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By TRISTAN LAVALETTE Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) — Islam Makhachev defied a rowdy crowd and a sustained challenge from Alexander Volkanovski to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a grueling fight in Perth, Western Australia. In the main event of UFC 284, Makhachev defended his 155-pound belt with an unanimous decision

By CADEN FRANK Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Julian Strawther scored 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:10 remaining, and No. 16 Gonzaga rallied to beat BYU 88-81. Drew Timme added 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs. After trailing 71-68 with 4:09 to play, Gonzaga made 3s on three

IRVINE, Calif. — Dawson Baker scored 23 points and UC Irvine beat UC Riverside 83-64. Baker added five rebounds for the Anteaters (17-8, 10-3 Big West Conference). DJ Davis hit four 3-pointers an scored 18. Bent Leuchten scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting. Lachlan Olbrich finished with 22 points to pace the Highlanders (16-10, 9-5).

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 25 points and 12 rebounds and No. 7 UCLA won in Eugene for the first time since 2019 with a 70-63 victory over Oregon. UCLA has won four straight after losing a pair to Arizona and rival USC at the

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. scored five of his 23 points in overtime and Arizona State beat California 70-62 in overtime. Collins made two free throws and Alonzo Gaffney followed with a dunk to give Arizona State a four-point lead 90 seconds into OT. DJ Horne added 12 points for the Sun Devils.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese pairs skaters to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships when they overcame a couple of mistakes in their free skate to easily win the title Saturday. They scored scored 137.05 points Saturday for a total of 208.24, easily outdistancing

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Led by Freddy Hicks’ 21 points, the Tarleton State Texans defeated the Utah Tech Trailblazers 75-71. The Texans moved to 14-12 with the victory and the Trailblazers fell to 11-15.

By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau scored in a shootout and the struggling Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the red-hot New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday night. Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson stopped 27 shots for the Wild, which

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Calle Rosen had two goals and Ryan O’Reilly scored in overtime to lift the St. Louis Blues over the Arizona Coyotes 6-5. Brandon Saad, Sammy Blais and Robert Thomas also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 23 saves to help St. Louis snap a five-game

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — D’Angelo Russell had 15 points, six assists and five rebounds in his Lakers return after being acquired from Minnesota, Dennis Schroder scored 26 points, and Los Angeles beat the Golden State Warriors 109-103 in a rivalry missing the star power of injured greats LeBron James

TORONTO (AP) — Kent Johnson scored the winner in the third period as the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Saturday night to split a back-to-back. Boone Jenner and Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist each, and Sean Kuraly also scored for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins had 26 saves.

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The chancellor at New Mexico State says players on the basketball team were interviewed by school personnel Saturday about an alleged hazing incident that led to the program’s suspension. In a letter to the school community, chancellor Dan Arvizu said he was “heartbroken and sickened to hear about these

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from the stadium 16th hole. Last month in her first appearance,

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Nijel Pack scored 22 points and No. 19 Miami beat Louisville 93-85 on Saturday night. Five days following its dominant 22-point home win over Duke, Miami (20-5, 11-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) could not shake off the conference’s last-place team until Pack’s 3-pointer with 2:44 remaining made it 82-72. Pack shot

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Embiid had 37 points and 13 rebounds, James Harden scored 29 points in his first game in Brooklyn since being traded a year ago to begin a Big Three breakup and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Nets 101-98. The 76ers got a victory instead

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — De’Vion Harmon scored 20 points, including a crucial driving basket in the final minute, as Texas Tech upended No. 12-ranked Kansas State 71-63. The Red Raiders (13-12, 2-10 Big 12) held the Wildcats to two field goals in the game’s final four minutes as they extended a 62-61 lead at the

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his league-leading 20th triple-double and the shorthanded Denver Nuggets handed the Charlotte Hornets their seventh straight defeat, 119-105. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 points and Bruce Brown and Michael Porter Jr. each chipped in with