Month: February 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Evan Gilyard II had 23 points as Kansas City defeated St. Thomas (MN) 81-72. Parker Bjorklund led the Tommies with a season-high 26 points.

CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Johnson had 18 points as Illinois-Chicago turned back Robert Morris 80-75. Damaria Franklin added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Flames (8-12, 4-7 Horizon League), who ended a four-game skid. Kahliel Spear had 23 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Colonials (5-17, 3-10).

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — KJ Hunt had a career-high 32 points as Denver narrowly defeated North Dakota 81-79 in overtime. Paul Bruns led the Fighting Hawks with 22 points.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alex Fowler totaled 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, Rose Pflug scored six of her 13 points in the final 3:23 and Portland knocked off No. 16 BYU 75-64, snapping the Cougars’ 10-game win streak. Fowler, the reigning West Coast Conference player of the week, sank 8 of 16 shots

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A California mayor says a San Francisco 49ers fan in a medically-induced coma fell after he was punched during a parking lot confrontation with an apparent Rams fan at the NFC championship game. Inglewood Mayor James Butts said Thursday that Sunday’s confrontation lasted less than five seconds. Daniel Luna, a 40-year-old

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kerr Kriisa scored 16 points and hit a big 3-pointer, Dalen Terry flirted with a triple-double and No. 7 Arizona grinded out a 76-66 win over No. 3 UCLA. Shut down by UCLA nine days earlier, the Wildcats had a good offensive flow in the

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Calvin Solomon recorded 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Stephen F. Austin to a 78-59 win over Utah Valley. Fardaws Aimaq led the Wolverines on Thursday night with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

JONESBORO, Ark. — Andre Jones tied his season high with 21 points as ULM narrowly defeated Arkansas State 60-59. Norchad Omier led the Red Wolves on Thursday night with 23 points and 26 rebounds.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 43 points and led Atlanta’s flurry of 3-pointers as the surging Hawks beat Phoenix 124-115 on Thursday night to end the Suns’ 11-game winning streak. The Hawks made 20 of 41 3-pointers, including six by Young. Young’s final 3 made it 122-113 with

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Olivia Miles scored 24 points and No. 20 Notre Dame pulled away in the second quarter and cruised to a 68-55 victory over Virginia Tech for its fifth straight win. Miles scored eight of Notre Dame’s 16 second-quarter points for a 34-24 lead at the break. Virginia Tech pulled to

ELON, N.C. — Darius Burford matched his career high with a season-high 27 points as Elon topped UNC Wilmington 78-65. Burford hit 13 of 17 shots. Hunter McIntosh had 17 points for Elon (7-16, 4-6 Colonial Athletic Association). Michael Graham added 15 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Sims had 18 points for the Seahawks (15-6,

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Cameron Healy had 23 points as Central Michigan topped Western Michigan 65-55. Lamar Norman Jr. led the Broncos on Thursday night with 18 points.

HOUSTON — Max Fiedler had 22 points as Rice beat UTSA 91-78. Carl Pierre had 19 points for Rice (13-8, 6-4 Conference USA). Travis Evee added 16 points. Quincy Olivari had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Jacob Germany had 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for the Roadrunners (8-15, 1-9). Isaiah Addo-Ankrah added 15

BEIJING (AP) — A correspondent in Beijing for Dutch national broadcaster NOS was manhandled away from his camera during a live news show shortly before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Sjoerd den Daas, the NOS correspondent in China, was speaking to the camera when security officials pushed him away. Den Daas remained calm and told

STATESBORO, Ga. — Gedi Juozapaitis and Cam Bryant scored 10 points apiece and Kaden Archie scored with 19 seconds left to lift Georgia Southern to a 58-57 win over South Alabama. Jay Jay Chandler led the Jaguars with 15 points.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Savion Flagg had 26 points as Sam Houston extended its home winning streak to eight games, easily beating Dixie State 77-53. Hunter Schofield led the Trailblazers on Thursday night with 15 points and seven rebounds.

LORETTO, Pa. — Charles Pride had 44 points plus 12 rebounds as Bryant won its seventh consecutive game, beating St. Francis (Pa.) 89-82. Ramiir Dixon-Conover led the Red Flash on Thursday night with 22 points, six rebounds and five steals.

NEW YORK — Patrick Emilien and Michael Cubbage scored 20 points apiece as St. Francis (N.Y.) topped Fairleigh Dickinson 81-64. Brandon Rush led the Knights on Thursday night with 17 points.

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S., Britain and a handful of others aren’t sending dignitaries to the Beijing Winter Games as part of a diplomatic boycott, but the Chinese capital is still attracting an array of world leaders for Friday’s opening ceremony.  Russia’s Vladimir Putin is meeting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, underscoring closer ties between Beijing

DETROIT (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 25 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Detroit Pistons 128-117 on Thursday night. Taurean Prince added 23 points to help Minnesota win its third straight and fifth in six games. Saddiq Bey had 21 points and 13 rebounds for

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA received $75 million from a group of investors that includes Michael Dell, Nike, Swin Cash and a few NBA owners in its first-ever capital raise _ the largest ever for women’s sports. The capital raise was funded by selling equity in the WNBA and will be used

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 18 points and 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat dominated the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 112-95 to snap a three-game losing streak. Jimmy Butler added 17 points and Duncan Robinson had 14 for the Heat, who had won

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Brenden Tucker had 21 points as Charleston routed William & Mary 84-61. Connor Kochera led the Tribe on Thursday night with 17 points.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michael Akuchie totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds to lift Youngstown State to a 61-55 win over IUPUI. Dwayne Cohill had 14 points for the Penguins (13-10, 7-6 Horizon League). B.J. Maxwell scored a career-high 22 points for the Jaguars (1-18, 0-9), who have now lost 13 straight games.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Nicolas Timberlake had a career-high 26 points as Towson defeated Hofstra 78-68. Aaron Estrada led the Pride on Thursday night with 22 points and seven assists.

NEW YORK — Eral Penn had 22 points as Long Island Brooklyn defeated Sacred Heart 79-75. Nico Galette led the Pioneers on Thursday night with a career-high 20 points.

EMMITSBURG, Md. — Dakota Leffew had 15 points off the bench to lift Mount St. Mary’s to a 69-53 win over Merrimack. Ziggy Reid led the Warriors on Thursday night with 16 points.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — D.J. Burns Jr. had 15 points off the bench to carry Winthrop to a 64-54 win over North Carolina A&T, the Eagles’ ninth consecutive home victory. Marcus Watson led the Aggies on Thursday night with 11 points.

By EVAN GERIKE Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Aleksa Gulbe scored a career-high 28 points and No. 5 Indiana closed the game on a 14-0 run to complete a comeback and beat Minnesota 80-70. Gulbe was 4 for 4 from 3-point range, Grace Berger had 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Nicole

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jenna Staiti scored 16 points, Que Morrison added 15 points and No. 14 Georgia beat Vanderbilt 71-56. Georgia had its lead cut to 49-47 early in the fourth quarter before going on a 14-2 run for a double-digit lead it would not relinquish. Malury Bates scored six points during the run,

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Moore, the former president of the National Association  Professional Baseball Leagues, died Thursday affer a lengthy illness. He was 80. Moore died at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida, Major League Baseball said. A native of Columbus, Indiana, Moore was general manager and part owner of Cincinnati’s Tampa farm

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam denied paying former coach Hue Jackson for losing games and said his one-time employee is only good at “pointing fingers” and needs to accept some blame for his dreadful NFL record. Earlier this week, Jackson intimated in a series of Twitter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 20 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks and No. 1 South Carolina beat Alabama 83-51 on Thursday night. Zia Cooke made her first five shots and finished with 14 points for the Gamecocks (21-1, 9-1 Southeastern Conference). Coupled with Florida’s victory over Tennessee, South Carolina took sole possession

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jordan Brown had 20 points as Louisiana-Lafayette routed Arkansas-Little Rock 75-51. Jordan Jefferson led the Trojans on Thursday night with 14 points.

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Hailey Van Lith had a career-high 34 points including 16 in the decisive third quarter as No. 4 Louisville won its 10th straight over Clemson 93-71. The Cardinals reached 20 victories for the 12th straight season. But not before getting a scare from the Tigers

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Tishara Morehouse scored 19 points, Kendall Spray added 12 points and No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast made 17 3-pointers in beating Central Arkansas 71-44 for coach Karl Smesko’s 600th career win. Smesko reached the milestone in just 726 games, faster than Pat Summitt (734 games), Tara VanDerveer (767), and C. Vivian

NEWARK, Del. — Melik Martin had 21 points as Drexel topped Delaware 76-68. Andrew Carr led the Blue Hens on Thursday night with a career-high 21 points.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Tom Hoge enjoys being at Pebble Beach in any weather. Give him sunshine and little wind, and it’s even better, especially with a 63 on his card. Hoge had nine birdies and a one-shot lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That’s his best

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Jomaru Brown came off the bench to score 15 points and he made the second of two foul shots with 3 seconds remaining in the third overtime to lift Eastern Kentucky over Kennesaw State 82-81. Michael Moreno had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Colonels (11-12, 3-6 Atlantic Sun Conference).

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Julian Champagnie had 27 points as St. John’s beat Georgetown 90-77. Joel Soriano had 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks for the Red Storm (12-9, 4-6 Big East Conference). Donald Carey scored a career-high 23 points and had seven rebounds for the Hoyas (6-14, 0-9), whose losing streak stretched to

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow didn’t set out to be a quarterback. When he started pee-wee football in Athens, Ohio, he told the coach he’d rather play running back or receiver, but he didn’t get his way. His coach made him the quarterback. Burrow grew up

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Angel Reese had 25 points and nine rebounds, Diamond Miller added 14 points and nine rebounds and No. 17 Maryland beat Michigan State 67-62 for its fourth straight victory. Maryland’s second-leading scorer Ashley Owusu was helped off the court late in the first quarter after injuring her ankle. She was

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — KJ Simon had 19 points to lead five UT Martin players in double figures as the Skyhawks romped past Southeast Missouri 84-63. Mikel Henderson added 17 points for the Skyhawks (8-15, 4-7 Ohio Valley Conference). Manny Patterson had 12 points for the Redhawks (9-13, 4-5).

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Tevin Brown registered 17 points and eight rebounds as Murray State extended its win streak to 11 games, defeating Austin Peay 65-53. Drew Calderon led the Governors on Thursday with 15 points.

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kiki Smith scored 25 points, Nina Rickards added 16 and Florida stunned No. 7 Tennessee 84-59, giving the Gators their fifth victory in 59 meetings between the teams. It was Florida’s biggest win in the series. None of the previous four had been by more

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Five major league pitchers are on the government’s witness list for the trial of a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that caused his overdose death. The filing by federal prosecutors says Boston’s Garrett Richards

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Booker and Chris Paul were chosen as reserves for the NBA All-Star Game, giving the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns two selections. The Utah Jazz also got a pair with Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, but the Cleveland Cavaliers had to settle for one player in

By The Associated Press Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC owner David Tepper and his wife, Nicole, made a $10 million investment in The CommonSpark campaign through their foundations, money that will be used to help fund the construction of a new public library in Charlotte. The new main library building is expected to become a

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson starting forward Hunter Tyson is out indefinitely with a broken clavicle. Tyson was hurt during the Tigers’ 75-69 victory over Florida State on Wednesday night. X-rays done Thursday confirmed the break. There is no projection when Tyson might return, the school said in a release. Tyson is a 6-foot-8 senior

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Robin Herman, a gender barrier-breaking reporter for The New York Times who was the first female journalist to interview players in the locker room after an NHL game, has died. She was 70. Her husband, Paul Horvitz, a former Times editor, said Herman died Tuesday in Waltham, Massachusetts from ovarian cancer.

NEW YORK (AP) — The schedule for each Triple-A team will be expanded to 150 games from 144 in the first full season that the minor leagues are being run by Major League Baseball. MLB took over operation from the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues for the 2021 season. Because the season did not

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill that will ban transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity. South Dakota is the 10th state to enact such a law. The bill is set to take

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama trustees are considering a proposal to build a $183 million basketball arena. Details of the proposed 10,136-seat arena were presented to the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees on Thursday. It’s pending approval in the board’s meeting Friday. The arena would replace 54-year-old Coleman Coliseum, but no timetable for

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Marina Alex closed with a birdie on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead with Nasa Hataoka on Thursday in the windy LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony. Alex birdied all four par-5 holes and had five birdies in a row on