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Silas Demary’s 26 points help Georgia thrash Texas in NCAA bubble clash
Silas Demary Jr. scored a season-high 26 points as Georgia dominated from the jump in an 83-67 win over stumbling Texas on Saturday in a near do-or-die Southeastern Conference matchup for both teams in Austin, Texas.,Both teams are projected to be on the bubble to earn an appearance in the NCAA Tour...
Cole Caufield stays hot as Canadiens top Sabres
Cole Caufield scored his 29th goal of the season and the visiting Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday night.,Josh Anderson, Alex Newhook and Jake Evans also scored for the Canadiens, who have won four straight. Lane Hutson and Christian Dvorak each had two assists, and Jakub D...
Streaky Kansas State aims to halt skid as Colorado visits
Kansas State hosts Colorado on Sunday afternoon looking to stop a losing streak and keeping hopes of a postseason bid alive, while the Buffaloes are looking to build on being competitive in recent matchups., ,K-State (13-15, 7-10 Big 12) has lost four straight in a season of streaks. Colorado (11-17...
Pistons bounce back from loss to win 9th in 10
Jalen Duren powered for 18 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high six blocks and the host Detroit Pistons won for the ninth time in 10 games, downing the Brooklyn Nets 115-94 on Saturday night.,Detroit bounced back from a 15-point loss to Denver on Friday as Tobias Harris had 18 points and nine rebou...
Jazz host Pelicans looking to avenge pair of January losses
The Utah Jazz begin the final stretch of their franchise-record nine-game homestand Sunday night when they host the New Orleans Pelicans in Salt Lake City.,The Jazz are 3-4 at the Delta Center in this swing, including Friday night's thrilling 117-116 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Both teams b...
Timberwolves G Anthony Edwards fined following ejection
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Saturday that star Anthony Edwards has been fined $35,000 for his behavior following his ejection after receiving a technical foul against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.,The three-time All-Star guard received his second technical foul and was ejected w...
Kentucky G Jaxson Robinson (wrist) to miss rest of season
No. 17 Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson will undergo surgery on his right wrist on Wednesday and miss the rest of the season, Wildcats coach Mark Pope said Saturday.,Robinson sat out Saturday's 94-78 home loss to No. 1 Auburn, his fifth missed game in the last six. He played the first half of Wednesda...
David Pastrnak helps slumping Bruins dispatch Penguins
David Pastrnak extended his NHL-leading point streak to 17 games with a goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins held off the host Pittsburgh Penguins to win 3-2 on Saturday.,Pastrnak scored Boston's opening goal and assisted on a Mason Lohrei power-play tally that extended the lead to 2-0 after on...
Bruins captain Brad Marchand leaves Penguins game with injury
Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is unlikely to return to Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.,Just 5:56 in, Marchand collided awkwardly with the Penguins' P.O Joseph. He came up slowly after being hit shoulder-first into the co...
JT Toppin scores 21, lifts No. 10 Texas Tech over Kansas
JT Toppin scored 21 points to lead No. 10 Texas Tech to a 78-73 win over the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.,Toppin made 9 of 15 attempts from the field before fouling out with 1:47 remaining. The 6-foot-9 forward scored 18 points in a first half outburst that helped Texas Tech take an...
Collin Murray-Boyles' career night lifts South Carolina over Arkansas
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 24 of his career-high 35 points in the second half as South Carolina raced out to a big lead and cruised to a wire-to-wire 72-53 win over visiting Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C.,The Gamecocks (12-17, 2-14 SEC) won for the second time in three games follo...
No. 16 Maryland holds off pesky Penn State
Derik Queen scored 23 points to highlight No. 16 Maryland's 68-64 win over Penn State on Saturday in University Park, Pa.,Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 19 points and Selton Miguel notched 17 for the Terrapins (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten), who rebounded nicely from Wednesday's crushing loss in which a Michigan Sta...
NHL Over/Under Best Bet: Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks March 1st
March 1st's best over/under bet in the NHL comes from the Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks matchup with a bonus bet at the end!...
Reports: Duke G Tyrese Proctor (knee) out vs. Florida State
Duke guard Tyrese Proctor will sit out against visiting Florida State on Saturday night due to a bone bruise in his knee, multiple media outlets reported.,Proctor sustained the injury during the first half of the second-ranked Blue Devils' 97-60 victory at Miami on Tuesday.,Isaiah Evans started the ...
No. 11 Wisconsin aims to stay in 'attack mode' vs. No. 8 Michigan State
Wisconsin finished a nearly perfect February with a resounding victory over Washington on Tuesday. ,The Badgers will face perhaps their biggest test of the Big Ten season in their March opener, however.,No. 11 Wisconsin, which went 6-1 in February, will visit East Lansing, Mich., on Sunday afternoon...
Pistons look to start new win streak vs. Nets
The Detroit Pistons saw their longest winning streak in 17 years end on Friday night. They will attempt to start a new run in the second game of a back-to-back.,The Pistons had won eight straight before the Denver Nuggets handed them a 134-119 loss. Detroit will close out a four-game homestand again...
Suns bounce back to split two-game set vs. Pelicans
Bol Bol scored 25 points and Nick Richards added 19 points and 12 rebounds to help the Phoenix Suns record an easy 125-108 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night in the finale of a two-game set.,Royce O'Neale had 18 points by matching his career best of six 3-pointers for the...
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Braden Smith help No. 20 Purdue top UCLA
On the strength of a torrid 3-point shooting performance and a critical late run, No. 20 Purdue pulled out of a four-game tailspin with a 76-66 win over UCLA on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind.,The Boilermakers (20-9, 12-6 Big Ten) trailed 56-55 before Trey Kaufman-Renn made a pair of free throws with...
Jamal Murray, Nuggets snap Pistons' eight-game win streak
Jamal Murray poured in 31 points as the visiting Denver Nuggets snapped Detroit's eight-game winning streak with a 134-119 victory over the Pistons on Friday night.,Michael Porter Jr. supplied 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while Nikola Jokic amassed 23 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists -- hi...
Georgia, Texas need win to improve life on NCAA Tournament bubble
Georgia and Texas, both squarely on the bubble, hope to increase their NCAA Tournament chances when they square off Saturday in what amounts to a must-win Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.,Neither team can afford to lose, especially with the regular season entering its final eight days ...