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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jalen Slawson had 33 points plus 13 rebounds as Furman narrowly beat College of Charleston 91-88 in overtime. Reyne Smith led the Cougars with 24 points.

NIAGARA, N.Y. — George Papas posted 14 points and seven rebounds as Monmouth topped Niagara 57-49. Marcus Hammond led the Purple Eagles with 11 points.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jesus Cruz had 16 points off the bench to lift Fairfield to a 74-68 win over Canisius. Armon Harried led the Golden Griffins with 18 points and eight rebounds.

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Strome scored in the first period, and Igor Shesterkin and Alexander Georgiev combined for a 28-save shutout as the New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 for their fifth straight win. Shesterkin had 19 saves before leaving early in the third period due

BROOKINGS, S.D. — David Wingett had 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench to lift South Dakota State to a 112-47 win over Minnesota-Morris. Dillon Haider led the Cougars with 14 points.

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Braun had a career-high 31 points, Ochai Agbaji scored 23 and No. 8 Kansas emphatically turned back a second-half charge to beat St. John’s 95-75 in the first basketball game at new UBS Arena. Senior forward David McCormack was a force inside with 15

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored a season-high 26 points with six 3-pointers and the short-handed Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 113-104. The Heat were missing four regulars, including leading scorer Jimmy Butler, but compensated with 16-of-34 shooting from 3-point range, compared to the Pacers’ 9 of 36.

HAMDEN, Conn. — Fousseyni Drame had 13 points and 13 rebounds to lead St. Peter’s to a 69-59 win over Quinnipiac. Matt Balanc led the Bobcats with 20 points and seven rebounds.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Alfonso Plummer scored 24 points, Kofi Cockburn had a double-double and Illinois cruised to an 86-51 victory over Rutgers in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Cockburn, who came in leading the nation in scoring at 26.8 points per game, scored a season-low 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting and grabbed

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Antonio TJ Madlock made an off-balance, turnaround 3-pointer from the corner with a man in his face as time expired to lead South Carolina State to a 65-64 win over South Florida. Antonio TJ Madlock posted 15 points to lead the Bulldogs. Caleb Murphy led the Bulls with 18 points and

BOSTON — Jahmyl Telfort had 18 points to lead five Northeastern players in double figures as the Huskies edged past Colgate 74-69. Shaquille Walters added 14 points for the Huskies. Tyreek Scott-Grayson chipped in 12, Chris Doherty scored 11 and Jason Strong had 11. Nelly Cummings led the Raiders with 18 points.

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Christian Bishop scored 17 points and No. 7 Texas used suffocating defense in the second half to beat Texas Rio Grande Valley 88-58. Bishop, a senior who transferred from Creighton, is a backup who played 14 minutes. He made all nine of his free throws. Timmy

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Darius Garland had 32 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on a 19-0 run spanning part of each half in a 116-101 rout of the Washington Wizards. Cleveland won its fourth straight game, and this streak has been pretty emphatic. The

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jaelin Howell scored in the 71st minute and Florida State advanced to the Women’s College Cup championship game with a 1-0 victory over Rutgers. The Seminoles will face BYU on Monday for the NCAA title. The Cougars got past defending national champion Santa Clara in a shootout later Friday night.

By MATT SUGAM Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 23 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and five steals to lead No. 21 UConn past Seton Hall 74-49 in the teams’ Big East opener. The Huskies bounced back in their first game since losing on Nov. 22 to No. 1 South Carolina

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 21 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 1 South Carolina to its first 9-0 start in six years with a 65-44 victory over Kansas State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Boston continued her dominant stretch by outplaying another top forward in

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer An attorney for trainer Bob Baffert says split-sample urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wesley Matthews is back with the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks signed the swingman Friday, bringing him back after he spent the 2019-20 season with them. Matthews, who played in high school in Madison, Wisconsin, and collegiately at Marquette, started 67 games for the Bucks two years ago. He spent last season with

SEATTLE (AP) — No. 5 UCLA’s game at Washington on Sunday has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues in the Huskies’ program. The game won’t be rescheduled and it will count as a Pac-12 victory for the Bruins. That’s because of the league’s rule for games impacted by COVID-19, which says that if two schools