Month: March 2022

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 25 points in his first game for Washington, and the Wizards beat the Indiana Pacers 133-123. Porzingis returned from a right knee bone bruise and played for the first time since the Wizards acquired him from Dallas in a trade last month. It

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Greg Williams Jr. registered 16 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Troy 66-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament’s semifinals. Khalyl Waters led the Trojans with 19 points.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Haley Jones scored 19 points, Cameron Brink added 16 and No. 2 Stanford won its second straight Pac-12 tournament with a 73-48 rout of Utah. The Cardinal shut down the Utes defensively in the second half to pull away in what was a two-point game

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Derrin Hansen was fired as Omaha men’s basketball coach following a second straight five-win season. Hansen led the Mavericks through their transition from Division II to Division I. Hansen had been a member of the Mavericks’ staff since 1998 and head coach for 17 seasons. Hansen compiled a 253-260 record, including

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Bowman beat NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in a door-to-door overtime battle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that sent Hendrick Motorsports to victory lane for the second consecutive week. Bowman got a shot at the win when a caution with three laps remaining shifted

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels is transferring to LSU, where he will enter a wide open competition to be the starter in coach Brian Kelly’s first season with the Tigers. Daniels entered the transfer portal last month with the Sun Devils in the midst of an NCAA investigation. He

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Retief Goosen holed out for eagle from a greenside bunker on the short par-4 first hole, birdied the next two and cruised to an 8-under 63 and a four-stroke victory Sunday in the Hoag Classic. A stroke behind fellow South African star Ernie Els entering the round, Goosen pulled away

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gabe Brown and Malik Hall led a key second-half surge and Tom Izzo became the all-time Big Ten leader in career wins as Michigan State defeated Maryland 77-67. With his 663rd win at Michigan State, Izzo passed Indiana’s Bob Knight for the most wins at a Big Ten school. Maryland

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Robertson had his second hat trick of the weekend and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 6-3. Robertson is up to 29 goals on the season, seven of which have come in the last three games. Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn also scored

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton scored a season-high 44 points, Jrue Holiday had 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied to beat the short-handed Phoenix Suns 132-122 on Sunday. Milwaukee outscored Phoenix 12-1 over the last three minutes to win in the

AUSTIN, Texas — Sebastian Driussi scored twice to lead Austin over Inter Miami on Sunday, 5-1. Austin moved to 2-0-0 after the victory and Miami dropped to 0-1-1.