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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...
Florida runs wild in lopsided win over rival Florida State
Montrell Johnson Jr. ran for 99 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries to help the Florida Gators secure a 31-11 victory over the host Florida State Seminoles on Saturday night in Tallahassee, Fla. ,The Gators (7-5) ran for 235 yards overall and won their third game in a row. Florida also beat the Semi...
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...
Matvei Michkov plays the hero role again, scoring in OT as Flyers edge Blues
Matvei Michkov scored his third overtime goal of November to help the Philadelphia Flyers close the month in style with a 3-2 win over the host St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Michkov, who doesn't turn 20 until Dec. 9, scored the decisive goal on a breakaway after Travis Konecny found him with a sprawl...
Capitals hold off Devils' rally in third period
Taylor Raddysh and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored goals ten seconds apart late in the third period and the visiting Washington Capitals held on to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-5 on Saturday night.,Raddysh deflected a pass from Martin Fehervary past Jake Allen from the slot at 13:54 to make it 5-4 and, aft...
Leafs hold off Lightning's late charge
Chris Tanev had a goal and an assist as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to a four-goal lead and held on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday night. ,Matthew Knies, Nicholas Robertson, John Tavares and William Nylander each scored a goal as Toronto won for the eighth time in 10...
Red Bulls lean on Andres Reyes to beat Orlando City in East final
Andres Reyes' goal on a header early in the second half was enough to lift the New York Red Bulls to a 1-0 victory over host Orlando City on Saturday night in the Eastern Conference final of the MLS Cup playoffs. ,John Tolkin provided a service from a free kick in the match's decisive moment, which ...
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...
Penguins build 5-goal lead, coast past Flames
Michael Bunting and Kris Letang each had a goal and two assists for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 6-2 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Blake Lizotte had a goal and an assist, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves for the Penguins, who have won three in a row.,Jonathan Huberdeau and N...
76ers get rare win, avenge earlier home loss to Pistons
Tyrese Maxey had 28 points and six assists as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers rolled past the Detroit Pistons 111-96 on Saturday night.,KJ Martin supplied 19 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots, while Ricky Council IV had 17 points. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 14 points and six rebounds.,Paul Geo...
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...
Clippers try to extend home win streak when Nikola Jokic, Nuggets visit
The Los Angeles Clippers will attempt to extend their home winning streak to eight games when they take on the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.,Clippers coach Tyronn Lue's team is back in Los Angeles after a 2-2 road stretch, capped by a gripping 93-92 loss against the Minnesota Timberw...
Commanders release former first-round CB Emmanuel Forbes
The Washington Commanders have parted ways with a player they invested a first-round draft pick in just a year ago, releasing defensive back Emmanuel Forbes Jr. on Saturday.,The Mississippi State product was the No. 16 overall pick in 2023, but he has had trouble finding consistent playing time in p...
NC State beats North Carolina for fourth straight time
CJ Bailey threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns as visiting North Carolina State reached bowl eligibility by beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina for the fourth consecutive season 35-30 on Saturday in Chapel Hill.,Bailey, a true freshman, completed 14 of 20 passes and also rushed ...