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DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105. Four of Doncic’s five career 50-point games have come this season. He scored a career-best 60 against the

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Bryson Etienne had 18 points to lead Southern to a 73-62 victory over Jackson State on Monday night. Etienne added five rebounds and three steals for the Jaguars (12-10, 8-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference). P.J. Byrd contributed 13 points and eight assists. Tyrone Lyons scored 11. Romelle Mansel paced the Tigers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Free agent infielder Josh Harrison and the Philadelphia Phillies have finalized their $2 million, one-year contract. The 35-year-old Harrison batted .272 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs in 119 games for the Chicago White Sox last season. He played mostly second base and third base, with brief stints in the outfield

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sir’Jabari Rice scored 21 points and Timmy Allen added 18 to send No. 10 Texas to a 76-71 win over No. 11 Baylor. Texas ended Baylor’s six-game win streak, and the Longhorns kept a share of first place in the Big 12. Rice made four

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jaylen Bates had 15 points to lead Florida A&M to a 69-58 victory over Alabama State. Bates added eight rebounds and three blocks for the Rattlers (4-16, 2-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Noah Meren and Jordan Tillmon scored 15 apiece. Tillmon grabbed seven rebounds. Isaiah Range led the Hornets (6-16, 4-5) with 16

WASHINGTON — Jordan Wood scored 18 points and Howard rolled to a 100-74 victory over South Carolina State. Wood added five rebounds for the Bison (14-10, 6-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), who have won six straight. Elijah Hawkins pitched in with 17 points and 10 assists. Marcus Dockery hit four 3-pointers and scored 16. The Bulldogs

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 32 points and Trey Lyles had eight of his 11 points in overtime as the Sacramento Kings outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-111. Keegan Murray added 13 points and 13 rebounds and Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out for

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Deni Avdija had a career-high 25 points, Bradley Beal had 21 points and the Washington Wizards ended a 22-game losing streak to the Spurs in San Antonio with a 127-106 victory. Kristaps Porzingis had 17 points and nine rebounds after a fast start for the Wizards,

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry had 38 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-120 for their third straight win. Curry made 8 of 14 3-pointers and 12 of 20 shots overall. Klay Thompson added 28 points and

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dhashon Dyson scored 23 points to lead Bethune-Cookman to an 88-77 victory over Alabama A&M. Dyson was 7-of-13 shooting, including 4 for 5 from distance, and went 5 for 7 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (8-14, 4-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Marcus Garrett pitched in with 17 points, eight rebounds

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 121-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, who played without LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Irving had scored 30 or more in a career-best six straight games but

TULSA, Okla. — Max Abmas scored 31 points, Oral Roberts pummeled South Dakota 103-53 and the Golden Eagles remained unbeaten in the Summit League with their seventh straight win. Abmas had six rebounds for the Golden Eagles (20-4, 11-0). Issac McBride was 6-of-9 shooting, including 3 for 5 from distance, and 5 for 7 from

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Joe Mazzulla started the season as an assistant coach. He then became interim head coach of the Boston Celtics, in a most unexpected way. And now, the NBA’s youngest head coach is headed to the All-Star Game. The 34-year-old Mazzulla and his Celtics staff of assistants will coach Team

BALTIMORE — Martez Robinson totaled 20 points, 10 rebounds and three steals to power Delaware State to a 71-66 victory over Coppin State. Khyrie Staten added 13 points for the Hornets (4-16, 3-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Brandon Stone hit two 3-pointers and scored 10. Sam Sessoms had 23 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and three

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Outfielder Hunter Renfroe has gone to salary arbitration with the Los Angeles Angels in the first case to be argued this year. Renfroe, who turned 31 on Saturday, requested a raise from $7.65 million to $11.9 million and the Angels asked arbitrators Melinda Gordon, Scott Buchheit and John Stout to

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jayden Gardner scored 17 points and made a jumper near the foul line in the final minute as No. 6 Virginia withstood a second-half surge by Syracuse to win its seventh straight game, 67-62. Gardner drew a charge for the fifth foul on Syracuse big man Jesse Edwards with 1 minute

NEW YORK (AP) — Former big leaguer Brad Wilkerson has been hired as the New York Yankees’ assistant hitting coach. He replaces Hensley Meulens, who left to become Colorado’s hitting coach. Wilkerson and Casey Dykes will be assistants to Yankees hitting coach Dillon Lawson. Wilkerson spent three seasons as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alexis Morris scored a career-high 31 points, and third-ranked LSU remained unbeaten with a 76-68 victory over Tennessee. Angel Reese had 18 points and 17 rebounds for her program-record 21st straight double-double for LSU. LSU is now 21-0 for the first time in program

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Abby Meyers scored 24 points and Diamond Miller added 14 as No. 8 Maryland began a busy week with an 87-66 rout of Penn State. The Terrapins face No. 6 Iowa on Thursday and No. 10 Ohio State on Sunday. They made short work