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TOLEDO, Ohio — Dante Maddox Jr. had 18 points in Toledo’s 101-71 victory over Buffalo. Maddox was 5 of 8 shooting, including 4 for 6 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Rockets. Rayj Dennis and JT Shumate scored 16 points each. The Rockets picked up their 13th straight victory.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brevin Galloway and PJ Hall combined for 48 points, 36 in a dominating first half, Hunter Tyson added a double-double and Clemson beat North Carolina State 96-71. Galloway finished with  a career-high 28 points and Hall had 20 on 9-of-11 shooting with two 3s. Clemson made 10 of 19 3-pointers and

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points, Adama Sanogo added 18 points and nine rebounds, and No. 18 UConn beat St. John’s 95-86. Andre Jackson Jr. had 15 points, Joey Calcaterra also scored 15 to lead a strong effort by Connecticut’s bench and the resurgent Huskies avenged

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eric Dixon scored 18 of his career-high 31 points in the first half, Cam Whitmore added 17 and Villanova defeated No. 19 Creighton 79-67. Dixon also set a career high with six 3-pointers for Villanova, which has won five of six. Arthur Kaluma scored 19 points and

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 29 points and eight rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to four games with a 95-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Gary Trent Jr. had 19 points and Scottie Barnes added 12, all in the second half, as the Raptors won

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — JaKobe Coles made two free throws with 4.3 seconds remaining, and No. 24 TCU held on for an 83-82 victory over Texas Tech despite blowing a 12-point lead in the final eight minutes. De’Vion Harmon had a steal and a layup to put the Red Raiders in front by one with

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Erling Haaland scored a record 27th goal in the English Premier League to help Manchester City see off Bournemouth 4-1 and stay on the shoulder of Arsenal in the title race. No City player has scored that many goals in a single Premier League. Sergio Aguero’s 26 in 2014-15 was the

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jacob Groves led Oklahoma with 16 points as the Sooners knocked off No. 23 Iowa State 61-50 on Saturday. The Sooners (14-15, 4-12 Big 12) had lost nine of their previous 11 games — and six in a row on the road — but erased an

By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ben Burnham scored 25 points off of the bench to lead the Charleston Cougars in a romp past the Stony Brook Seawolves 92-52. The Cougars improved to 28-3 with the victory and the Seawolves fell to 10-21.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A 2-0 win at Empoli means just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti. That’s because Spalletti still regrets how Napoli squandered a two-goal advantage in a 3-2 loss at Empoli toward the end

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has won the Qatar Open on debut after defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s. Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second. Murray fought but was too far back and Medvedev won

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has been upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships. Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek. No.

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 19 people were injured in an explosion at a sports event in southwest Cameroon. Nine athletes competing in the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in Buea town were injured as well as 10 civilians including a baby. The annual

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Ollie Watkins scored for the fifth successive match as Aston Villa beat Everton 2-0 to end Sean Dyche’s 100% home record and drop his team back into the English Premier League relegation zone. Watkins’ 63rd-minute penalty saw him become Villa’s first player to score in five straight games in the top-flight

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR has canceled practice and qualifying sessions for the weekend races at Fontana because of ongoing heavy rains. Both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers will race without practice on the track east of Los Angeles. The starting orders will determined by the metric used to set the qualifying order.

LEEDS, England (AP) — Junior Firpo scored the only goal as new manager Javi Gracia launched his Leeds reign in style with a win over fellow struggler Southampton in the English Premier League. The Elland Road club’s first win since Dec. 26 enabled the team to climb out of the bottom three. Scoring chances were

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Arsenal has maintained its place atop the English Premier League by beating Leicester 1-0 thanks to Gabriel Martinelli’s goal early in the second half. Leandro Trossard slipped in Martinelli and the Brazil winger cut in from the left to poke a low finish just inside the far post in the 46th

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez moved up the leaderboard as the sun went down to lead the third and final day of Formula One testing. It underlined how strong Red Bull looks heading into next weekend’s season-opening race on the same Sakhir desert circuit in Bahrain. Defending world champion Max Verstappen