Roundup Page 26 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

WBC roundup: Canada edges Puerto Rico, has chance to top Group A
Canada leaned on patience at the plate and a locked-in bullpen to squeeze past Puerto Rico 3-2 on Tuesday night in Pool A action in San Juan.,Canada improved its record to 2-1, while Puerto Rico dropped to 3-1, setting up a crucial showdown for the Canadians against Cuba (2-1) on Wednesday. If Canad...

Conference finals roundup: Wright St., Hofstra win in dramatic fashion
TJ Burch scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and top-seeded Wright State had to rally from down 12 in the final 10 minutes to pull out a 66-63 win over third seed Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League championship game Tuesday night in Indianapolis.,The Raiders (23-11) will make their fifth ...

Spring training roundup: Jorge Polanco, Francisco Alvarez go deep for Mets
Jorge Polanco and Francisco Alvarez cracked their first homers of the spring to spark the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon in Port St. Lucie, Fla.,Alvarez (2-for-3, two RBIs), Polanco (2-for-2) and Brett Baty (2-for-3, two RBIs) paced the Mets...

NHL roundup: James Reimer, surging Senators shut out Canucks
James Reimer stopped all 16 shots he faced for his 32nd career shutout and Ridly Greig scored midway through the second period as the surging Ottawa Senators won 2-0 over the lowly host Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.,Tim Stutzle extended his point streak to 13 games by assisting on Brady Tkachuk...

NBA roundup: James Harden scores 29,000th point in Cavs' win over 76ers
James Harden scored 21 points and fellow trade-deadline acquisition Keon Ellis added 19, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 115-101 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.,Harden, who is in his 17th season, reached the 29,000-point milestone for his career in the first quarte...

Roundup: Furman stuns top-seeded East Tennessee for Southern Conference crown
Sixth-seeded Furman stunned top-seeded East Tennessee State, 76-61, to capture the Southern Conference tournament title and earn their second trip in four seasons to the NCAA Championships.,The Paladins led for the final 36:39 of the game, shooting 50.9% (27 of 53) from the floor and outrebounding t...

Spring training roundup: Andrew McCutchen drives in key run in Rangers' debut
Former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen made his spring training debut with the Rangers and doubled home a run in the fifth inning as Texas defeated San Diego, 4-1, on Monday in Peoria, Ariz.,McCutchen, 39, signed a minor league deal with the Rangers on March 5. He began his career with the Pitt...

Spring training roundup: Cards prospect JJ Wetherholt fuels win
Top St. Louis prospect JJ Wetherholt smashed a game-winning home run to lead the Cardinals to a 7-2 defeat of the Baltimore Orioles Monday in spring-training action in Jupiter, Fla.,Wetherholt, who is the No. 5 overall prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, hit his second spring homer to br...

WBC roundup: Fernando Tatis Jr., Dominican Republic remain perfect
Fernando Tatis Jr. clubbed a grand slam and Oneil Cruz also homered as the Dominican Republic sailed to a 10-1 win over Israel in World Baseball Classic Pool D play on Monday in Miami.,The Dominicans (3-0) remained on a collision course with Venezuela to decide the Pool D champion. Before they meet ...

NBA roundup: Suns halt Hornets' 10-game road winning streak
Devin Booker had 30 points and 10 assists, Jalen Green and Collin Gillespie each added 24 points and the host Phoenix Suns ran away from Charlotte in the second half for a 111-99 victory on Sunday to break the Hornets' 10-game road winning streak.,Rookie forward Rasheer Fleming had career highs with...

NHL roundup: Sizzling Sabres edge Lightning as teams total 15 goals
Josh Doan's second power-play goal capped a manic third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits to beat visiting Tampa Bay 8-7 on Sunday and take over first place in the Atlantic Division.,In their NHL-best seventh straight win, the Sabres allowed five unanswered goals ...

Conference finals roundup: Northern Iowa, High Point, Queens, North Dakota St. clinch bids
Sixth-seeded Northern Iowa punched its ticket to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 with its fourth win in four days, taking down fifth-seeded UIC 84-69 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final Sunday in St. Louis.,The Panthers (23-12) picked the perfect time to have their bes...

Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Michigan tops No. 8 Michigan St. for 19-1 Big Ten mark
Yaxel Lendeborg poured in a game-high 27 points as No. 3 Michigan swept the season series against No. 8 Michigan State with a 90-80 home victory in a Big Ten regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Morez Johnson Jr. posted 18 points and seven rebounds while Roddy Gayle Jr. scor...

Spring training roundup: Leo De Vries goes deep twice to lead A's past Dodgers
Top prospect Leo De Vries homered twice, including a grand slam, to lift the Athletics' split squad to an 11-7 spring training victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Mesa, Ariz.,De Vries, a 19-year-old switch-hitting shortstop, also delivered a two-run home run in the fourth for the Athle...

Spring training roundup: Twins win on Gabriel Gonzalez's walk-off sac fly
Gabriel Gonzalez, Minnesota's seventh-ranked prospect per MLB Pipeline, came through with a walk-off sacrifice fly to help the Twins rally for a 7-6 spring-training win over the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday in Fort Myers, Fla.,Ryan Kreidler delivered a game-tying solo home run in the seventh, and Ko...

Big East tournament: No. 1 UConn blasts Creighton, will face Villanova in final
Sarah Strong, KK Arnold and Azzi Fudd rarely missed as No. 1 UConn earned its 49th straight victory by thrashing Creighton 100-51 in the Big East tournament semifinals Sunday in Uncasville, Conn.,Strong scored 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting, Arnold (8-for-9) put up 18 points and Fudd (6-for-10) added...

WBC roundup: Cuba starts strong in defeat of Colombia
Ariel Martinez and Erisbel Arruebarrena each homered as Cuba got off to a hot start and coasted to a 7-4 win over Colombia in Pool A play of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at San Juan, Puerto Rico.,Martinez and Arruebarrena plated four runs on their first-inning home runs, which staked Cuba (2...

Conference finals roundup: Northern Iowa, High Point, Queens clinch bids
Sixth-seeded Northern Iowa punched its ticket to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 with its fourth win in four days, taking down fifth-seeded UIC 84-69 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final Sunday in St. Louis.,The Panthers (23-12) picked the perfect time to have their bes...

Conference finals roundup: Northern Iowa clinches MVC, 1st NCAA bid in 10 years
Sixth-seeded Northern Iowa punched its ticket to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 with its fourth win in four days, taking down fifth-seeded UIC 84-69 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final Sunday in St. Louis, Mo.,The Panthers (23-12) picked the perfect time to have their...

Top 25 roundup: 12-win Marquette downs No. 4 UConn in stunner
Ben Gold prevented Silas Demary Jr. from hitting a game-tying basket with 2 seconds remaining and host Marquette upset No. 4 UConn 68-62 on Saturday in Milwaukee.,Nigel James Jr. led the Golden Eagles (12-19, 7-13 Big East) with 19 points before Gold made the defensive play of the game and prevented...