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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe kept battling for position, pushing his way to daylight and grabbing seemingly every loose rebound with a rugged relentlessness. No one was going to stop him, either. When it was over, the two-time Associated Press All-American had turned in the best rebounding performance

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Snudda Collins knew exactly how many shots she had missed, having carefully kept track of her stat lines through the Southeastern Conference Tournament: 0 for 22. “I was in a slump,” she said. “I did not know that, every time Snudda shoots I think it’s

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies completed the largest comeback in franchise history after trailing by 29 points in the third quarter, rallying to beat the San Antonio Spurs 126-120 in overtime. Desmond Bane added 21 points, including eight points in overtime,

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer The chase for the perfect March Madness bracket will have to wait another year. In a men’s tournament that saw a 2 and a 4 seed lose on Day 1, only a relative handful of brackets were still intact in the biggest contests when 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson took the

By RICHARD WALKER Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joel Embiid had 38 points and 13 rebounds in just 29 minutes, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets 121-82 for their seventh straight victory. Embiid scored 12 points in each of the first two quarters before calling it an early night in a game

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018 and hosting for the first time since a year before that. It’s a sign of quick progress under third-year coach Kara Lawson, whose Blue Devils are the No. 3 seed in the Seattle

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland had 24 points and nine assists, Donovan Mitchell scored 20 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers never trailed in a 117-94 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night. Evan Mobley had 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots for the Cavaliers. They built a

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals’ already faint playoff hopes took another hit with a 5-2 home loss to the St. Louis Blues. Darcy Kuemper allowed four goals on 21 shots, while trade deadline pickup Rasmus Sandin was on the ice for four goals by the Blues. Sammy Blais

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alissa Pili tallied 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to power second-seeded Utah past 15th-seeded Gardner-Webb 103-77 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jenna Johnson added 20 points and five assists for the Utes. Pili and Johnson combined to make 22

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young’s steal and layup with 45 seconds remaining protected Atlanta’s slim lead and the Hawks took advantage of Golden State’s continued poor perimeter defense on the road to beat the Warriors 127-119. Stephen Curry scored 31 points in Golden State’s 10th consecutive road loss. The

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson brought down a giant. Pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, the undersized, underdog Knights stunned top-seeded Purdue 63-58 on Friday night, becoming the second No. 16 seed to win a game in March Madness. The shortest of the

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer The dwindling number of perfect NCAA Tournament brackets might reach zero before the weekend. The NCAA March Madness Twitter account posted after Friday’s early games that only 30 such brackets remained. That’s out of millions, though the account didn’t say how many exactly. In ESPN’s Tournament Challenge bracket game,

By The Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jerkaila Jordan scored 20 and led No. 11 seed Mississippi State to an 81-66 win against No. 6 Creighton in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday night. Jessika Carter, the 6-5 Bulldog center, took advantage of the Bluejays’ undersized frontcourt, with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gradey Dick set the Kansas freshman record for 3-point field goals, recorded the first double-double of his career in the Jayhawks’ opener in the NCAA Tournament and is on track to be an NBA lottery pick in June. His mom, a player of her

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Angel Reese had 34 points and 15 rebounds  — her 29th double-double this season — and third seeded LSU defeated No. 14 seed Hawaii 73-50 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Flau’Jae Johnson scored 10 for LSU. The Tigers raced to

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford star Cameron Brink is out for the top-seeded Cardinal in their NCAA Tournament opener because of a non-COVID illness. The school made the announcement about 50 minutes before Friday’s tipoff against 16th-seeded Sacred Heart at Maples Pavilion. Stanford said the junior forward’s status is day-to-day. Brink is the team’s leading