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After series of easy wins, UCLA hosts Southern Utah next
UCLA puts its undefeated home record on the line Tuesday in the fifth date of a six-game homestand when Southern Utah visits Los Angeles.,The Bruins (5-1) have had no trouble with any of their first five opponents at Pauley Pavilion, winning each contest by at least 14 points. They have won four str...
Iowa attempts to bounce back against South Carolina Upstate
Iowa's Payton Sandfort realizes his performance Friday at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., fell short of superb.,While a lingering issue with his right wrist and hand has been troublesome, Sandfort said "it's not an excuse," after shooting 4-for-18 in a 77-69 loss to Utah State.,"I got ...
No. 22 Xavier stays undefeated with 75-66 win over South Carolina
Zach Freemantle scored 16 points as No. 22 Xavier kept its perfect record intact, holding off South Carolina for a 75-66 victory on Monday night at the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida.,Freemantle knocked down 6 of 8 shots and also had nine rebounds, two assists and two blocks for the Musketeers (6-0),...
No. 22 Xavier unbeaten but looking for more effort vs. South Carolina
No. 22 Xavier aims to keep its perfect record intact Monday night in Fort Myers, Fla., when it takes on South Carolina in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.,The Musketeers (5-0) are coming off an 80-55 victory on Wednesday over Siena, while the Gamecocks (3-2) beat Mercer on Thursday 84-72.,Against Mercer, Sou...
UCLA jumps to No. 1 after knocking off South Carolina
UCLA vaulted to No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll Monday for the first time in school history after dethroning South Carolina.,The Bruins (5-0) received 20 of the 32 first-place ballots and climbed four spots following Sunday's 77-62 defeat of the defending nationa...
NFC South: Where Everyone’s Bad, But Someone’s Gotta Be First
A chaotic NFC South race heats up as the Falcons, Bucs, Saints, and Panthers battle for playoff hopes. Who will rise from the mediocrity to claim the division crown?...
Xavier unbeaten but looking for more effort vs. South Carolina
Xavier aims to keep its perfect record intact Monday night in Fort Myers, Fla., when it takes on South Carolina in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.,The Musketeers (5-0) are coming off an 80-55 victory on Wednesday over Siena, while the Gamecocks (3-2) beat Mercer on Thursday 84-72.,Against Mercer, South Caro...
USC breaks away from pesky Grambling State for fifth win
Chibuzo Agbo scored 21 points, Josh Cohen added 18 points and Southern California held off a tough effort from visiting Grambling State en route to an 80-69 Trojans win on Sunday in Los Angeles.,After exchanging the lead 20 times, USC (5-1) opened up a 12-point lead midway through the second half on...
No. 5 UCLA snaps No. 1 South Carolina's 43-game win streak
The South Carolina women's basketball team has been defeated for the first time since March 31, 2023. The No. 1 Gamecocks fell Sunday in Los Angeles as Lauren Betts posted a double-double effort to lead No. 5 UCLA to a 77-62 triumph.,The Gamecocks (5-1) suffered their first defeat after 43 consecuti...
USC hosts struggling Grambling State to end homestand
USC concludes its season-opening six-game homestand when it hosts a Grambling State team in the midst of a five-game road odyssey.,USC (4-1) rebounded from its first loss of the season, a 71-66 setback on Nov. 17 vs. Cal, with an 82-68 defeat of San Jose State on Wednesday. First-year Trojans head c...
LaNorris Sellers pushes No. 18 South Carolina past Wofford
LaNorris Sellers threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns -- and rushed for another score -- as No. 18 South Carolina rolled to its fifth straight victory, topping in-state FCS foe Wofford 56-12 on Saturday in Columbia.,Sellers completed 23-of-27 passes and ran for 53 yards on 13 carries for the Gam...
Florida State pounds Charleston Southern for second victory of season
True freshman Luke Kromenhoek threw three touchdown passes and Caziah Holmes ran for two more as host Florida State routed Charleston Southern 41-7 on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla.,The Seminoles (2-9) convincingly snapped a six-game losing streak and ensured that the Buccaneers (1-11) woul...
No. 21 Florida drills 16 3-pointers in rout of Southern Illinois
Alijah Martin poured in a game-high 32 points Friday night and made eight 3-pointers, the most by a Florida player since January 2019, as the 21st-ranked Gators drilled visiting Southern Illinois 93-68 in Gainesville, Fla.,Thomas Haugh came off the bench to add 19 points for Florida (6-0), which ent...
South Carolina victorious in tight battle with Mercer
Jamarii Thomas scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half as South Carolina fended off a challenge from Mercer, pulling away for an 84-72 victory Thursday night in Columbia, S.C.,Collin Murray-Boyles scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds for South Carolina (3-2), which bounced back from a lo...
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has fractured fibula, out 4-6 weeks
The Washington Capitals will be without their captain and goal-scoring machine Alex Ovechkin for four to six weeks after he was diagnosed Thursday with a fractured left fibula.,Ovechkin, 39, exited Monday's 6-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club with 14:30 remaining following a collision with Utah forwar...
Rivals UCLA, USC to clash, this time as Big Ten squads
Crosstown rivals Southern California and UCLA meet for the 94th time and the first as Big Ten Conference counterparts when the Bruins host the Trojans on Saturday at Pasadena, Calif.,Both USC (5-5, 3-5 Big Ten) and UCLA (4-6, 3-5) are playing for their bowl-game lives.,A loss eliminates the Bruins f...
No. 21 Florida looks for complete effort vs. Southern Illinois
Twenty minutes of basketball was enough to propel No. 21 Florida to an easy win over outmatched Florida A&M on Tuesday night. ,Gators coach Todd Golden would prefer for his team to play a full 40 minutes, though, starting with Friday night's home game against Southern Illinois in Gainesville, Fla.,F...
USC warms up in second half, dumps San Jose State
Terrance Williams II and Chibuzo Ago each scored 20 points and Southern California used a 10-0 run early in the second half to keep visiting San Jose State at bay in an 82-68 win on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.,Four players scored in double figures for USC (4-1), which ended its last game with a ...
No. 23 Texas A&M surges past Southern after shaky first half
Wade Taylor IV scored 17 points and helped spur a huge Texas A&M second half turnaround as the 23rd-ranked Aggies came from behind to beat Southern 71-54 on Wednesday in College Station, Texas., ,Texas A&M (4-1) trailed by 16 points in the first half and entered the second half down 39-25 before mou...
South Carolina, hoping to recapture magic, meets Mercer
After going 26-8 and gaining a berth in the NCAA Tournament in a magical season in which it was picked to finish last in the Southeastern Conference, South Carolina is struggling to rediscover the same cohesion.,The search continues Thursday night when the Gamecocks (2-2) host Mercer (2-2) in Columb...