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CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Led by Darius McGhee’s 21 points, the Liberty Flames defeated the Bradley Braves 55-44. The Flames are now 3-3 on the season, while the Braves moved to 3-3.

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points and Kevin Knox II had a season-high 21 points, including a career-best six 3-pointers, to boost the Detroit Pistons to their second straight road win, 125-116 over the Utah Jazz. Marvin Bagley III scored a season-high 19 points on 9-of-10

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — K.D. Johnson scored 12 points, Allen Flanigan made a contested go-ahead layup with 31 seconds left and No. 13 Auburn held on to beat Northwestern 43-42 in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge. Jaylin Williams made 3 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 11 points for the Tigers.

By TONY SELLARS Associated Press OKAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 39 points, Aaron Gordon added 30 and Bruce Brown had a triple-double to help the depleted Denver Nuggets outlast the Oklahoma City Thunder 131-126 in overtime Wednesday night. Brown had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points and

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Radek Faksa scored with 1:33 remaining, and the Dallas Stars erased a three-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes for a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Jason Robertson scored the first goal to tie the Dallas record for points in consecutive games with 13. He

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Dashawn Davis knocked down six 3-pointers and Tolu Smith added a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds as Mississippi State held off Utah 52-49 to win the Fort Myers Tip-off tournament’s Beach Division on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs remain undefeated through six games. Marco Anthony hit the first of

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zion Williamson had a season-high 32 points along with 11 rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans never trailed Wednesday night while handing the San Antonio Spurs their sixth straight loss, 129-110. The Pelicans extended that lead to 24 points in the fourth quarter, its largest of

By The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Led by Terran Williams’ 20 points, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 80-75. The Bulldogs moved to 3-2 with the win and the Bulldogs fell to 0-5.

By TYLER MASON Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marcus Foligno scored twice and Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves as the Minnesota Wild took down the Winnipeg Jets 6-1. Matt Boldy added a goal and two assists for the Wild, and Kirill Kaprizov extended his point streak to seven games with a power-play goal

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 23 points — nine of them in a row in a key third-quarter run — and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Indiana Pacers 115-101 on Wednesday night. Minnesota has won five in a row, four of them on the road, to improve to

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Santiago Vescovi scored all 13 of his points after halftime and sparked the clinching run that helped No. 22 Tennessee beat Butler 71-45 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Vescovi hit three 3-pointers during a 17-1 run that

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 37 points and 13 rebounds and Jaylen Brown scored 31 points to help the NBA-best Boston Celtics bounce back from a rare loss and beat the Dallas Mavericks 125-112. The Celtics have league-leading 14 wins. They had won nine straight before losing to

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored 24 of his 28 points in the first half, Tyler Herro made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat snapped a four-game slide by beating the Washington Wizards 113-105 on Wednesday night. Caleb Martin scored 24 points and Herro finished

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Devils franchise-record tying 13-game winning streak came to end as Matt Murray made 34 saves to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 victory in a game in which New Jersey had three goals disallowed. John Tavares and Pontus Holmberg scored first-period goals

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints top cornerback Marshon Lattimore is among six New Orleans players who’ve return to practice after being unavailable to play during a Week 11 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Lattimore practiced on a limited basis on Wednesday, as did defensive ends Cameron Jordan and

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 21 of his 27 points after the break to help Southern California beat BYU 82-76 in Wednesday’s first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. The 27 points tied a career high for Ellis, who made all five of his shots and 11 of 13 free throws after

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Keshawn Justice’s 17 points helped Santa Clara defeat Menlo 64-51. Justice had five assists for the Broncos. Brandin Podziemski added 11 points and 18 rebounds. Jaden Bediako shot 5 of 5 from the field to finish with 11 points, while adding five rebounds and four blocks. Corey Le’aupepe finished with 13

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Race Thompson scored a season-high 20 points despite getting bloodied in the first half and led No. 11 Indiana past Little Rock 87-68. Freshman Malik Reneau scored 10 points in his starting debut for the Hoosiers who are 5-0 for the second straight season. Preseason

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Nijel Pack scored 23 points, Norchad Omier posted his 38th career double-double and Miami beat St. Francis Brooklyn 79-56. Pack was 9-of-13 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers. Omier had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Isaiah Wong added 10 points after the pair were named to the 40-player Lute