AP National Sports

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Bradley scored 17 points and Lamont Butler had 15 for No. 23 San Diego State, which beat Nevada 74-65 to take sole possession of first place in the Mountain West Conference. The Aztecs dominated on both ends of Steve Fisher Court in a showdown

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 33 points, Norman Powell added 27 and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 113-101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks despite 43 points from Luka Doncic. It’s the fourth time in the past five games Leonard

The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. Beatings from her mother and jeers from her neighbors never stopped her from the sports she loved. But the 20-year-old Afghan woman could not defy her country’s Taliban rulers. They have not

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 46 points in his return to Utah, but the Jazz rallied late behind Jordan Clarkson to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-114. Clarkson scored 32 points, including five 3-pointers, and poured in nine straight down the stretch to fuel a decisive 13-0 run.

LOGAN, Utah — Led by Taylor Funk’s 22 points, the Utah State Aggies defeated the Wyoming Cowboys 83-63 on Tuesday. The Aggies are now 14-3 with the win and the Cowboys fell to 5-11.

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams scored a career-high 22 points to help No. 2 Kansas defeat Oklahoma 79-75. Kansas closed the game on an 18-4 run. Kansas got 17 points from Jalen Wilson, 11 from Dajuan Harris and 10 from Zach Clemence. Oklahoma was led by Grant Sherfield with

By CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Wendell Green Jr. scored 23 points, including 18 in the second half, and No. 21 Auburn dominated after halftime to beat Mississippi 82-73 on Tuesday night. Auburn (13-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed 35-34 at the break but put together runs of 6-0, 10-2 and 9-4 in

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Ben Vander Plas had 17 points and eight rebounds and No. 13 Virginia used a 17-2 second-half run to rally for a 65-58 victory over North Carolina. The Tar Heels lost leading scorer and rebounder Armando Bacot to a left ankle injury early in

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Illinois to a 76-50 win over Nebraska. Jayden Epps scored seven points of his 13 points in an 13-0 game-ending run for the Fighting Illini. Coleman Hawkins had 12 points and five assists and Matthew Mayer and RJ Melendez

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams scored a career-high 22 points to help No. 2 Kansas defeat Oklahoma 79-75. Kansas closed the game on an 18-4 run. Kansas got 17 points from Jalen Wilson, 11 from Dajuan Harris and 10 from Zach Clemence. Oklahoma was led by Grant Sherfield with

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A spectator was escorted from Rupp Arena during the first half of Kentucky’s loss to South Carolina on Tuesday night after holding up a sign that said “Please go to Texas,” referring to speculation about Wildcats coach John Calipari being a candidate to coach the Longhorns. The unidentified man in the

By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored the deciding goal in a shootout and the New York Rangers beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3. K’Andre Miller and Adam Fox each had a goal and an assist, and Filip Chytil also scored for New York. Igor Shesterkin finished with 28

DEKALB, Ill. — Led by David Coit’s 23 points, the Northern Illinois Huskies defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 73-54 on Tuesday night. The Huskies improved to 5-11 with the victory and the Chippewas fell to 6-10.

By The Associated Press CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bowen Born scored 13 of 23 points after halftime and Northern Iowa beat Murray State 75-67 on Tuesday night. Born shot 7 for 14 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 7 of 10 from the free throw line for the Panthers (9-8, 5-2 Missouri Valley

By The Associated Press KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Led by Lamar Norman Jr.’s 25 points, the Western Michigan Broncos defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 85-79 on Tuesday night. The Broncos are now 5-11 on the season, while the Eagles dropped to 4-12.

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added two assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins roared back from an early deficit to blow past the Vancouver Canucks 5-4. Malkin’s 28th career four-point game helped spark the Penguins after Pittsburgh spotted the Canucks a three-goal lead. Jason Zucker, Sidney Crosby

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Colin Castleton scored 18 points, making a career-high 12 foul shots, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked five shots and Florida handed LSU its third-straight loss, 67-56. The 6-foot-11 Castleton made a career-high 15 trips to the foul line and shot 3 of 6 from the field. Castleton’s layup with 3:05

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Matt Beniers, Justin Schultz and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and an assist for Seattle, which rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 for the Kraken’s sixth consecutive win. Yanni Gourde also scored, Andre Burakovsky had two assists and Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves in

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Meechie Johnson hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points to lead South Carolina over Kentucky 71-68, winning at Rupp Arena for the first time in 14 years and giving coach Lamont Paris his first SEC victory. The win was just the third for the Gamecocks (8-8, 1-2) in 31

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry is back for the Golden State Warriors after an 11-game absence with a partially dislocated left shoulder, rejoining the starting lineup as the defending champions hosted the Phoenix Suns.While Curry didn’t have a strict minutes restriction, coach Steve Kerr noted “he’s not going