Month: December 2022

By JIM FULLER Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Lou Lopez Senechal had 22 points and Caroline Ducharme added 19 points and seven rebounds to lead eighth-ranked UConn to a 61-48 victory over visiting Marquette on Saturday. Aaliyah Edwards had nine points and eight rebounds and Dorka Juhasz added nine points and 10 rebounds for

ATLANTA (AP) — No. 13 Virginia went a 25-0 run that began at the end of the first half and carried over after the break to beat Georgia Tech 74-56. Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett is now tied with Terry Holland for the most coaching wins in Cavaliers history. Virginia scored the final nine points of

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Alex Tuch scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied for a 4-3 victory over the NHL-best Boston Bruins for their sixth straight win. Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 27th goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 37 shots for the Sabres. Trailing

FORT MYERS, Fla. Led by Zach Anderson’s 18 points, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles defeated the Jacksonville Dolphins 72-65 on Saturday. The Eagles improved to 11-3 with the victory and the Dolphins fell to 7-5 following the Atlantic Sun Conference opener for both teams.

By CRAIG MERZ Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gustav Nyquist scored two short-handed goals, Joonas Korpisalo made 26 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets ended a seven-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Emil Bemstrom and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets. Johnny Gaudreau had two assists for his

PHILADELPHIA — Led by Gibson Jimerson’s 22 points, the Saint Louis Billikens defeated the Saint Joseph’s  Hawks 83-78 on Saturday. The Billikens improved to 9-5 with the victory and the Hawks fell to 6-7 after the Atlantic-10 Conference opener for both teams.

LEXINGTON, Va. — Led by Jalen Haynes’ 15 points, the East Tennessee State Buccaneers defeated the VMI Keydets 64-50 on Saturday. The Buccaneers are now 6-9 on the season, while the Keydets dropped to 5-10.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Led by Jalen Moore’s 25 points, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies defeated the Green Bay Phoenix 81-65 on Saturday. The Golden Grizzlies improved to 4-11 with the victory and the Phoenix fell to 2-13.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Demetric Horton scored 21 points to lead the North Carolina A&T Aggies and Tyrese Elliott hit the game-winning putback as time expired as the Aggies defeated the Hofstra Pride 81-79 on Saturday. The Aggies are now 6-9 with the win and the Pride dropped to 8-7.

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Arsenal has stretched its Premier League lead to seven points with a 4-2 win at Brighton which was capped by a well-worked breakaway goal from Gabriel Martinelli. Goals from Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Eddie Nketiah had Arsenal 3-0 up by the 47th minute and seemingly cruising to an easy win.

BOSTON — Frankie Policelli scored 17 points as Stony Brook beat Northeastern 65-61. Policelli also contributed eight rebounds for the Seawolves. Keenan Fitzmorris added 16 points and Tanahj Pettway scored 15. The Huskies were led by Jahmyl Telfort with 16 points.

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have activated forward Nathan MacKinnon from injured reserve. Colorado plays Toronto on Saturday night. MacKinnon missed the last 11 games with an upper-body injury. His 26 assists were tied for the league lead when he went out during the first period at Philadelphia on Dec. 5. He also has