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Four teams get off to hot starts at Perfect World Shanghai Major
FlyQuest, The MongolZ, Team Liquid and GamerLegion all picked up a pair of wins on Saturday to begin the Opening Stage of the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China. ,Sixteen teams are competing in the Opening Stage, which runs through Tuesday. The top eight will move on to the elimination stage, set...
No. 10 Marquette stays unbeaten by thumping Western Carolina
Kam Jones scored 20 points and dished 10 assists to lead the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles to a 94-62 victory over the visiting Western Carolina Catamounts on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee.,Jones added six rebounds for Marquette (8-0), which is off to its best start since winning 10 straight to b...
Jamiya Neal helps No. 21 Creighton top skidding Notre Dame
Jamiya Neal filled the stat sheet with 21 points, nine rebounds and four assists, carrying No. 21 Creighton to an 80-76 win over Notre Dame in the seventh-place game of the Players Era Festival on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Fredrick King started in place of the injured Ryan Kalkbrenner and finished with...
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...
Oilers pull away in last 2 periods to top Avs
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, Brett Kulak, Kasperi Kapanen and Vasily Podkolzin also scored and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 in Denver on Saturday night.,Stuart Skinner turned away 27 shots for Edmonton, which has won three straight games.,Nikolai Kovalenko had...
Utah gets off to fast start in lopsided win over Golden Knights
Jaxson Stauber made 29 saves for his first NHL career shutout and Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Hockey Club scored four in the first period and cruised to a 6-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley and Alexander Kerfoot each ha...
Oregon stuns No. 9 Alabama in finals in Las Vegas
Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 22 points, but his biggest shot of the night was a miss that Oregon teammate Nate Bittle tip-dunked to give the Ducks an 83-81 win over No. 9 Alabama in Saturday's championship game of the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.,Oregon (8-0) coughed up a six-point lead in the f...
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...
Cal Poly rallies in second half to stun Stanford
Jarred Hyder's 3-pointer broke a tie with 1:33 remaining and Owen Koonce scored a career-high 30 points to help visiting Cal Poly stun Stanford 97-90 in a nonconference game Saturday night.,Isaac Jessup knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 21 points, helping the Mustangs (5-4...
Dejan Joveljic's goal sends Galaxy past Sounders, into Cup final
Dejan Joveljic scored his fifth goal of the playoffs in the 85th minute to lift the LA Galaxy into a league record 10th all-time MLS Cup final appearance with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders in Saturday's Western Conference final.,Joveljic's goal, assisted by Riqui Puig and Mark Del...
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. 3 Texas baffles No. 20 Texas A&M, lands spot in SEC title game
Quinn Ewers passed for 218 yards and a touchdown and No. 3 Texas rode a dominant defensive performance to a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game, beating No. 20 Texas A&M 17-7 on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.,Quintrevion Wisner rushed for a career-high 186 yards on 33 c...
Devin Booker, Suns deal Warriors their third straight loss
Devin Booker and Tyus Jones stole the spotlight from a Kevin Durant-Stephen Curry showdown with a combined 46 points and 18 assists Saturday night and the Phoenix Suns held off the visiting Golden State Warriors 113-105.,Durant shot just 7-for-20 but still managed 21 points and added 10 rebounds for...
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...
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...
Jared Spurgeon comes up big again, netting OT winner as Wild top Predators
Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. De...
No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improves to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec....
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...