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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy III highlighted his season-high 30-point performance with six 3-pointers and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame the absence of several starters to beat the Sacramento Kings 136-104. CJ McCollum scored 24 for the Pelicans. Naji Marshall scored 17 and Willy Hernangomez added 22 points

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jarace Walker scored 23 points, Marcus Sasser had 13 points and No. 3 Houston earned retribution against Temple with an 81-65 win. The Owls failed in their bid for a second upset after they toppled the Cougars from No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Tristan da Silva scored a career-high 25 points and KJ Simpson added 21 points to lead Colorado to a 84-64 win over Stanford and snap the Cardinal’s five-game win streak. Stanford missed its first 10 second-half field-goal attempts and went scoreless after the break until Spencer Jones made a layup with

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 13 points, Brooks Barnhizer had a clutch blocked shot in the final minute, and Northwestern defeated Wisconsin 54-52. The Wildcats swept the season series with Wisconsin for the first time since the 1995-96 season. Chucky Hepburn hit a jumper to give the Badgers a 51-50 lead with 45

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lazar Stefanovic had 15 points and six assists, Branden Carlson had his third double-double of the season and Utah beat California 61-46, the Runnin’ Utes’ fifth consecutive win in the series.  Carlson finished with 12 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Cal didn’t make a field goal for the first

By CHRIS GOFF Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Darius Garland scored 24 points, Isaac Okoro added 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers made 15 3-pointers in a 122-103 rout of the Indiana Pacers. All five starters scored in double figures for the Cavaliers. Cleveland shot 52.3% from the field and 40.5% from long range to complement

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Alissa Pili scored a season-high 30 points and No. 7 Utah moved into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 Conference with a 100-92 win over Oregon. Jenna Johnson added 19 points and Kennady McQueen scored 16 for the Utes, who are 20-2 overall. They are 10-2 in the conference

By STEVE KRAH Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Celeste Taylor scored 14 points and No. 16 Duke came from behind for a 57-52 victory at No. 9 Notre Dame. Trailing for most of the game’s first 28 minutes, the Blue Devils took the lead for good in the final two minutes of the

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter, and No. 8 Maryland routed No. 10 Ohio State 90-54 in the program’s most lopsided win over a top-10 opponent. Abby Meyers added 22 points and Shyanne Sellers contributed 19 for the

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Harvick will move into the Fox booth as a NASCAR analyst in 2024. Harvick has said this 23rd season will be his last as a full-time driver. He has been a guest analyst for Fox for more than 25 races since 2015. He’ll

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Keisei Tominaga scored a career-high 30 points, Jamarques Lawrence scored five key points down the stretch, and Nebraska defeated Penn State 72-63, giving Cornhuskers coach Fred Hoiberg his 150th career victory. Five players scored for Nebraska in an 11-0 run that gave the Cornhuskers a 26-13 lead near the 10-minute mark

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — For Kirk Cousins, it wasn’t quite the NFL-record 33-point comeback against the Indianapolis Colts to win the NFC North. However, Cousins was the quarterback for the third and final flag football game at the Pro Bowl on Sunday for a reason. NFC coach Eli Manning

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has taken advantage of Real Madrid’s earlier stumble to kick off the second half of the season with another win and enjoy its biggest lead yet at the top of the Spanish league. Madrid lost 1-0 at Mallorca and then saw Barcelona extend its 10-game

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charisma Osborne had 23 points, Londynn Jones added 20 off the bench, and No. 14 UCLA pulled away in the second half, defeating Arizona State 82-63 to snap a three-game losing streak. Gabriela Jaquez added 14 points off the bench for the Bruins, who had a 42-6 advantage in bench scoring.

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Elle Ladine scored 21 points and Dalayah Daniels made two key free throws with 8 seconds left, helping Washington knock off No. 2 Stanford 72-67. Washington closed the game with a 9-2 run. Lauren Schwartz made two foul shots before Ladine put the Huskies in front with

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with Ejiro Evero to be their new defensive coordinator. The 42-year-old Evero was the Broncos defensive coordinator last season and was one of nine candidates to interview for the Panthers head coaching position before the job was given

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Leigha Brown scored 19 of her 29 points in the second half and finished two assists shy of a triple-double to lead No. 18 Michigan to a 77-67 win over rival Michigan State. Brown scored 10 in the fourth quarter, eight from the foul line, and Maddie Nolan had two

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces announced they had traded recently acquired 6-foot-5 center Amanda Zahui B. on Sunday to Washington for the Mystics’ second-round draft picks in 2024 and 2025. Zahui B. came over to the Aces from the Los Angeles Sparks on a Jan. 21