Month: February 2022

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Freshman forward Jabari Smith scored a season-high 31 points and made seven 3-pointers to lead…

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jerami Grant hit the winning basket and scored 24 points to help the Detroit Pistons end an eight-game…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tai Strickland had a career-high 27 points as Temple beat SMU 64-57. Jahlil White had 11 points for the Owls (14-9, 7-5…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Spain’s Pablo Carreño-Busta, the No. 4 seed and the 18th-ranked player in the world, was eliminated at the Rio Open clay…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kaysha Love and Sylvia Hoffman have waited a couple of weeks to make their debut at the Olympics.…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 21 points and 14 assists, Terry Taylor added 18 points and nine…

By NEILL OSTROUT Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 24 UConn beat Seton Hall 70-65. It was…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — American skip John Shuster and the defending Olympic curling champions won a last-chance match to…

WACO, Texas (AP) — Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith both had double-doubles for the second game in a row and seventh-ranked Baylor extended its…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points and broke an NBA record set by Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain,…

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sam Reinhart scored in the final minute of regulation to force overtime, then Aaron Ekblad got…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jalen Finch had a career-high 21 points as Jacksonville State defeated Lipscomb 78-67. Finch hit 5 of 6 from 3-point range…

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Cameron Tyson had a season-high 30 points as Seattle routed UT Rio Grande Valley 102-62. Darrion Trammell had 19 points and…

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — All-Star starter Trae Young had 22 points and six assists and the Atlanta Hawks routed the…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele had the fifth hat trick of his career and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-3 win over the…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Prentiss Hubb scored the last six points for Notre Dame in overtime and the Fighting Irish survived in a 99-95 win over…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Cam Thomas led Brooklyn back from a 28-point deficit with 16 of his 21 points in the…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Eileen Gu recorded the top score not once but twice in a competitive women’s ski…

RICHMOND, Ky. — Michael Moreno had a season-high 24 points as Eastern Kentucky narrowly defeated North Alabama 80-76 in overtime. Jomaru Brown…

MILWAUKEE — Kur Kuath had 15 points and four blocks and Kam Jones recorded 19 points as Marquette defeated Georgetown 77-66. Collin Holloway led…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sebastian Korda is back in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open, after the tournament’s No. 5 seed fought past…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly had 21 points and eight assists to lead No. 25 Alabama to an 80-75 win over Mississippi State. Charles…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacques Villeneuve has qualified for the Daytona 500. The former Formula One…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rori Harmon scored 20 points and No. 14 Texas used a smothering defensive effort to beat No. 6…

By The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics are supposed to be a time for nations to cast aside politics and conflict. This year’s…

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Austin Williams had 21 points as Hartford defeated Maine 75-65. Moses Flowers pitched in with 14 points and six…

PHILADELPHIA — Josh Oduro had a career-high 33 points as George Mason narrowly defeated Saint Joseph’s 75-70 in overtime. Jordan Hall led the…

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) — Dominick Welch had a career-high 23 points with 10 rebounds as St. Bonaventure got past Massachusetts 83-71. Welch…

NEWARK, N.J. — Matt Faw had 13 points and nine rebounds as NJIT narrowly defeated UMass Lowell 59-55. Allin Blunt led the River Hawks on Wednesday…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Vivian Gray scored 35 points to reach 2,000 in her career, Taylah Thomas had 22 points and 13 rebounds and Texas Tech beat No.…