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NBA roundup: Heat hammer Hornets behind 53-point quarter
Norman Powell pumped in 25 points as the Miami Heat -- backed by the highest-scoring quarter in the franchise's 38-year history -- defeated the visiting Charlotte Hornets 126-108 on Friday in NBA Cup action.,Miami scored 53 points in its record-breaking first quarter -- the second-highest scoring fo...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 Texas eases past No. 24 Richmond
All-American forward Madison Booker produced 22 points, 12 rebounds, six steals and four assists, leading No. 4 Texas to an 85-56 nonconference win over No. 24 Richmond on Friday in Austin, Texas.,Booker sank 10 of 17 field-goal attempts as the Longhorns (2-0) hit 54.7% from the floor overall.,Jorda...
ATP roundup: Lorenzo Musetti one win from Turin
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will meet in Saturday's final at the Hellenic Championship in Athens, Greece.,Djokovic advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Yannick Hanfmann in 79 minutes in Friday's first semifinal. He will be chasing his 101st care...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 UCLA shares its offense in rout of UC Santa Barbara
Three players, none of them named Lauren Betts, scored at least 20 points for No. 3 UCLA in an 87-50 victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara on Thursday in Los Angeles.,Gabriela Jaquez dropped 21 points, Kiki Rice had 20 points with eight rebounds and newcomer Gianna Kneepkens also hit for 20 for the...
No. 3 UCLA shares its offense in rout of UC Santa Barbara
Three players, none of them named Lauren Betts, scored at least 20 points for No. 3 UCLA in an 87-50 victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara on Thursday in Los Angeles.,Gabriela Jaquez dropped 21 points, Kiki Rice had 20 points with eight rebounds and newcomer Gianna Kneepkens also hit for 20 for the...
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti on Athens collision course
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the semifinals of the Hellenic Championship on Thursday in Athens.,Djokovic hit nine aces and saved both break points he faced in a 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory over Portuguese sixth seed Nuno Borges. Musetti, who must w...
NBA roundup: Blazers hand Thunder first loss of season
Deni Avdija recorded 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Portland Trail Blazers recorded a 121-119 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night to hand the defending NBA champions their first setback of the season.,Jrue Holiday scored 22 points and Jerami Grant adde...
NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin scores 900th career goal in Caps' win
Alex Ovechkin scored his 900th career goal as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesday.,Anthony Beauvillier and Tom Wilson each scored two goals and Jakob Chychrun recorded three assists as the Capitals snapped a four-game winless streak.,Alexey Toropchenko scor...
NBA roundup: Nets beat Pacers for first win of season
Michael Porter Jr. collected 32 points and 11 rebounds to propel the Brooklyn Nets to their first win of the season, a 112-103 decision over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Porter made four 3-pointers in his return from a one-game absence due to personal reasons.,Nic Claxton recorde...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Hannah Hidalgo, No. 15 Irish rout FDU
All-American Hannah Hidalgo poured in 27 points as No. 15 Notre Dame cruised to a 98-52 season-opening win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday in South Bend, Ind.,Hidalgo sank half of her 22 field-goal attempts but went just 1-for-7 from 3-point range. She added six rebounds.,Notre Dame also got 2...
NBA roundup: Nikola Vucevic, Bulls pull off stunning rally vs. 76ers
Nikola Vucevic drilled a go-ahead corner 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left and Josh Giddey recorded his second straight triple-double as the host Chicago Bulls rallied for a 113-111 win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Vucevic's trey gave the Bulls their lone lead of the night and capped a c...
NHL roundup: Mikko Rantanen tops 300 goals in Stars' shootout win
Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.,Mikko Rantanen scored twice to eclipse 300 career goals and had an assist, and Miro Heiskanen also scored for the Stars, who stretched thei...
Top 25 roundup: Isaiah Evans, No. 6 Duke surge past Texas
Isaiah Evans scored a career-high 23 points and got some offensive help as No. 6 Duke defeated Texas 75-60 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night in Charlotte.,Highly touted freshman Cameron Boozer, son of former Duke and NBA star Carlos Boozer, scored all 15 of his points in the second h...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 9 NC State edges No. 8 Tennessee in top-10 battle
Khamil Pierre scored 21 points and her final basket put No. 9 North Carolina State into the lead with 46 seconds left in an 80-77 neutral-site victory against No. 8 Tennessee in Tuesday's season opener in Greensboro, N.C.,After four lead changes in a two-and-a-half-minute span, Pierre scored in tran...
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic opens Athens debut with win
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic outlasted Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the Round of 16 at the Hellenic Championship on Tuesday in Athens.,In a neat coincidence, the Serbian Djokovic moved to Athens earlier this year, the same year that the ATP 250 tournament formerly held in Belgrade was relocated to ...
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo boosts Bucks at buzzer
Giannis Antetokounmpo capped his game-high 33-point performance on Monday with a buzzer-beating, turnaround fadeaway to lift the Milwaukee Bucks past the Indiana Pacers, 117-115, in Indianapolis.,Antetokounmpo's big night included 13 rebounds for his fifth double-double in six games. His 33 points a...
NHL roundup: Maple Leafs rally from 3 down to edge Penguins
Bobby McMann scored the go-ahead goal in the third period Monday as the Toronto Maple Leafs wiped out a three-goal deficit to defeat the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3.,Pittsburgh led 3-0 after two periods before Toronto scored three goals in a span of 3:24 early in the third. McMann scored Toront...
Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Arizona stuns defending champ, No. 3 Florida
Freshman Koa Peat scored 30 points with seven rebounds and five assists in a stirring debut and No. 13 Arizona pulled off a 93-87 upset of No. 3 Florida in Las Vegas in the Hall of Fame Series on Monday.,Jaden Bradley scored 27 points and Ivan Kharchenkov added 12 points with 10 rebounds as Arizona ...
ATP roundup: Alexandre Muller rallies in third set to prevail in Athens
Fifth-seeded Frenchman Alexandre Muller shook off a loss of serve while trying to win the match and a match point against in the deciding set's 12th game and rallied to edge Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6) in the opening round of the Hellenic Championships in Athens.,Muller, the lone ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Taliah Scott's nuclear 4Q helps No. 16 Baylor drop No. 7 Duke
Taliah Scott's 24 points, five rebounds and three assists helped the No. 16 Baylor Lady Bears score a 58-52 upset over the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils with a dominant stretch in the fourth quarter in the season opener for both teams in Paris, France on Monday.,Scott connected on a long 3 from the left wi...