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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...
Jonathan Drouin leads surging Avalanche past Panthers
Jonathan Drouin scored his first two goals of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-4 win over the host Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise.,Mikko Rantanen also scored for Colorado, giving him 10 goals in his past nine games. He also had three assists.,Cale Makar added two assi...
DePaul moves to 6-0 after pounding Northern Illinois
Layden Blocker produced a career-high 21 points with eight rebounds as DePaul cruised to a 98-52 nonconference victory over visiting Northern Illinois on Saturday afternoon in Chicago., ,Connor Enright, playing with a mask after breaking his nose in practice Friday, piled up 13 points, seven rebound...
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...
Pitt QB Eli Holstein to start vs. Louisville
Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein will return from injury to start Saturday against Louisville, according to multiple reports.,Holstein left two games within the past month with apparent head injuries. ,He departed the Panthers' 41-13 win over Syracuse on Oct. 24 after taking a hit on a run, but he play...
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...
Netherlands qualifies for first Davis Cup final by beating Germany
The Netherlands will play for the Davis Cup title after completing a 2-0 sweep of Germany in the semifinals Friday in Malaga, Spain.,Botic van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor took down their German opponents in three sets to clinch their country's spot in the finals without needing a doubles mat...
Jaland Lowe, Pitt charge past LSU in second half to move to 6-0
Jaland Lowe flirted with a triple-double as Pitt improved to 6-0 with a 74-63 win over LSU on Friday afternoon at the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.,Lowe finished with a game-high 22 points to go along with eight rebounds and six assists for the Panthers, who have won their first...
Ex-DePaul guard leads N. Illinois against Chris Holtmann's Blue Demons
New coach Chris Holtmann has been tasked with rebuilding DePaul to the point where it can return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004.,Northern Illinois coach Rashon Burno knows what it takes to steer DePaul to the NCAAs because he was the starting point guard on the 2000 team that m...
Avs out to keep rolling as Panthers try to get on track
The Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche, who both have Stanley Cup aspirations this season, have been going in different directions entering Saturday's matchup in Sunrise, Fla.,Florida is 1-4-0 in its past five, while Colorado is 5-1-0 in its past six.,Panthers coach Paul Maurice, however, said ...
Blackhawks top Panthers to end 3-game losing streak
Petr Mrazek made 32 saves and Nick Foligno had a goal and an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks recorded a 3-1 win over the visiting Florida Panthers on Tuesday.,Teuvo Teravainen and Craig Smith also scored for the Blackhawks, who ended a three-game losing streak with the upset win over the reigning S...
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...
Undefeated Pitt, LSU test mettle in Greenbrier Tip-Off
Pitt is hoping to see everyone get in on the action when it faces LSU on Friday afternoon as part of the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.,The Panthers (5-0) have won their first five games for the first time since the 2018-19 season, most recently beating VMI 93-48 on Monday. Jalan...
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...
Chiefs move past first loss, place target on Panthers
Rested and ready, the Carolina Panthers might find a testy crew of Kansas City Chiefs when Patrick Mahomes plays in Charlotte for the first time Sunday afternoon., ,The Panthers (3-7) have won two games in a row and are coming off an open week., ,The Chiefs (9-1) don't have a winning streak for the ...
No. 13 SMU visits Virginia, vying to seal ACC title-game spot
League newcomer SMU can clinch a berth in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game when the No. 13 Mustangs visit Virginia on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va.,The Mustangs (9-1, 6-0) have a seven-game winning streak and are the only program in the 17-team conference without a loss i...
Simas Lukosius stays sharp for No. 18 Cincinnati in win over NKU
Simas Lukosius continued his torrid 3-point shooting and No. 18 Cincinnati held off several rallies from Northern Kentucky to post a 76-60 win Tuesday night in Highland Heights, Ky.,The winless Norse had hopes of repeating the shocking 64-51 win over Cincinnati in 2022, when the Bearcats were held t...
Southern Cal looks to rebound vs. SJSU
Southern California continues a six-game, season-opening homestand in Los Angeles on Wednesday, looking to bounce back from its first loss of the campaign when it welcomes San Jose State.,USC (3-1) scored just two points over the final six-plus minutes of its 71-66 loss to Cal on Sunday. The Trojans...