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NEW YORK — Eral Penn had 22 points as Long Island Brooklyn defeated Sacred Heart 79-75. Nico Galette led the Pioneers on Thursday night with a career-high 20 points.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Caitlin Clark collected her fifth triple-double this season and No. 21 Iowa rolled by Wisconsin 84-50. Clark, who leads the nation in points and assists per game, finished with 27 points on 12-of-18 shooting with 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Monika Czinano added 17 points, freshman Addison O’Grady had a career-high

By EVAN GERIKE Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Aleksa Gulbe scored 28 points and No. 5 Indiana closed the game on a 14-0 run to complete a comeback and beat Minnesota 80-70. Gulbe was 4 for 4 from 3-point range, Grace Berger had 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Nicole Cardaño-Hillary added

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jenna Staiti scored 16 points, Que Morrison added 15 points and No. 14 Georgia beat Vanderbilt 71-56. Georgia had its lead cut to 49-47 early in the fourth quarter before going on a 14-2 run for a double-digit lead it would not relinquish. Malury Bates scored six points during the run,

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Moore, the former president of the National Association  Professional Baseball Leagues, died Thursday affer a lengthy illness. He was 80. Moore died at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida, Major League Baseball said. A native of Columbus, Indiana, Moore was general manager and part owner of Cincinnati’s Tampa farm

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam denied paying former coach Hue Jackson for losing games and said his one-time employee is only good at “pointing fingers” and needs to accept some blame for his dreadful NFL record. Earlier this week, Jackson intimated in a series of Twitter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 20 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks and No. 1 South Carolina beat Alabama 83-51 on Thursday night. Zia Cooke made her first five shots and finished with 14 points for the Gamecocks (21-1, 9-1 Southeastern Conference). Coupled with Florida’s victory over Tennessee, South Carolina took sole possession

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jordan Brown had 20 points as Louisiana-Lafayette routed Arkansas-Little Rock 75-51. Jordan Jefferson led the Trojans on Thursday night with 14 points.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford got a call this week from a childhood friend who knows a little something about waiting a long time to win his first championship. Clayton Kershaw is hoping to be at SoFi Stadium next Sunday when Stafford leads the Los Angeles Rams in

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Tishara Morehouse scored 19 points, Kendall Spray added 12 points and No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast made 17 3-pointers in beating Central Arkansas 71-44 for coach Karl Smesko’s 600th career win. Smesko reached the milestone in just 726 games, faster than Pat Summitt (734 games), Tara VanDerveer (767), and C. Vivian

NEWARK, Del. — Melik Martin had 21 points as Drexel topped Delaware 76-68. Andrew Carr led the Blue Hens on Thursday night with a career-high 21 points.

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Jomaru Brown came off the bench to score 15 points and he made the second of two foul shots with 3 seconds remaining in the third overtime to lift Eastern Kentucky over Kennesaw State 82-81. Michael Moreno had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Colonels (11-12, 3-6 Atlantic Sun Conference).

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Caleb Asberry tossed in 16 points and Texas State knocked off Appalachian State 68-66. Shelby Adams had 11 points and six rebounds for the Bobcats (14-6, 5-3 Sun Belt Conference), who have won four straight at home. Adrian Delph had 22 points for the Mountaineers (14-10, 8-3), whose six-game winning

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow didn’t set out to be a quarterback. When he started pee-wee football in Athens, Ohio, he told the coach he’d rather play running back or receiver, but he didn’t get his way. His coach made him the quarterback. Burrow grew up

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Angel Reese had 25 points and nine rebounds, Diamond Miller added 14 points and nine rebounds and No. 17 Maryland beat Michigan State 67-62 for its fourth straight victory. Maryland’s second-leading scorer Ashley Owusu was helped off the court late in the first quarter after injuring her ankle. She was

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Hailey Van Lith had a career-high 34 points including 16 in the decisive third quarter as No. 4 Louisville won its 10th straight over Clemson 93-71. The Cardinals reached 20 victories for the 12th straight season. But not before getting a scare from the Tigers

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — KJ Simon had 19 points to lead five UT Martin players in double figures as the Skyhawks romped past Southeast Missouri 84-63. Mikel Henderson added 17 points for the Skyhawks (8-15, 4-7 Ohio Valley Conference). Manny Patterson had 12 points for the Redhawks (9-13, 4-5).

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Tevin Brown registered 17 points and eight rebounds as Murray State extended its win streak to 11 games, defeating Austin Peay 65-53. Drew Calderon led the Governors on Thursday with 15 points.

By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jakia Brown-Turner scored 13 points and No. 3 North Carolina State bounced back from a loss this week to beat Florida State 68-48 on Thursday night. Raina Perez added 11 points and eight assists to help N.C. State (20-3, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebound from a

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kiki Smith scored 25 points, Nina Rickards added 16 and Florida stunned No. 7 Tennessee 84-59, giving the Gators their fifth victory in 59 meetings between the teams. It was Florida’s biggest win in the series. None of the previous four had been by more