Month: November 2021

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Dejounte Murray had 29 points and 11 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minute after blowing a 24-point lead to beat the Boston Celtics 96-88 on Friday night, snapping a six-game skid. Keldon Johnson and Derrick White added 17 points each and

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) — Kayla Wells scored 20 points and No. 23 Texas A&M overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat South Dakota 58-44 at the Paradise Jam. The Aggies trailed 30-21 at halftime but blew past South Dakota in the third quarter, outscoring the Coyotes 24-2 in the period. The Coyotes made

By RYAN WILCOX Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Devin Leary threw two touchdown passes in a 26-second span, with No. 24 North Carolina State recovering an onside kick in between, to stun North Carolina 34-30 on Friday night and remain alive in the ACC Atlantic Division title chase. With N.C. State down 30-21, Leary

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Drake Jeffries had a career-high 33 points as Wyoming rolled past Hastings College 108-59. Mathias Nchekwube led the Broncos on Friday night with 19 points.

PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 23 points and 18 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 114-97. Caris LeVert scored 19 points for the Pacers, who had seven double-digit scorers. Myles Turner had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Kelan Martin scored 15 points and Chris Duarte

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Lance Jones grabbed an offensive rebound and turned it into a game-winning layup with 12 seconds left to lift Southern Illinois to a 62-59 win over Alcorn State. Jones pulled the Salukis within two points by hitting the second of two free throws, then got them even with a layup with

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn scored a career-high 38 points to lead No. 14 Illinois to a hard-fought 94-85 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Friday night. Illinois started slowly, trailing the Vaqueros by as many as 12 points in the first half. Timely buckets from Cockburn and

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 20 points, Bradley Beal also had 20 and the Washington Wizards beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-99 on Friday night. The Wizards trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half before rebounding to snap a two-game skid. Lu Dort led Oklahoma City with

CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Trae Young had 31 points and 10 assists to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 132-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, who lost star point guard Ja Morant to a left knee injury. Clint Capela finished with 23 points and a season-high 17 rebounds, while John Collins

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tristan Jarry made 25 saves, Kasperi Kapanen scored in the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins kept the depleted New York Islanders winless at their new arena with a 1-0 victory. Pittsburgh won its fifth straight, with Jarry driving the hot streak. His shaky play cost

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Johni Broome had 20 points as Morehead State rolled past Arkansas State 75-51. Broome added nine rebounds and six blocks. Skyelar Potter had 16 points and seven rebounds for Morehead State. Ta’lon Cooper had 11 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Desi Sills led Arkansas State with 15 points.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Naz Hillmon had 20 points and 13 rebounds, No. 12 Michigan took control in the fourth quarter and the Wolverines held off No. 16 Oregon State 61-52 at the Daytona Beach Invitational. The score was tied at 40 entering the fourth quarter before Michigan opened with a 7-0 run, sparked

TULSA, Okla. — Jeriah Horne had 17 points as Tulsa beat Little Rock 77-63. Rey Idowu finished with 16 points for the Golden Hurricane (4-2). DeAntoni Gordon led the Trojans (4-3) with 17 points.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Tavian Dunn-Martin poured in 29 points as Florida Gulf Coast topped Western Michigan 77-67. Zach Anderson had 11 points for the Eagles (4-2). Lamar Norman Jr. had 24 points for the Broncos (1-4), who have now lost four straight. 

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nani’s 2022 option was declined by Major League Soccer’s Orlando, allowing the 35-year-old forward to leave on a free transfer. Nani scored 28 goals and had 23 assists in 84 matches over all competitions in three seasons. The Portuguese star has played for Sporting Lisbon (2005-07, 2014-15, 2018-19), Manchester United (2007-15),

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Jacob Hutson put up a career-high 26 points and Loyola Chicago salvaged a win in the seventh-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, pulling away in the second half to post a 77-59 win over Arizona State. The Ramblers lost their first two tournament games, falling to

By JOHN KREISER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves in his 200th victory and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 for their sixth win in seven games. Steven Stamkos, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Ross Colton scored for Tampa Bay, which improved to 8-1-3 in November. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay’s

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Tari Eason went 7 of 8 from the free-throw line after regulation and finished with 20 points, Xavier Pinson scored all of his 15 points after halftime and LSU beat Penn State 68-63 in overtime to advance to the championship game of the Emerald Coast Classic. LSU (6-0) plays the winner

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Taz Sherman scored a career-high 28 points to lead West Virginia to an 80-77 comeback victory over Eastern Kentucky.. Malik Curry scored 10 of his 16 points over the final seven minutes for the Mountaineers, who improve to 5-1. Jannson Williams led Eastern Kentucky with 22 points. Braxton Beverly and Michael

NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Booker scored 32 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the New York Knicks 118-97 for their 15th straight victory, matching the second-longest winning streak in franchise history. Chris Paul had 14 points and 10 assists for the Suns, who improved to 16-3. The reigning Western Conference champions will try to

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored twice, Cody Eakin had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 to snap a four-game skid. Buffalo also got a short-handed goal from Kyle Okposo and won for the third time in 13 games. Victor Olofsson

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Elvis Merzlikins stopped 39 shots, Gustav Nyquist scored short-handed and had an assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 4-2. Jack Roslovic scored the tiebreaking goal 6:06 into the third period for Columbus, and Adam Boqvist and Max Domi also scored. The Blue Jackets

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kihei Clark scored 11 points and dished seven assists and Virginia turned in solid defensive performance to earn a 61-43 win over Lehigh. The win was Tony Bennett’s 300th at Virginia, putting him 26  shy of Terry Holland’s mark for career victories. 

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Zach LaVine added 21 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 123-88 on Friday night. Chicago center Nikola Vucevic, playing in Orlando for the first time after nine seasons with the Magic, added 16 points and eight rebounds, and Coby

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nate Johnson scored 30 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 25 seconds left, and No. 25 Xavier beat Virginia Tech 59-58 in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Johnson was the only player to finish in double figure scoring for Xavier. Nahiem Alleyne

By KEITH TAYLOR Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — TyTy Washington scored 14 points to lead No. 10 Kentucky to an 86-52 win over North Florida on Friday night. Oscar Tshiebwe had 12 points and 16 rebounds for Kentucky (5-1), while Damion Collins made his first career start and scored 12 points and Sahvir Wheeler

CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis point guard Ja Morant left in the first quarter of the Grizzlies’ game against the Atlanta Hawks with a left knee injury. The injury happened with about 3 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter. Morant was on the offensive end when he came up hobbling.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Ben Sheppard matched his career high with 25 points as Belmont defeated Iona 72-65. Nelly Junior Joseph led the Gaels on Friday night with 13 points.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keyen Green scored seven of her 11 points in the fourth quarter as the No. 11-ranked Tennessee women broke away from Kansas 68-58 at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout. Tess Darby scored a career-high 11 for the Lady Vols with a career-best three 3-pointers. Jordan Horston added 14 with 11 rebounds

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier each scored and had an assist to lead the Nashville Predators over the New Jersey Devils 4-2. Philip Tomasino and Mikael Granlund also scored and Juuse Saros made 23 saves for Nashville, winners of two of three. Andreas Johnsson and Tomas

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Grayson McCall raced untouched for a 25-yard touchdown on the first play of overtime, Silas Kelly sacked South Alabama’s Jake Bentley on the final play and Coastal Carolina beat the Jaguars 27-21. Bentley hit Jalen Tolbert at the 10 and he raced for a 57-yard touchdown and a 2-point conversion gave

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Charles Manning Jr. had a career-high 25 points as South Alabama narrowly defeated Hawaii 72-69 in the Las Vegas Classic. Diante Smith had 15 points for South Alabama, which earned its fourth straight win. Jay Jay Chandler, who made two free throws with 10 seconds remaining to seal the win, added

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James has been fined $15,000 for an obscene gesture by the NBA, which also warned the Lakers superstar about using profane language. James made the gesture after making a shot late in Los Angeles’ 124-116 overtime victory in Indiana on Wednesday. He had missed a loss at New York a

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Breece Hall rushed for 242 yards and scored four touchdowns in Iowa State’s win over Texas Christian and set an FBS record for consecutive games with a rushing touchdown. Hall ran 39 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, giving him 24 consecutive games with

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Wake Forest has signed football coach Dave Clawson to what it calls a long-term contract extension after Clawson guided the No. 21 Demon Deacons a historically successful season. The school announced the deal Friday night. It comes a day before Wake Forest plays at Boston College with a chance

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and All-Star infielder Eduardo Escobar have agreed to a free agent contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and hadn’t been

By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored two of his three goals over 56 seconds in the second period and the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 4-3. Ovechkin has 18 goals, most through 21 games in a season by a player in at least his 17th season. He’s 19 goals

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cameron Rising threw for three touchdowns and Tavion Thomas ran for 142 yards and another score to lift No. 16 Utah to a 28-13 win over Colorado. The Utes (9-3, 8-1 Pac-12), who won their fifth straight game, rushed for 265 yards and held Colorado

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Jarred Godfrey scored 19 points as Purdue-Fort Wayne got past Southeastern Louisiana 74-66. Ra Kpedi and Bobby Planutis added 16 points each for the Mastodons (3-1). Gus Okafor had 20 points for the Lions (3-3).

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tre’mon Morris-Brash sacked Timmy McClain on the final play of the game and UCF held off South Florida 17-13 in an American Athletic Conference finale. McClain drove the Bulls from their own 11-yard line down to the UCF 3 using 2:43 to get off 11 plays before running into Morris-Brash. Parker

NEW ORLEANS — Rayshon Harrison tossed in 28 points as Presbyterian turned back Central Arkansas 75-66 in the UNO Classic. Brandon Younger added 14 points for the Blue Hose (5-2). Camren Hunter had 16 points and six rebounds to pace the Bears (1-6).

BOB SUTTON Associated Press GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Desmond Ridder threw two touchdown passes and No. 4 Cincinnati completed a perfect regular season by beating East Carolina 35-13. The Bearcats are trying to become the first team outside of a Power Five conference to compete in the four-team CFP. Defense and special teams played a

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored with 2.3 seconds left, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Austin Peay to a 69-67 win over Howard. Tai Bibbs led the Bison with 12 points.

ATHENS, Ohio — Miles Brown had 19 points as Ohio rolled past Concordia (Mich.) 88-68. Jason Carter and Ben Vander Plas added 16 points apiece for the Bobcats, while Mark Sears chipped in 15. Thomas Hronis led the NAIA-level Cardinals with 23 points.

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers fast-starting rookie forward Evan Mobley could return to the lineup sooner than expected after missing less than two weeks with a sprained right elbow. Mobley got hurt on Nov. 15 against Boston. The Cavs estimated he could be out for as long as one month.

By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored and tied a career high with three assists to help the Minnesota Wild rout the Winnipeg Jets 7-1 on Friday. Mats Zuccarello scored twice before leaving with an apparent injury, Alex Goligoski, Ryan Hartman, Jon Merrill and Matt Dumba also scored in

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Brad Roberts rushed for two touchdowns, Emmanuel Michel ran for 123 yards and a score as Air Force rolled up 511 yards on the ground to defeat UNLV 48-14 in a season-ender. Michel carried 12 times and scored from the 2-yard line in the third quarter as 14 players

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Kierstan Bell, the nation’s leading scorer, poured in a season-high 39 points to lead No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast to an 81-69 win over Tennessee Tech in the San Juan Shootout. Bell scored 17 points in the third quarter as FGCU took a 58-47 lead. Tennessee Tech got within

By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — KJ Jefferson threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 58 yards to help No. 25 Arkansas beat Missouri 34-17 on Friday. Jefferson led Arkansas (8-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) to scores on four straight drives in the third and fourth quarters to

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Ashley Joens poured in 27 points and snagged 15 rebounds and No. 13 Iowa State jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 75-59 victory over Charlotte in the first round of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Joens sank 5 of 11 shots from 3-point range for the Cyclones (5-0).

CHICAGO — Javon Freeman-Liberty had 20 points and 12 rebounds as DePaul beat Northern Kentucky 77-68. Nick Ongenda pitched in with 17 points and four blocks for the unbeaten Blue Demons (5-0).  Marques Warrick had 23 points to lead the Norse (2-3).

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored 18 points, Jaden Shackelford and Juwan Gary each had 14, and No. 10 Alabama beat Drake 80-71 in the consolation round of the ESPN Events Invitational. Gary added 10 rebounds for Alabama, which was shocked 72-68 by coach Rick Pitino’s Iona

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Quincy Williams has been overshadowed on the football field by his younger brother Quinnen for a few years. Quincy went to Murray State, Quinnen to Alabama. Quincy was a third-round draft pick, Quinnen the No.3 overall pick. They’re now teammates with the

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Bryce Williams scored four of his 21 points on back-to-back turn=around jump shots late in overtime and Oklahoma State held on for a 78-77 win over Oral Roberts. The first turnaround boosted Oklahoma State into a 76-75 lead with just under two minutes left and, after an Oral Roberts miss, Williams

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jermaine Brown Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Dylan Hopkins added two TD passes and UAB beat UTEP 42-25 in the regular-season finale for both teams. UAB (8-4, 6-2 Conference USA) and UTEP (7-5, 4-4) await bowl invitations. Brown capped a 40-yard drive with and 1-yard touchdown run with 8:41 left in

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 22 points and No. 19 Auburn beat Syracuse 89-68 in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. K.D. Johnson added 15 points for the Tigers, who went 2-1 in the three-game tournament. Auburn led by 10 at the half

By The Associated Press Right back Kyle Duncan left Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls to sign with Oostende of Belgium’s first tier on a free transfer. The club said the 24-year-old will arrive on Dec. 1 and be eligible to play after the winter break. Duncan spent the past four seasons with the

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday. Troy Terry had a power-play goal and Isac Lundestrom and Derek Grant also scored to help the Ducks end a three-game losing

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The firing of Jason Garrett as New York Giants offensive coordinator isn’t going to change the way the team plays when it has the ball. Running back Saquon Barkley admits there might be a few new wrinkles when the Giants face the Philadelphia Eagles

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say forward Zion Williamson has been cleared to participate in full team activities. But there remains no specific timetable on when the 2019 top overall draft choice out of Duke will play in a game. The upgrade in Williamson’s status came after he underwent imaging on his

MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored 1:27 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Friday. DeBrincat beat Jordan Binnington for his 12th goal with a one-timer from the left side of the crease after taking a cross-ice feed from

NORFOLK, Va. — Mekhi Long sank a jumper as time expired to lift Old Dominion to a 62-61 victory over Longwood. Long finished with 16 points, six rebounds and four blocks to lead the Monarchs (3-4), while C.J. Keyser scored 12. Justin Hill had 14 points for the Lancers (4-3).

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Jackson scored 21 points and the Los Angeles Clippers got back on track with a 107-96 victory over the lowly Detroit Pistons on Friday. After dropping three of four games, the Clippers never trailed. Jackson missed his first five shots, but was 8 of

SAN ANTONIO — Abdul Mohamed had a career-high 25 points as Montana State edged past Portland 69-66 at the Incarnate Word Tournament. Moses Wood led the Pilots with a career-high 22 points.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Cate Reese scored 19 points and No. 9 Arizona broke free from a back-and-forth game against DePaul for a 75-68 victory in the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam tournament. Shaina Pellington scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half as the Wildcats struggled with another pesky opponent