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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life. The 18-year-old American doesn’t stick around in a city after a tennis tournament ends. She doesn’t like to linger at a restaurant after dinner. Her philosophy, in

HOBART, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin was beaten in the semifinals of the Hobart International by Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. Kenin won the Australian Open in 2020. The Hobart WTA tournament is a major warm-up for the opening next week of the Australian Open. Cocciaretto will face Lauren Davis in

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Carrier snapped a tie with 2:36 left, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 4-2. The Panthers challenged Carrier’s goal for goaltender interference. Officials ruled he was pushed into Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky by the Panthers’ Brandon Montour, allowing the goal to

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic hit tying 3-pointers in the final seconds of regulation and the first overtime before finishing with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in the Dallas Mavericks’ 119-115 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Doncic highlighted his 56th career triple-double with a

By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Pac-12 scoring leader Azuolas Tubelis had 25 points to help No. 9 Arizona beat Oregon State 86-74. The Wildcats (15-2, 4-2 Pac-12) were coming off a 74-61 loss to Washington State that snapped Arizona’s 28-game home winning streak. Tubelis got the team back in the win

By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Led by Tyler Robertson’s 23 points, the Portland Pilots defeated the San Francisco Dons 92-87. The Pilots are now 9-10 with the win and the Dons dropped to 12-8.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyger Campbell scored 17 points, Adem Bona added 15, and No. 7 UCLA rolled past Utah 68-49 for the Bruins’ 12th consecutive victory. The Bruins improved to 15-2 overall and 6-0 in the Pac-12. UCLA is riding its longest winning streak since opening the 2016-17

SEATTLE (AP) — Braxton Meah threw down eight dunks en route to 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Washington power past Stanford, 86-69 to snap a five-game losing skid. The Huskies used a high-energy attack in the first half, closing the period by hitting eight of their final nine shots to take an

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and Ricky Rubio played in his first game since a knee injury more than a year ago and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113. Damian Lillard had a season-high 50

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Cameron Norrie will play in the final of the ASB Classic for the second time in four years after beating American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-4 in a semifinal. Norrie also was a finalist in 2019 when he lost the championship match to American Tennys Sandgren. He hasn’t been able to

SEATTLE — Led by Riley Grigsby’s 27 points, the Seattle U Redhawks defeated the New Mexico State Aggies 69-66. Alex Schumacher made a pair of free throws for Seattle with 11 seconds left to cap the scoring. Marchelus Avery missed a 3-pointer for New Mexico State to end it. The Redhawks moved to 13-4 with

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Led by Gianni Hunt’s 16 points, the Sacramento State Hornets defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 72-64. The Hornets are now 10-7 on the season, while the Bears dropped to 5-12.

MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored two power-play goals and the Montreal Canadiens held off the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday night after honoring former defenseman P.K. Subban in a pregame ceremony. Kirby Dach added a goal and an assist for Montreal, Jake Evans also scored and Jonathan Drouin had three assists. Samuel Montembeault stopped

JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Julian Strawther hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left to lift No. 8 Gonzaga to a 75-74 victory over BYU. Drew Timme had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs. Anton Watson added 18 points and Strawther finished with 11 _ including the game-winner.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Brady Tkachuk and Alex DeBrincat each had a goal and an assist, and the Ottawa Senators stretched the Arizona Coyotes’ losing streak to seven games with a 5-3 win. Tkachuk and Derick Brassard scored in a testy first period that included Arizona All-Star Clayton Keller’s

BEAUMONT, Texas — Nate Calmese scored 20 points and made a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left to give Lamar a 69-66 victory over Nicholls State. The Cardinals improved to 5-12 with the win and the Colonels fell to 7-9.

DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond had a goal and two assists as the Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto 4-1 for their first victory over the Maple Leafs in nearly four years. Robby Fabbri, Ben Chiarot and Moritz Seider also scored for Detroit. Rasmus Sandin scored for the Maple Leafs, who had won three in a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Peterson knocked down a clutch jumper with 1:35 left and added a pair of clutch free throws in the closing seconds and Kobe Johnson hit four straight from the line as Southern California held off Colorado, 68-61 in a Pac-12 Conference battle. As big as the win was for the

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Led by Nick Caldwell’s 21 points, the SE Louisiana Lions defeated the Texas A&M-CC Islanders 85-82 in overtime. Alec Woodard made back-to-back layups and a pair of free throws in a 6-2 surge in overtime to help the Lions pull away. Woodard also made a 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining in

By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Taylor Raddysh snapped a tie in the third period, and the last-place Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 for their third straight victory. Sam Lafferty and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Chicago, and Petr Mrazek made 31 saves. The Blackhawks had a 2-20-1 stretch before their