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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn scored 27 points, Jacob Grandison had a season-high 24 and No. 12 Illinois held off No. 19 Michigan State 79-74. Illinois moved ahead of No. 15 Wisconsin and into a first-place tie with No. 5 Purdue in the Big Ten standings. Tyson Walker scored a season-high 26 points

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Jeremy Sochan matched his season high with 17 points as five players scored in double figures for seventh-ranked Baylor. The Bears led throughout despite missing two hurting guards in a 72-62 victory over TCU. Baylor played with only six players, except for a two-minute stretch

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Aaron Deloney had 20 points as Vermont won its 12th consecutive home game, easily beating Maryland-Baltimore County 86-59. Keondre Kennedy led the Retrievers on Saturday with 13 points.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jalen Slawson had 16 points and 10 rebounds to carry Furman to a 70-69 win over Wofford. B.J. Mack led the Terriers on Saturday with 17 points.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gerrale Gates had 24 points and 12 rebounds as Holy Cross narrowly beat Navy 55-50. Tyler Nelson led the Midshipmen on Saturday with 15 points.

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas hold No. 1 seeds in the initial rankings for the committee that will select the field for next month’s 68-team men’s NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were the top overall seed ahead of the Tigers in rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s

TAMPA, Fla. — Sam Griffin had 23 points as Tulsa ended its eight-game road losing streak, topping South Florida 65-57. Javon Greene led the Bulls on Saturday with 15 points.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman and countryman Francisco Cerundolo will meet in the semifinals of the Rio Open clay-court tournament. Third-seeded Schwartzman beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4 in the delayed quarterfinals on Saturday. Hours earlier, Cerundolo topped Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Quarterfinals and semifinals are being played

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Buddy Boeheim and Cole Swider scored 18 points each, Jimmy Boeheim added a double-double and Syracuse cruised by Boston College 76-56. Jimmy Boeheim scored 13 points with 10 rebounds and Joseph Girard III had four 3-pointers and 16 points for Syracuse, which has won five of its last six games. James

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Flores is back in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired the former Miami Dolphins coach to serve as a senior defensive assistant. The hiring comes less than three weeks after Flores sued the NFL and three teams over alleged racist hiring practices. Flores, who

PARIS (AP) — Striker Tino Kadewere’s first goal of the season helped Lyon draw 1-1 at Lens and move up to fifth place in the French league. Fourth place earns automatic entry into next season’s Europa League. Kadewere equalized just before halftime after Lens scored in the 13th minute through defender Jonathan Clauss. Runaway league

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Atlético Madrid has earned its most convincing win in months and it comes just days before it hosts Manchester United. João Félix scored and assisted Luis Suárez in Atlético’s 3-0 win at Osasuna in the Spanish league on Saturday. The victory gives the struggling defending champions

LONDON (AP) — Second-half goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka have helped Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1 to strengthen its bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League. Smith Rowe’s solo effort in the 48th minute broke the deadlock and Saka doubled the lead in the 79th before Christian Norgaard scored in stoppage

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas hold No. 1 seeds in the initial rankings for the committee that will select the field for next month’s 68-team men’s NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were the top overall seed ahead of the Tigers in rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst has scored his first Premier League goal as Burnley moved off the bottom of the standings with an emphatic 3-0 win at Brighton. Sean Dyche’s side went above last-place Norwich on goal difference. Burnley trails 17th-place Newcastle by five points but has two games in hand. Weghorst

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has suspended associate women’s basketball coach Chuck Love with pay. No reason for the suspension was given in a two-sentence statement released by the athletic department. The department declined further comment. Love is in his sixth season at Nebraska under coach Amy Williams. He previously worked on Williams’ staff at

NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct after squirting water from the bench toward an opponent. The fine was announced Saturday, a day after Benn squirted water into the face of Blackhawks wing MacKenzie Entwistle as he skated past the Dallas bench late

LONDON (AP) — Hakim Ziyech volleyed in an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on its return to Premier League action after triumphing at the Club World Cup. The Morocco winger was lurking at the far post to meet Marcos Alonso’s cross with a cushioned volley into the net, allowing Chelsea to consolidate