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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

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 26 points as fourth-ranked UCLA pulled away in the second half to defeat Arizona State 79-61 Thursday night. Tyger Campbell added 16 points and Jaylen Clark 15 for the regular-season Pac-12 champion Bruins, who have won nine straight as they continue

CLEVELAND — Tristan Enaruna scored 23 points, including four in the overtime, as the Cleveland State Vikings took down the Robert Morris Colonials 75-70 in the Horizon League Tournament quarterfinals.

By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Led by BJ Freeman’s 29 points, the Milwaukee Panthers defeated the Wright State Raiders 87-70 in the Horizon League tournament quarterfinals

By The Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Led by Chris Harris’ 29 points, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Tennessee State Tigers 91-83 in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fourth-seeded Danielle Collins, eighth-seeded Marta Kostyuk, Anna-Lena Friedsam and Anna Kalinskaya have reached the quarterfinals at the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Collins needed barely more than an hour to beat Caty McNally 6-1, 6-1, and next faces Kalinskaya, a 6-3, 6-1 winner against CoCo Vandeweghe. Kostyuk eliminated Madison Brengle 6-3,

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Led by Mason Harrell’s 20 points, the Texas State Bobcats defeated the Old Dominion Monarchs 65-36 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Zach Eflin made a good first impression with the Tampa Bay Rays. The right-hander struck out three of the four Minnesota batters he faced in his first spring training start. Eflin signed a $40 million, three-year contract during the offseason. That is the most money the Rays have ever

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Alyssa Ustby scored 15 points with six rebounds, four assists and two steals and 18th-ranked North Carolina, the seventh-seed, pulled away from Clemson for a 68-58 win the second round of the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels face 13th-ranked and second-seeded Duke on Friday in the quarterfinals. Deja Kelly scored 14

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Diamond Battles scored 14 of her 18 points in the second quarter, Alisha Lewis had a career-high 12 assists with eight points and five steals and No. 7 seed Georgia eased past 10th-seeded Auburn 63-47 in the SEC Tournament. Georgia (21-10) moves to the quarterfinals on Friday to face fourth-ranked LSU,

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cameron Brink had 22 points and 11 rebounds as No. 6 Stanford overcame a lot of early misses and beat Oregon 76-65 in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. Stanford made just three of 20 shots in the first quarter. Brink and the Cardinal found their rhythm after