AP National Sports

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Marcus Domask registered 14 points as Southern Illinois easily defeated Southern Miss 66-41. Walyn Napper led the Golden Eagles with 15 points.

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome each had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 for their sixth straight win. Adam Fox added a goal and an assist and Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves for New York, which

By CHARLES F. GARDNER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pat Connaughton made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks avenged an embarrassing loss from the second game of the season, beating the Miami Heat 124-102 despite playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo. Milwaukee led by as many as 31 points in the second half

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 31 points, DeMar DeRozan had 29 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-107. Nikola Vucevic and Ayo Dosunmu each added 11 points for the Bulls. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 28 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 20. James Harden added 14

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored his second goal 51 seconds into overtime, giving the Ottawa Senators a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Tkachuk added an assist. Tim Stutzle also added two goals and an assist. Josh Norris and Austin Watson also scored for the Senators, who won consecutive games for the first

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season and the 750th of his NHL career to help the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 and snap a two-game skid. Ovechkin became the second-fastest player to reach the 750-goal mark and the fourth to

MURRAY, Ky. — Trae Hannibal had 19 points as Murray State topped Middle Tennessee 93-87. KJ Williams and Justice Hill added 18 points apiece for the Racers, while Tevin Brown chipped in 15. Josh Jefferson led the Blue Raiders with a career-high 31 points.

By JAMES SCHMEHL Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Moritz Seider scored 3:33 into overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Islanders 4-3 Saturday night, handing New York its 10th straight loss. Filip Hronek, Sam Gagner and Givani Smith also scored for the Red Wings, who won their season-high fifth straight. Alex Nedeljkovic had 20

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored with 11.1 seconds remaining in overtime, giving the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Eeli Tolvanen, Tanner Jeannot and Luke Kunin also scored and Juuse Saros made 20 saves for Nashville, which has won two of its last three. Jake

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tevin Olison had 20 points as Youngstown State defeated Green Bay 82-58. Michael Akuchie had 17 points for Youngstown State. Dwayne Cohill added 15 points and seven rebounds. Emmanuel Ansong had 13 points for the Phoenix.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Max Brooks scored 17 points and blocked three shots as UMass Lowell narrowly defeated Merrimack 61-57. Leading 59-57, Brooks blocked a layup with five seconds to go and Everette Hammond followed up with two free throws to give the River Hawks the win. Hammond had 14 points for UMass Lowell.

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored at 1:31 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lighting bounced back after blowing a two-goal lead to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2. Taylor Raddysh had his first career goal, a short-handed score in the first period. Ondrej Palat also scored for the defending

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett set two passing records in the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Pickett’s first touchdown pass of the game, a 22-yard toss on a swing pass to Rodney Hammond, broke Dan Marino’s school record of 79 career TD passes.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paisley Harding scored a career-high 33 points on 14-of-20 shooting, Shaylee Gonzalez added 22 points and seven assists and No. 21 BYU beat Utah 85-80. Tegan Graham hit a 3 to open the scoring 31 seconds in and the Cougars never trailed. Harding scored 10 points in a 12-3 run

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Greg Tribble scored 19 points and Enrique Freeman 15 with 13 rebounds and Akron beat Southern 79-62. Castaneda made two foul shots, Freeman made 1 of 2 and Akron took a 16-14 lead and never trailed again. The Zips led 31-21 at halftime and were up double figures most of the

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi and Lane Kiffin have agreed to what the school says is a new contract after the program’s first 10-win regular season. Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter announced the new deal Saturday. The school did not release any details of the contract. Kiffin led No. 8 Ole Miss to

FRESNO, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 22 points as Fresno State defeated Cal State Northridge 61-43. Elijah Hardy led the Matadors with 12 points.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Joe Quintana had 20 points as Loyola Marymount rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Long Beach State 77-74. Dameane Douglas had 19 points for the Lions (5-3), who trailed 37-30 at intermission. Joel Murray had 19 points to lead the Beach (2-6).

ELON, N.C. (AP) — John-Michael Wright had 29 points and 10 rebounds as High Point topped Elon 83-77. Zach Austin added 20 points for the Panthers (4-4). Torrence Watson scored a career-high 34 points for the Phoenix (2-7), who have now lost six straight.