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JONESBORO, Ark. — Desi Sills posted 16 points as Arkansas State narrowly defeated Appalachian State 62-60. Adrian Delph led the Mountaineers with 19 points and seven rebounds.

MOBILE, Ala. — Charles Manning Jr. posted 17 points as South Alabama defeated Texas-Arlington 62-52. David Azore led the Mavericks with 22 points.

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Jimmy Butler had 23 and the Miami Heat overcame RJ Barrett’s career-high 46 points to beat the New York Knicks 115-100. Kyle Lowry added 19 points in the Heat’s first game after the All-Star break after they were tied with

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points and made the decisive 3-point play with 20.4 seconds left in overtime to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 129-125 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Tre Mann finished with 22 points to help Oklahoma City snap a two-game

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dejounte Murray had 31 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Washington Wizards 157-153 in double overtime. It was the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season. Keldon Johnson scored a career-high 32 points, and Jakob Poeltl added a career-high

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Katie Benzan made a floater with 11.8 seconds to play to put Maryland up by three, and the No. 13 Terrapins held on for a 67-64 victory over No. 10 Indiana on Friday night when Nicole Cardano-Hillary missed everything on a shot from the

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Kings coach Todd McLellan entered COVID-19 protocols and wasn’t behind the bench for Friday night’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. The Kings announced McLellan’s status less than an hour before faceoff. Assistant Trent Yawney was to serve as the acting head coach. The Kings started a stretch of three

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Dwight Murray Jr. registered 18 points and seven rebounds as Rider narrowly beat Niagara 70-68. Marcus Hammond led the Purple Eagles with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Raheim Sullivan and Jao Ituka had 15 points each as Marist defeated Manhattan 74-56. Ant Nelson led Manhattan with 15 points.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — KC Ndefo recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds to carry St. Peter’s to a 70-65 win over Monmouth. George Papas led Monmouth with 23 points.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Vince Cole had 21 points as Coastal Carolina defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 68-55. Ebrima Dibba had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Coastal Carolina. Admir Besovic led the Trojans with 14 points.

STATESBORO, Ga. — Kamari Brown had a career-high 22 points as Georgia Southern beat ULM 81-75 in overtime. Koreem Ozier led the Warhawks with a season-high 23 points.

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal got Carolina on the board with a determined second-period sequence, then the Hurricanes broke it open with two quick third-period goals to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Friday night. Teuvo Teravainen scored late in the second for a 2-0 lead. Nino

PRINCETON, N.J. — Jaelin Llewellyn had a season-high 29 points as Princeton topped Harvard 74-67. Ethan Wright had 15 points for Princeton. Kale Catchings led Harvard with 19 points.

ATLANTA — Jalen Thomas registered 16 points as Georgia State extended its winning streak to seven games, beating Louisiana-Lafayette 65-58. Greg Williams Jr. led the Ragin’ Cajuns with 18 points.

RICHMOND, Va. —  Tyler Burton had 23 points to lead Richmond past Saint Louis 68-66. Francis Okoro converted a two-point play with 2:45 left to pull Saint Louis within two, but the Spiders were able to hold off the Billikens. Francis Okoro led Saint Louis with a career-high 23 points.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre Jr. each scored 23 points and the Charlotte Hornets emerged from the All-Star break looking reenergized with a 125-93 rout of the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Montrezl Harrell added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets. They never

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Dallion Johnson made five 3-pointers for all 15 of his points, John Harrar had 11 points and a career-high 20 rebounds and Penn State beat Northwestern 67-60. It was a defensive battle through the first 13 minutes as Northwestern led 48-43. Penn State then started making 3-pointers — five of

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Albert Ramos-Viñolas of Spain has advanced to the semifinals of the Chile Open. The second-seeded player beat Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis 7-5, 6-2 to reach the final four of the clay-court tournament in Santiago. Ramos-Viñolas will face another Argentinian in the next round, Sebastián Báez, who earlier won 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 against

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored eight points in 12 minutes in her return from a knee injury that kept her out for more than two months. She helped No. 7 UConn to a 93-38 rout of St. John’s. The reigning national player of the year had not