Month: February 2022

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) — Taz Sherman scored 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds and distributed six assists in his return from a one-game absence and West Virginia beat Iowa State 79-63. The Mountaineers never trailed and led by double figures most of the second half. Izaiah Brockington made consecutive layups to bring the Cyclones within

NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each scored 22 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to their sixth straight win, beating the star-less Brooklyn Nets 126-91. Without Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, the Nets weren’t competitive in their ninth straight loss. Boston jumped to a 28-2 lead in a game

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chuck O’Bannon Jr. scored a career-high 19 points, Eddie Lampkin had 10 points and 12 rebounds and TCU held off Oklahoma State 77-73. TCU led by 13 points, 69-56, with seven minutes left but only made two field goals the rest of the way as Oklahoma State battled back during

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Tari Eason scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead LSU to a 76-68 victory over Texas A&M. LSU (17-7, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) ended a three-game skid while Texas A&M (15-9, 4-7) pushed its losing streak to seven. Eason shot 7 of 12 from the floor and was one

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — KeShawn Curry had a career-high 28 points as VCU defeated Rhode Island 73-64. Makhel Mitchell led Rhode Island on Tuesday night with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had his sixth straight double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds and TyTy Washington scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half as No. 5 Kentucky beat South Carolina 86-76. The Wildcats reached 20 wins for the 13th time in the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-109 win over the Philadelphia on 76ers. Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers. Tobias Harris scored 30 points for Philadelphia.

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Naysayers didn’t deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe. Carrillo had a career-best performance in the marquee

By LARY BUMP Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Qualifier Jurij Rodionov of Austria defeated sixth-seeded American Maxime Cressy of  7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1 on Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 at the inaugural Dallas Open.Paris-born Cressy was the first of the eight seeded players to lose his match. A former UCLA player, Cressy now

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 24 UConn to an 80-72 win over No. 18 Marquette. Tyrese Martin added 18 points and 15 boards for the Huskies (16-6, 7-4 Big East), who swept the season series with the Golden

By Brett Martel AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a seven-player trade. The Pelicans also received forwards Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell in the deal, while the Trail Blazers receive Josh Hart, Tomas Staoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Australian snowboarder Scotty James called the process of perfecting his signature trick akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No. Extremely difficult? Yes. That goes for pretty much any trick that will show up on the Olympic