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CHICAGO (AP) — Elijah Weaver scored 25 points to lead Chicago State to a 91-67 win over Saint Xavier on Saturday. Jahsean Corbett added 16 points and Wesley Cardet Jr. 14 for Chicago State.

KENNESAW, Ga. — Led by Terrell Burden’s 19 points, the Kennesaw State Owls defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 74-71 on Saturday night for their first 20-win season in Division I play. The Owls moved to 20-7 with the victory and the Gamecocks dropped to 10-17.

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Armaan Franklin scored 23 points, including a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left, to lift No. 8 Virginia over Duke 69-62 in overtime. Kihei Clark added 16 points and Ben Vander Plas 13 for the Cavaliers, who won despite a 9 for 22 performance from

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist scored a career-high 50 points to become the Big East Conference’s career regular-season scoring leader and No. 15 Villanova defeated Seton Hall 99-65. Siegrist broke a 25-all tie with a layup 4:53 before halftime and Villanova went on a 17-3 run to take control. Sidney Cooks scored 21 for

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Nicklas Backstrom and Garnet Hathaway each scored a goal and the Washington Capitals beat NHL-best Boston 2-1 on Saturday, sending the Bruins to just their second regulation loss at home this season. The Bruins are 22-2-3 at home. Their other regulation loss at TD Garden came on

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Rylan Griffen scored 16 points, Mark Sears added 15 and No. 3 Alabama held off a big challenge from its in-state rival, beating Auburn 77-69. The Crimson Tide remained the only Power-5 team without a league loss. Alabama is 12-0 in the Southeastern Conference and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Bill Richards thinks way in advance. While watching last year’s Super Bowl, he planned the look of this year’s pregame show. Richards is the lead producer for Fox’s Super Bowl pregame show for the fifth time. The five hours leading up to Sunday’s showdown between the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The decision to have players from both teams line up arm-in-arm at center ice for the playing of the Ukrainian and United States’ national anthems was pre-planned in what stood as a symbol of unity and solidarity. What no one anticipated was the spontaneous celebration

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — One of trainer Bob Baffert’s promising 3-year-old colts is off the Kentucky Derby trail. Newgate will be out of training for at least two months after being diagnosed with a minor hock issue. The hock is an area on the back of a horse’s leg involving a series of joints and

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Trey Alexander scored 17 points to lead No. 23 Creighton over No. 21 UConn 56-53. UConn had what would have been a tying 3-pointer in the final seconds ruled a two-pointer on video review. Creighton is a half-game behind Big East-leading Marquette with its eighth

By The Associated Press STATESBORO, Ga. — Led by Andrei Savrasov’s 24 points, the Georgia Southern Eagles defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 68-53. The Eagles improved to 14-13 with the win and the Red Wolves fell to 10-17.

MACOMB, Ill. — Led by Max Abmas’ 29 points, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles defeated the Western Illinois Leathernecks 82-73 on Saturday. The Golden Eagles improved to 23-4 with the victory and the Leathernecks fell to 15-11.

By The Associated Press GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Brady Danielson’s three-point play with 20 seconds left in overtime allowed the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks to edge the Omaha Mavericks 76-73. The Fightin’ Hawks improved to 10-17 with the victory and the Mavericks fell to 7-20.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Tyler Thomas’ 23 points helped Hofstra defeat Monmouth 86-57. Darlinstone Dubar scored 14 points, finishing 6 of 8 from the floor for the Pride. Aaron Estrada finished with 13 points, while adding seven rebounds, six assists, and three blocks. It was the seventh straight win for the Pride. The Hawks

By MARK LUKWICZAK Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Calgary Flames scored four times in just over five minutes in their 7-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Dillon Dube had a goal and three assists for Calgary and Tyler Toffoli had two goals and an assist. Jakob Pelletier, Mikael Backlund, Nazem Kadri and Dennis

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Duchene scored 34 seconds into overtime, Juuse Saros made 23 saves and the Nashville Predators defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1. Nino Niederreiter scored in regulation for the Predators, who lost top scorer Filip Forsberg for the game after he took a hard hit late in the

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Vinícius Júnior has scored twice and assisted Karim Benzema to lead Real Madrid to its record-extending eighth Club World Club title. They beat Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal 5-3 in the final in Rabat. Federico Valverde added two more goals for the European champions in a final that turned into a shootout. Al-Hilal

MONTREAL (AP) — Mike Matheson scored in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens over the New York Islanders 4-3. Nick Suzuki broke a nine-game scoring drought, while Justin Barron and Kirby Dach added third-period goals. Mike Hoffman collected three assists and Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves. Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat and Matt Martin scored for