Month: January 2022

DETROIT (AP) — Saddiq Bey hit a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in overtime and finished with 21 points, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 117-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Hamidou Diallo had 34 points and 13 rebounds to lead Detroit, which had lost four in a row and 18 of its last

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mississippi quarterback Matt Corral injured his right leg while being sacked by Baylor’s Cole Maxwell during the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl. Corral took a couple of paces on his own as he walked into an injury tent on the sideline. But he was carted to the locker room for

TORONTO (AP) — Justin Holl and Ilya Mikheyev scored on the same first-period penalty kill for their first goals of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the Ottawa Senators 6-0 on Saturday night at fan-less Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs and Senators returned to action for the first time since the NHL’s expanded

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Max Abmas scored 20 points and Francis Lacis added 14 points and Oral Roberts topped the century mark for the second time this season in beating Omaha 107-62. Abmas led ORU in scoring for the 12th time this season. It was his eighth 20-plus point game of the season. Oral Roberts

By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — DeMar DeRozan hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the second straight game to give the Chicago Bulls a 120-119 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. Kyle Kuzma’s 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds to play gave Washington a 119-117 lead, until DeRozan’s 3. DeRozan finished with

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Miryne Thomas made two baskets in the final 24 seconds and Ball State opened Mid-American Conference play with an 81-80 victory over Bowling Green. Luke Bumbalough matched his season high with 21 points for the Cardinals (6-6). Freshman Payton Sparks added a career-high 20 points with nine rebounds. Thomas finished with

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Isaiah Wong scored 25 points and Charlie Moore scored 18 points on 6-for-7 shooting and streaking Miami won its seventh straight in beating Wake Forest 92-84. Jordan Miller scored 17 points and Kameron McGusty 15 on 10-for-11 shooting from the foul line. The Hurricanes made half their 18 3-point attempts

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jalen Cook scored 20 points and Tulane beat Cincinnati 68-60 in the Bearcats’ American Athletic Conference season opener. The Green Wave built a 25-8 lead and extended the margin to 48-25 at halftime. A four-minute Tulane scoring drought down the stretch helped Cincinnati go from down 63-48 to within 63-56 with a

By DAVE CAMPBELL and JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writers MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four-time Olympian Hilary Knight is one of 15 players with prior Winter Games experience on the U.S. women’s team seeking to defend its gold medal next month. Knight joined Jenny Potter, Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu as the only American women to make

REDDICK, Fla. (AP) — The Triple Crown-winning trainer of Seattle Slew has died. Billy Turner died at his home in Florida, where he had been in hospice care after battling prostate cancer for two years, according to his wife, Pat. Turner trained Seattle Slew to an undefeated season in 1977, highlighted by a sweep of

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Stroud capped his record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles’ 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 on Saturday night in the wild 108th edition of the Rose

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double of the season and the Milwaukee Bucks won their sixth straight game, beating the New Orleans Pelicans 136-113 on Saturday night. Antetokounmpo has averaged 33 points, 11.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in

SYDNEY (AP) — The United States beat Canada and defending champion Russia defeated France at the ATP Cup. The Americans took a much easier route. John Isner and Taylor Fritz beat their Canadian singles opponents and then clinched the match in doubles for a 3-0 win. Russia needed the deciding doubles match to clinch victory

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Newgrange won the $100,000 Sham Stakes by 2 3/4 lengths ahead of stablemate Rockefeller at Santa Anita, giving trainer Bob Baffert two Kentucky Derby prospects. Baffert earned his third straight win in the Grade 3 Sham for 3-year-olds and his eighth overall. John Velazquez aboard

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kihei Clark and Armaan Franklin scored 17 points apiece and Kadin Shedrick had a double-double and Virginia beat Syracuse 74-69. Buddy Boeheim’s 3-pointer with 1:19 left brought Syracuse within 72-69 but the Orange missed their last three shots while Clark made two free throws with 22 seconds left to seal it.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Jabari Rice had 15 points and nine rebounds as New Mexico State won its seventh straight game, defeating Chicago State 78-61 in its Western Athletic Conference opener. Teddy Allen and Marchelus Avery both scored 11 points for the Aggies (12-2). Jahsean Corbett scored a season-high 26 points for the Cougars

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Eric Reed Jr. had a career-high 34 points as Southeast Missouri defeated Austin Peay 98-79 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Reed shot 9 for 10 from the foul line and added eight rebounds for the Redhawks (6-9, 1-1). Caleb Stone-Carrawell had 18 points for the Governors (4-8, 0-2), who have

DENTON, Texas (AP) — Tylor Perry had 18 points and North Texas rolled past Rice 75-43 in a Conference USA opener. Mardrez McBride had 17 points for the Mean Green (8-3, 1-0), who won their sixth straight game. Quincy Olivari had eight points for the Owls (7-5).

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Members of the Russian and Czech Republic world junior hockey teams were removed from a New Year’s Eve flight from Calgary to Frankfurt, Germany, with fellow passengers saying the Russian squad caused a disturbance by smoking and refusing to wear masks. Calgary Police said in a statement Saturday that its Airport

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Clifford Omoruyi had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Rutgers built a 45-point lead early in the second half en route to a 79-48 victory over Central Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights led 44-14 at halftime then went on a 20-5 run to open the second half before weary Central Connecticut found

JONESBORO, Ark. — Norchad Omier scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Arkansas State beat Georgia Southern 74-56. Marquis Eaton and Desi Sills added 15 points apiece for the Red Wolves. Sills also had five steals. Andrei Savrasov scored 13 points for the Eagles.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Malik Osborne scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half and Cam’Ron Fletcher and Matthew Cleveland made big plays in the final seconds to help Florida State edge North Carolina State 83-81. Fletcher scored 14 points and Cleveland and Caleb Mills 13 each as the Seminoles survived a 32-point

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kim English probably didn’t have Kansas guard Jalen Coleman-Lands or forward Mitch Lightfoot circled on his scouting report, especially considering the George Mason coach only had a couple days to put it together. The two backups certainly made English pay for it. Coleman-Lands came off

LAS VEGAS — Keshad Johnson posted 10 points and 11 rebounds to carry San Diego State to a 62-55 win over UNLV. Donovan Williams led the Runnin’ Rebels on Saturday with 16 points and three blocks.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Fla. (AP) — Eric Lovett scored 19 points and Denver Jones scored 16 and Florida International pulled away from NAIA-member St. Thomas (Fla) in the second half for a 95-72 win. The Panthers went on a 7-0 run early in the second half after St. Thomas drew within 40-37 42 seconds into the

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is forgoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Howell’s decision was not surprising, but he made it official with a video posted on North Carolina football’s official Twitter account. He is considered a potential first-round draft pick. The junior will leave college as

WASHINGTON — Evan Taylor had a career-high 25 points as Lehigh defeated American 63-61. Elijah Stephens led the Eagles on Saturday with 18 points.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Linton Acliese III had a career-high 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Eastern Washington defeated Northern Arizona 78-65 in Big Sky Conference play. Acliese III hit 13 of 17 shots for the Eagles (8-6, 2-1) in picking up his fourth double-double of the season. Keith Haymon had 19 points to

BOONE, N.C. — Adrian Delph had 29 points as Appalachian State defeated Louisiana-Monroe 77-69. Donovan Gregory had 15 points and Michael Almonacy added 13 points and 10 assists for the Mountaineers. Koreem Ozier had 19 points for the Warhawks.

OREM, Utah (AP) — Fardaws Aimaq had 21 points and 16 rebounds and Connor Harding scored 17 and Utah Valley thumped Tarleton State 77-55. The Wolverines now have won three of their last four following a two-game skid. Shamir Bogues scored 17 points for the Texans. 

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Jalen Rucker had 21 points as Army narrowly beat Loyola (Md.) 77-74 in overtime. Loyola trailed by 13 at halftime and tied the score only once in the second half — on Cam Spencer’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer to force overtime at 68-all. Army scored the first six points of overtime en route

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Mark Sears had 21 points as Ohio defeated Western Michigan 59-47. Jason Carter had 17 points and eight rebounds for Ohio, which won its fifth straight game. Lamar Norman Jr. had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Broncos.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Anders Nelson had 20 points as St. Thomas (Minnesota) routed Western Illinois 89-66. Tamell Pearson led the Leathernecks on Saturday with 13 points.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Amin Adamu scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Montana State stifled Idaho State in a 60-40. The Bobcats held Idaho State to 25.5% shooting and limited the Bengals to a season-low 19 points before intermission. Emmit Taylor III scored 12 points for the Bengals.

KENT. Ohio (AP) — Sincere Carry scored 19 points and iced Kent State’s 66-63 win with two free throws in the last 11 seconds as the Golden Flashes held off Toledo. Carry was 5 of 21 from the field and converted 7 of 8 at the foul line. Ryan Rollins scored 14 points with nine

OAKLAND, Mich. — Jamal Cain had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Oakland defeated Youngstown State 87-72. Michael Akuchie led the Penguins with 21 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

ARLINGTON, Texas — David Azore had 24 points as Texas-Arlington edged past Troy 62-57 . The Mavericks scored the game’s final 10 points, including seven from Azore. Shemar Wilson had 10 points for Texas-Arlington, which earned its fourth straight home victory. Efe Odigie had 13 points and nine rebounds for Troy. 

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Aljami Durham scored 17 points and No. 21 Providence beat DePaul 70-53. The Friars are off to their best start since the 2015-16 team won 14 of its first 15. They grabbed a 25-point halftime lead on the way to their eighth straight win. Justin Minaya

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A promising young coach, a souped-up passing game and a couple turnover gifts from Oklahoma State’s offense weren’t enough to end Notre Dame’s January postseason misery. The Irish built a 21-point lead in the first half of the Fiesta Bowl only to watch it slowly

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY. (AP) — Vin Baker Jr. and DeAndre Gholston each scored 14 points as Milwaukee defeated Northern Kentucky 61-55. Sam Vinson led the Norse with 18 points and six rebounds.

AKRON, Ohio — Ali Ali had a career-high 32 points as Akron beat Buffalo 88-76. Ronaldo Segu led the Bulls on Saturday with 19 points.

By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Noah Dobson scored 3:52 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the slumping Edmonton Oilers. Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Islanders, who got their first win beyond regulation this season after losing the first six. Ilya

By JOHN DENTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez ran for a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play, and No. 25 Kentucky rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky was forced to rally after blowing a 10-point lead in the second half. Wan’Dale Robinson

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — KJ Buffen matched his season high with 20 points as UAB routed UTSA 87-59. Jordan Walker had 19 points for UAB. Jacob Germany tied a career high with 26 points and had 10 rebounds for UTSA.

By JIM DIAMOND The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tanner Jeannot scored twice while Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johansen each scored once and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.  Nick Cousins and Roman Josi also scored, Mattias Ekholm had three assists and

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Justin Moore hit a go-ahead jumper with 1:36 to play and No. 22 Villanova posted a tough 73-67 victory over short-handed but gutsy No. 15 Seton Hall. Collin Gillespie scored 21 points, Brandon Slater added 17 and Moore had 13 for the Wildcats (9-4, 2-1

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brian “Red” Hamilton was in the middle of moving equipment on the Vancouver Canucks’ bench in between periods on Oct. 23 in Seattle when he noticed a woman behind the bench pressing her phone against the plexiglass. The message expressed Nadia Popovici’s concern that she believed

AMES, Iowa (AP) — James Akinjo scored 16 points, LJ Cryer had 10 of his 13 in the second half, and top-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Iowa State 77-72 for the Cyclones’ first loss. Baylor never trailed in only the fourth Division I matchup of 12-0 teams in 40 years and the first game between

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Greg Summers scored a season-high 20 points on 12-for-15 shooting from the foul line and Navy beat Holy Cross 70-56 in a Patriot League opener for both teams. Gerrale Gates had 17 points for the Crusaders, who now have lost seven straight.

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Rodri scored a stoppage-time winner to complete Manchester City’s comeback to win 2-1 at Arsenal and move the champions 11 points in front of second-place Chelsea at the top of the standings. Bukayo Saka’s goal for Arsenal was canceled out by Riyad Mahrez’s penalty in

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Brown scored 20 points and Kobe Julien’s 3-pointer with seconds left carried Louisiana-Lafayette past Coastal Carolina 65-64. Julien scored 16 points and blocked three blocks for Louisiana-Lafayette which now has won back-to-back contests following a two-game skid. Josh Uduje scored 15 points for the Chanticleers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs downgraded running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to out of Sunday’s game in Cincinnati. Edwards-Helaire hurt his shoulder early in the second half of last weekend’s romp past Pittsburgh. He did not participate in practice this week and was listed as questionable on the final injury report before

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brady Skjei and Steven Lorentz scored twice and the Carolina Hurricanes had the last seven goals to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4. The Hurricanes (23-7-1) scored four times in a 3:57 span of the third to overcome a 4-2 deficit. They had five goals in the period. Ethan Bear scored

DAYTON, Ohio — Trey Calvin hit a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining to give Wright State a 72-69 victory over Green Bay. Tanner Holden had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Wright State. He made 12 of 13 free throws. Green Bay led 66-60 with 3:18 remaining but managed only three free throws the rest

BOSTON — Sukhmail Mathon had 21 points plus 18 rebounds as Boston University edged past Bucknell 63-61. Andrew Funk led the Bison on Saturday with 25 points.

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored on a wrist shot from the slot 34 seconds into overtime and Boston completed a 4-3 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the Bruins’ first game in 16 days. Playing for the first time since Dec. 16 after six of their games were

By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of longtime NFL player and coach Dan Reeves is coming in from around the league. Former Broncos quarterback John Elway says Reeves “was a winner,” even though he lost all four of his Super Bowl appearances as a head coach. Elway says Reeves “was instrumental in my

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 for their third straight win. Aleksander Barkov, Frank Vatrano and Mason Marchment also scored and Jonathan Huberdeau added three assists for the Panthers, who improved to 17-3 at home. Jonathan Drouin

By The Associated Press American forward Daryl Dike signed with West Bromwich Albion of the second-tier English League Championship on the first day of the winter transfer window, agreeing to a 4 1/2-season contract. The 21-year-old from Edmond, Oklahoma, scored nine goals in 22 matches while on loan to second-tier Barnsley during the second half

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique

LONDON (AP) — Manuel Lanzini scored twice before West Ham held off a late fightback from Crystal Palace to win 3-2 in the Premier League. Two goals in three first-half minutes helped West Ham take control of the London derby with Michail Antonio’s ninth goal of the season opening the scoring in the 22nd minute

LEXINGTON, Va. — Jake Stephens had 23 points as VMI beat Furman 76-67. Jalen Slawson led the Paladins with 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

By The Associated Press The Indianapolis Colts activated quarterback Carson Wentz from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday and he should be able to start against Las Vegas on Sunday. Wentz, who is unvaccinated, must have a negative test Sunday to be allowed to play under new protocols adopted by the NFL and the players’ union this

MILWAUKEE — Ryan Hawkins made a 3-pointer with 1:55 remaining in double overtime to give Creighton the lead en route to a 75-69 win over Marquette. Ryan Kalkbrenner had a career-high 20 points plus 12 rebounds to lead the Bluejays. Oso Ighodaro led the Golden Eagles with a career-high 22 points.

WICHITA, Kan. — Josh Minott scored 15 points and DeAndre Williams and Jalen Duren added 14 points each as Memphis topped Wichita State 82-64 on Saturday. Tyson Etienne led the Shockers on Saturday with 17 points.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The national championship game quarterbacks are a former five-star recruit already with a Heisman Trophy and a former walk-on ending a long journey with his home state team. Sophomore Bryce Young is the first Alabama quarterback to win the Heisman. The Southern California native won

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marcus Carr scored a season-best 20 points and No. 17 Texas defeated short-handed West Virginia 74-59 in the Big 12 opener for both teams. The Mountaineers’ eight-game winning streak was snapped. West Virginia played without starting guard and leading scorer Taz Sherman along with reserves Gabe

MONACO (AP) — Monaco has fired coach Niko Kovac with the club sixth in the French league at the mid-season break. Monaco says Kovac was informed on Thursday during a meeting. Reserve team coach Stephane Nado will take over in an interim role for Sunday’s French Cup game away to second-tier Quevilly-Rouen. French sports daily