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Cavaliers out to avenge loss, cool off red-hot Celtics
While Cleveland heads into Sunday's home matchup with the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics sporting the league's best record, the Cavaliers also come in trying to avoid a three-game losing streak. ,Cleveland had its 15-game winning streak to open the season interrupted in its last meeting with B...
Charleston Southern grabs late lead, stuns host Miami
RJ Thompson scored 23 points -- including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56 seconds left -- as Charleston Southern shocked host Miami 83-79 on Saturday afternoon.,Miami entered the game as a 23.5-point favorite.,Charleston (2-7) won its first game of the season away from home after losing its previous ...
No. 10 Marquette remains undefeated with convincing win over Western Carolina
Kam Jones scored 20 points and dished with 10 assists to lead the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles to a 94-62 victory over the visiting Western Carolina 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 begin t...
Unselfish Grizzlies carry 5-game win streak into clash vs. Pacers
The Memphis Grizzlies are learning the benefits of giving this season.,When Memphis hosts the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, the Grizzlies will be seeking their sixth consecutive win and their 10th in their past 13 games. Their November success has been the result of an unselfish, team-oriented approach....
QB LaNorris Sellers runs No. 15 South Carolina past No. 12 Clemson
LaNorris Sellers ran for two touchdowns and amassed a combined 330 yards rushing and passing to lead South Carolina to a 17-14 comeback victory over Clemson on Saturday afternoon in Clemson, S.C.,Sellers led the 15th-ranked Gamecocks (9-3) on a nine-play, 75-yard drive that he capped with a 20-yard ...
Down 14 early, No. 8 Tennessee rallies past Vanderbilt
Nico Iamaleava threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns as No. 8 Tennessee stormed back from an early deficit to beat host Vanderbilt 36-23 in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.,Two of those scoring strikes went to Dont'e Thornton (three catches, 118 yards) while Dylan Sampson added 178 rushing yards on ...
Aidan Laughery's career day helps No. 23 Illinois run over Northwestern
Aidan Laughery ran for 172 yards and three touchdowns, both career-highs, to propel No. 23 Illinois past Northwestern 38-28 on Saturday at Wrigley Field in Chicago.,The sophomore running back needed just 12 carries to orchestrate his career day and ripped off three runs of 30 or more yards, includin...
Louisville ends losing streak to Kentucky in blowout fashion
Louisville's Issac Brown ran for a season-high 178 yards and also scored twice, and Duke Watson added 104 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries to lead the visiting Cardinals to a 41-14 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington on Saturday.,Thanks to the freshmen running back tandem and...
Michigan shocks No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 on late FG
Dominic Zvada kicked a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds left as Michigan shocked No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 in Columbus on Saturday.,The Wolverines (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) were a three-touchdown underdog but were helped by the mistake-prone Buckeyes (10-2, 7-2), who committed two turnovers and missed two f...
Baylor tallies 603 yards, pounds Kansas for sixth straight win
Sawyer Robinson passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns and Bryson Washington rumbled for 192 yards and two scores as Baylor rolled to a 45-17 win over Kansas on Saturday afternoon in Big 12 Conference play in Waco, Texas., ,The Bears (8-4, 6-3) racked up 603 yards of offense and forced three Kansa...
Georgia Tech gets fast start, finishes off Central Arkansas
Lance Terry scored a team-high 25 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to an 87-68 win over visiting Central Arkansas on Saturday in Atlanta.,Jaeden Mustaf added 18 points off the bench for the Yellow Jackets (4-3), who won their second straight. Naithan George chipped in 16 points and a game-high 11 a...
Jamiya Neal helps lead No. 21 Creighton past 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...
Kansas State faces well-traveled and win-starved Arkansas-Pine Bluff
The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions look to end a six-game losing streak on Sunday when they take on Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan.,The Golden Lions (1-7) have been on the road for all but one of their eight games this season. Each of their seven losses were by at least 12 points, but the most rec...
Magic's Franz Wagner rising to challenge, especially against Nets
Franz Wagner has proven to be unstoppable in the first two meetings against the Brooklyn Nets and also is helping the Orlando Magic withstand the absence of Paolo Banchero.,Wagner attempts to produce another big showing Sunday afternoon when the Magic visit the Nets and try to stretch their winning ...
USWNT held to scoreless draw vs. England at Wembley Stadium
Mary Earps made three stops -- all before halftime -- to help England preserve a scoreless draw against the U.S. women's national team in a blockbuster friendly on Saturday between the top two teams in the FIFA world rankings.,Alyssa Naeher had to make only one stop for the top-ranked Americans befo...
Nebraska appreciates 'domino effect,' faces North Florida
Nebraska will try to make December start like the previous month finished when it hosts North Florida in a non-conference game Sunday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (5-1) are a 3-point loss to Saint Mary's from being unbeaten this season, but their signature performance was an 11-point w...
Abdi Bashir Jr., Monmouth jolt Seton Hall
Abdi Bashir Jr. scored 18 of his game-high 28 points in the first half, Jaret Valencia was a rebound shy of a double-double and visiting Monmouth earned its first win of the season by taking down Seton Hall 63-51 on Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Bashir, who'd previously put up 38 points in a lo...
Penn State looks to regroup against improved Buffalo
For the first time this season, Penn State coach Mike Rhoades will find out how his team responds to a loss.,Fresh off their first setback, the Nittany Lions host Buffalo on Sunday in University Park, Pa., in their final tune-up before Big Ten play begins.,Penn State (6-1) won its first six games, a...
Hornets star LaMelo Ball (calf) out at least two weeks
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball will be sidelined at least two weeks with a left calf strain, the team announced on Saturday.,Ball sustained his injury late in the fourth quarter of Charlotte's 98-94 loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday. ,He sat out the Hornets' 99-98 setback to the New York Knic...
Lynx add Eric Thibault, Lindsay Whalen to coaching staff
The Minnesota Lynx bolstered their coaching staff on Saturday by adding former Washington Mystics bench boss Eric Thibault as associate head coach and franchise legend Lindsay Whalen as an assistant coach.,"I am excited to add both Eric and Lindsay to our coaching staff," Lynx head coach and preside...