Month: February 2023

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist on Saturday night as the Seattle Kraken defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 4-2. Jamie Oleksiak and Eeli Tolvanen also scored for the Kraken and Philipp Grubauer had 20 saves. Pius Suter and Dylan Larkin earned goals for the Red

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mikael Backlund’s power-play goal 1:28 into overtime gave the Calgary Flames a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers, snapping their seven-game winning streak. Andrew Mangiapane and Nazem Kadri also scored for Calgary. The Flames pulled even in points with Minnesota for the second wild-card berth in the Western Conference, but

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault ended a 13-game goal drought with two first-period goals and the Vegas Golden Knights remained hot with a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. The Knights extended their winning streak to five games to remain in first place in

COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Boogie Anderson scored a career-high 24 points and hit a jumper at the buzzer in overtime to rally Southeast Louisiana to a 78-76 victory over Texas A&M-Commerce. Anderson made 10 of 16 shots from the floor and added six assists and five rebounds for the Lions (15-13, 9-6 Southland Conference). Roger

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 20 points and No. 4 UCLA routed last-place California 78-43 to improve to 15-0 at Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins also extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 23 games. They improved to 23-4 overall and 14-2 in the Pac-12. The

LOS ANGELES — Cameron Shelton scored a career-high 40 points and made a layup with seven seconds left to lift Loyola Marymount over Pacific 90-88. Shelton made 13 of 21 shots from the floor, including 6 of 11 from 3-point range. He made 8 of 11 free throws and grabbed five rebounds for the Lions

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Logan Johnson scored 27 points and Aidan Mahaney delivered once again in the second half to lead No. 17 Saint Mary’s to a 71-65 victory over BYU for the Gaels’ 15th win in 16 games. Mahaney scored 14 of his 16 points in the second

EL PASO, Texas — Tylor Perry scored 20 points and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime to rally North Texas to an 80-72 victory over UTEP, upping its win streak to eight. Perry hit four 3-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws for the Mean Green (23-5, 14-3 Conference USA). Kai Huntsberry shot 7 for

By The Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. — Led by Raequan Battle’s 19 points, the Montana State Bobcats defeated the Montana Grizzlies 72-68. The Bobcats are now 19-9 with the victory and the Grizzlies fell to 14-13.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Rahm could hear the cheers from all over Riviera, the sound typically associated with someone making a charge. Except they came from the opposite side of the course that featured players too far away from the lead. What they meant was not nearly as

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jalen Pickett had 32 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, Camren Wynter added 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and five assists and Penn State beat Minnesota 76-69 to extend the Golden Gophers’ losing streak to nine games. Pickett made 11 of 20 from the field, 4 of 8 from 3-point range and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mac McClung might have single-handedly restored the shine on a dunk contest that has been widely panned in recent years. McClung, the 6-foot-2 Philadelphia guard on a two-way contract, defeated New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III in the finals of the dunk contest, culminating an