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Old Pac-12 foes UCLA, No. 12 Oregon reconvene for Big Ten bout
Former Pac-12 rivals UCLA and Oregon will collide for the first time as Big Ten foes on Sunday when the Bruins visit the 12-ranked Ducks in Eugene, Ore.,UCLA (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) defeated Washington 69-58 on Tuesday and Oregon (9-0, 1-0) beat USC 68-60 on Wednesday.,The Bruins have won six consecutive...
Shorthanded USC has no problems defeating Washington
Wesley Yates III, making his first collegiate start, scored a career-high 19 points against his former team as injury-riddled USC trounced Washington 85-61 in a Big Ten Conference game Saturday afternoon in Seattle.,Desmond Claude scored a game-high 20 points and Saint Thomas added 19 points with tw...
NC State opens ACC play with OT win over Florida State
Marcus Hill scored 23 points and Dontrez Styles exploded for a season-high 21 as North Carolina State pulled away from Florida State in overtime to win 84-74 in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Styles, who was averaging 8.8 points per game, shot 7-of-13 f...
Stanford knocks off Cal in both teams' ACC opener
Jaylen Blakes, Maxime Raynaud and Oziyah Sellers combined for 35 points in a 47-point, first half explosion Saturday afternoon and Stanford ran away from California for an 89-81 Atlantic Coast Conference road win in Berkeley, Calif.,Raynaud and Blakes finished with 20 points apiece for the Cardinal ...
Jamiya Neal's monster game leads Creighton past UNLV
Jamiya Neal finished with 19 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and four blocks to lead host Creighton over UNLV 83-65 on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.,Creighton was without star Pop Isaacs, who was ruled out for the season on Saturday morning after undergoing surprise hip surgery. It was a startling tur...
Injury-riddled Louisville tries to cool off No. 9 Duke
The Louisville Cardinals host a ranked team for the second time this week when the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils pay a visit on Sunday, and the Cardinals hope for a better outcome in the teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener.,Louisville (5-3) has lost two straight, including an 86-63 thrashing at home by...
Seahawks will be without RB Kenneth Walker III (calf) vs. Cardinals
The Seattle Seahawks ruled out leading rusher Kenneth Walker III from Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals due to a calf injury.,Walker was listed as questionable on Friday's injury report before being downgraded to out on Saturday.,Walker has rushed for 542 yards and seven touchdowns this se...
Lignthing's offense poised for 'good test' vs. Canucks
The Tampa Bay Lightning are packing a potent offense as they hit the road for the second of four visits to the West, starting with Saturday afternoon's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks to finish the season series between the teams.,In the first meeting on Oct. 15 at Tampa, Fla., Brayden Point, ...
Michigan wins seventh straight, edging Iowa 85-83
A goaltending call on a Roddy Gayle Jr. layup attempt with 3.2 seconds left gave Michigan an 85-83 win against Iowa on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. ,Pryce Sandfort's last-second fadeaway 3-pointer clanged off the rim for the Hawkeyes. Teammate Payton Sandfort caught fire down the stretch. The senior...
No. 20 North Carolina holds off Georgia Tech in ACC opener
Seth Trimble scored a team-high 19 points, helping lead No. 20 North Carolina to a 68-65 win over visiting Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Saturday.,RJ Davis added 16 points, while Ian Jackson chipped in 15 off the bench for the Tar Heels (...
SMU survives ragged mid-game stretch to beat Virginia in ACC opener
Kario Oquendo scored 21 points and SMU shrugged off a ragged mid-game stretch to defeat visiting Virginia 63-51 on Saturday afternoon in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Dallas, Texas.,The Mustangs (8-2, 1-0 ACC) trailed through the first 13 minutes of the second half before tying the game at 47 on...
No. 18 Pitt rallies for last-minute win over Virginia Tech
Jaland Lowe scored 19 points, including the go-ahead layup in the final minute, and Guillermo Diaz Graham had a key block to help No. 18 Pittsburgh rally past Virginia Tech 64-59 in both teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va.,Lowe gave the Panthers a 60-59 lead with 5...
Early second-half surge carries South Carolina past East Carolina
Jamarii Thomas scored 22 points with seven assists as South Carolina overcame a slow start to earn a 75-68 victory over visiting East Carolina Saturday in Columbia, S.C.,Collin Murray-Boyles supplied 20 points by going 10 of 10 from the floor, and added 10 rebounds, as the Gamecocks (6-3) rallied fr...
Pavel Zacha scores another OT goal as Bruins top Flyers
Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime game-winning goal in three games to propel the Boston Bruins past the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.,After Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman (23 saves) stopped a Joel Farabee breakaway to extend the extra session, David Pastrnak curled a...
Say cheese: No. 5 Marquette rolls past No. 11 Wisconsin
Kam Jones matched his season-high with 32 points and David Joplin added 13 as No. 5 Marquette pulled away in the second half for an 88-74 nonconference victory over No. 11 Wisconsin as the in-state rivals met Saturday at Milwaukee, Wisc.,Marquette (9-1), which trailed 39-37 at the half, went in fron...
Panthers rule out LB Jadeveon Clowney (knee) vs. Eagles
One day after it seemed he was likely to play, the Carolina Panthers ruled out pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a knee injury.,Clowney, 31, has 3.5 sacks in 10 games during his first season with the Panthers, collecting 2.5 of those in the past two ...
Notre Dame ends 5-game losing skid at Syracuse's expense
Braeden Shrewsberry was one of three Notre Dame players in double figures, knocking down six 3-pointers and scoring 25 points as the host Irish snapped a five-game losing streak with a 69-64 victory over Syracuse on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.,Tae Davis and J.R. Konieczny scored 15 points...
No. 14 Cincinnati aims to get back on track against Howard
No. 14 Cincinnati returns to campus Sunday and will look to rebound from its first loss of the season against visiting Howard.,Cincinnati (6-1) fell 68-60 at Villanova on Tuesday as part of the Big 12-Big East Battle. The Bearcats scored the first basket of the game, but that was their only lead as ...
Report: Roki Sasaki likely to be posted at winter meetings
The bidding for star Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki apparently is about to begin.,ESPN reported Saturday that Sasaki's availability is expected to be posted when the baseball winter meetings convene Monday in Dallas. Once he is posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki will hav...
No. 8 Purdue keeps guard up ahead of clash vs. Maryland
No. 8 Purdue will face one of the Big Ten's most dangerous unranked squads Sunday afternoon when conference foe Maryland visits West Lafayette, Ind.,The Terrapins (8-1, 1-0) coasted through their non-conference schedule before overwhelming Ohio State 83-59 in their Big Ten opener Wednesday in Colleg...