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INDIANAPOLIS — Led by Ryan Nembhard’s 12 points, the Creighton Bluejays defeated the Butler Bulldogs 73-52 on Tuesday night. The Bluejays are now 11-8 with the win and the Bulldogs dropped to 11-9.

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Led by Kobe King’s 24 points, the Valparaiso Beacons defeated the UIC Flames 76-66 on Tuesday night. The Beacons improved to 8-12 with the win and the Flames fell to 9-11.

By ROBBIE FAULK Associated Press Starkville, Miss. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler had 24 points and Tennessee made 8 of 9 3-pointers in the second half as the No. 9 Volunteers were able to pull away late in a 70-59 win over Mississippi State on Tuesday night. The Vols (15-3, 5-1 SEC) shot 2 of 15

DAYTON, Ohio — Led by Mustapha Amzil’s 19 points, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Davidson Wildcats 68-61 on Tuesday night. The Flyers are now 13-6 with the win and the Wildcats fell to 9-10.

RICHMOND, Va. — Led by Tyler Burton’s 23 points, the Richmond Spiders defeated the Rhode Island Rams 64-57 on Tuesday night. The Spiders are now 11-8 on the season, while the Rams moved to 6-12.

RICHMOND, Va. — Led by Jalen DeLoach’s 19 points, the VCU Rams defeated the UMass Minutemen 83-55 on Tuesday night. The Rams are now 14-5 with the win and the Minutemen dropped to 11-7.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Matthew Cleveland had 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for his eighth straight double-double and Florida State led all the way in an 84-71 victory over Notre Dame. Darin Green Jr. led Florida State with 20 points, 15 in the first half. Jalen Warley added 17 points, Caleb Mills

ATLANTA (AP) — Terquavion Smith scored 25 points, Jarkel Joiner added 19 and North Carolina State beat Georgia Tech 78-66 for its fourth straight win. Georgia Tech trailed 59-47 but cut the deficit to 63-57 with 6:16 to play. N.C. State answered with a 12-2 run for a 75-59 lead with 2:42 remaining. Smith hit

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Fox executives are on trial, accused of bribing South American soccer officials for TV rights to one of the continent’s biggest annual tournaments and using information gathered in the process to help the network’s winning World Cup broadcast bid. The executives went on

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers spent the past three seasons doing everything they could to try to help Tom Brady be successful. If the seven-time Super Bowl champion retires or decides to sign with another team in free agency this winter, it will be important to

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says the Tennessee Titans are hiring San Francisco director of player personnel Ran Carthon as their new general manager. The Titans interviewed their seventh candidate Tuesday morning in Buffalo senior director of pro scouting Malik Boyd. But

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key rounded out his staff with the addition of six new assistants, including former Georgia quarterback quality control coach Buster Faulkner taking over as offensive coordinator. Faulkner, who also will work with the tight ends, will be joined on the Yellow Jackets’ staff by returning quarterbacks coach Chris

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — At his core Pete Carroll is still a defensive coach, a tug that at times perhaps pulls harder than being the one that oversees the entire Seattle Seahawks operation. The ongoing struggles and inconsistency by Seattle on that side of the ball for several seasons

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have claimed pitcher Julian Merryweather off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays. Merryweather appeared in 26 games for Toronto last season, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA. The 6-foot-4 right-hander struck out 23 in 26 2/3 innings. To make room for Merryweather on the 40-man roster, right-hander Manuel Rodríguez

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets announced on social media that head coach Michael Malone will miss the game Tuesday night against Portland after entering the league’s health and safety protocols. Assistant coach David Adelman will fill in for a Nuggets team that entered the night tied for the top spot in the Western Conference

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers believes he can still produce at an MVP level in the right situation if he opts to play next season. Rodgers discussed the uncertainty of his future plans Tuesday during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on SiriusXM and YouTube. The four-time

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles enjoyed the spoils of their bye week. But they are back at work and preparing for the NFC divisional round playoff game against the New York Giants. The Eagles already beat the Giants twice this season. Hurts should be closer to full strength

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence has a near-decade-long winning streak in Saturday games. Lawrence improved to 37-0 as a starting quarterback on that day when the Jacksonville Jaguars rallied from 27 points down to stun the Los Angeles Chargers 31-30 in an AFC wild-card game last weekend.

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — New coach Davide Ballardini steered his side to a huge upset as 10-man Cremonese eliminated Napoli from the Italian Cup. Cremonese played most of extra time with 10 men but won on penalties after the match finished 2-2. It will face Roma in the next round. Napoli midfielder Stanislav Lobotka was