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No. 21 Arkansas steamrolls LSU behind Darius Acuff Jr.'s 28
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 28 points and No. 21 Arkansas never trailed in rolling past LSU 91-62 on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference action at Baton Rouge, La.,Meleek Thomas added 20 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Billy Richmond III scored 13 for the Razorbacks (18-6, ...
Emanuel Sharp's 3-point prowess powers No. 3 Houston past Utah
Emanuel Sharp made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead No. 3 Houston to a 66-52 victory over Utah on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Sharp shot 8-for-13 from long distance to help the Cougars (22-2, 10-1 Big 12) win their fifth straight game and move into a tie with No. 1 Arizona ...
Led by Nick Boyd, Wisconsin stuns No. 8 Illinois in OT
Nick Boyd scored 19 of his 25 points after halftime and John Blackwell added 24 points to lead Wisconsin to a 92-90 overtime victory over No. 8 Illinois on Tuesday night in Big Ten play at Champaign, Ill.,Austin Rapp had 18 points off the bench as the Badgers (17-7, 9-4 Big Ten) won for the eighth t...
Quenton Jackson sparks overtime burst as Pacers outlast Knicks
Quenton Jackson scored seven points in overtime Tuesday night for the visiting Indiana Pacers, who outlasted the New York Knicks 137-134 in a back-and-forth clash between the Eastern Conference rivals.,The two teams combined for 39 lead changes, the most in the NBA this season.,Jackson opened overti...
Strong fourth quarter elevates Rockets past Clippers
Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun combined for 48 points as the Houston Rockets turned a rally to start the fourth quarter into a 102-95 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.,Durant scored 26 points and hit three 3-pointers while Sengun tallied 22 points, seven rebounds and five a...
Dreadful season for Kansas State continues with visit from Cincinnati
With less than a month left in the Big 12 regular season, two struggling teams will meet up Wednesday night when Kansas State hosts Cincinnati in Manhattan, Kan.,The Wildcats (10-13, 1-9 Big 12) will take to their home court having dropped four straight contests and nine of 10.,Coach Jerome Tang's s...
DePaul tries to end 23-game skid vs. Creighton
If DePaul is going to end its longest losing streak of the season, it must beat Creighton for the first time in more than a decade.,Losers of four in a row, the host Blue Demons try to avoid a 24th consecutive defeat to the Bluejays on Wednesday night in Big East action at Chicago.,League play hasn'...
Texas A&M out to regain swagger vs. surging Missouri
Texas A&M will try to avoid its first three-game losing streak of the season when it hosts improving Missouri on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference game in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies (17-6, 7-3 SEC) most recently suffered an 86-67 loss at home to then-No. 17 Florida on Saturday. That was...
In 4th straight win, Villanova's late surge sinks Marquette
Tyler Perkins scored 22 points and Villanova closed on an 11-2 run to defeat visiting Marquette 77-74 on Tuesday., ,Acaden Lewis contributed 15 points, while Matt Hodge added 13 for the Wildcats (19-5, 10-3 Big East), who posted their fourth straight win. Villanova overcame 39% shooting from the fie...
Timberwolves, buoyed by newcomer Ayo Dosunmu, battle Blazers
For the first time in a week, the Minnesota Timberwolves will arrive at a game in a good mood.,Minnesota will go for back-to-back wins when it tips off against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night in Minneapolis. It is the last game for the Timberwolves before the NBA All-Star break and the...
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford bring scoring firepower into Boston College
Boston College will have to deal with one of the top scorers in the country when it faces visiting Stanford in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Wednesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass.,Stanford's Ebuka Okorie enters averaging 22.4 points, seventh in the nation as of Tuesday night. The freshman...
Bailey Maupin, No. 16 Texas Tech fend off Kansas
Bailey Maupin scored 12 of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and lifted No. 16 Texas Tech to a 70-65 victory over Kansas on Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas.,Snudda Collins added 17 points and Sidney Love chipped in nine points and four assists for the Lady Raiders (23-3, 10-3 Big 12), who won ...
Jason Pierre Jr. leads SMU past slumping Notre Dame
Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 22 points, all but four of them after halftime, as SMU defeated slumping Notre Dame 89-81 on Tuesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Dallas.,SMU (17-7, 6-5 ACC) led by six points at halftime after an 18-point first half by Boopie Miller and 57.1% shooting from the flo...
No. 15 Virginia tops ice-cold Florida State for fifth straight win
Jacari White racked up 19 points and hit five 3-pointers to help No. 15 Virginia rally for a 61-58 victory over Florida State Tuesday evening in Tallahassee, Fla.,White scored 16 of his points in the second half, adding four rebounds and two assists to his game totals. All of those second-half point...
No. 13 Purdue dominates boards, keeps No. 7 Nebraska reeling
Braden Smith finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double as No. 13 Purdue overcame blowing two big leads to beat No. 7 Nebraska 80-77 in overtime in a Big Ten Conference game Tuesday night in Lincoln, Neb.,The Boilermakers (20-4, 10-3) moved into a tie for third in the Big Ten by picking up their s...
No. 19 Vanderbilt earns first win at Auburn since 2016
Tyler Tanner scored 25 points, making 12 of 13 free-throw attempts and helping lead visiting No. 19 Vanderbilt to an 84-76 victory over Auburn in Southeastern Conference play on Tuesday.,Jalen Washington added 22 points and Devin McGlockton scored 12 for Vanderbilt (20-4, 7-4 SEC), which rebounded f...
Inside play powers Miami to win over No. 11 North Carolina
Malik Reneau scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Miami upset the 11th-ranked North Carolina 75-66 on Tuesday in Coral Gables, Fla.,The Hurricanes never trailed, and they had a 46-28 edge in paint points and an 8-2 advantage on fastbreak points. Miami won for the fourth time in fi...
No. 22 BYU outshoots Baylor behind AJ Dybantsa, Robert Wright III explosions
AJ Dybantsa exploded for 36 points, Robert Wright III poured in 30 points against his former team and No. 22 BYU went on to a 99-94 victory over Baylor on Tuesday night in Waco, Texas.,The Cougars (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) snapped a four-game losing skid with the victory. Dybantsa, the nation's leading sco...
Report: Winter Olympics off to best ratings start in 12 years
Fresh off a 30-year low in television ratings, the Winter Olympics is seeing much better early returns in 2026, reports The Hollywood Reporter.,The Beijing Games in 2022 had low ratings across the board, including a 15.9 million viewer count for the opening ceremony, marking a three-decade low. Over...
Heat, Pelicans bid to enter All-Star break on high note
The Miami Heat will be short-handed again when they face the host New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams.,Miami used its 19th different starting lineup of the season and had just 11 available players in Monday's 115-111 home loss to the Utah Jazz...