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Illinois stays unbeaten by pulling away from Oakland
Sophomore center Tomislav Ivisic scored 20 points with six rebounds and four steals as Illinois claimed a 66-54 nonconference victory over Oakland (Michigan) on Wednesday night in Champaign, Ill.,Ben Humrichous added 10 points and six rebounds for Illinois (3-0), which shot a season-low 41.8 percent...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 9 Oklahoma cruises to school scoring record
No. 9 Oklahoma broke the school scoring record and tied another with a 122-56 romp against Western Carolina on Wednesday afternoon in Norman, Okla.,A steal and a layup by Caya Smith with 1:46 remaining provided the final points for the Sooners (3-0) and surpassed the OU single-game record of 121 poi...

Jalen Green helps Rockets build lead, hold on vs. Clippers
Jalen Green scored a game-high 21 points while Alperen Sengun chipped in a double-double and a late dunk that helped the Houston Rockets fend off the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 111-103 on Wednesday.,Houston opened the fourth quarter with a 9-0 run that yielded a 98-79 lead. The Clippers then went...

Zvonimi Ivisic sparks No. 18 Arkansas against Troy
No. 18 Arkansas rode a hot second half from Zvonimi Ivisic to overcome a pesky Troy team 65-49 in a nonconference home win on Wednesday night in Fayetteville, Ark.,Ivisic, who scored 19 points and blocked five shots, provided a second-half spark off the bench as he shot 5 of 6 from 3-point range and...

Coby White, Bulls hold off hard-charging Knicks
Coby White made three free throws with 3.2 seconds left to cap his 22-point effort, and the Chicago Bulls rallied after squandering a 22-point lead to beat the host New York Knicks, 124-123, on Wednesday.,After falling behind 90-68 late in the third quarter, New York -- playing the second leg of a b...

Juwan Gary, Nebraska handle Fairleigh Dickinson
Juwan Gary scored 19 points to pace a balanced scoring attack as host Nebraska cruised to an 86-60 nonconference win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night in Lincoln.,Berke Buyuktuncel added 12 and Brice Williams chipped in 10 points for the Cornhuskers (3-0), who canned 43.1 percent of their ...

Jalen Williams, SGA lead Thunder to impressive win over Pelicans
Jalen Williams scored a season-high 31 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-88 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 29 points, including a 3-foot basket off the glass off transition that began with a Gilgeous-Alexander blocki...

Jayson Tatum overpowers Nets as Celtics win big
Jayson Tatum scored 15 of his 36 points in the third quarter as the Boston Celtics recovered from a slow start and pulled away in the second half for a 139-114 victory over the host Brooklyn Nets.,Five nights after needing overtime to earn a four-point win on their homecourt, the Celtics rallied fro...

Mike Tyson ready to fight, Jake Paul excited ahead of Netflix bout
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson met the media in Arlington, Texas, ahead of their eight-round boxing match this Friday to put the finishing on Netflix's first foray into the sporting world.,Paul, a 27-year-old YouTube star turned professional boxer, has risen quickly in his quest for mainstream boxing cred...

With new coaches, Oklahoma State, Southern Illinois still figuring things out
Oklahoma State's new coach Steve Lutz had to mostly remake his roster when he took over after Mike Boynton was fired last spring.,But one guy he didn't have to replace was 6-foot-6 guard Bryce Thompson, one of the Cowboys' leading scorers as they head into Thursday night's home game in Stillwater ag...

Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest avoid upset to South Carolina Upstate
Hunter Sallis scored 23 points and Wake Forest made enough plays down the stretch to overcome visiting South Carolina Upstate for an 85-80 victory Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Wake Forest's Cameron Hildreth poured in 18 points, reserve Davin Cosby hit three 3-point baskets in the last eigh...

Seahawks WR DK Metcalf (knee) returns to practice
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf, who hadn't practiced since spraining his right knee in an Oct. 20 game against the Atlanta Falcons, was a full participant on Wednesday.,Metcalf hopes to return to action when Seattle (4-5) visits the San Francisco 49ers (5-4) on Sunday. He sustained a Grad...

No. 3 UConn completely dominates Le Moyne
Alex Karaban scored a game-high 17 points and Liam McNeeley finished with 15 as No. 3 UConn beat Le Moyne 90-49 on Wednesday night in Hartford, Conn.,Karaban was 7 of 11 from the field and made three 3-pointers. McNeeley also connected on three 3-pointers. Samson Johnson had four of UConn's nine blo...

No. 22 St. John's uses 18-0 run to pull away from Wagner
Aaron Scott scored seven of his 11 points over the final seven minutes of the second half as No. 22 St. John's survived several choppy stretches before pulling away for a 66-45 victory over visiting Wagner Wednesday night in Queens, N.Y.,Ranked for the first time since January 2019, the Red Storm (3...

Rangers look to rebound against visiting Sharks
While the New York Rangers were better at producing scoring chances against the league's best team earlier this week, they were doomed by mistakes and learned the gap may be wider between them and the NHL's elite.,Two nights after a turnover-plagued setback to the Winnipeg Jets, the Rangers hope to ...

Swelling sends QB J.J. McCarthy into second knee surgery
Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy underwent a second surgery on his right knee earlier this week.,Coach Kevin O'Connell said Wednesday the procedure occurred because of swelling that developed when McCarthy began ramping up the intensity of his rehab. The initial procedure in mid-Au...

No. 9 Oklahoma cruises to school scoring record
No. 9 Oklahoma broke the school scoring record and tied another with a 122-56 romp against Western Carolina on Wednesday afternoon in Norman, Okla.,A steal and a layup by Caya Smith with 1:46 remaining provided the final points for the Sooners (3-0) and surpassed the OU single-game record of 121 poi...

WNBA star Caitlin Clark draws crowd at LPGA pro-am
Caitlin Clark is no stranger to large crowds, given her time in the spotlight as a decorated basketball player in college and now the WNBA.,Clark found herself to be the center of attention once again on Wednesday, this time playing golf alongside top-ranked Nelly Korda and tournament host Annika So...

Spurs: Gregg Popovich suffered mild stroke; full recovery expected
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a mild stroke earlier this month, the team announced Wednesday. ,The episode occurred on Nov. 2 in San Antonio prior to the Spurs' 113-103 victory against the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves. The team sai...

Dream pluck FGCU coach Karl Smesko to lead team
The Atlanta Dream have turned to the college ranks for their next head coach. hiring longtime Florida Gulf Coast women's coach Karl Smesko.,He is leaving Florida Gulf Coast immediately, two games into the new season. ,"Karl is a proven leader with a history of developing his players and creating a w...