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Baylor looks to keep nonconference home win streak intact as Southern visits
Baylor will look to add to its impressive home winning streak against nonconference teams and build some continuity and momentum for the upcoming Big 12 season when it hosts Southern University on Sunday afternoon in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (8-2) return to the court for their second game in 41 hours ...

P.J. Haggerty's 24 points leads Kansas State over South Dakota
P.J. Haggerty scored 24 points to lead Kansas State to a 106-76 nonconference win over South Dakota Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.,Haggerty, the second-highest scorer in the nation, hit 10 of the 12 shots he took as the Wildcats (8-4) built an early lead and never let the Coyotes (7-7) back into the ga...

Marquel Sutton, Michael Nwoko lift LSU past SE Louisiana
Marquel Sutton knocked down three 3-pointers during a 19-point, nine-rebound performance, Michael Nwoko added 18 points on a night he went a perfect 6 for 6 from the field and LSU prevailed with a 78-65 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night at the Maravich Center in Baton Rouge, La.,Th...

Kansas State to put revamped approach up against South Dakota
Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang believes his Wildcats have things figured out with Big 12 Conference play set to arrive at the start of the new year.,The Wildcats (7-4) will test his theory Saturday when they host South Dakota (7-6) in Manhattan, Kan. It is one of two nonconference games remaini...

On verge of AP Top 25, LSU welcomes Southeastern Louisiana
LSU is off to arguably its best start of the Matt McMahon era as it continues its nonconference slate against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night in Baton Rouge, La.,The Tigers (9-1), who have yet to be ranked in McMahon's three-plus seasons at the helm, are receiving votes in the Associated Pres...

Ezra Ausar's double-double helps USC rout UTSA
Ezra Ausar posted his first double-double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Southern California ran past visiting UTSA, 97-70, Wednesday in Los Angeles. ,USC (11-1) fell behind 31-27 late in the first half before pouring in 13 unanswered points in 3:23 to take a 40-31 lead into halft...

No. 16 Alabama's second-half spurt takes down USF
Labaron Philon Jr. matched his career high of 29 points and added seven assists to help No. 16 Alabama post a 104-93 victory over South Florida on Wednesday night in nonconference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Aden Holloway added 24 points and Hunter Mallette had 14 points and seven assists for the Crims...

Paul McNeil Jr. (11 3s) sets record in NC State rout of Texas Southern
Paul McNeil Jr. scored a career-high 47 points to lead North Carolina State to a lopsided 108-72 victory over Texas Southern on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,McNeil, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard, set the program record for 3-pointers made in a single game by shooting 11-for-17 from deep range, brea...

Old Dominion hits 10-win mark with Cure Bowl triumph over USF
Backup quarterback Quinn Henicle rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns in his second career start and Old Dominion reached 10 wins with its sixth straight victory, 24-10, over South Florida in the Cure Bowl on Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.,Henicle, who put the game away with his 51-yard touchdown run...

Surprise Panthers square up with South kingpin Buccaneers
Home for the holidays, the Carolina Panthers entertain the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon with control of the NFC South on the line. ,Since the start of the 2021 season, the Buccaneers can claim ownership of the South, holding at least a share of the division lead for 73 of the 87 weeks wi...

2026 World Cup winner to earn record $50M
FIFA will pay out a record $727 million to the 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup.,At its meeting in Doha, Qatar, the FIFA council agreed that $655 million of that pot will be paid as prize money, the organization confirmed Wednesday. The remainder will be given to participants -- $1.5 mil...

Clemson earns bragging rights with tight win over South Carolina
Freshman Ace Buckner's season-high 19 points and Carter Welling's 16 gave huge boosts off the bench as host Clemson beat South Carolina 68-61 on Tuesday night in the annual matchup of in-state rivals.,The Tigers (9-3) have won two games in a row and this one came largely because of work at the defen...

NC State faces Texas Southern, feels results will catch up to improvement
After losing in overtime at home to Kansas, North Carolina State is aiming to put a tally back in the win column on Wednesday night when it hosts Texas Southern in Raleigh, N.C.,NC State (7-4) had the then-No. 19 Jayhawks on the ropes on Saturday at home, but it couldn't stop Melvin Council Jr., who...

USC QB Jayden Maiava returning to Trojans in 2026
After leading the Big Ten Conference with 3,431 passing yards through the regular-season schedule, Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava committed Tuesday to returning to the Trojans program in 2026.,Maiava completed 66.2% of his passes with 23 touchdowns against eight interceptions while le...

Brown, USC agree to cancel game in wake of shooting
Brown's nonconference road game against Southern California on Sunday was canceled by mutual decision in the wake of the shooting at the school in Rhode Island.,Two students were killed and nine others were wounded Saturday after a shooter opened fire in an engineering and physics building on Brown'...

Back from bruising defeat, No. 16 Alabama takes aim at USF
No. 16 Alabama looks to bounce back from its worst beating of the season when it battles South Florida on Wednesday night in nonconference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,The Crimson Tide lost 96-75 to top-ranked Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday and were outscored by 23 points in the second half. Alab...

USMNT's Tyler Adams sustains possible MCL injury for Bournemouth
Tyler Adams, a U.S. men's national team midfield mainstay, sustained a knee injury Monday that could severely impact his availability heading into a World Cup year.,Adams, playing for Bournemouth in a Premier League match at Manchester United, got hurt in the second minute during a challenge with Ma...

No. 13 Vanderbilt takes advantage of USF turnovers, rolls to win
All five Vanderbilt starters scored in double figures as the No. 13 Commodores cruised to an 87-58 win over South Florida on Monday in Nashville.,Mikayla Blakes hit just 7 of 19 field-goal attempts, but she still led Vanderbilt (10-0) with 19 points. Sacha Washington followed with 16 points, Justine...

Rivals Clemson, South Carolina hope to shake off low-energy outings
With South Carolina and host Clemson fielding rosters with numerous new players, the teams might need a bit of an introduction to what's at stake Tuesday night when they meet in their annual in-state rivalry clash.,"I don't know if it resonates with them as much, the specifics of the rivalry," South...

South Florida, Old Dominion turn to backup QBs for Cure Bowl
The South Florida Bulls will make a push for their 10th win this season in Wednesday's Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., but they will do it without the standout quarterback that led them through a season that had them ranked at one point.,Byrum Brown, the dual-threat quarterback who ran former coach Alex...