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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had 22 points and 17 rebounds and Antonio Reeves scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half when Kentucky pulled away to beat Auburn 86-54 on Saturday for the Wildcats’ 20th win. Jacob Tobbin had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Cason Wallace almost made it three

By The Associated Press BROOKINGS, S.D. — Led by Connor Vanover’s 14 points, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles defeated the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 69-65. The Golden Eagles are now 27-4 on the season, while the Jackrabbits fell to 18-12.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn — Elias King scored 13 points off of the bench to help lead the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 63-49 on Saturday night. The Blue Raiders are now 18-11 on the season, while the Bulldogs dropped to 13-16.

By The Associated Press CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Led by Tre Jackson’s 22 points, the Western Carolina Catamounts defeated the VMI Keydets 85-66 in the regular season finale. The Catamounts improved to 17-14 with the victory and the Keydets fell to 7-24.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Rangers have begun the machinations necessary if a trade for Patrick Kane were to materialize. They traded winger Vitali Kravtsov to the Vancouver Canucks and put forward Jake Leschyshyn on waivers. That could clear the salary cap space to get Kane from Chicago.

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 24 points and Mark Sears made 7 of 8 free throws over the final 1:04 to help No. 2 Alabama secure an 86-83 victory over Arkansas. Miller delivered his second straight huge game for the Crimson Tide since police alleged in testimony

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A 2-0 win at Empoli means just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti. That’s because Spalletti still regrets how Napoli squandered a two-goal advantage in a 3-2 loss at Empoli toward the end

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov each scored twice to help the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6-3. The Capitals ended their losing streak at six games. The Rangers have lost four in a row. Tom Wilson also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88. The Sun Devils went up 86-85 on Warren Washington’s layup with just a minute left, but Pelle Larsson put Arizona back

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland has already taken one of Sergio Aguero’s scoring records for Manchester City and surely more will fall at this rate. Haaland made it 27 goals for the season in the English Premier League with one of City’s strikes in a routine 4-1 win at Bournemouth. That’s more

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Tsotne Tsartsidze’s 20 points helped North Dakota defeat St. Thomas 82-74. Tsartsidze had seven rebounds for the Fightin’ Hawks. B.J. Omot scored 17 points and Treysen Eaglestaff added 13 points. The Tommies were led by Andrew Rohde, who posted 27 points, seven rebounds and four steals.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Dante Maddox Jr. had 18 points in Toledo’s 101-71 victory over Buffalo. Maddox was 5 of 8 shooting, including 4 for 6 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Rockets. Rayj Dennis and JT Shumate scored 16 points each. The Rockets picked up their 13th straight victory.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brevin Galloway and PJ Hall combined for 48 points, 36 in a dominating first half, Hunter Tyson added a double-double and Clemson beat North Carolina State 96-71. Galloway finished with  a career-high 28 points and Hall had 20 on 9-of-11 shooting with two 3s. Clemson made 10 of 19 3-pointers and

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points, Adama Sanogo added 18 points and nine rebounds, and No. 18 UConn beat St. John’s 95-86. Andre Jackson Jr. had 15 points, Joey Calcaterra also scored 15 to lead a strong effort by Connecticut’s bench and the resurgent Huskies avenged

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eric Dixon scored 18 of his career-high 31 points in the first half, Cam Whitmore added 17 and Villanova defeated No. 19 Creighton 79-67. Dixon also set a career high with six 3-pointers for Villanova, which has won five of six. Arthur Kaluma scored 19 points and

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 29 points and eight rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to four games with a 95-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Gary Trent Jr. had 19 points and Scottie Barnes added 12, all in the second half, as the Raptors won

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — JaKobe Coles made two free throws with 4.3 seconds remaining, and No. 24 TCU held on for an 83-82 victory over Texas Tech despite blowing a 12-point lead in the final eight minutes. De’Vion Harmon had a steal and a layup to put the Red Raiders in front by one with

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Erling Haaland scored a record 27th goal in the English Premier League to help Manchester City see off Bournemouth 4-1 and stay on the shoulder of Arsenal in the title race. No City player has scored that many goals in a single Premier League. Sergio Aguero’s 26 in 2014-15 was the

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jacob Groves led Oklahoma with 16 points as the Sooners knocked off No. 23 Iowa State 61-50 on Saturday. The Sooners (14-15, 4-12 Big 12) had lost nine of their previous 11 games — and six in a row on the road — but erased an