AP National Sports

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Caleb Williams passed for a career-high 470 yards, Austin Jones rushed for a season-high 120 yards and seventh-ranked Southern California clinched a spot in the Pac-12 championship game with a 48-45 victory over No. 16 UCLA. Williams also rushed for 32 yards and finished with

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Shoma Uno defended his men’s title at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating’s NHK Trophy, scoring a season best free skate and total score to beat compatriot Sota Yamamoto. Uno scored 188.10 for his free skate to total 279.76 at the Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena, finishing 21.91 ahead of Yamamoto.

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to help Oklahoma knock off No. 24 Oklahoma State 28-13. Eric Gray ran for 90 yards and a touchdown and Drake Stoops had a career-high six catches for 89 yards for the Sooners. Oklahoma jumped

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Led by Lamar Wright’s 24 points, the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars defeated the VMI Keydets 93-67. The Cougars moved to 3-2 with the win and the Keydets fell to 1-4.

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Alex Goligoski scored 1:12 into overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes. Sam Steel had a goal and an assist, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 20 shots as the Wild snapped a three-game losing streak. Sebastian Aho scored for the

MIAMI (AP) — Led by Antwan Walker’s 18 points, the Bryant Bulldogs defeated the Florida International Panthers 91-85. The Bulldogs moved to 3-1 with the victory and the Panthers dropped to 2-2.

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Spencer Rattler had the best day of his unpredictable career, throwing for 438 yards and six touchdowns as South Carolina beat No. 5 Tennessee 63-38 on Saturday night, all but eliminating the Volunteers from the playoffs. Tennessee may have also lost Heisman Trophy candidate Hendon Hooker,

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Led by Vladislav Goldin’s 12 points, the Florida Atlantic Owls defeated the Detroit Mercy Titans 76-55. The Owls are now 4-1 on the season, while the Titans fell to 2-2.

By LARY BUMP Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jamie Benn scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and had two assists, and the Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 5-2. Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist, and Radek Faksa, Jason Robertson and Jani Hakanpaa also scored to help Dallas win

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Gonzaga stayed on the attack, particularly on the glass and in spite of a bevy of turnovers. The result was a takedown of No. 6 Louisville — and the second straight upset of a top-10 team to end the first round of the Battle

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) — Shy Odom scored 14 points off of the bench to help lead the Howard Bison over the Buffalo Bulls 63-59. The Bison are now 3-4 with the victory and the Bulls dropped to 1-4.

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored a power-play goal in overtime to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators. The Lightning extended their winning streak to a season-high four games. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists and Alex Killorn also scored

MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored with 1.9 seconds left to force overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in a shootout Saturday night. Caufield scored his second goal of the game, beating Carter Hart with a one-timer from the left side with Montreal goalie Jake Allen off for an extra attacker.

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Between Kenny McIntosh and Jack Podlesny, top-ranked Georgia got all the important points it needed on a day where style points weren’t possible. McIntosh rushed for a career-best 143 yards, including a crucial 9-yard score late in the third quarter, and the Bulldogs withstood

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Carter Bradley threw two of his three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and South Alabama beat Southern Miss 27-20 Saturday night for the Jaguars’ fourth consecutive win and seventh in the last eight games. Freshman Braylon McReynolds ran for 102 yards on 15 carries and added three receptions for 66

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Trae Self scrambled 12 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 2:43 left to give Stephen F. Austin a 24-21 win over Abilene Christian and the Lumberjacks claimed the Western Athletic Conference championship. The Lumberjacks earned the outright conference title for the first time since 2010.

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Sean Clifford ran for a touchdown and threw for another and No. 11 Penn State scored twice on fumble returns and once on a kickoff return in beating Rutgers 55-10 Saturday. Freshman Nick Singleton scored on a 100-yard kickoff return, Kobe King gave Penn State

By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands — Led by Ben Sheppard’s 24 points, the Belmont Bruins defeated the George Mason Patriots 66-62. The Bruins improved to 2-3 with the win and the Patriots fell to 2-3.

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Parker McKinney threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns, two of them to Cornelius McCoy, and Eastern Kentucky defeated Kennesaw State 45-38 on Saturday. McKinney opened the scoring with an 80-yard TD pass to Jayden Higgins and his 65-yard touchdown pass to Braedon Sloan gave the Colonels (7-4, 3-2 Atlantic Sun)

Layne Hatcher drove Arkansas State 45 yards in 21 seconds and Seth Keller kicked a 29-yard field goal on the final play to rally Texas State to a 16-13 victory over Arkansas State. Hatcher’s heroics for Texas State (4-7, 2-5 Sun Belt Conference) came after Dominic Zvada kicked a 23-yard field goal for Arkansas State