HOUSTON (AP) — Kingston Flemings, Chris Cenac Jr., Chase McCarty and Mercy Miller each scored 15 points, and No. 7 Houston won its fourth straight, 99-57 over New Orleans on Saturday. Flemings and Cenac, both freshmen, combined to shoot 11 of 19 from the field for Houston (10-1), which won ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Cruz Davis scored 22 points and German Plotnikov hit a late 3-pointer to help Hofstra beat Syracuse 70-69 on Saturday for its second win over a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a week. Plotnikov's 3-pointer with 34 seconds left gave Hofstra a 70-68 lead. Sadiq ...
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Duke Brennan scored 24 points and was a perfect 8-for-8 shooting, Bryce Lindsay scored 24 points of his own, and Villanova cruised to a 79-61 win over Pitt on Saturday. Lindsay was 8-of-18 from the floor, and 4-of-11 from deep. Acaden Lewis scored 11 points on 4-of-9 ...
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Wyatt Fricks had 19 points and Noah Otshudi scored 18 to help Marshall hold off Wright State 76-74 on Saturday. Fricks added three blocks for the Thundering Herd (7-4). Otshudi hit 6 of 9 shots and all five of his free throws, adding seven ...
By EVERETT MERRILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three quarterbacks — Indiana's Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia and Julian Sayin of Ohio State — joined Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love in New York on Saturday for the awarding of the Heisman Trophy given to the top ...
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Donte DiVincenzo made a clutch 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Golden State Warriors 127-120 on Friday night. Stephen Curry scored 39 for the ...
JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dylan Guenther scored a go-ahead power-play goal in the third period and the Utah Mammoth beat the Seattle Kraken 5-3 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Nick Schmaltz had a goal and two assists, and Kailer Yamamoto, JJ ...
By JIM FULLER Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Alex Karaban scored 18 points, including the 1,500th of his career, as fifth-ranked UConn overcame a poor shooting second half to hold off Texas 71-63 on Friday night. Tarris Reed Jr. had 12 points, six rebounds and a career-high ...
By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored a season-high 39 points, Paul George had 23 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Indiana Pacers 115-105 on Friday night. VJ Edgecombe added 22 points for the 76ers, who played without Tyrese Maxey — the NBA's ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Isaiah Stewart scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 142-115 on Friday night. Detroit, which has won five of six, had seven players in double figures and 12 with at least seven ...
By CAL REED Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Josh Giddey had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, Zach Collins added 16 points off the bench and the Chicago Bulls erased a 13-point, second-half deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 129-126 on Friday night and snap a ...
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien awards on the eve of the Heisman Trophy presentation, and the redshirt junior is heavily favored to take the top prize in college football. Mendoza took the honors for the nation's player of the ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Kenny Pickett will start at quarterback for the Raiders against his former team when Las Vegas visits Philadelphia on Sunday with Geno Smith out because of back and shoulder injuries. Smith injured his right shoulder and hand in ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kyle Whittingham, who with 177 victories is the most successful coach in the history of the Utah football program, will be stepping down after the Utes' appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31. "The time is right to step down from ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt underwent surgery to repair a partially collapsed lung sustained during a dry-needling session and will miss Monday's visit by Miami. J.J. Watt, T.J. Watt's older brother, posted on X that ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry is going "home" with the hope of helping the Edmonton Oilers get over the top. The two-time defending Western Conference champions acquired Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday in hopes of shoring up a position that ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a five-year, $57.5 million contract that includes a club option for a sixth season, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on ...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State's Tom Izzo is getting a $1 million raise in his 5-year contract that automatically renews annually, a boost that makes him the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten with a salary of about $7.2 million. The school said Friday that its Board of Trustees ...
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are in unfamiliar territory: playing as heavy favorites. The Jaguars (9-4) are favored by 13 1/2 points against the New York Jets (3-10) on Sunday, according to BetMGM. It's the first time since 2007 ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Russian athletes have told the International Luge Federation that they obtained visas and are coming to the U.S. for a World Cup race next weekend, a move that Ukrainian athletes believe is simply unfair. And it might not be long ...