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Huge second half powers No. 7 BYU over Delaware
Robert Wright III and Richie Saunders each scored 26 points to help No. 7 BYU pull away for an 85-68 victory over Delaware in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday night.,Wright added nine assists and nine rebounds for the Cougars. Saunders chipped in 10 rebounds and made six 3-pointers, while AJ Dybantsa tallied...
NBA's new All-Star Game format features U.S., World teams
Leaning into the quality and fame of the league's international talent, the NBA unveiled a new All-Star Game format on Tuesday that will incorporate U.S. and World teams.,For the midseason exhibition at Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 15, one squad of international players and two teams of U.S. players w...
Clutch block allows No. 14 Illinois to edge No. 11 Texas Tech
Andrej Stojakovic scored 23 points and made the big defensive play Tuesday night as No. 14 Illinois held off No. 11 Texas Tech 81-77 in Champaign, Ill.,The son of former NBA star Peja Stojakovic scored 13 points in the second half, but his biggest play came without the ball. He blocked Christian And...
Fast-rising Sharks win 4th straight, edging Wild in overtime
Collin Graf scored the winning goal 2:40 into overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Macklin Celebrini set up Graf for the overtime goal, which gave San Jose its season-best fourth win in a row. Celebrini finished with two as...
Jordan Binnington, Blues hold off Flames
Jordan Binnington made 38 saves in his franchise-record 348th game as host St. Louis edged Calgary 3-2 Tuesday night.,Dylan Holloway, Matthew Kessel and Nathan Walker scored for the Blues, who have a three-game point streak at 2-0-1. Oskar Sundqvist earned two assists.,Matt Coronato and Rasmus Ander...
Surprising Blackhawks host Devils searching for fourth straight win
Sizzling special teams helped the Chicago Blackhawks close a season-high, six-game road trip with three consecutive victories.,Back on home ice Wednesday for the first time since Oct. 28, the Blackhawks are eager to show their fans how much the power play and penalty kill have improved as they face ...
No. 12 Louisville fends off late surge by No. 9 Kentucky to stay unbeaten
No. 12 Louisville nearly saw a 20-point second-half lead disappear before it held on to beat No. 9 Kentucky 96-88 at home on Tuesday.,Mikel Brown scored 29 points to lead the Cardinals (3-0), and the five-star point guard had 20 of those in the first half as he finished three away from the school re...
Fast-starting No. 24 Wisconsin cruises past Ball State
Nolan Winter had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Nick Boyd and Braeden Carrington added 12 points apiece as No. 24 Wisconsin rode a fast start to an 86-55 nonconference victory over Ball State on Tuesday night in Madison, Wisc.,Wisconsin (3-0) jumped out to a 30-8 lead midway through the first half an...
Kelly Oubre Jr.'s late tip-in lifts 76ers past Celtics
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored off an offensive rebound with 8.7 seconds left, leading the Philadelphia 76ers past the visiting Boston Celtics 102-100 on Tuesday.,Oubre's decisive bucket came off the only miss of the game by teammate Justin Edwards, who scored a season-high 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting. Tyr...
No. 21 Arkansas delivers bounce-back blowout win over Central Arkansas
Karter Knox had his first career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first start of the season and host No. 21 Arkansas pulled away in the second half for a 93-56 victory over Central Arkansas on Tuesday.,Freshman Darius Acuff Jr. had 17 of his 21 points in the second half and freshm...
Buffalo breezes to victory over turnover-prone DePaul
Ryan Sabol scored 20 points and Daniel Freitag chipped in 18 to lift Buffalo to a 66-53 win over DePaul on Tuesday in Chicago.,Angelo Brizzi added 12 points for the Bulls (3-0), who forced the Blue Demons into 20 turnovers.,NJ Benson had team highs of 11 points and eight rebounds for DePaul, which s...
Oklahoma's balanced attack turns back Pine Bluff
Xzayvier Brown scored 19 points to lead Oklahoma to a 95-69 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday in Norman, Oklahoma.,Nijel Pack added 15 points for Oklahoma (2-1) by hitting 5 of 7 on 3-point attempts. Dayton Forsythe also scored 15 while Tae Davis added 13 and Darrion Reid 12. Davis also had 15...
Knicks’ latest scoring outburst denies Grizzlies comeback
Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each recorded double-doubles Tuesday night for the host New York Knicks, who made franchise history by earning a 133-120 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.,The Knicks are 5-0 on a season-long seven-game homestand and scored more than 130 points in each of the last t...
David Pastrnak's 400th, 401st goals power Bruins past Leafs
David Pastrnak became the sixth 400-goal scorer in Bruins history as part of a two-goal, one-assist performance, leading Boston to a 5-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.,Pastrnak's milestone tally came 49 seconds into the second period. It capped a three-goal run for Bosto...
Notre Dame pulls away from Eastern Illinois in second half
Markus Burton had 21 points while Braeden Shrewsberry hit six 3-pointers to finish with 18, as Notre Dame used a strong second half to beat visiting Eastern Illinois 78-58 on Tuesday night in South Bend, Ind.,Burton went 8-of-19 from the field, while Shrewsberry missed just two of his eight 3-point ...
Logan Thompson continues to shine in goal as Capitals upend Hurricanes
Logan Thompson made 30 saves as the Washington Capitals won for the second time in their last eight games, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Alex Ovechkin, who notched an empty-net goal to go with an earlier assist, finished with a two-point night, while Brandon D...
Sam Hoiberg's career game lifts Nebraska past UMES
Sam Hoiberg scored a career-high 18 points and Nebraska extended the nation's longest winning streak with a 69-50 nonconference win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday night in Lincoln, Neb.,Hoiberg, a senior guard and son of Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg, was 7 of 10 from the field and add...
No. 18 North Carolina rides free-throw line parade past Radford
Luka Bogavac scored 19 points in place of Seth Trimble to help No. 18 North Carolina grind out a win over Radford 89-74 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill.,Trimble was injured in a team practice Sunday and underwent surgery to repair a broken bone in his left arm. Bogavac was coach Hubert Davis' pick t...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 2 South Carolina finally shakes off Clemson
Joyce Edwards scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds for No. 2 South Carolina, which finally pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 65-37 nonconference win over Clemson on Tuesday in Columbia, S.C.,The Gamecocks (3-0) led by just 10 points entering the fourth quarter. South Carolina's Agot Make...
UCF buries 13 treys in romp over FAMU
UCF's Carmelo Pacheco scored 17 points and 11 teammates also hit the scoring column as the Knights crushed the Florida A&M Rattlers 97-60 on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla.,Pacheco sank 5-of-6 three-point shots, while Riley Kugel chipped in 16 points and made all three of his three-pointers. George B...