Month: January 2022

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jamal Cain had 26 points and 21 rebounds as Oakland defeated Green Bay 68-61. Trey Townsend added 23 points for the Golden Grizzlies. Donovan Ivory led the Phoenix on Saturday with 18 points.

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Walker Kessler scored 19 points and K.D. Johnson added 17, helping No. 2 Auburn keep its hot streak alive with an 80-71 victory over No. 12 Kentucky. The Tigers rallied from a 10-point deficit to win their 15th straight in likely the biggest home game

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Backup guard Tyree Appleby was the game’s only double-digit scorer with 11 points and Florida owned the second half in a 61-42 victory over Vanderbilt. After leading 31-28 at halftime, Florida scored the first 12 points of the second half and Vanderbilt never recovered. The Commodores scored 14 points after halftime,

DURHAM, N.H. — Nick Guadarrama and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno scored 16 points apiece as New Hampshire defeated UMass Lowell 67-61. Nick Johnson added 14 points for the Wildcats, while Qon Murphy and Jayden Martinez each had 10. Allin Blunt led the River Hawks with 12 points.

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Malachi Smith had 25 points and Chattanooga used a 5-0 run in the last 42 second to send the Mocs past VMI 78-74. Smith made a jumper with 42 seconds to go to give Chattanooga a 75-74 lead, David Jean-Baptiste made two foul shots with 16 seconds left and Darius Banks

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Ben Krikke had 21 points and his final two on a jumper with six seconds left lifted Valparaiso past Indiana State 75-73. Cameron Henry led the Sycamores on Saturday with 25 points, tying his season high.

NEWARK, Del. — Dylan Painter had 23 points plus 12 rebounds as Delaware extended its home win streak to seven games, edging past Elon 80-77. Torrence Watson led the Phoenix on Saturday with 20 points.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have scratched linebacker Rashaan Evans for their AFC divisional game after he started 11 of 12 games this season. Evans was not on the injury report all week. The Titans also scratched defensive lineman Teair Tart, while Cincinnati wide receiver Stanley Morgan sat. They were the only players

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has ended its poor run of results by scoring twice in stoppage time to rally from two goals down and beat Valencia 3-2 in the Spanish league. The victory ended a three-match winless streak that included elimination in the Copa del Rey and the

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — James Bishop scored 15 points and hit a go-ahead jumper with 55 seconds remaining to propel George Washington to a 63-61 victory over Rhode Island. Hunter Dean had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Colonials (6-11, 2-3 Atlantic 10 Conference), who snapped a six-game losing streak on the road. Jeremy

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have placed forward Jujhar Khaira and defenseman Riley Stillman on injured reserve. Khaira is dealing with a lower back issue. Stillman left Friday night’s 5-1 loss to Minnesota with a left shoulder injury. The move for Khaira, who has three goals and no assists in his first season with

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Man City dropping points, Newcastle winning a game and a drone stopping play. There were plenty of unusual occurrences in the Premier League on Saturday even if a late, late winner by Manchester United felt ever so familiar. Few could have expected City to fail to win at Southampton.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Terrence Shannon scored a season-high 23 points and 18th-ranked Texas Tech remained undefeated at home with a 78-65 win over West Virginia. It was the 1,300th college game coached by West Virginia’s Bob Huggins. He is in his 40th season overall, and 16th at his alma mater. The Mountaineers have lost

BOSTON (AP) — James Karnik scored a career-high 26 points, Makai Ashton-Langford added 18 points, and Boston College defeated Virginia Tech 68-63. T.J. Bickerstaff had seven points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Boston College. Virginia Tech had a chance to take the lead in the final minute but trailing 64-63 Nahiem Alleyne and Keve

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Payton Willis scored a career-high 32 points, matching a program record with eight 3-pointers, and short-handed Minnesota snapped a four-game losing streak with an improbable 68-65 win over Rutgers. Missing three starters, including their top scorer, the Gophers took the victory with the conference-minimum seven scholarship players available. Minnesota played without Jamison

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Edin Džeko netted a last-gasp winner to help Inter Milan beat virus-hit Venezia 2-1 and move five points clear at the top of Serie A. Nicolò Barella had canceled out Thomas Henry’s shock opener for Venezia in the first half. Defending champion Inter’s next match is against

INDIANAPOLIS — Trevon Faulkner posted 18 points as Northern Kentucky got past IUPUI 60-41. Bakari LaStrap led the Jaguars on Saturday with 11 points.

By BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Collin Gillespie had 28 points, Justin Moore added 19 and No. 11 Villanova won at Georgetown 85-74 on Saturday. Gillespie connected on 6 of 9 3-pointers, including four in the second half. Villanova erased an eight-point second-half deficit to continue it dominance over Georgetown. The Wildcats (14-5,

NEW YORK — Myles Cale had a season-high 21 points as Seton Hall beat St. John’s 66-60. Aaron Wheeler led the Red Storm on Saturday with 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

BANGOR, Maine — Nathan Johnson registered 17 points as Maryland-Baltimore County beat Maine 88-46. Adefolalrin Adetogun led the Black Bears on Saturday with 10 points.

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Manchester City’s winning run in the Premier League has ended at 12 matches after a 1-1 draw at Southampton. The Saints took points off the leaders for the second time this season. City needed a 65th-minute header by Aymeric Laporte to earn a point at St. Mary’s, after Southampton took the

BOSTON (AP) — Zach Cooks had 19 points off the bench to lead Hofstra to a 72-50 win over Northeastern. Jahmyl Telfort led the Huskies on Saturday with 11 points.

By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — AJ Griffin hit five 3-pointers — the most by a Duke player this season — and the sixth-ranked Blue Devils routed visiting Syracuse 79-59. Griffin was one of four players for Duke with 15 points, joining Paolo Banchero, Wendell Moore Jr. and Mark Williams. Banchero had

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has signed Iran forward Sardar Azmoun for next season. The club announced the transfer shortly after it scored five goals in a Bundesliga game. Leverkusen says the 27-year-old Iran international will join on a free transfer after deciding not to extend his contract with Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg.

PARIS (AP) — New recruit Cedric Bakambu scored on his debut as Marseille won 2-0 at Lens to move to second place in the French league. Marseille is one point ahead of Nice, which plays at Metz on Sunday. PSG has a 10-point lead at the top of the standings ahead of its home game

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — American freestyle skier Aaron Blunck landed on the lip of the halfpipe 15 months ago in Switzerland while working on a demanding trick. He lacerated his kidney, broke six ribs, fractured his pelvis and bruised his heart in the crash. In so much pain, he

LONDON (AP) — Ruben Neves has scored a late goal to give Wolverhampton a 2-1 victory over Brentford in a Premier League game interrupted for almost 20 minutes because of a drone that hovered above the field. Ivan Toney’s volley in the 71st minute offset João Moutinho’s goal for Wolves three minutes into the second

LEEDS, England (AP) — Newcastle claimed just its second Premier League win of the season by beating Leeds 1-0 in a big boost to its ambitions of avoiding relegation. Jonjo Shelvey’s low free kick flew past a slew of outstretched legs in the area and squeezed into the far corner of the net in the

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn defensive coordinator Derek Mason has stepped down and been replaced by Jeff Schmedding. Tigers coach Bryan Harsin announced that switch and other changes to the defensive staff. Mason, a former Vanderbilt head coach, held the coordinator position in Harsin’s first season. Schmedding had been assistant head coach/linebackers coach and defensive

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford scored in the third and final minute of stoppage time to earn Manchester United a 1-0 win over West Ham that lifted the team above its opponent into fourth place in the Premier League. Rashford was on as a second-half substitute and tapped in a cross from fellow replacement

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Max Kruse has scored twice for Union Berlin to leave Borussia Mönchengladbach in crisis after a 2-1 defeat in the Bundesliga. It’s Gladbach’s fourth consecutive league loss at home and comes just days after its German Cup exit to second-division Hannover. The defeat piles the pressure

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mai Mihara has won her second career Four Continents figure skating title in a strong recovery from missing out on the Japanese team for the Winter Olympics. Mihara scored a total 218.03 points to win a second Four Continents title after claiming the gold in 2017. South Korean skaters claimed the

DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Comoros will be without a goalkeeper to take on Cameroon at the African Cup of Nations after the team was hit by a wave of COVID-19 cases at the continental tournament. Comoros manager El Hadad Himidi says 12 members of the Comoros delegation have tested positive for the virus, including the

LONDON (AP) — Play was suspended for nearly 20 minutes in the first half of a Premier League match between Brentford and Wolverhampton because a drone was hovering above the field. The referee instructed players to leave the field in the 34th minute at Brentford Community Stadium in west London. The teams re-emerged and briefly

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press Jon Vaughn’s small blue-and-white camper has been parked outside the home of the University of Michigan’s president since early October, and he says it isn’t moving anytime soon. The 51-year-old former star running back is one of more than 1,000 students who say they were sexually abused

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Lucas Digne has marked his return to Goodison Park by setting up Aston Villa’s goal in a 1-0 victory over former club Everton in the Premier League and getting struck on the head by a bottle thrown from the crowd in the ensuing celebrations. The France left back was sold by

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken are World Cup overall champions for the sixth time. They’ve reclaimed that title just in time for the Olympics. Eggert and Benecken won the season’s World Cup doubles finale. That win was good enough to vault them into the top spot in the season-ending standings.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A soccer fan has been arrested after two Aston Villa players appeared to be struck by a bottle thrown from the crowd as they celebrated their team’s goal in the 1-0 win at Everton in the Premier League. One of the players was Lucas Digne, who recently joined Villa from Everton.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Scott Jamieson has stayed on course for a wire-to-wire win at the Abu Dhabi Championship by making birdie at the last hole to retain his one-stroke lead at the end of the third round. The Scottish player is ranked No. 336 and seeking his first title since 2012.