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By The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Led by Jose Placer’s 18 points, the North Florida Ospreys defeated the South Carolina State Bulldogs 72-66. The Ospreys are now 1-2 with the win and the Bulldogs dropped to 0-5.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Adrian Olivo’s 36-yard field goal as time expired lifted North Carolina Central to a 22-20 victory over Tennessee Tech in a non-league regular season finale. Tennessee Tech took a 20-19 lead on Jeremiah Oatsvall’s 1-yard run with 2:43 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Golden Eagles’ two-point conversion try was no

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jacob Dingel and Bryon Threats intercepted passes, Noah Potter and Dontay Corleone recovered fumbles and No. 22 Cincinnati beat Temple 23-3 on Saturday to move closer to the American Athletic Conference championship game. Cincinnati (9-2, 6-1) can guarantee a berth in its fourth straight conference title game

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Omari Moore had 20 points in San Jose State’s 80-69 win against Northern Colorado. Moore added seven rebounds for the Spartans (4-1). Sage Tolbert scored 17 points and added seven rebounds. Trey Anderson recorded 11 points. Daylen Kountz and Dalton Knecht led the way for the Bears (1-3) with 20 points

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — No. 19 Kansas State beat West Virginia 48-31 to move one win away from clinching a berth in the Big 12 championship game. The Wildcats finish the regular season at home next Saturday against Kansas. They are looking to join TCU in the title game

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Otto Kuhns threw five touchdown passes and scored from 15-yards out with five minutes left in the game to lift Norfolk State to a 42-38 win over South Carolina State in the regular season finale. The win snapped a four-game loss streak by the Spartans (2-9, 2-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). South

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Defending champion France’s World Cup hopes took a huge blow with the news that star striker Karim Benzema is out of the tournament after tearing a muscle in his left thigh during training on Saturday. “Karim Benzema is out of the World Cup,” the French

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Justin Miller threw for 154 yards, Isaiah Wooden rushed for 99 yards and Southern Utah beat Sam Houston 17-7. Miller had one touchdown and one interception for Southern Utah. Elijah Burns capped the scoring with a 2-yard score with 6:22 left in the third quarter. Trapper Pannell was intercepted two times

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thousands of people have joined Virginia’s football team, coaches and staff in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend. Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were remembered during a Saturday memorial service in

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Beau Allen threw three touchdown passes and Tarleton routed Houston Christian 49-7 in a nonconference matchup. Tarleton (6-5) snapped a three-game losing streak while Houston Christian (2-9) ends its season losing its last seven. Allen was 13-of-23 passing for 207 yards. Darius Cooper had six receptions for 155 yards receiving with

HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Frank Harris accounted for five touchdowns and 227 yards and Conference USA-leading UTSA smashed Rice 41-7. Harris’ 63- and 15-yard scoring runs put the Roadrunners ahead 14-0 in the first quarter. His 5-yard pass to Zakhari Franklin just before the quarter ended made it a three-score game. Down 41-0 just into

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Tyrrell Pigrome threw for two touchdowns, Ubayd Steed made two interceptions in the first half and Towson beat Hampton 27-7. The Towson defense intercepted Hampton quarterback Malcolm Mays three times. Robert Javier returned his interception for a 70-yard touchdown with 8:04 left in the fourth quarter. Isaiah Perkins and Darian Street

BRIAN J. PEDERSEN The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Nakia Watson scored two touchdowns and Washington State intercepted four Jayden de Laura passes in a 31-20 over Arizona. Watson scored on a 4-yard pass from Cameron Ward in the first quarter and on a 2-yard run in the second, giving him six scores in

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Israel Abanikanda ran for 113 yards and a touchdown as Pittsburgh edged Duke 28-26. The Panthers (7-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Blue Devils (7-4, 4-3) for the eighth time in nine meetings despite nearly squandering a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter. Duke’s Riley

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Tyler Huff completed 21 of 22-pass attempts, threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns and Furman beat Wofford 63-28 to end the regular season. The Paladins missed out on a chance to earn a share of the conference title when Samford (10-1, 8-0) beat Mercer 50-44 in double overtime. Wofforrd’s Jimmy

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Young ran for two third-quarter touchdowns and Fara’ad McCombs returned a kick-off 48 yards for a score as Columbia rolled past Cornell, 45-22 to win the Empire State Bowl. Columbia held a 14-7 lead at the half and the teams combined to score 32 points in the fourth quarter.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse ran for an 8-yard touchdown in overtime to help the Redbirds beat winless Western Illinois 20-13. The Redbirds started overtime with the ball. Rittenhouse faked a handoff and raced to the right side with no defenders in front of him before diving into the end zone.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Connor Watkins scored on a 2-yard run with 1:11 remaining and Villanova rallied to beat Delaware 29-26. Watkins opened the scoring with a 7-yard run to give Villanova (6-5, 4-4 Colonial Athletic Association) a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Nick Henderson pulled Delaware (7-4, 4-4) even by quarter’s end with a 48-yard scoring strike

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills executives Ron Raccuia and Derek Boyko weren’t going to let a little — actually a lot of — snow stop them from picking up left tackle Dion Dawkins on Saturday morning. When their vehicle couldn’t get any further because of mounds of snow