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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Ben Wight had 16 points as William & Mary narrowly beat Elon 65-61. Darius Burford led the Phoenix on Saturday with 20 points and eight assists.

RICHMOND, Va. — Vince Williams Jr. had 22 points plus 10 rebounds as VCU beat Richmond 64-62. Grant Golden led the Spiders on Saturday with 18 points and nine rebounds.

DAVIS, Calif. — Joel Murray registered 19 points as Long Beach State got past UC Davis 70-63. Ezra Manjon led the Aggies on Saturday with 26 points.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — John Meeks had 22 points as College of Charleston beat Northeastern 81-63. Nikola Djogo led the Huskies on Saturday with 17 points and six rebounds.

DELAND, Fla. — Christiaan Jones had a season-high 25 points as Stetson defeated Eastern Kentucky 113-95. Wheza Panzo added 20 points for the Hatters. Jomaru Brown led the Colonels on Saturday with 21 points and six assists.

SEATTLE — Darrion Trammell had 20 points as Seattle won its ninth consecutive game, defeating Sam Houston 78-63. Cameron Tyson had 15 points and nine rebounds, Vas Pandza scored 14 points and Riley Grigsby 11 for Seattle. Savion Flagg had 14 points for the Bearkats whose six-game winning streak ended.

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Paisley Harding scored 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting and Shaylee Gonzales scored 18 points and No. 16 BYU beat San Francisco 99-58. Harding recorded five 3-pointers made for the 29th time in her career in the Cougars’ 10th-straight win. Gonzales, a sophomore recorded her 500th field goal and  Lauren Gustin scored

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Forbidden Kingdom beat a trio of runners trained by Bob Baffert to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita. Baffert’s trio of Pinehurst, McLaren Vale and 4-5 favorite Doppelganger finished second, third and fourth in the race that the

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Life Is Good went to the lead right away and stayed there, winning the $3 million Pegasus World Cup with ease Saturday and denying Knicks Go what would have been a storybook finish to his career. The 4-year-old flashed his speed from the moment the gate opened, drawing five lengths

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Michael Akuchie scored a career-high 33 points to propel Youngstown State to an 86-72 victory over Milwaukee. Akuchie buried 10 of 17 shots from the floor, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, for the Penguins (12-10, 6-6 Horizon League). Akuchie added eight rebounds. William Dunn hit three 3-pointers and scored

BOONE, N.C. — Donovan Gregory had a career-high 23 points as Appalachian State beat Arkansas-Little Rock 72-57. Adrian Delph had 19 points and nine rebounds for Appalachian State (14-9, 8-2 Sun Belt Conference), which earned its sixth straight win. CJ Huntley added 14 points. Justin Forrest had 12 points and six rebounds. Myron Gardner had

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Baylor Scheierman had 23 points as South Dakota State won its 10th straight game, narrowly beating North Dakota State 80-76. Douglas Wilson had 18 points for South Dakota State. Rocky Kreuser had 25 points and eight rebounds for North Dakota State.

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Justin Hill had a career-high 29 points as Longwood defeated Winthrop 92-88 for its eighth straight victory. Hill made all 12 of his foul shots and added seven rebounds for the Lancers (15-5, 7-0 Big South Conference). DeShaun Wade had 18 points. Sin’Cere McMahon had 17 points to lead the Eagles

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Elle Purrier St. Pierre successfully defended her Wanamaker Mile title Saturday in the 114th Millrose Games, finishing in 4 minutes, 19.30 seconds. Purrier St. Pierre, also the 2020 winner, joined Mary Decker (1982-83), Doina Melinte (1990-91), Regina Jacobs (1999-2002), Carmen Douma-Hussar (2004-06), Kara Goucher 2008-09),

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Madi Williams had 23 points and nine rebounds, and No. 18 Oklahoma defeated No. 9 Texas 65-63. Taylor Robertson had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Sooners. Oklahoma remained in a tie with Iowa State for the Big 12 lead. Rori Harmon had 15

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — AJ Green scored 24 points and Noah Carter scored 21 and Northern Iowa beat Illinois State 79-64. Carter scored the first seven points for the Panthers after halftime to give Northern Iowa a 37-35 lead and they never trailed again. Trae Berhow’s jumper with 10:35 left extended the lead to

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Noah Farrakhan had a career-high 28 points as Eastern Michigan topped Miami (Ohio) 85-75. Nathan Scott added 25 points for the Eagles. Isaiah Coleman-Lands led the RedHawks on Saturday with a career-high 20 points.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Dimitri Payet sent Dimitry Bertaud the wrong way as Marseille beat Montpellier 5-4 in a penalty shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the French Cup. Payet’s calmly taken strike clinched it for 10-time Cup winner Marseille after the match went straight to penalties after ending 1-1

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Stastny scored twice, Eric Comrie made 24 saves in his first start since early last month and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Saturday to snap a six-game winless streak. Nate Schmidt and Kyle Connor also scored for Winnipeg. Comrie started

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Hunter Cattoor scored a career-high 27 points, all on a school-record tying nine 3-pointers, Sean Pedulla scored 21 points with six 3-pointers of his own, and Virginia Tech defeated Florida State 85-72. Cattoor hit back-to-back 3-pointers for a 68-60 Hokies lead with 6:41 remaining. After Florida State called timeout, the Hokies