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Seton Hall gets past spiraling Xavier for 20th win of season
Adam Clark overcame a late injury scare and finished with 16 points and four assists as Seton Hall dominated the last 10 minutes to defeat Xavier 77-68 in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.,The Pirates (20-10, 10-9 Big East) locked up a first-round bye in the Big East tournament with the win. Seton Hall h...

Devils dim Panthers' playoff hopes in blowout victory
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist and Jack Hughes and Connor Brown each had two assists in the New Jersey Devils' 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Devils are on a two-game winning streak, though the club remains in next-to-last place in the Eastern Conference. ...

Tage Thompson's 33rd goal of season pushes Sabres past Knights
Tage Thompson scored his 33rd goal of the season and Alex Lyon made 27 saves as the Buffalo Sabres jumped out to a three-goal lead and then held on for their fourth straight victory, 3-2 over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.,Thompson, honored before the game along with Jack Eichel...

Lakers ride fourth-quarter surge to comeback win over Pelicans
Luka Doncic compiled 27 points and 10 rebounds and LeBron James added 21 points as the Los Angeles Lakers ran their winning streak to three games by rallying for a 110-101 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.,Austin Reaves contributed 15 points and eight rebounds while Deandre ...

Avalanche's dominant effort ends Ducks' 5-game win streak
Parker Kelly scored twice, Cale Makar produced a goal and two assists and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Gabriel Landeskog and Martin Necas also scored and Brock Nelson and Jack Drury had two assists each for Colorado, which has won three straight. The A...

Kirill Kaprizov sets all-time Wild goals record in win over Lightning
Kirill Kaprizov set the Wild's all-time goal-scoring record Tuesday night as Minnesota rolled to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Saint Paul, Minn.,With his club comfortably ahead and the Lightning net empty, the 28-year-old Kaprizov tallied the history-making goal, his 220th, into an e...

Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn control second half, dump LSU
Tahaad Pettiford scored eight of his game-high 27 points during a surge to start the second half as host Auburn pulled away for an 88-74 victory over LSU on Tuesday.,Pettiford matched a career high with six assists to help Auburn (16-14, 7-10 SEC) outscore LSU 47-40 in the second half to win for jus...

Resilient Oilers beat Senators on Evan Bouchard's OT winner
Evan Bouchard helped get the Edmonton Oilers back on track with the overtime winner in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Leon Draisaitl contributed on all five scores (two goals, three assists) for the Oilers, who earned just their second win over their past seven outin...

Tyler Tanner, No. 24 Vanderbilt eke out OT win over Ole Miss
Tyler Tanner scored a game-high 34 points, dished out seven assists and grabbed five steals while leading No. 24 Vanderbilt to an 89-86 overtime victory over Ole Miss on Tuesday in Oxford, Miss.,The Commodores (23-7, 10-7 Southeastern Conference) improved their potential NCAA Tournament seeding, pic...

Stars stampede past Flames, push club-record win streak to 10 games
Sam Steel scored twice in a three-point game and Matt Duchene recorded a career-best four assists to pace the Dallas Stars to a franchise-record-extending 10th consecutive win, 6-1 over the host Calgary Flames on Tuesday.,Jamie Benn and Wyatt Johnston both netted one goal and one assist while Mavrik...

Louisville waltzes past Syracuse with strong deep shooting
Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneeley both made five 3-pointers to propel Louisville to a 77-62 win over visiting Syracuse on Tuesday.,Conwell scored 23 points and McKneeley notched 16 for Louisville (21-9, 10-7 ACC), which had lost three of its last four games to drop out of the Top 25. J'Vonne Hadley a...

Strong first half propels Colorado past Utah
Bangot Dak scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Tuesday night as visiting Colorado opened up a 26-point halftime lead en route to a 92-78 Big 12 Conference win over Utah in Salt Lake City.,Isaiah Johnson added 22 points, while Barrington Hargress tallied 19 for the Buffs (17-13, 7-...

Jets' overtime run continues with win over Blackhawks
Mark Scheifele scored his 28th goal of the season with 2:54 left in overtime as the Winnipeg Jets kicked off an eight-game homestand with a 3-2 comeback win over the Chicago Blackhawks.,Longtime Chicago great Jonathan Toews fought to keep the puck in the zone and Dylan Samberg stole it back from the...

Virginia Tech leads start to finish in victory over Boston College
Tobi Lawal scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half as Virginia Tech held off Boston College for a wire-to-wire 72-63 victory on Tuesday in Blacksburg, Va.,Neoklis Avdalas scored 14 of his 15 points in the first half to get the Hokies (19-11, 8-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) off to a quick start....

Andrej Stojakovic posts double-double as No. 11 Illinois routs Oregon
Andrej Stojakovic notched a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds and David Mirkovic added 19 points and seven boards to help 11th-ranked Illinois rout visiting Oregon 80-54 on Tuesday in Champaign, Ill.,Illinois (23-7, 14-5 Big Ten) dominated behind multiple extended runs to stop a two-game lo...

FIFA offering $12 tickets to World Cup Play-Off Tournament
Tickets for this month's World Cup Play-Off Tournament matches in Mexico, which will determine two of the final six vacant spots in this summer's historic 48-team tournament, went on sale Tuesday.,And they did so at a much more affordable rate (less than $17 American dollars) than it would cost to a...

Anthony Edwards goes for 41 as Wolves handle Grizzlies
Anthony Edwards scored 41 points on 15-for-29 shooting as the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 117-110 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Julius Randle finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row and prevailed for the sev...

Thunder, minus Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, ease past Bulls
Jared McCain scored 20 points, Isaiah Joe had 19 and Jaylin Williams added 17 points and 16 rebounds to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-108 victory against the host Chicago Bulls on Tuesday.,Oklahoma City outscored Chicago 32-22 in the third quarter and withstood a late run from the Bulls' b...

No. 5 Florida pummels Mississippi State, clinches SEC title outright
Alex Condon netted a season-high 26 points and added seven rebounds and three assists, and fifth-ranked Florida claimed the Southeastern Conference's regular-season title outright for the first time since 2014 with a 108-74 pasting of Mississippi State on Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla.,In their ...

Hornets blast Mavericks to get back to .500
Brandon Miller scored 17 points as Charlotte used stretches of strong perimeter shooting in a 117-90 victory against the visiting Dallas Mavericks that gave the Hornets a five-game winning streak Tuesday night.,LaMelo Ball's 15 points along with contributions from Kon Knueppel (13 points), Sion Jame...