Month: February 2022

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — One way or another, there’s a good chance Marie-France Dubreuil and husband Patrice Lauzon will be celebrating another Olympic champion by the time ice dance finishes at the Beijing Games. Their school, the Ice Academy of Montreal, has become the most dominant in any figure skating

BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Former Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green shot a 2-under 70 and trails surprise leader and fellow West Australian golfer Whitney Hillier by two strokes after two rounds of the Vic Open. Hillier shot a 5-under 68 on the Creek course at 13th Beach Golf Links and has a two-round total

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. women’s hockey team avoided an upset when it rallied to beat the Czech Republic 4-1 in the quarterfinals. Lee Stecklein scored the go-ahead goal on a shot from the right point 6:49 into the third period for the defending Olympic champions. The U.S. managed

SAN FRANCISCO — Khalil Shabazz scored 24 points as San Francisco easily defeated Pepperdine 105-61. Gabe Stefanini added 21 points for the Dons. Houston Mallette led the Waves on Thursday night with 23 points.

LOS ANGELES — Fousseyni Traore had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Seneca Knight made a free throw with 0.7 seconds to play to give BYU an 83-82 overtime win over Loyola Marymount. Knight was fouled going for a last-second shot after LMU’s Keli Leaupepe tied the game with 23 seconds to go. The Lions

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Julius Randle scored 28 points and matched his season high with 16 rebounds and the New York Knicks earned their first win in four tries during this West Coast road trip, holding off the Golden State Warriors 116-114.Stephen Curry scored 19 of his 35 points

SEATTLE (AP) — Terrell Brown Jr., scored 19 points with eight assists and Washington led wire-to-wire in an 87-64 win over Arizona State. The Huskies led by as many as 20 points in the first half before the Sun Devils got back within seven and then raced away again. Kimani Lawrence led Arizona State with

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Elijah Hardy scored 26 points and Atin Wright had 24 as Cal State Northridge ended its eight-game losing streak with an 83-78 win over Cal Poly in double overtime. The Matadors blew a nine-point lead in the final 29 seconds of regulation, forced into overtime on a Brantley Stevenson 3-pointer

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell scored 21 points and UC Santa Barbara beat CSU Bakersfield, 74-62. The Gauchos built a 12-point lead in the first half and maintained it the rest of the way.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Ajay Mitchell had a season-high 21 points as UC Santa Barbara defeated Cal State Bakersfield 74-62. Justin McCall led the Roadrunners with 20 points.

DALLAS (AP) — Second-seeded Reilly Opelka has advanced to the quarterfinals of the inaugural Dallas Open with a straight-sets win over Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. Opelka was a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) winner in his second meeting with Stebe. The first was at Wimbledon in 2019. Opelka is a two-time ATP Tour winner ranked 23rd in the

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Led by Noah Hanifin’s goal and assist, the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period for a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs that extended their winning streak to five games. Andrew Mangiapane, Oliver Kylington, Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames, who are also

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Trevor Keels tied his career high with 25 points and added a career-best 11 rebounds as No. 7 Duke bounced back from its loss to Virginia with an 82-64 win at Clemson. Duke reached 20 wins for the 36th time in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 42

IRVINE, Calif. — Collin Welp recorded 15 points and 13 rebounds to lift UC Irvine to a 66-56 win over UC Riverside. Dominick Pickett led the Highlanders on Thursday night with 14 points.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Tre Armstrong had 25 points and 10 rebounds as California Baptist romped past Lamar 83-61. C.J. Roberts led the Cardinals on Thursday night with 16 points.

SEATTLE — Cameron Tyson had 13 points and Brandton Chatfield swatted four blocks as Seattle set a season-high with 10 blocks in a 67-59 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday night, the Redhawks’ seventh straight home victory.  Justin Johnson led the Vaqueros with 19 points and nine rebounds.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Deandre Ayton scored 27 points, Mikal Bridges added 18 and the Phoenix Suns beat Milwaukee 131-107 in a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals won by the Bucks. The game was tight throughout most of the first half but the Suns slowly pulled away in the

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews and Valeri Nichushkin scored for Colorado, and the Avalanche withstood a last-minute blitz by Tampa Bay to beat the Lightning 3-2. Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay, which pulled goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for an extra skater with just over three

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Australia has never won an Olympic medal in a sliding sport. Never even been close. The country’s best result in any bobsled, skeleton or luge race was a 10th-place showing in 2010. Jaclyn Narracott is now two runs away from changing everything. The 31-year-old Brisbane native

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — In Shaun White’s farewell performance, Ayumu Hirano of Japan won an elusive Olympic gold in the halfpipe with a boundary-pushing final run. Hirano’s last run featured what is now the new gold standard of halfpipe riding, the triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips that

HAMMOND, La. — Gus Okafor had 24 points as Southeastern Louisiana edged past McNeese State 91-86. Christian Shumate led the Cowboys on Thursday night with 23 points.

By HUIZHONG WU and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Bringing in more than 15,000 people for the Winter Olympics poses risks for a country determined to keep COVID-19 out. One week into the 17-day event, China appears to be meeting the challenge with a bubble that restricts the movement of participants so they

MOSCOW, Idaho — Tarik Cool had a season-high 30 points as Idaho State broke its 11-game road losing streak, beating Idaho 79-70. Mikey Dixon led the Vandals with 22 points.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Daylen Kountz had 27 points as Northern Colorado got past Sacramento State 79-61. Bryce Fowler led the Hornets on Thursday night with 29 points.

By CADEN FRANK Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points, Azuolas Tubelis added 15, and No. 4 Arizona pulled away in the second half for a 72-60 win over Washington State. Arizona won its fifth straight overall and is off to its best start since the 2016-17 season. The Wildcats have

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rasir Bolton scored 20 points, Drew Timme added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 2 Gonzaga beat Pacific 89-51 for its 13th consecutive victory. Julian Strawther had 15 points and Chet Holmgren scored 14 for Gonzaga, which has won 65 consecutive home games —

By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland finally has her Olympic gold medal. She won the super-G at the Beijing Games. Two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin finished a distant ninth. Gut-Behrami’s gold comes after two consecutive fourth-place finishes in super-G at the Olympics. She

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Teddy Allen had 20 points as New Mexico State topped Dixie State 77-69. Frank Staine led the Trailblazers on Thursday night with 17 points.

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Darius Lee had 22 points as Houston Baptist defeated Northwestern State 76-69. Kendal Coleman led the Demons on Thursday night with 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks.

DENVER — Douglas Wilson had 18 points as South Dakota State won its 13th consecutive game, rolling past Denver 84-61. Coban Porter led the Pioneers on Thursday night with 18 points.

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored twice, Frederik Andersen made 34 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes shut out the short-handed Boston Bruins 6-0. Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and two assists, Vincent Trocheck, Brett Pesce and Jordan Staal also scored, and Teuvo Teravainen had three assists to help Carolina complete

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — De’Vion Harmon had a season-high 21 points, Will Richardson scored all 12 of his in the final 10 minutes and Oregon defeated Stanford 68-60 for the Ducks’ fourth straight win. Harmon was 8-of-15 shooting with three 3-pointers. Richardson was only 3 of 14 from the field, including 1 of 8 from

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Paisley Harding scored 22 points and No. 20 BYU led wire-to-wire in a 102-53 rout of Pepperdine to pick up its 20th win of the season. The Cougars held Pepperdine to just 20 points in the second half and just six points in the third quarter.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Paul Bruns had 22 points and 14 rebounds as North Dakota ended its 12-game road losing streak, defeating St. Thomas (MN) 78-70. Riley Miller led the Tommies with 13 points.

OMAHA, Neb. — Tasos Kamateros had 20 points as South Dakota routed Omaha 91-69. Frankie Fidler led the Mavericks on Thursday night with 22 points.

OREM, Utah — Holland Woods and Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 23 points apiece as Grand Canyon beat Utah Valley 79-69. Le’Tre Darthard led the Wolverines with 16 points.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Tariq Silver had 18 points off the bench to lift Austin Peay to a 74-66 win over Southeast Missouri. Phillip Russell led the Redhawks on Thursday night with 18 points.

By TIM ROBINSON Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 22 points to lead Michigan in a lopsided 82-58 win over No. 3 Purdue. Eli Brooks had 16 points, Moussa Diabate had 15 points and Caleb Houstan added 14 for the Wolverines. Jaden Ivey had 18 points, Trevion Williams had 12 and

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alexis Morris scored 26 points, Khayla Pointer added 21 and No. 14 LSU beat No. 17 Georgia 73-67. LSU never trailed and built a 20-point lead midway through the third quarter. Georgia cut the deficit to 10 early in the fourth before Que Morrison and Reigan Richardson each made a

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Logan Johnson had 16 points, a career-high nine rebounds and five steals, and No. 22 Saint Mary’s bounced back from its first loss in a month to beat San Diego 86-57. Tommy Kuhse scored 13 points and Alex Ducas added 12 for the Gaels (20-5, 8-2 West

CLEVELAND — Damaria Franklin had 19 points and Kevin Johnson hit the game winning basket with 1.8 seconds left on his birthday as Illinois-Chicago edged past league-leading Cleveland State 76-75. Johnson and Jace Carter added 16 points each for the Flame. D’Moi Hodge led the Vikings with 31 points, tying his season high.

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 14 points and 15 rebounds, including a key free throw and steal late that helped top-ranked South Carolina get past Kentucky 59-50 for its 10th consecutive victory. The Gamecocks led by as many as 18 points early in the fourth quarter.

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A four-time MVP, three Super Bowl players and the beginning of a brother act. The Associated Press 2021 NFL awards had a bit of everything, starting with Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers becoming the fifth player to repeat as Most Valuable Player. Tennessee’s Mike

By CHIP CIRILLO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — KJ Williams led No. 23 Murray State with a career-high 39 points and the Racers extended their winning streak to 13 by rallying for a 73-62 win over Tennessee State. The Racers trailed for most of the first 30 minutes before mounting a comeback. Murray State’s

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Knicks Go won Horse of the Year and older dirt male horse honors at the Eclipse Awards. His trainer, Brad Cox, won for the second straight year as best trainer in the ceremony honoring the year’s best in thoroughbred racing at Santa Anita. Knicks Go received 228 out of a possible

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 42 points, and the Toronto Raptors pushed their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 139-120 victory over the Houston Rockets. Toronto’s winning streak is the longest active one in the NBA and the loss extends Houston’s skid to

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Grayson Murphy’s floater in the paint with five seconds left lifted Belmont to a 48-47 win over Morehead State on Thursday night. Will Richard posted 16 points and eight rebounds as Belmont won its seventh consecutive game. Johni Broome led the Eagles on Thursday night with 15 points, 13 rebounds and six

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The International Testing Agency says it will lead an appeal on behalf of

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics in a time way out of medal contention. But for the first time in three races at the 2022 Games, she made it across the finish. The two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist crossed the line at the

By CANDICE CHOI and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — To stage the Winter Games in the Chinese capital, organizers embarked on a massive public works campaign, constructing new venues and piping millions of gallons of water up into the arid surrounding mountains to create fake snow for ski competitions. And then they proclaimed

CHICAGO — Gavin Kensmil had 19 points as Stephen F. Austin romped past Chicago State 81-61. Bryce Johnson led the Cougars on Thursday night with 15 points.

MONTREAL (AP) — Joe Snively had his first two-goal game in the NHL and the Washington Capitals defeated Montreal 5-2, spoiling the debut of Canadiens interim coach Martin St. Louis. Connor McMicheal and Carl Hagelin added goals for Washington and Tom Wilson added an empty-netter to help the Caps snap a two-game losing streak. Ilya

MACOMB, Ill. — Sam Griesel had 23 points as North Dakota State edged past Western Illinois 84-81 in double overtime. Tyree Eady added 22 points for the Bison. Colton Sandage led the Leathernecks with 27 points and six rebounds.

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Jimmy Butler also scored 29, and the Miami Heat beat the Pelicans 112-97 to tarnish CJ McCollum’s New Orleans debut. Kyle Lowry added 14 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds to help Miami win its fourth straight

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame ended several long waits and voted linebacker Sam Mills, defensive back LeRoy Butler, offensive lineman Tony Boselli, and defensive linemen Bryant Young and Richard Seymour into the Hall. Three others who also have endured long waits were voted

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley had 10 first-quarter points as Virginia Tech started the game on a 22-11 run and the Hokies led wire-to-wire to knock off No. 11 Georgia Tech, 73-63 to go to 10-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play for the first time in school history. Virginia Tech has reached 10 conference

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Timbers have terminated the contract of Andy Polo, who was accused by his former partner of domestic violence. Genesis Alarcon alleged on Peruvian television that the 27-year-old Polo was physically and emotionally abusive to both her and their children. She also claimed

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Second-seeded and home crowd favorite Diego Schwartzman defeated Spain’s Jaume Munar to reach the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open. His adversary will be Francisco Cerundolo, the Argentinian compatriot he beat to win last year’s title in Buenos Aires. Fifteenth best-ranked player Schwartzman will face a rival that is in the 107th