By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a "different level of focus" helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss. The U.S. beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night for a spot in the ...

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Mississippi (15-19) won for the ...

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 42 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors 127-117 on Friday night. Edwards shot 13 for 22, made all 12 of his free throws and also had eight rebounds and five ...

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored 37 points and No. 17 Arkansas held off Oklahoma 82-79 on Friday night to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals. The third-seeded Razorbacks (24-8) won their third straight overall and ...

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals. The U.S. squad rebounded after an 8-6 loss to Italy in ...

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 24 points, 14 rebounds and five assists and No. 1 Duke ran out to a 19-point halftime lead and held on to beat Clemson 73-61 on Friday night to advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship ...

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kingston Flemings scored 21 points, fellow freshman Chris Cenac Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and fifth-ranked Houston rolled past poor-shooting and lackluster No. 14 Kansas 69-47 in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament ...

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arizona's Jaden Bradley answered a tying 3-pointer by Iowa State guard Tamin Lipsey with a fall-away jumper at the buzzer, sending the second-ranked Wildcats to an 82-80 victory over the No. 7 Cyclones in the Big 12 Tournament ...

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ugonna Onyenso scored 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting, Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis each scored 16 points and No. 10 Virginia beat Miami 84-62 on Friday to advance to the ACC Tournament championship game for the first time since ...

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists, Trent Perry added 22 points and UCLA held off No. 8 Michigan State 88-84 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night despite losing star Tyler Bilodeau to a leg injury. Bilodeau had ...

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 19 points, Braden Smith collected 10 more assists and No. 18 Purdue beat No. 11 Nebraska 74-58 on Friday night in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. C.J. Cox and Oscar Cluff each had 12 points for the Boilermakers, ...

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Mid-American Conference commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher is hoping the success of Miami (Ohio) this season pays off on Sunday and in the future. Steinbrecher is confident his conference would get two teams into the NCAA Tournament for ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half, Jayden Ross hit a couple of momentum-stunting 3-pointers in the second, and sixth-ranked UConn defeated Georgetown 67-51 on Friday night to set up a showdown of the top two ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka, a two-time runner-up at Indian Wells, will get another shot at winning the event after beating Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals Friday. The top-ranked Sabalenka, from Belarus, dispatched Noskova in 1 hour, 28 minutes on Stadium Court 1 at ...

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jalen Brunson finished with 29 points and nine assists, OG Anunoby added 25 points and eight rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 101-92 on Friday night. Mitchell Robinson had a career-high 22 rebounds to go with ...

DALLAS (AP) — Evan Mobley matched his season high with 29 points, Donovan Mitchell had 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Dallas Mavericks 138-105 on Friday night in the opener of a home-and-home series. Mobley had 16 points in the first quarter and was already up to 23 by halftime, the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored his team-leading 26th goal of the season and the Los Angeles Kings held off the New York Islanders 3-2 on Friday night. Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings and Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced. Emil Heineman scored ...

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor scored 20 points and No. 13 St. John's beat Seton Hall 78-68 on Friday to reach the Big East Tournament title game for the second consecutive season. Joson Sanon added 15 points off the bench for the defending champion ...

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Wes Miller will not be back as the University of Cincinnati's men's basketball coach, two people familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Friday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the university has not announced the move. Cincinnati is ...

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Duke Miles scored a season-high 30 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat 25th-ranked Tennessee 75-68 Friday to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals. The fourth-seeded Commodores (25-7) came in with its ...