Month: February 2022

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Mississippi say they plan to end their affiliations with Conference USA a year early in order to join the Sun Belt. The three schools issued separate but similar statements Friday that they’ll stop participating in Conference USA effective June 30. The three announced last year they’d

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Casper Ruud of Norway advanced to the semifinals of the Argentina Open on Friday with a 6-3, 6-4 win against home crowd favorite Federico Coria. He will face sixth-seeded Federico Delbonis, another Argentinian, for a place in the final. Delbonis beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini, the fourth seed, 6-4, 6-4. Third-seeded Lorenzo

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray tied his career highs with 32 points and 15 assists to go with 10 rebounds for his 11th triple double this season, Keldon Johnson scored 26 points and the San Antonio Spurs cruised to a 136-121 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Spurs shot

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caris LeVert scored 22 points in his return to Indiana, and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ defense strung together a strong fourth quarter to rally for a 120-113 victory over the Pacers. The Cavs have won five straight overall and snapped a three-game losing streak that dated to

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 25 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 100-87 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers are still waiting to play their first game with James Harden. They acquired Harden from the Brooklyn Nets for Ben Simmons. Tyrese

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese and South Korean short track ice skating fans are duking it out online over allegations of foul play, tapping into the historical rivalry between their countries. South Korea was angered by the disqualifications of two of its short track speedskaters at the Beijing Games

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jack Nunge had 22 points and nine rebounds, and No. 25 Xavier snapped a two-game losing streak with a 74-68 victory over No. 24 Connecticut. Zach Freemantle scored all 12 of his points in the second half and Nate Johnson added 12 points for Xavier. R.J. Cole

MILWAUKEE — Donovan Newby came off the bench to tally 15 points to lead Milwaukee to a 60-57 win over Wright State. Newby made two free throws with nine seconds remaining to seal the victory as Milwaukee rallied from an eight-point deficit to win. Trey Calvin had 18 points for Wright State.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Michael Akuchie had a career-high 34 points as Youngstown State defeated Detroit Mercy 82-69. Dwayne Cohill had 16 points and seven rebounds for Youngstown State. National scoring leader Antoine Davis had 28 points for Detroit Mercy.

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — LaMelo Ball had 31 points and 12 assists, Terry Rozier added a triple-double and the Charlotte Hornets ended a six-game losing streak with a 141-119 win against the struggling Detroit Pistons. Detroit has lost seven in a row and 11 of 12. Rozier finished with 25 points,

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Jamal Cain scored 29 points as Oakland edged past Robert Morris 71-68. Trey Townsend had 18 points for Oakland. Brandon Stone had 17 points and eight rebounds for Robert Morris.

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Dorka Juhasz scored 22 points and Christyn Williams added 20 as No. 8 UConn bounced back from its first conference loss in eight years with an 84-60 win over DePaul on Friday night.  Aaliyah Edwards had 19 points for the Huskies, who were once again