Month: January 2022

NEW YORK — Antonio Daye Jr.’s layup with four seconds left lifted Fordham to a 72-71 win over Duquesne on Wednesday night. Daye and Darius Quisenberry scored 16 points each and Chuba Ohams had 14 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocks for Fordham. Amir Spears had 20 points for the Dukes. Leon Ayers III added

RADFORD, Va. — Justin Hill had a season-high 24 points as Longwood topped Radford 83-75 in overtime. Bryan Hart led the Highlanders on Wednesday night with 18 points.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jacob Boonyasith scored 14 points and Dimitrije Spasojevic scored 13 and UMBC beat NJIT 76-56 on Wednesday night to end its five-game losing streak. Souleymane Diakite scored 14 points for the Highlanders.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Limits on ticket sales have been introduced for the Australian Open because of surging COVID-19 cases four days before the first tennis major of 2022 is set to begin. The Victoria state government says ticket sales will be capped at 50% for any sessions that have not already sold to that

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gordon Hayward made his first nine shots and scored 30 points and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-98 on Wednesday night. The Hornets had lost to the Sixers 16 straight times. The Hornets hadn’t won against the Sixers since Nov. 2, 2016.  Terry Rozier

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 34 points, Jayson Tatum added 33 and the Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 119-100. Boston snapped a six-game road losing streak while beating Indiana for the second time in three days and the fourth straight time. Myles Turner had 18 points and

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored 22 points and No. 23 Oklahoma ended an 11-game losing streak against No. 14 Baylor with a come-from-behind 83-77 victory. The Sooners didn’t take a lead until Vann hit a 3-pointer to make it 78-75 lead with 2:56 to play. That was part of a 9-0 run that

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Finn Sullivan had 19 points to lead five Vermont players in double figures as the Catamounts rolled past Stony Brook 98-65. Ryan Davis added 17 points for the Catamounts on Wednesday night. Ben Shungu chipped in 13, Aaron Deloney scored 11 and Justin Mazzulla had 10. Anthony Roberts and Tykei Greene led

KINGSTON, R.I. — Makhel Mitchell posted 15 points as Rhode Island won its seventh consecutive home game, defeating Saint Joseph’s 75-64. Ejike Obinna led the Hawks on Wednesday night with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — D’Maurian Williams had 16 points and six rebounds as Gardner-Webb edged Presbyterian 64-61. Rayshon Harrison led the Blue Hose on Wednesday night with 21 points.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Jaylen Sims had 20 points as UNC Wilmington topped Elon 73-66. Darius Burford led the Phoenix on Wednesday night with 23 points, tying his season high.

TULSA, Okla. — Nick Jourdain had a career-high 24 points as Temple defeated Tulsa 69-64. Jeriah Horne led the Golden Hurricane on Wednesday night with 15 points.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Darin Green Jr. had 20 points as Central Florida got past Memphis 74-64. Tyler Harris led the Tigers with 15 points.

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Jordan Whitfield posted 18 points as Campbell got past Charleston Southern 67-52. Tahlik Chavez led the Buccaneers with 17 points.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeremiah Davenport matched his season high with 22 points as Cincinnati topped East Carolina 79-71. Vance Jackson led the Pirates on Wednesday night with a career-high 35 points.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Conley Garrison had a season-high 23 points as Furman got past East Tennessee State 78-69 in Southern Conference action. Garrison shot 8 for 10 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and grabbed seven rebounds for the Paladins (12-6, 4-1), who have won six straight at home. Mike

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 21 points, Justin Moore had 16 and No. 14 Villanova held off No. 17 Xavier 64-60. Moore, the reigning Big East player of the week, scored 10 points in the second half and finished with nine rebounds to help the Wildcats win their fifth

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored a career-high 28 points and Mississippi State quickly overtook Georgia in the second half, winning 88-72. Molinar was 11-of-18 shooting with seven assists. Javian Davis produced 18 productive minutes off the bench with 12 points, a team-high six rebounds and three blocks. Cameron Matthews and Andersson Garica added

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Christyn Williams scored 19 points apiece and Caroline Ducharme added 18 as No. 10 UConn rolled past Butler 92-47 on Wednesday night. Evina Westbrook contributed 13 points and Aaliyah Edwards 12 points for the Huskies (8-3, 3-0 Big East). Celena Taborn scored 13 and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Staley gave his Los Angeles Chargers players something to think about when they held their final meeting of the season Monday — “all endings are beginnings.” Even though the Chargers missed the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion with a 35-32 overtime loss to the

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears interviewed former Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson and Cleveland Browns executive Glenn Cook for their vacant coach and general manager jobs. The two positions opened Monday when the Bears fired former coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace on the heels of a 6-11 season. Pederson

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Christian Shumate had 22 points plus 17 rebounds as McNeese State easily defeated Arlington Baptist 120-44. Brendan Medley-Bacon added 20 points for the Cowboys. Trey Ballard led the Patriots on Wednesday with 13 points.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing will miss the Hoyas’ game against visiting Butler because of what his team said Wednesday were D.C. Department of Health guidelines. The news release announcing the former Georgetown and NBA star’s absence Thursday did not offer any other details or explanation. Georgetown said assistant Louis Orr would

By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Bills can thank their surging ground game for their late-season run to winning their second consecutive AFC East title. Buffalo heads into its wild-card playoff against New England on Saturday night on a four-game winning streak that is partly due to its renewed commitment

By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles are a better team than the squad that lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6. There are still plenty of reasons why the defending Super Bowl champions are 8 1/2-point favorites in Sunday’s NFC wild-card game. High among those reasons is the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo’s long-term future as quarterback in San Francisco has been in doubt ever since the 49ers traded away three first-round picks in the spring to make Trey Lance the heir apparent at the position. The present has Garoppolo ready to lead the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Mac Jones called his performance in the Patriots’ regular-season finale loss to Miami “super embarrassing.” It was a critical self-analysis by the only rookie quarterback taken in the first round of the NFL draft since 2013 to finish his first season with a winning record.

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Alexis Sánchez scored with practically the last kick of the match to help Inter Milan win the Italian Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over bitter rival Juventus after extra time. Sánchez’s goal came after an error from the Juventus defense and sparked scenes of wild

WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a snowmobile driver who veered into a highly touted sled dog team in northern Wisconsin and injured two of the dogs, including one that ran the Iditarod last year. Ryan Redington, the Alaskan musher and two-time winner of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, was out with