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By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Atin Wright had 20 points in Drake’s 72-67 victory over Bradley on Saturday night in a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal. Drake will play Indiana State for the tournament championship on Sunday. Wright added three steals for the Bulldogs (27-6). Tucker DeVries scored 17 points while shooting

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madison Booker scored 21 points and Aaliyah Moore added 19 to help No. 6 Texas pull away from Kansas for a 76-60 victory in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Saturday. Texas (28-4) also got 15 points from Taylor Jones. Shay Holle scored

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robbie Avila had 21 points and Ryan Conwell had a double-double in Indiana State’s 94-72 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday night in a semifinal of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Avila shot 8 for 13, including 5 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Sycamores

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sahara Williams scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds and No. 19 Oklahoma advanced to its third straight Big 12 Tournament semifinal with a 69-53 win over TCU on Saturday. The top-seeded Sooners will play fourth-seeded Iowa State on Monday. Lexy Keys added 11 points for the Sooners (22-8), who

By The Associated Press OLEAN, N.Y. — Led by Terrence Hargrove Jr.’s 17 points, the Saint Louis Billikens defeated the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies 73-65 on Saturday. The Billikens are now 12-19 on the season, while the Bonnies fell to 18-12.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Audi Crooks scored 23 points including the go-ahead basket with 41 seconds left and Emily Ryan made all eight of her free throws in the fourth quarter to help Iowa State wrap up a 67-62 win over No. 17 Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The fourth-seeded

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Connor Hickman’s 20 points leads No. 3 Bradley past 11th-seeded UIC 74-47 in MVC quarterfinal

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tucker DeVries had 19 points in Drake’s 79-58 win against Evansville on Friday night in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. DeVries also had six rebounds, six assists, and three steals for the Bulldogs (25-6). Atin Wright scored 12 points while going 4 of 8 from the floor,

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Lance Lynn was ejected from his first spring training start in his return to the St. Louis Cardinals after having words with home plate umpire Ángel Hernández. The pitcher was then told to leave the bullpen after throwing a few more pitches following his outing against the Washington Nationals on Friday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zakiyah Franklin scored 20 points and seventh-seeded Kansas defeated 10th-seeded BYU 77-53 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Friday. The Jayhawks beat BYU for the third time this season and won for the 10th time in their last 11 games in advancing to play second-seeded and

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tytan Anderson had 19 points and 19 rebounds, and Northern Iowa beat Belmont 67-62 on Friday night in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Fourth-seeded Northern Iowa (20-13) advances to play top-seeded Indiana State in the semifinals on Saturday. Anderson also had three steals for the Panthers. Jacob

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was out on bond when he crashed into and severely injured a teen athlete in St. Louis last year has been found guilty in the crash. Prosecutors say a jury convicted 22-year-old Daniel Riley on Thursday of second-degree assault and armed criminal action. He also was found guilty

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alexis Markowski had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Natalie Potts added 15 points and 11 rebounds and fifth-seeded Nebraska beat fourth-seeded Michigan State 73-61 in the third round of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday. The Cornhuskers advance to play eighth-seeded Maryland, which defeated top seed and No. 4-ranked Ohio State 82-61

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Una Jovanovic scored a season-high 22 points, Sedona Prince made the go-ahead free throws with 29 seconds left and ninth-seeded TCU beat eighth-seeded Oklahoma State 68-66 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Friday. The Horned Frogs advance to take on top seed and 19th-ranked Oklahoma in

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Ryan Conwell’s 20 points, the Indiana State Sycamores defeated the Missouri State Bears 75-59 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sarah Andrews scored 13 points, Aijha Blackwell had 11 points and nine rebounds, and No. 17 Baylor beat Texas Tech 71-60 in the Big 12 Conference Tournament for its sixth straight victory. Baylor’s defense took over in the fourth quarter. The Bears scored 14 of the opening 17 points as

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison workers were fired after an investigation into the death of an old inmate whose family is demanding to know what happened. The Missouri Department of Corrections said 38-year-old Othel Moore died Dec. 8 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after cells in

By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ROSE VALLEY, Pennsylvania (AP) — Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Friday laced into former President Donald Trump — by name this time — as he and his senior aides began barnstorming the country to aggressively sell

By NICK INGRAM and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Celebrities, artists and tens of thousands of fans proud to call themselves nerds are converging in Kansas City for the Missouri city’s 25th annual Planet Comicon. Devotees ranging from Harry Potter lovers to furries can test niche trivia skills, compete in Pokémon