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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reilly Smith scored off a pass from Michael Amadio with 3:42 left to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Knights went back into first place alone in the Pacific Division with 78 points. Vegas has points in 10

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Raegan Beers scored 18 points making 8 of 9 foul shots and Adlee Blacklock scored 15 and No. 11-seed Oregon State upset sixth-seed USC 56-48 in an opening round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Oregon State outscored USC 21-5 in the final 6:53 and made all eight of its final foul

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Led by Steven Ashworth’s 27 points, the Utah State Aggies defeated the UNLV Rebels 91-66 on Wednesday. The Aggies are now 23-7 on the season, while the Rebels moved to 17-12.

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tom Wilson scored his second goal 1:09 into overtime and the Washington Capitals defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. Martin Fehervary also scored, Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves and the Capitals won for the second time in three games following a six-game skid. Troy Terry scored for

By ANTHONY ANDERSON Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcus Hammond and Cormac Ryan each scored 20 points as Notre Dame won longtime coach Mike Brey’s final home game with an 88-81 win over No. 25 Pittsburgh. Nate Laszewski and Trey Wertz each added 14 points as the Fighting Irish (11-19, 3-16 Atlantic Coast

By The Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Led by Damarco Minor’s 27 points, the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars defeated the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 68-54 in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournamentfalse Championship

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Damion Baugh scored a career-high 24 points, Emanuel Mille had 20 and No. 22 TCU held on to beat Texas 75-73. The loss denies the ninth-ranked Longhorns a chance to play for a share of the Big 12 title in their upcoming regular-season finale.

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Dawson Mercer stayed hot with a goal and three assists, Tomas Tatar had a goal and two assists, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-5. Nico Hischier and Miles Wood each had a goal and an assist, and Nathan Bastian, Ondrej Palat and Dougie

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Claudell Harris Jr. led Charleston Southern with 20 points and secured the victory with a jumper in the lane with 36 seconds remaining as the Buccaneers defeated High Point 72-70 in the Big South Conference Tournament. Tyeree Bryan scored 14 points and added nine rebounds for the Bucs, who stopped a

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Taran Armstrong had 20 points in Cal Baptist’s 88-70 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley. Armstrong added five rebounds and seven assists for the Lancers. Blondeau Tchoukuiengo scored 19 points and added five assists. Reed Nottage had 17 points. Ahren Freeman finished with 25 points and eight rebounds for the Vaqueros.

COMMERCE. Texas (AP) — Terrion Murdix scored 27 points, Isaac Mushila had a double-double to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 93-88 victory over Texas A&M Commerce. Murdix made 9 of 15 shots from the floor and all nine of his free throws, adding eight assists and six rebounds for the Islanders (21-10, 14-4 Southland

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brandon Ingram had a season-high 40 points and the New Orleans Pelicans beat Portland 121-110 on Wednesday night in the first showdown between Damian Lillard and former Trail Blazers teammate CJ McCollum. McCollum added 24 points to help the Pelicans snap a four-game losing

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Fourth-ranked Casper Rudd has lost to qualifier Taro Daniel 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5) at the Mexico Open. For Daniel, the victory was his first against a top-10 player and propelled him into the quarterfinals. Daniel, ranked 125 in the ATP, had been 0-8 against players ranked in the top 10.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 17 points in what’s expected to be his final home game at Gonzaga, and the 10th-ranked Bulldogs trounced Chicago State 104-65 in a postseason tune-up. Timme was greeted perhaps one last time by the Kennel crowd as he made his 99th start at Gonzaga. The senior forward ranks

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Damon Nicholas Jr. had 15 points in Sam Houston’s 64-59 overtime victory over SFA. Nicholas had eight rebounds for the Bearkats. Donte Powers scored 14 points and Kaosi Ezeagu recorded 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting. The Bearkats picked up their sixth straight win. Nigel Hawkins finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and

CHICAGO — Ishmael Leggett scored 20 points and Rhode Island held off Loyola Chicago 79-77. Leggett added seven rebounds for the Rams (9-20, 5-12 Atlantic 10 Conference), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Jalen Carey finished with 17 points and six rebounds, while Sebastian Thomas scored 11. Sheldon Edwards finished with 16 points and three