Month: December 2021

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Shelby Adams had 14 points as Texas State won its seventh straight game, rolling past Lamar 67-47. Kasen Harrison led the Cardinals with 11 points.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Nysier Brooks scored all 12 of his points in the second half to spark Mississippi to a 62-52 victory over Middle Tennessee. Brooks sat out the final seven minutes of the first half with two fouls but finished 5-of-6 shooting with seven rebounds and provided the points for a pair of

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 21 points and Isaac Okoro added 20 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fifth straight game, a 124-89 rout of the Houston Rockets. Ricky Rubio had seven points and a season-high 12 assists, and Dean Wade scored 16 points for Cleveland, which led 84-39

DURHAM, N.C. — Kris Monroe recorded 17 points as North Carolina Central beat Gardner-Webb 72-71. Randy Miller Jr. added 10 points on Wednesday night for the Eagles, who forced a season-high 27 turnovers. Jordan Sears led the Runnin’ Bulldogs with 15 points and six assists.

By JOHN DENTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trae Young played through a neck injury to score 28 points, John Collins had 21 points and 10 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 111-99 on Wednesday night to end a two-game losing streak. Young left for the locker room late in the

CLINTON, S.C. — Kobe Stewart had 19 points as Presbyterian romped past Carver College 98-33. Cameron Knight led the Cougars with 7 points.

ELON, N.C. — Jerald Gillens-Butler hit a 3-point from the left wing with 1.3 seconds left and Michael Graham had 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead Elon to a 63-61 win over Winthrop, ending the Phoenix’s seven-game losing streak. D.J. Burns Jr. led the Eagles with 23 points.

TEANECK, N.J. — Chris Maidoh had 13 points off the bench to lift Fairfield to a 72-54 win over Fairleigh Dickinson. Pier-Olivier Racine led the Knights on Wednesday night with 12 points.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Collins Joseph had 14 points off the bench to carry Bethune-Cookman to an 88-41 win over NCCAA-member Johnson University (FL). Antwan Bradley led the Suns with 13 points.

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 19 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks while top-ranked South Carolina dominated the boards to beat No. 15 Duke 55-46. South Carolina finished with a 44-26 rebounding advantage that included 19-6 on the offensive glass, leading to a 17-4 edge in second-chance

PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Mahan posted 18 points as Central Florida topped Temple 65-48. Jeremiah Williams led the Owls with 11 points.

RICHMOND, Va. — KeShawn Curry recorded 13 points as VCU routed Florida Atlantic 66-46. Jalen DeLoach added nine points on Wednesday night for the Rams, who forced a season-high 25 turnovers.. Alijah Martin led the Owls with 13 points.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Trazarien White had 21 points as UNC Wilmington romped past Mount Olive 85-55. Michael Brown led the Trojans on Wednesday night with 10 points.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Jaylen Minnett had 16 points off the bench to carry Missouri State to a 75-63 win over South Dakota State. Douglas Wilson led the Jackrabbits with 18 points.

DAYTON, Ohio — Ali Ali had 19 points as Akron got past Wright State 66-48. Tanner Holden led the Raiders with 12 points.

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Elijah McCadden registered 17 points and eight rebounds as Georgia Southern edged past Campbell 69-66. Jesus Carralero led the Fighting Camels with 16 points and eight rebounds.

RICHMOND, Ky. — Russhard Cruickshank had 17 points as Eastern Kentucky rolled past NAIA-level Midway 121-67. Jomaru Brown added 16 points for the Colonels and Cooper Robb scored 15. Raekwon Evans led the Eagles with 31 points and nine rebounds.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Jalen Gibbs scored 16 points and Jacksonville State beat Florida International 66-59. Tevin Brewer led the Panthers with 13 points and six rebounds.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Taylor Mikesell established season bests with 27 points and seven 3-pointers, leading five into double-figure scoring as No. 24 Ohio State raced past Alabama State 97-51. Mikesell matched her season high with five 3-pointers by halftime. She finished shooting 10-for-19 overall and 7-for-16 from distance. Rebeka Mikulasikova scored 12 points and

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Khayla Pointer scored 19 points with 10 rebounds and three steals and No. 22 LSU coasted to a 100-36 win over Alcorn State. Alexis Morris scored 14 points for the Tigers, who put all 13 players in the scoring column for the second-straight game. LSU shot 61% (38 of 62)

ATHENS, Ohio — Mark Sears scored 24 points with the help of 10-made foul shots and Ohio beat Marshall 75-65. Obinna Anochili-Killen led the Thundering Herd with 18 points.

WASHINGTON — Tyler Beard had a season-high 23 points as Georgetown defeated Howard 85-73. Kyle Foster led the Bison on Wednesday night with a career-high 26 points.

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rockets coach Stephen Silas is being treated for dehydration in the locker room after leaving the court during their game against the Cavaliers. Silas motioned to assistant coach John Lucas to take over the team as he walked off the floor late in the first quarter, remaining

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ben Sheppard had 23 points as Belmont beat Chattanooga 76-68. Malachi Smith led the Mocs on Wednesday with 27 points and seven rebounds.

By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — U.S. sports leagues are seeing rapidly increasing COVID-19 outbreaks with dozens of players in health and safety protocols, amid an ongoing surge by the delta variant of the coronavirus and rising cases of the highly transmissible omicron mutation. Both the NBA and NHL have postponed games

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from next month’s Australian Open and two warm-up tournaments because of a right hand injury sustained in training. Australian Open officials confirmed the world fourth-ranked player’s withdrawal and said in a tweet: “wishing you a speedy recovery.” Pliskova had earlier said on social media “unfortunately I hurt

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple hired Stan Drayton on Wednesday as its new football coach. Drayton joins Ron Dickerson as the only Black head coaches in Temple football history. Drayton spent five years at Texas where he was associate head coach and run game coordinator and has coached for nearly

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — La’Mical Perine has mastered the ability to stay patient in two seasons in the NFL. Even when he has wanted more than anything to be on the field for the New York Jets. The fourth-round pick out of Florida last year has

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Some of the numbers attached to the Seattle Seahawks defense this season are downright unrecognizable. Most glaring is that no team in the league is allowing more total yards than the Seahawks. Seattle is giving up nearly 400 yards per game. But there is a

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Dee Ford won’t be coming back this season for the San Francisco 49ers and quite possibly not at all. The Niners declined to activate Ford from injured reserve, sending him home to rest the lingering back injury that has limited him to seven

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has been playing well despite barely practicing because of a broken pinky toe, said he’d like to avoid surgery unless “absolutely necessary.” Coming off a bye week that resulted in some healing and optimism that he could get back on a regular preparation

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Texas A&M holds the lead in the race for the national recruiting title in college football. The Aggies are in front in the 247Sports Composite rankings. Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher put together his fourth straight top-10 class. Alabama won nine of the previous 11 recruiting titles and is

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s game against Alabama State has been called off because of COVID-19 protocols. The decision was announced an hour before the fourth-ranked Bruins were set to take the court. Earlier in the day, UCLA said coach Mick Cronin would miss the game because of COVID-19 protocols. He to be replaced by