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LaNorris Sellers, Raheim Sanders lead South Carolina to easy win at Vanderbilt
LaNorris Sellers (238 passing yards, two touchdowns) and Rocket Sanders (178 yards from scrimmage) starred as South Carolina (6-3, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) beat Vanderbilt (6-4, 3-3) 28-7 Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.,South Carolina's defense did its part, holding Vanderbilt to 274 yards of total...
Duke scores touchdowns, NC State settles for field goals in Blue Devils' win
Maalik Murphy threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Duke snapped a two-game losing streak by winning 29-19 at North Carolina State on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.,Duke (7-3, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) handled the task defensively by holding the Wolfpack without a touchdown until the fourt...
No. 8 Indiana holds off Michigan to notch 10th win for first time in school history
Kurtis Rourke went 17-of-28 passing for 206 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 8 Indiana to a 20-15 win over Michigan in Bloomington on Saturday.,Indiana (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) has now won 10 games in a season for the first time in school history and kept its hopes for a conference title and College ...
Kansas State takes advantage of hot shooting to defeat Cleveland State
Brendan Hausen scored a game-high 22 points and made six 3-pointers in leading host Kansas State to a 77-64 win against Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon in Manhattan, Kan.,Coleman Hawkins had 12 points, five assists and four blocks. David N'Guessan had 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the fiel...
Dawson Garcia helps Minnesota hold off Omaha
Dawson Garcia scored 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, and Minnesota held on for a 68-64 win over Omaha on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Trey Edmonds added 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting off the bench for Minnesota (2-0). Lu'Cye Patterson added eight po...
Knicks face Pacers optimistic for road ahead
The New York Knicks saw another glimpse at their upside Friday night, while the Indiana Pacers received a sobering vision of their worst-case scenario on the same day.,The Knicks and Pacers each will look to establish consistency Sunday afternoon, when they meet in Indianapolis in the second game of...
Post play to loom large as No. 15 Creighton faces Fairleigh Dickenson
No. 15 Creighton received a record-breaking performance from Ryan Kalkbrenner in its season opener. ,When Fairleigh Dickinson visits the Bluejays on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., Kalkbrenner will try to follow his career high 49-point outburst where he set a school record with 20 made field goals...
Wisconsin on guard for upset-minded Appalachian State
Appalachian State has beaten a power conference team in each of the last two seasons, and Sunday afternoon might provide the Mountaineers' only chance to keep that streak intact., ,The Mountaineers (1-1), fresh off blowing out an NAIA opponent this week, face Wisconsin on the road at Madison, Wisc. ...
St. Thomas eager for opportunity against Oklahoma State
The St. Thomas University Tommies haven't had many opportunities like the one they have against host Oklahoma State on Sunday afternoon in Stillwater. It will be the school's fifth game against a power conference opponent since they made the move to Division I for the 2021-22 season, and it might ju...
No. 12 Tennessee posts dominating win over Louisville
Zakai Zeigler and Chaz Lanier scored 19 points each for the Tennessee Volunteers, who posted their first road win of the season in dominating fashion, beating the Louisville Cardinals 77-55 on Saturday.,Tennessee (2-0), the No. 12 team in the country, came out sharp on both ends of the court, scorin...
Wobbly Bucks get chance at revenge on Celtics
The visiting Boston Celtics are out to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time this season when the teams meet Sunday afternoon., ,Jaylen Brown scored 30 points and Payton Pritchard came off the bench to add 28 points with eight 3-pointers when host Boston beat Milwaukee 119-108 on Oct. 28. T...
Rockets face Pistons' triple-double machine Cade Cunningham
The Houston Rockets will try to tighten up their defense when they visit the Detroit Pistons on Sunday afternoon.,The Rockets rank among the top 10 in opponents' scoring (108.9 points allowed per game) and defensive field-goal percentage (45.4), yet it didn't look that way Friday when they were blow...
Lynn Kidd, Miami take aim at Binghamton
Lynn Kidd doesn't miss often ... just ask his opponents.,Kidd, a 6-foot-10 center who is in his first season with Miami, will lead the host Hurricanes (1-0) in a nonconference game against Binghamton (1-1) on Sunday afternoon.,Kidd started all 33 of Virginia Tech's games last season, averaging a car...
Vanderbilt vies to light up scoreboard vs. Southeast Missouri State
Vanderbilt looks to continue an exciting start to the Mark Byington era when it hosts Southeast Missouri State on Sunday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn.,The Commodores (1-0) routed Maryland Eastern Shore, 102-63, on Monday to start Byington's tenure at the school, while the Redhawks (0-1) dropped an 8...
ATP roundup: Qualifiers take titles in Belgrade, Metz
Denis Shapovalov won his second ATP Tour title -- and first in five years -- by defeating home-country favorite Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4 at the Belgrade Open in Serbia on Saturday.,The only other championship trophy for Shapovalov, of Canada, came in Stockholm in 2019. This trophy, however, was pre...
Michigan ventures out of state to test mettle vs. Wake Forest
Michigan and Wake Forest might gain a better understanding of their stock early in the season when they meet in Sunday afternoon's neutral-court game in Greensboro, N.C.,"What we're trying to build is a real team environment where we compete at the highest level," first-year Wolverines coach Dusty M...
Chelsea aim to keep in contention ahead of clash vs. Arsenal
Chelsea and Arsenal both will try to avoid falling further adrift in the race for the Premier League title when they meet on Sunday at Stamford Bridge in Fulham, England.,Host Chelsea will be the happier of the two sides with their recent form under first-year manager Enzo Maresca after finishing 12...
Report: Saints WR Chris Olave (concussion) to land on IR
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave is expected to be placed on injured reserve, NFL Network reported Saturday morning.,Olave has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the visiting Atlanta Falcons after sustaining his second concussion of the season last week versus the Carolina Panthers...
Blues bid for bounce-back effort vs. Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
The depleted St. Louis Blues will try to muster a healthier offense when they host the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.,The Blues put just 15 shots on goal during their 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday. They had just one shot on goal during the final 11:28 of the game and failed to...
Reeling Canadiens aim to halt slide in clash vs. Leafs
The Montreal Canadiens believe they are playing better than the results show. ,They have another chance to prove it Saturday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs.,The Canadiens lost their fifth game in a row and ninth in 11 games (2-7-2) on Thursday night, a 5-3 decision to the host New Jer...