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HOUSTON — Led by Cameron Christon’s 25 points, the Grambling Tigers defeated the Texas Southern Tigers 85-72 on Wednesday night. Grambling is now 8-6 on the season, while Texas Southern dropped to 4-11.

By The Associated Press MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Damiree Burns scored 16 points as Murray State beat Bradley 67-58 on Wednesday night. Burns added 10 rebounds and three steals for the Racers (9-6, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Jacobi Wood scored 10 points while going 2 of 9 from the floor, including 0 for 4 from

By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Ricky Council scored 25 points and Joseph Pinion scored 13 off the bench as No. 13 Arkansas rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat No. 20 Missouri 74-68 on Wednesday night. Council, who entered as the SEC’s third-leading scorer, had just four points at halftime.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — RJ Davis scored 22 of hit 27 points in the second half and Armando Bacot had 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help North Carolina beat Wake Forest 88-79 in a back-and-forth game that featured nine ties and 20 lead changes. Seth Trimble made a layup to give

By The Associated Press CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Led by Isaac Mushila’s 20 points, the Texas A&M-CC Islanders defeated the Incarnate Word Cardinals 91-61. The Islanders are now 9-6 on the season, while the Cardinals dropped to 6-9.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Garrett Hicks scored 23 points as Alabama A&M beat Mississippi Valley State 75-68 on Wednesday night. Hicks shot 7 for 12, including 7 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Bulldogs (6-9, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Olisa Akonobi scored 13 points while finishing 6 of 9 from the floor, and

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Bryce Hopkins scored 27 points and Providence dominated the second half and knocked off fourth-ranked UConn 73-61 for its eighth straight victory. Noah Locke added 17 points to help the Friars earn their second win over a ranked team this season and remain unbeaten in

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Williams each scored 22 points, and the Chicago Bulls stopped Brooklyn’s 12-game win streak with a 121-112 victory over Kevin Durant and the Nets. Durant scored 44 points, but Chicago had six players score in double figures. Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Sadaidriene Hall’s 18 points helped SFA defeat New Mexico State 69-60. Hall also had three blocks for the Lumberjacks. Latrell Jossell scored 15 points, making 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Roti Ware finished with 11 points. The Aggies were led in scoring by Xavier Pinson, who finished with 20 points and

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caleb Daniels made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, Brandon Slater added 14 points and Villanova beat Georgetown 73-57 to extend the Hoyas’ regular-season conference losing streak to 25 games. The Georgetown loss broke a tie with DePaul for the longest regular-season losing streak in Big East Conference history. The Hoyas went

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Milwaukee and Toronto started very slowly. Phoenix and Cleveland weren’t much better. In a season where teams are scoring more per game than at any point in more than 50 years, the Suns-Cavaliers and Bucks-Raptors games didn’t exactly get off to flying starts on Wednesday night. They turned in

NORFOLK, Va. — Led by Kris Bankston’s 20 points, the Norfolk State Spartans defeated the Penn State-Wilkes Barre Nittany Lions 85-60 on Wednesday night. The Spartans improved to 10-5 with the victory.

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 30,000 Gremio fans filled the Brazilian club’s arena in Porto Alegre to welcome striker Luis Suárez. The 35-year-old signed a two-year contract in a free transfer after his contract with Uruguay’s Nacional ended. Three-time Copa Libertadores winner Gremio will return to Brazil’s top

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Caleb Grill scored 20 points and No. 25 Iowa State held on to beat Oklahoma 63-60 on Wednesday night. Osun Osunniyi added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Cyclones (11-2, 2-0 Big 12). Jalen Hill scored 16 and Tanner Groves had 15 points and

DAYTON, Ohio — Led by Daron Holmes’ 20 points, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Saint Joseph’s Hawks 76-56 on Wednesday night. The Flyers are now 11-5 on the season, while the Hawks dropped to 6-8.

KINGSTON, R.I. — Led by Malik Martin’s 23 points, the Rhode Island Rams defeated the Fordham Rams 82-79 on Wednesday night. The Rams moved to 5-9 with the victory and the Rams dropped to 12-3.

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Laurynas Vaistaras scored 13 points as Campbell beat Gardner-Webb 63-58. Vaistaras went 6 of 10 from the field for the Fighting Camels. Quest Aldridge led the Runnin’ Bulldogs with 20 points.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominic Smith describes his move to the Washington Nationals via a one-year, $2 million contract as a “fresh start” and says the team that finished last in the NL East each of the past three seasons wants him to be its everyday first baseman. Smith spoke

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers didn’t make any bold proclamations about running the table this time around. But the similarities between the Green Bay Packers’ current turnaround and their remarkable run to the NFC championship game back in 2016 otherwise are too obvious to ignore. The Packers