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Big Ten championship game capsule: Oregon vs. Penn State
Big Ten championship game,Oregon (12-0) vs. Penn State (11-1),Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET,Indianapolis, Lucas Oil Stadium,TV: CBS,Early line: Oregon -3.5 (FanDuel),What's at stake:,Oregon is a sure-fire pick no matter what happens in this game but the Ducks want the No. 1 overall seed and a...

Kyrie Irving, shorthanded Mavericks take aim at Trail Blazers
The Dallas Mavericks are enjoying their best stretch of the season, and most of it has been accomplished without superstar guard Luka Doncic.,Dallas will attempt to win for the eighth time in nine games when it visits the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.,Doncic watched Saturday's 106-94 road ...

Lauri Markkanen, Jazz look to hit high note vs. Lakers
Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy found a silver lining after his team's 106-94 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,His team, which will host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night in Salt Lake City, has lost three games in a row and seven of its last eight. But Hardy liked parts of what h...

Ducks bid to alter recent fortunes in encounter vs. Senators
The Anaheim Ducks have just one win in their past four outings as they prepare to host the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.,That's the glass sitting half-empty.,The Ducks see that same glass as half-full when they consider they are 5-3-1 in their past nine outings. As well, their latest setback was a posi...

Blue Jackets enter matchup vs. last-place Blackhawks on hot streak
The second half of November was much better than the first for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who will look to ride their newfound momentum when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon. ,The Blue Jackets went 5-1-1 over the final two weeks of November after a six-game losing streak from No...

Three-goal second period helps Sharks defeat Kraken again
Luke Kunin, Cody Ceci and Will Smith scored in the opening 10 minutes of the second period and the visiting San Jose Sharks held on for a 4-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night.,Mario Ferraro also scored, Jake Walman and Mikael Granlund each had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made...

No Luka Doncic, no problem as Mavs sink Jazz
Kyrie Irving scored 30 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a wire-to-wire 106-94 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.,The Mavericks improved to 5-1 without injured star Luka Doncic, who traveled with the team but didn't play because of a wrist injury.,Quentin Grimes scored ...

Virginia Tech defeats rival Virginia to end skid
Making his first start at quarterback, William "Pop" Watson III threw for 254 yards and a touchdown Saturday night as Virginia Tech stopped in-state rival Virginia 37-17 in Blacksburg to clinch bowl eligibility.,Watson, who replaced the injured Kyron Drones, completed 14 of 21 passes as the Hokies (...

No. 22 UNLV routs Nevada, punches ticket to Mountain West Championship
Hajj-Malik Williams threw for 168 yards and ran for 104 more as No. 22 UNLV beat rival Nevada 38-14 in Las Vegas on Saturday to clinch a berth in next week's Mountain West Championship Game.,Jacob De Jesus led UNLV with a season-high 84 yards in receiving, while Ricky White III added five receptions...

No. 18 Iowa State tops No. 24 Kansas State for 1st 10-win season
No. 18 Iowa State scored 14 points off turnovers and defeated No. 24 Kansas State 29-21 on Saturday on a frigid night in Ames, Iowa., ,The Cyclones (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) will face Arizona State in the Big 12 Championship Game on Dec. 7 if BYU beats Houston later Saturday. The Cyclones last won a confer...

No. 1 Oregon conquers Washington to stay unbeaten
Top-ranked Oregon, already locked into the Big Ten championship game next weekend against Penn State, finished off a perfect regular season with Saturday's 49-21 rout of rival Washington in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks' defense shut out the Huskies for almost the entire second half, giving up a late touch...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks top Wizards, continue win streak
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his third triple-double of the season with 42 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists as the Milwaukee Bucks extended their winning streak to six games, beating the visiting Washington Wizards 124-114 on Saturday night.,Damian Lillard had 25 points and 10 assists, Brook Lop...

Garrett Nussmeier tosses 3 TDs as LSU rolls past Oklahoma
Garrett Nussmeier threw for 277 yards and three touchdowns, coming back from a first-half injury to lead LSU to a 37-17 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.,The Tigers (8-4, 5-3 SEC) finished the regular season with a two-game winning streak after dropping three consecutive games.,The S...

Kurtis Rourke, No. 10 Indiana shred hapless Purdue
Kurtis Rourke threw for 349 yards and six touchdowns Saturday night as No. 10 Indiana appears headed for an unlikely spot in the College Football Playoff with a 66-0 Big Ten Conference rout of visiting Purdue in Bloomington, Ind.,Picked 17th among 18 teams in the conference's preseason poll, the Hoo...

Islanders avoid recent third-period woes, finish off shutout of Sabres
Anders Lee scored a power-play goal with 12:37 remaining in the second period and added an assist a little more than two minutes later as the New York Islanders avoided another collapse in the third period and earned a 3-0 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night in Elmont, N.Y.,Si...

Kings notch third straight win with 5-2 victory over Senators
Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar and Trevor Moore each had a goal and an assist to help the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-2 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.,Alex Laferriere and Adrian Kempe also scored and David Rittich made 20 saves for the Kings, who have won three in a row followi...

Hot-shooting Georgia uses balanced attack to crush Jacksonville
Dakota Leffew scored a team-high 16 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers, to help lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a 102-56 drubbing of the Jacksonville Dolphins in Athens, Ga., on Saturday.,Silas Demary Jr. and Tyrin Lawrence each added 14 for the Bulldogs (7-1), who won their second straigh...

UMES proves no match for No. 2 UConn in 99-44 rout
Tarris Reed Jr. had 10 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help No. 2 UConn end a three-game losing streak by beating Maryland Eastern Shore 99-44 Saturday in Hartford, Conn.,Liam McNeeley and Jaylin Stewart each scored a team-high 16 points for UConn. Solo Ball had 12, Aidan Mahaney 11, and Jay...

De’Andre Hunter's late points help Hawks fend off Hornets
De'Andre Hunter scored on back-to-back possessions within a 10-second span in the final minute and Jalen Johnson racked up 20 points to lift the Atlanta Hawks past the host Charlotte Hornets 107-104 on Saturday night.,The Hawks converted down the stretch after a Charlotte rally created a dramatic fi...

Facing Thunder, Rockets aim to crowd Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Injuries haven't done much to disrupt the Oklahoma City Thunder as they approach the quarter-pole of the regular season schedule, with their performance confirming that their ascension to the top of the Western Conference standings last year wasn't a fluke.,Even without Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso...