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SAN DIEGO — Alimamy Koroma registered 19 points as Cal Poly narrowly defeated UC San Diego 59-55. Toni Rocak led the Tritons on Thursday night with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Isaiah Thompson scored a career-high 18 points and Jaden Ivey had 15 in his return from a hip injury as No. 6 Purdue defeated Iowa 83-73. Thompson came in averaging just 5.7 points per game but shot 6 of 8 from the field — including

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation for Edmonton Oilers in their 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, who have now won three straight after going 2-11-2 in their previous 15 games. Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen

BEIJING (AP) — The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports. It’s also creating new business opportunities. Schools are adding winter sports to their curriculums. Parents are opening their wallets to support hockey teams and pay for skating lessons. Shopping

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Johni Broome had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Morehead State extended its win streak to 10 games, narrowly defeating Southeast Missouri 74-73 in overtime. Chris Harris led the Redhawks on Thursday night with a season-high 22 points.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points to help No. 7 UCLA rout California 81-57. The Bruins won their fifth straight and took sole possession of first place in the Pac-12. All but one of UCLA’s 10 players scored on a night when they were missing

HAMMOND, La. — Isaac Mushila and Trevian Tennyson scored 19 points apiece as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beat Southeastern Louisiana 86-71. Myles Smith added 14 points for the Islanders on Thursday night, while De’Lazarus Keys and Terrion Murdix each had 12. Jalyn Hinton led the Lions with a career-high 24 points.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. had 18 points as Tennessee State narrowly beat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 75-70. Carlos Marshall Jr. added 17 points for the Tigers on Thursday night, while Kassim Nicholson chipped in 16. Ray’Sean Taylor led the Cougars with 26 points, tying his career high.

MONTREAL (AP) — Anaheim scored three first-period goals, Trevor Zegras scored twice in the second period, and then the Ducks held off the Montreal Canadiens for a 5-4 win on Thursday night. Sam Carrick, Troy Terry and Cam Fowler had first-period goals for Anaheim, and Anthony Stolarz stopped 35 shots. Jake Evans had two goals

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Jordan Walker hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left and finished with 21 points to lead UAB to a 68-65 victory over Western Kentucky. Michael Ertel and Quan Jackson had 10 points each for the Blazers  (17-4, 7-1 Conference USA), who won their fourth straight. Josh Anderson had 16 points

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Kendal Coleman tossed in a career-high 25 points and snagged 13 rebounds to lead Northwestern State past Incarnate Word 79-70. Carvell Teasett and Cedric Garrett scored 14 apiece for the Demons (5-16, 2-5 Southland Conference), who snapped a four-game skid. Charlie Yoder had 25 points for the Cardinals (4-17, 1-6), who

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Jubrile Belo, Xavier Bishop and RaeQuan Battle scored 15 points apiece as Montana State slipped past Eastern Washington 69-65. Amin Adamu had 12 points and six rebounds for the Bobcats (15-5, 7-2 Big Sky Conference), who have won six straight. Linton Acliese III had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead

EL PASO, Texas — Alfred Hollins tipped in a miss as time expired to lead UTEP to a 70-68 win over Florida Atlantic on Thursday night. Souley Boum had 28 points to lead the Miners. Vladislav Goldin led the Owls with 19 points.

DENVER — Evan Gilyard II had 23 points as Kansas City beat Denver 72-61. Touko Tainamo led the Pioneers on Thursday night with 15 points and 15 rebounds.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Josh Bannan had 18 points and nine rebounds and Cameron Parker recorded 15 points as Montana won its 10th consecutive home game, topping Idaho 81-62. Trevante Anderson led the Vandals on Thursday night with 22 points.

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 13 points, dished nine assists and made five steals to spark No. 16 BYU to a 76-44 win over Santa Clara, the Cougars’ seventh straight victory to open the West Coast Conference season. The Cougars trailed 7-6 with more than six minutes left in the first quarter when

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 26 points and nine rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-87. The Lakers played without LeBron James. James is day to day with a sore left knee. Anthony Davis scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lakers.

By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Larsson scored the first overtime goal in Seattle Kraken history to lift the expansion team to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Kraken trailed 1-0 when Jared McCann scored with 3:56 left in regulation against his former team to force overtime. Larsson then won

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Ty Gordon had 24 points as Nicholls State defeated McNeese State 81-71. Kellon Taylor led the Cowboys on Thursday night with 13 points and seven rebounds.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Ben Sheppard scored 18 points as Belmont defeated Austin Peay 75-67. Will Richard added 16 points, Nick Muszynski scored 15 and Luke Smith had 15 for the Bruins on Thursday night. Drew Calderon led the Governors with a season-high 20 points.