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RICHMOND, Va. — Alex Morales had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Wagner topped VCU 58-44. KeShawn Curry led the Rams  with 12 points.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Tre Armstrong had 17 points off the bench to lift California Baptist to a 95-66 win over Mississippi Valley State. Robert Carpenter led the Delta Devils with 17 points.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kaleb Higgins posted 17 points as Cal State Bakersfield romped past Life Pacific 85-60. Pedro Leal-Cruz led the Warriors with 12 points.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Greg Bell had 16 carries for 104 yards and Matt Araiza kicked a 35-yard field goal with 1:21 to play to help No. 22 San Diego State beat Nevada 23-21. San Diego State (9-1, 5-1 Mountain West) took sole possession of first place in the West Division, a half-game ahead of

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Anthony Brown Jr. threw for 135 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 123 yards and another score, and No. 5 Oregon rallied in the second half to beat Washington State 38-24 on Saturday night. The Ducks have won five straight and extended their

By DAIMON EKLUND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Rem Pitlick scored his first three NHL goals and the Minnesota Wild beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 for their fifth win in six games. Nico Sturm added an empty-netter with about 5 minutes left, and Ryan Hartman had three assists for Minnesota. Cam Talbot had 28 saves.

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Drew Kannely-Robles ran for four touchdowns, Kobe Tracy threw three touchdown passes and Dixie State snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 62-21 win over Fort Lewis. Kannely-Robles carried the ball on each of the game’s first three plays from scrimmage, running for 21 and 31 yards before scoring a

PHOENIX (AP) — David Benavídez stopped Kyrone Davis with a TKO in the seventh round of a super middleweight fight to remain unbeaten. Benavídez (25-0, 22 KOs), fighting in his hometown of Phoenix for the first time in six years, battered Davis throughout the fight, but couldn’t knock him down. The fight was stopped at

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points, Reggie Jackson added 21 points and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-102 on Saturday night for their seventh victory in a row. Ivica Zubac had 10 points and 12 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe had 14 points and nine

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) — The final championship of the North American motorsports season came down to the final turn of the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Ricky Taylor went off course attempting to make the title-clinching pass of Felipe Nasr. Taylor drove through the grass as

By The Associated Press Saturday’s best: Florida’s Emory Jones had the performance of the college football weekend, accounting for 550 yards and seven touchdowns in the Gators’ come-from-behind, 70-52 victory against lower-division Samford. Mississippi State’s Will Rogers also threw for six touchdowns  in a 43-34 win over No. 16 Auburn and No. 18 Baylor ended

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Trae Self threw three touchdown passes to Xavier Gipson and Stephen F. Austin beat Central Arkansas 27-14. Miles Reed added 131 yards rushing on 32 carries for Stephen F. Austin. The Lumberjacks used a seven-play, 73-yard drive capped by a 6-yard TD pass from Self to Gipson to take a three-point

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Asher O’Hara accounted for two touchdowns and Sacramento State beat Portland State 49-20 in a key Big Sky Conference matchup. Sacramento State (8-2, 7-0) kept pace atop the conference standings with Montana State. The FCS 18th-ranked Hornets face UC Davis on the road to conclude their regular season. O’Hara threw a

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and Utah trailed for just 84 seconds in its 89-56 win over Sacramento State. Carlson, a 7-foot center, made both of his two 3-point shots and had two blocks in 21 minutes. Both Gach scored 11 points and Marco Anthony

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov and Jonathan Marchessault each scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-4 on Saturday night. Vegas extended its win streak to 8-2-0 since Oct. 26. Marchessault scored his 100th goal as a Golden Knight to put Vegas ahead 5-4, a

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points, Reggie Jackson added 21 points and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-102 on Saturday night for their seventh victory in a row. Ivica Zubac had 10 points and 12 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe had 14 points and nine

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme scored a career-high 37 points as top-ranked Gonzaga beat No. 5 Texas 86-74 on Saturday night in an early-season showdown. Gonzaga coach Mark Few returned to the sidelines after serving a three-game suspension for a DUI, sitting out two exhibition games and the

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Teddy Allen posted 16 points as New Mexico State got past UTEP 77-71. Jabari Rice had 15 points for New Mexico State (2-0). Yuat Alok added 13 points. Donnie Tillman had 12 points. Souley Boum had 21 points for the Miners (1-1). Jamal Bieniemy added 13 points. Keonte Kennedy had 11

IRVINE, Calif. — Collin Welp had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists as UC Irvine defeated Boise State 58-50. Dawson Baker had 10 points for UC Irvine (1-1). Austin Johnson added five points, eight rebounds and five blocks. Marcus Shaver, Jr. had 14 points for the Broncos (1-1). Emmanuel Akot added 11 points and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Zach Charbonnet had three rushing touchdowns for the second time this season, Dorian Thompson-Robinson racked up 356 yards of total offense and UCLA became bowl eligible for the first time in four years with a 44-20 victory over Colorado. Charbonnet had all of his scores