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ORLANDO, Fla. — Darin Green Jr. had 20 points as Central Florida got past Memphis 74-64. Tyler Harris led the Tigers with 15 points.

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Jordan Whitfield posted 18 points as Campbell got past Charleston Southern 67-52. Tahlik Chavez led the Buccaneers with 17 points.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Conley Garrison had a season-high 23 points as Furman got past East Tennessee State 78-69 in Southern Conference action. Garrison shot 8 for 10 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and grabbed seven rebounds for the Paladins (12-6, 4-1), who have won six straight at home. Mike

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Paolo Banchero had 24 points and eighth-ranked Duke hit 13 straight shots to blow it open after halftime and beat Wake Forest 76-64 on Wednesday night with Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski sidelined by illness. Fellow freshman A.J. Griffin had a season-high 22 points

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Dane Goodwin had 21 points and seven rebounds, freshman Blake Wesley scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half and Notre Dame won its sixth straight game, 72-56 over Clemson. Notre Dame made its first six shots of the game, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers by Nate Laszewski and

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 21 points, Justin Moore had 16 and No. 14 Villanova held off No. 17 Xavier 64-60. Moore, the reigning Big East player of the week, scored 10 points in the second half and finished with nine rebounds to help the Wildcats win their fifth

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored a career-high 28 points and Mississippi State quickly overtook Georgia in the second half, winning 88-72. Molinar was 11-of-18 shooting with seven assists. Javian Davis produced 18 productive minutes off the bench with 12 points, a team-high six rebounds and three blocks. Cameron Matthews and Andersson Garica added

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Christyn Williams scored 19 points apiece and Caroline Ducharme added 18 as No. 10 UConn rolled past Butler 92-47 on Wednesday night. Evina Westbrook contributed 13 points and Aaliyah Edwards 12 points for the Huskies (8-3, 3-0 Big East). Celena Taborn scored 13 and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Staley gave his Los Angeles Chargers players something to think about when they held their final meeting of the season Monday — “all endings are beginnings.” Even though the Chargers missed the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion with a 35-32 overtime loss to the

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears interviewed former Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson and Cleveland Browns executive Glenn Cook for their vacant coach and general manager jobs. The two positions opened Monday when the Bears fired former coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace on the heels of a 6-11 season. Pederson

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Christian Shumate had 22 points plus 17 rebounds as McNeese State easily defeated Arlington Baptist 120-44. Brendan Medley-Bacon added 20 points for the Cowboys. Trey Ballard led the Patriots on Wednesday with 13 points.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing will miss the Hoyas’ game against visiting Butler because of what his team said Wednesday were D.C. Department of Health guidelines. The news release announcing the former Georgetown and NBA star’s absence Thursday did not offer any other details or explanation. Georgetown said assistant Louis Orr would

By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Bills can thank their surging ground game for their late-season run to winning their second consecutive AFC East title. Buffalo heads into its wild-card playoff against New England on Saturday night on a four-game winning streak that is partly due to its renewed commitment

By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles are a better team than the squad that lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6. There are still plenty of reasons why the defending Super Bowl champions are 8 1/2-point favorites in Sunday’s NFC wild-card game. High among those reasons is the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo’s long-term future as quarterback in San Francisco has been in doubt ever since the 49ers traded away three first-round picks in the spring to make Trey Lance the heir apparent at the position. The present has Garoppolo ready to lead the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Mac Jones called his performance in the Patriots’ regular-season finale loss to Miami “super embarrassing.” It was a critical self-analysis by the only rookie quarterback taken in the first round of the NFL draft since 2013 to finish his first season with a winning record.

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Alexis Sánchez scored with practically the last kick of the match to help Inter Milan win the Italian Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over bitter rival Juventus after extra time. Sánchez’s goal came after an error from the Juventus defense and sparked scenes of wild

WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a snowmobile driver who veered into a highly touted sled dog team in northern Wisconsin and injured two of the dogs, including one that ran the Iditarod last year. Ryan Redington, the Alaskan musher and two-time winner of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, was out with

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Hernandez says he was stunned to learn Tuesday that the New York Mets plan to retire his No. 17. He’ll join Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza and Jerry Koosman as players to have their numbers retired in Queens. Hernandez received the news from owner Steve

LONDON (AP) — Jarrod Bowen scored twice to send West Ham back into the top four of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Norwich on Wednesday.Bowen’s seventh and eighth goals of the season secured a third straight Premier League win for the Hammers and left Norwich rooted to the bottom of the table.