By JAY MORRISON Associated Press OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Pete Suder scored 19 points, Antowne Woolfolk added 14 and No. 19 Miami (Ohio) closed within a victory of a perfect regular season with a 74-72 win over Toledo on Tuesday night that extended the RedHawks' season-opening winning streak ...
By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Jaylon Tyson scored 22 points, James Harden added 18 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avenged a recent loss in Detroit by beating the East-leading Pistons 113-109 on Tuesday night despite playing without injured star Donovan Mitchell. Evan ...
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Alex Condon scored 26 points, Xaivian Lee added 19 and No. 5 Florida celebrated its first Southeastern Conference title since 2014 with a 108-74 romp over Mississippi State on Tuesday night. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey presented ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor scored 23 points, Joson Sanon added 15 off the bench — all after halftime — and No. 18 St. John's rallied from 12 down in the second half to beat skidding Georgetown 72-69 on Tuesday night. With a gritty comeback on ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Damon Severson broke a tie with a snap shot from the point through traffic at 6:07 of the third period and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Tuesday night to open a four-game homestand. Both teams played Monday night, with Columbus beating ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero equaled a season high with 37 points, Desmond Bane scored 25 and the Orlando Magic eased to a 126-109 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Banchero went 15 of 21 from the field as Orlando shot 55.3% and dominated with its starters on the ...
BOSTON (AP) — Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. Pittsburgh's Erik Karlsson scored just 42 seconds into the game, but Khusnutdinov ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Olympic golden goal-scorer Jack Hughes extended his points streak to four games since returning from Milan, and the New Jersey Devils dealt the Florida Panthers' playoff hopes another blow by beating the two-time defending ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Xavier Edmonds had 20 points and 12 rebounds as TCU got another big win in its late push to get into the NCAA Tournament, winning 73-65 at No. 10 Texas Tech on Tuesday night. Edmonds' putback layup with 31 seconds left pushed the lead to 71-65 for Horned Frogs (20-10, ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Luka Bogavac hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-best 20 points as No. 17 North Carolina beat Clemson 67-63 Tuesday night and set a program record by going 18-0 at home. Henri Veesaar scored 13 points before fouling out in the ...
By MIKE BARBER Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 16 points and No. 13 Virginia outlasted Wake Forest 75-70 on Tuesday night to secure the No. 2 seed and a double-bye in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Jacari White added 14 points and Johann ...
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $3 million, one-year contract to return ...
By PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — J.P. Estrella scored 22 points, Felix Okpara added 20 and No. 23 Tennessee rolled past South Carolina 78-59 on Tuesday night to stop a two-game skid. The Volunteers (21-9, 11-6 Southeastern Conference) were a force inside, even ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The United States wasted little time showing how potent its roster could be at the upcoming World Baseball Classic. The Americans needed just three batters to take a 2-0 lead in the first inning of their exhibition game against ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged failed test for a performance-enhancing substance, a person familiar with the process told The ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — UConn completed its 11th undefeated regular season with a victory over St. John's on Sunday night and is nine wins from repeating as national champion with a seventh perfect season. Despite winning by an average of nearly 38 points ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh fired women's basketball coach Tory Verdi on Tuesday, ending a three-year tenure in which the Panthers struggled to find success on the court and Verdi potentially ran into trouble off it. Athletic director Allen Greene announced the decision shortly after the ...
By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 45 points and made the go-ahead free throws with 31.8 seconds remaining to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the depleted Utah Jazz 128-125 on Monday night. Utah's Keyonte George scored 36 points, but was denied ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Ben Meyers scored his career-high sixth goal and the Seattle Kraken ended Carolina's point streak at 12 games by beating the Hurricanes 2-1 on Monday night. Kaapo Kakko also scored for the Kraken, and Joey Daccord was superb in net with 35 saves. Seattle defenseman Adam ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jaden Bradley scored 17 points, Motiejus Krivas added 13 and No. 2 Arizona clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title with a 73-57 win over No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night. The Wildcats (28-2, 15-2) secured at least a share ...