Month: February 2022

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Emmanuel Bandoumel had a career-high 23 points as SMU topped East Carolina 80-66. Tristen Newton led East Carolina with 19 points.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 25 points, Azuolas Tubelis added 21 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 4 Arizona overcame a sluggish start to race past Washington for a convincing 92-68 win. The Wildcats won their sixth straight, erasing an early 14-point deficit and dominating the final 30

DALLAS (AP) — Reilly Opelka won the longest tiebreaker in ATP Tour history to finish a straight-sets win over John Isner and advance to the final of the inaugural Dallas Open. He will face Jenson Brooksby. The second-seeded Opelka sent a winner down the line for a 24-22 tiebreaker victory in the second set to

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler came off the bench to score 16 points to lead No. 19 Tennessee to a 73-64 victory over Vanderbilt. Josiah-Jordan James collected 14 points for the Volunteers (18-6, 9-3 Southeastern Conference). John Fulkerson scored 12 and Santiago Vescovi had 10 for Tennessee. The Commodores

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Justyn Mutts recorded a triple-double with 12 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists to lead Virginia Tech to a 71-59 win over Syracuse. Buddy Boeheim led the Orange on Saturday night with 21 points.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo had double-doubles, Jordan Lewis made consecutive 3-pointers to finally put No. 10 Baylor ahead to stay and the Bears beat West Virginia 75-57. Smith had 30 points and Egbo scored 13, while both had 12 rebounds. Lewis had 18 points

By TIM ROBINSON Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — E. J. Liddell had 26 points, Cedric Russell added 12 and No. 16 Ohio State beat Michigan 68-57. The Buckeyes rebounded from a 66-64 loss at Rutgers on Wednesday to win for the second time in three games. Ohio State had lost four of its

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — When 19-year old Maggie Lee fell on her first run down the slope and missed one of the early gates, it looked like the abrupt end of her first Olympics. It wasn’t. She got back up. Lee, competing for Taiwan under the name “Chinese Taipei,” scooted

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are requiring COVID-19 booster shots for their players with minor league contracts in order to participate in spring training. A minicamp for some prospects is scheduled to start Feb. 22, with minor league camp opening on March 7. It was not clear what percentage of White Sox minor

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Tevin Brown made a go-ahead layup with 16 seconds remaining and KJ Williams added two free throws as No. 23 Murray State beat Morehead State 57-53 Saturday for its 14th consecutive victory. The Racers trailed 50-42 with 4:24 left before clawing back to lead

DEKALB, Ill. — RayJ Dennis and Ryan Rollins scored 22 points apiece as Toledo rolled past Northern Illinois 100-72. JT Shumate added 20 points for the Rockets. The 22 points were a career high for Dennis, who added eight rebounds and eight assists. Rollins also had seven rebounds, while Shumate posted seven rebounds. Setric Millner

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Jadyn Parker had 17 points and North Florida turned back Kennesaw State 74-72. Jarius Hicklen had 12 points for the Ospreys (8-18, 4-8 Atlantic Sun Conference). Emmanuel Adedoyin added 11 points and sank the second of two free throws to give North Florida the lead for good at 71-70 with 1:26

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bryce Golden scored a career-high 22 points and Bo Hodges added 11 points and 11 rebounds to help Butler hold on for a surprising 85-79 victory over No. 18 Marquette. The Bulldogs led by as much as 21 but never trailed. Butler also snapped a three-game

HAMPTON, Va. — Artese Stapleton had 16 points off the bench to lead Radford to a 60-54 win over Hampton. Marquis Godwin led Hampton with 13 points.

MOSCOW, Idaho — Mikey Dixon had 31 points and 10 rebounds as Idaho narrowly beat Weber State 83-79. Dixon shot 10 for 12 from the floor. Trevante Anderson tied a career high with 26 points and had six assists for Idaho (6-18, 3-11 Big Sky Conference), which ended its four-game losing streak. Tanner Christensen added

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anfernee Simons had 30 points and eight assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers erased a 23-point third-quarter deficit to beat the New York Knicks 112-103. Newly acquired guard Josh Hart, one of several players new to Portland’s roster after a flurry of trades before