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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frida Formann scored 16 points to lead 20th-ranked Colorado to a 62-54 victory over Oregon State in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. Formann made 4 of 9 shots with two 3-pointers for the third-seeded Buffaloes (23-7), who advance to play No. 7 seed Washington State in the semifinals

SEATTLE (AP) — TJ Bamba scored a career-high 36 points, Andrej Jakimovski added a double-double and Washington State won its sixth straight Pac-12 Conference game for the first time in 30 years with a 93-84 victory over Washington. Bamba, a junior, made 13 of 20 shots with three 3-pointers and all seven of his free

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jordan Sears led the UT Martin Skyhawks with 33 points and sealed the victory with a layup with 36 seconds left as the Skyhawks took down the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars in an Ohio Valley Conference quarterfinal.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jermaine Couisnard scored 17 points to lead five in double figures as Oregon cruised past California 84-51. Couisnard was 6 of 8 from the floor and made three 3-pointers. N’Faly Dante, Nate Bittle, Rivaldo Soares and Kel’el Ware each added 10 points for Oregon (17-13, 11-8 Pac-12), which shot 55% (34

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabe Vilardi and Anze Kopitar scored in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday night. Alex Iafallo also scored and Pheonix Copley made 19 saves to help the Kings win their fourth straight home game. Josh Anderson had

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3. Logan Brown, Colton Parayko, Brayden Schenn, Kasperi Kapanen and Tyler Pitlick also scored for the Blues. Thomas Greiss made 22 saves

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his 38th and 39th goals of the season to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves for Minnesota. Kaprizov opened the scoring at 44 seconds of the first period with a backdoor

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Led by DJ Davis’ 26 points, the UC Irvine Anteaters defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders 75-65. The Anteaters are now 21-10 on the season, while the Highlanders moved to 20-11.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calle Jarnkrok broke a tie at 2:20 of the third period and Joseph Woll made 25 saves in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. After Jacob Markstrom stopped Morgan Rielly on a breakaway, Jarnkrok was able to score off the rebound as the net

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Alston Mason’s 17 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the UIC Flames 74-57 in a Missouri Valley Conference tournament first-round game

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Antoine Davis outscored them all – except for “Pistol” Pete. Detroit Mercy’s star guard finished four points shy of surpassing Pete Maravich as the NCAA career scoring leader on Thursday night, scoring 22 in a gritty 71-66 loss to Youngstown State in the Horizon League

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Zach Edey didn’t want to know whether Purdue already had clinched the Big Ten outright regular-season title before the end of his team’s game with Wisconsin. Edey’s coach couldn’t resist finding out. “I wish I could lie to you, but I asked,” Purdue coach Matt

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 42 points, Kyrie Irving added 40 and the new All-Star pairing sparkled throughout the Dallas Mavericks’ 133-126 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Doncic won a matchup of the NBA’s top two scorers as Joel Embiid finished with 35 points for the 76ers. Irving

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Spencer Jones scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers to lead Stanford to an 83-60 victory over Oregon State. Jones was 10 of 16 from the floor. Brandon Angel added 15 points for Stanford (13-17, 7-12 Pac-12), which shot 30 of 51 overall and 12 of 21 from long range. Maxime

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Makira Cook scored 24 points, Genesis Bryant added 21 and Illinois thumped Rutgers 81-55 in the second round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament. Bryant made 8 of 11 shots with three 3-pointers for the sixth-seeded Fighting Illini (22-8). She also had five rebounds and five assists. Cook sank 10 of 13

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jeremy Sochan had 22 points and 13 rebounds for his first career double-double and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Indiana Pacers 110-99. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich missed the game because of an illness. Devin Vassell scored 18 points for the Spurs in his return after

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Roope Hintz extended his scoring streak to four games with three goals and the Dallas Stars beat Chicago 5-2 in the Blackhawks’ first home game since the Patrick Kane trade. Jamie Benn snapped a tie in the third period and Matt Murray made 19 saves in

W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bella Murekatete scored 19 points and Washington State upset No. 3 Utah 66-58  in a Pac-12 quarterfinal game. The Cougars (21-10) led by three with 39.3 seconds left and had the ball, and rather than foul, the Utes allowed Charlisse Leger-Walker to virtually dribble out the shot