Month: March 2022

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Shaina Pellington scored 30 points, Cate Reese added 16 and Arizona outlasted UNLV 72-67 in the opening round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats started off jittery in their first home tournament game since 1998, when coach Adia Barnes was still playing. Arizona finally

SEATTLE (AP) — Yanni Gourde scored two of Seattle’s four goals in the third period, including the winner with 6:47 remaining, and the Kraken rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Jaden Schwartz and defenseman Adam Larsson also scored for the Kraken, who dominated much of the game and finished with a

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Rasmus Andersson had a goal and an assist and the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for the Flames. Dan Vladar had 23 saves to help the Flames bounce back from a

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and top overall seed Gonzaga rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat No. 9 seed Memphis 82-78 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Trailing at the half for only the

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Taylor Robertson scored 17 of her 22 points in the second half to help fourth-seeded Oklahoma defeat No. 13 seed IUPUI 78-72 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Madi Williams added 21 points for the Sooners. Oklahoma got a tournament win for

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kristian Sjolund hit a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with 21 points to help Portland beat New Orleans 94-73 in the first round of The Basketball Classic. Portland (19-14), under first-year head coach Shantay Legans, won the first postseason game in program history. The Pilots made 32 of 64 from the

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Shaina Pellington scored 30 points, Cate Reese added 16 and Arizona outlasted UNLV 72-67 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats started off jittery in their first home NCAA Tournament game since 1998, when coach Adia Barnes was still playing. Arizona finally

ATLANTA (AP) — Virginia’s Kate Douglass set another American record Saturday night at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships and the Cavaliers won their second consecutive national title at the McAuley Aquatic Center. Virginia, which broke five American records and won 11 of 18 events at the four-day championships, finished with 551.5 points. Texas

HOUSTON (AP) — Tyler Pasher scored the tying goal for the Houston Dynamo in a 1-1 draw against the Colorado Rapids. The Dynamo are now 1-1-2 and the Rapids are 2-1-1.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesus Ferreira scored a hat trick to lead Dallas past the Portland Timbers 4-1. Dallas improved to 2-1-1 with the victory and the Timbers dropped to 1-1-2.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Au’Diese Toney’s fast-break dunk capped the decisive run with about six minutes left and launched fourth-seeded Arkansas to the Sweet 16 for a second consecutive year following a 53-48 win over No. 12 seed New Mexico State. JD Notae scored 18 points before fouling out

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Saint Peter’s broke the hearts of Kentuckians yet again, getting 17 points from KC Ndefo to beat Murray State 70-60 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and complete its rise from obscurity into the Sweet 16. Two days after tossing eight-time national champion

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 16 seconds left in the third period and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1. Jacob Trouba also scored and Igor Shesterkin stopped 28 shots for New York. Brayden Point scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy had

PROVO, Utah — Gideon George had a career-high 27 points as BYU topped Northern Iowa 90-71 in the second round of the NIT. Noah Carter led the Panthers with 24 points.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Former Arizona coach Sean Miller returned to Xavier on Saturday, less than a year after the Wildcats fired him amid an ongoing NCAA investigation that’s stretched nearly five years. Miller replaces Travis Steele, his former assistant who was fired Wednesday after four seasons. Miller went 120-47 at Xavier from 2004-09, leading the