a 101-69 season-opening home win against Robert Morris on Tuesday, Iowa has another chance to show off its tenacity against Western Illinois in Iowa City on Friday.,"We've got some edgy, tough kids that fly around,"...

Campbell gives West Virginia a fight, but Mountaineers hang on
Honor Huff scored a game-high 23 points to lead West Virginia to a hard-fought 73-65 win over Campbell on Thursday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Treysen Eaglestaff and Harlan Obioha each tallied 12 points, Brenen Lorient added 12 points and nine rebounds, and DJ Thomas added 10 points off the bench for the ...

Robert McCray V, Florida State back to work against Alabama State
Robert McCray V delivered some program history in Luke Loucks' Florida State coaching debut Tuesday night.,The Jacksonville transfer guard dished a program-record 17 assists in the Seminoles' season-opening 108-76 win over Alcorn State, nearly doubling his previous career high of nine and posting th...

No. 11 Louisville routs Jackson State ahead of Kentucky clash
Ryan Conwell scored 19 points as No. 11 Louisville cruised to a 106-70 victory over visiting Jackson State.,The Cardinals (2-0) were without starter J'Vonne Hadley, who is in the concussion protocol, but they welcomed back Kasean Pryor, a 6-foot-10 senior who played seven games last season before su...

Bruins welcome Pepperdine's UCLA-heavy coaching staff
No. 12 UCLA is a program steeped in history. Pepperdine, which visits the Bruins on Friday in Los Angeles, pulls plenty of its current identity from UCLA's past.,The Waves (1-0) are in their second season under head coach Ed Schilling, a UCLA assistant for Steve Alford from 2013-17. The Bruins won a...

Thunder storm into Sacramento for NBA Cup showdown vs. Kings
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Sacramento Kings will experience their first NBA Cup game of the year Friday night, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Russell Westbrook face off in California's capital.,Oklahoma City opened the year with eight straight wins before suffering a 121-119 loss at Portland on...

For first time since 2016, old rivals Georgetown, Maryland meet
As the premier college basketball programs in the Washington, D.C. area, Georgetown and Maryland have long had an adversarial relationship -- though their rivalry rarely has played out on the court.,Over the last 45 years, the schools have met just five times.,On Friday night, however, the teams rek...

For the first time since 2016, old rivals Georgetown and Maryland meet
As the premier college basketball programs in the Washington, D.C. area, Georgetown and Maryland have long had an adversarial relationship -- though their rivalry rarely has played out on the court.,Over the last 45 years, the schools have met just five times.,On Friday night, however, the teams rek...

Wisconsin AD: Luke Fickell to return as coach in 2026
Despite a dreadful 2025 season featuring a six-game losing streak, Wisconsin will stick with coach Luke Fickell for next season, the university's athletic director revealed Thursday.,Chris McIntosh gave an interview to ESPN before the school released a statement to several news outlets confirming th...

Red Wings, Rangers aim to capitalize on chances following shutouts
The New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebound from losses. The first order of business is to score a goal.,Both teams endured shutout defeats in their last outing -- the Rangers fell to Carolina 3-0 on Tuesday while the Red Wings were blanked by Vegas 1-0 the same night. They'll m...

No. 24 Wisconsin coming off resounding win when NIU visits
No. 24 Wisconsin showed it boasts an impressive blend of veterans and newcomers in a stellar season-opening win.,The Badgers will try to build off that performance when they host Northern Illinois in a nonconference game Friday night in Madison, Wis.,The Badgers turned back a second-half rally and o...

No. 17 Illinois flexed rebounding muscle in opener; FGCU up next
Illinois began its season ranked 17th in the country. Maybe it was appropriate that the Fighting Illini drained 17 3-pointers in their season opener Monday night, a 113-55 pasting of Jackson State.,Illinois will try for an encore on Friday night when it welcomes Florida Gulf Coast to Champaign, Ill....