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Pelicans take down Nuggets to end skid
Brandon Ingram scored 29 points and the host New Orleans Pelicans ended a six-game losing streak by ending the Denver Nuggets' five-game winning streak, 101-94 in a matchup of short-handed teams Friday night.,Brandon Boston Jr. added 19 points and Trey Murphy III scored 17 for the Pelicans, who play...
Alperen Sengun's triple-double helps Rockets top Clippers
Jabari Smith Jr. scored a season-high 28 points and Alperen Sengun recorded his fifth career triple-double as the Houston Rockets capped a sweep of back-to-back home games against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 125-104 victory on Friday.,The contest was the opener of the NBA Cup group stage for bot...
Northwestern shuts out Eastern Illinois in OT to win
Jalen Leach scored seven of his season-best 27 points in overtime and Northwestern escaped an upset bid by posting a 67-58 victory over Eastern Illinois on Friday night in nonconference play at Evanston, Ill.,Nick Martinelli added 16 points and Ty Berry scored 10 for the Wildcats (3-1), who played w...
No. 10 UNC hits triple figures in blowout of American
Jalen Washington scored a career-high 18 points and No. 10 North Carolina enjoyed a big second half to run away from American in a 107-55 victory Friday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.,Elliot Cadeau posted 15 of his 18 points in the first half, while RJ Davis and Seth Trimble each racked up 13 points and...
Hot-shooting Cavs top Bulls to improve to 14-0
Donovan Mitchell poured in 37 points and Darius Garland supplied 29 as the host Cleveland Cavaliers became the sixth team in NBA history to open a season with 14 wins in a row by beating the Chicago Bulls 144-126 on Friday night.,In both teams' first NBA Cup game this season, Chicago fought valiantl...
Blue Jackets blast Penguins, end six-game skid
Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist while Sean Monahan had two assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets collected a 6-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.,Zachary Aston-Reese, Mathieu Olivier, Damon Severson and Cole Sillinger scored the other goals for the ...
Women's Top 25: UConn's Geno Auriemma ties D-I wins mark
Paige Bueckers poured in a season-high 29 points as No. 2 UConn downed No. 14 North Carolina 69-58 on Friday, allowing Huskies coach Geno Auriemma to tie the all-time Division I wins record for women's and men's basketball.,The triumph was No. 1,216 for Auriemma, pulling him level with Tara VanDerve...
Connor McDavid, streaking Oilers face Maple Leafs next
Edmonton's Connor McDavid gets to work on his next 1,000 points Saturday night when the Oilers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs.,McDavid reached 1,001 career points when he had a goal and an assist as the Oilers defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime on Thursday night.,The Oilers cap...
Elijah Strong explodes for career high as Boston College beats Temple
Elijah Strong logged a career-high 25 points and 13 rebounds for his first career double-double as Boston College edged past visiting Temple 72-69 Friday at Chestnut Hill, Mass.,Strong (11-of-19 from the field) scored 15 to help the Eagles (2-1) build a 14-point lead in the first half. They then wit...
Butler uses second-half runs to pull away from visiting SMU
Jahmyl Telfort scored a team-high 19 points as Butler used a 16-2 second half run to win 81-70 over visiting SMU Friday night in Indianapolis.,Pierre Brooks II and reserve guard Kolby King each added 14 for the Bulldogs (3-1), while Patrick McCaffery made four of Butler's 12 3-pointers and finished ...
Trey Kaufman-Renn carries No. 13 Purdue past No. 2 Alabama
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-best 26 points and collected eight rebounds to lead No. 13 Purdue to an 87-78 triumph over No. 2 Alabama in a Friday night nonconference showdown at West Lafayette, Ind.,Braden Smith produced 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds and Fletcher Loyer also scored 17 p...
Simas Lukosius, No. 17 Cincinnati power past Nicholls
Cincinnati coach Wes Miller didn't make life easy for his former pupil Friday night as Simas Lukosius and Jizzle James each scored 19 points to lead the No. 17 Bearcats to an 86-49 rout of visiting Nicholls State.,Lukosius is off to one of the hottest starts in the country from beyond the arc, conve...
Charley Hull leads The Annika, Nelly Korda looms in second
England's Charley Hull shot a 4-under-par 66 on Friday and moved out to a two-shot lead at 10-under par through the midway point of The Annika at Belleair, Fla.,Nelly Korda was alone in second place at 8 under after her second consecutive 66, while a four-way tie for third place at 7 under included ...
Walter Clayton Jr. helps No. 20 Florida down Florida State
A 25-point performance by Walter Clayton Jr. helped the No. 20 Florida Gators squash an attempted second-half comeback by rival Florida State, in Tallahassee, Fla. Friday night, 87-74.,Clayton scored 16 of his points in the first half, and in the second half, Sam Alexis and Allijah Martin matched Cl...
Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud advance to Nitto ATP semifinals
Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud will round out the semifinals of the Nitto ATP Finals after each won Friday to win their groups in Turin, Italy.,Zverev, who hails from Germany, dispatched Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 7-6 (5) and 6-4.,It was a matchup of the No. 2 and No. 3 players in the ATP rankings, w...
Seahawks C Connor Williams retires, WR DK Metcalf set to return
Seahawks center Connor Williams abruptly retired earlier this week, Seattle coach Mike Macdonald told reporters on Friday.,Williams retired due to personal reasons, and Macdonald said he doesn't expect the 27-year-old to change his mind.,"I don't believe so," Macdonald said. "We're honoring his wish...
Texans star WR Nico Collins (hamstring) will return vs. Cowboys
Texans standout receiver Nico Collins indicated Friday that he will be back in the lineup when Houston visits the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.,Collins has missed the past five games with a hamstring injury. He came off injured reserve last week but still missed Houston's 26-23 loss to the Detroit...
Isaac McKneely, Virginia use 3-pointers to subdue Villanova
BALTIMORE -- Isaac McKneely drilled all six of his 3-point attempts and finished with 23 points on Friday to lead Virginia past Villanova 70-60 at the Hall of Fame Series.,McKneely shot 8-of-9 from the field, while Andrew Rohde added 13 points and three 3-pointers for the Cavaliers (3-0) after missi...
Kraken look to mix and match with Islanders ahead
The Seattle Kraken appear to have lost one forward for this weekend's home games against the New York teams and might be gaining another.,Forward Jordan Eberle, the Kraken's captain, will miss at least Saturday's game against the Islanders and Sunday's contest with the Rangers because of a lower-bod...
Taylor Twellman reinstated to MLS broadcast booth
MLS broadcaster Taylor Twellman has been reinstated to the television booth after he was taken off a Nov. 9 playoff broadcast while the league investigated an alleged physical confrontation, The Athletic reported Friday.,An audio technician accused Twellman of a physical confrontation in the televis...