Month: November 2021

NEW ORLEANS — Derek St. Hilaire posted 17 points as New Orleans easily beat Spring Hill 79-41. David Daniels led the Badgers on Saturday with 12 points and eight rebounds.

NEW ORLEANS — Kevin Cross made a jump shot with 20 seconds remaining to pull Tulane within 3 of Southern, but the Jaguars were able to hold off the Green Wave for a 73-70 win on Saturday. Jayden Saddler had 13 points and 11 assists to lead the Jaguars. Kevin Cross led the Green Wave

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Daniel Smith threw three scores and eighth-ranked FCS Villanova beat Stony Brook 33-14 on Saturday to stay atop the Colonial Athletic Association standings. Villanova (6-1) handed No. 2 James Madison (6-1) its lone loss of the season with a 28-27 win against the host Dukes earlier this year. James Madison kept

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Stroud threw for 361 yards and five touchdowns, freshman TreVeyon Henderson rumbled for two more scores and No. 6 Ohio State struck early and rolled over Purdue 59-31 on Saturday. The Buckeyes (9-1, 7-0 Big Ten, CFP No. 4) scored on all seven of

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Jace Wilson threw a pair of long touchdown passes in the second half and Furman stopped VMI twice in the closing minutes to earn a 37-31 victory. The win snapped a string of three straight losses for Furman.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Mancusco threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more to lead Richmond to a 51-27 win over Delaware. Mancusco was 13-of-21 passing for 179 yards and kept the ball 14 times for 116 yards. Mancuso opened the scoring with a 5-yard TD run and his 14-yard connection with Leroy

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec accounted for five touchdowns _ running for three and passing for two _ and the Eagles beat Georgia Tech 41-30 to become bowl-eligible. Jahmyr Gibbs, who had a 98-yard kickoff return for Georgia Tech’s first touchdown, scored on a 4-yard run

PEORIA, Ill. — Kyle Foster had 16 points off the bench to carry Howard to a 76-64 win over Bradley. Malevy Leons led the Braves on Saturday with 16 points.

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Frank Harris passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 54 yards and No. 15 UTSA overcame a sluggish performance to beat Southern Mississippi 27-17 and remain undefeated. UTSA, Georgia and Cincinnati are the only remaining unbeaten FBS teams following No. 8 Oklahoma’s 27-14

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Sophomore Jimmie Robinson III rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns and Bethune-Cookman breezed to a 31-14 victory over Grambling in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. Robinson had a 3-yard TD run with 4:34 left in the first quarter and a 2-yard scoring run with 17 seconds left in the quarter for

ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — Jakobe Thomas rushed for 88 yards and three touchdowns, Jalani Eastman passed for 315 yards with two big-play TDs and Mississippi Valley State erupted for nearly 500 yards of total offense in a 44-31 win over Alabama State. Coming out of a 17-17 halftime tie, Alabama State grabbed a 24-17

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Keaton Mitchell scored on a 24-yard run in overtime then the Pirates broke up a conversion pass to send East Carolina to a 30-29 win over Memphis. After Rodrigues Clark scored on a 20-yard run for Memphis, the Tigers went for two. Seth Henigan rolled to the left and, under pressure,

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Jim Furyk shot a 6-under 65 to take the lead in third round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, putting him in position to win the PGA Tour Champions season title. Furyk started his round three behind leader Kirk Triplett and quickly made up ground with

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Paula Badosa extended her winning streak to eight matches with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Maria Sakkari as she qualified to the final four at the WTA Finals. The 23-year-old from Spain. The WTA Finals are played in a round-robin format with the top two players from

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Fred Payton connected with Drake Starks for Mercer’s only touchdown and the Bears’ defense made it stand up in a 10-6 victory over Chattanooga. Payton threw 4 yards to Starks for a touchdown late in the second quarter for a 7-6 Mercer lead and Devin Folser added a 38-yard field goal

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Cole Smith threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Princeton knocked off Yale 35-20, knocking the Bulldogs out of a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League. Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth each entered Saturday with 4-1 records in conference play. Princeton and Dartmouth now share the Ivy

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, has died. He was 87. Deborah Matthews, a lawyer for Huff’s daughter, Catherine Huff Myers,  told The Associated Press that Huff died of

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Carson Camp connected with Jeremiah Webb on a 57-yard Hail Mary as time expired to help South Dakota beat South Dakota State 23-30. Camp eluded pressure from South Dakota State’s three-man pass rush, and heaved it to about the 4-yard line where it was tipped several times. Webb outjumped teammate Caleb

NEW YORK (AP) — Julian Champagnie had 22 points as St. John’s rolled past Saint Peter’s 91-70 in nononference play. Tareq Coburn had 17 points for the Red Storm (2-0), while Posh Alexander contributed 12 points and nine assists.  Clarence Rupert and Jaylen Murray had 11 points apiece to lead the Peacocks (0-2).

NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Sluka threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Holy Cross scored the last 35 points of the game to rout Fordham 52-24 in a showdown for first place in the Patriot League. Jordan Fuller scored on a 1-yard run 15 seconds before halftime to pull the Crusaders

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) —  Zevi Eckhaus threw for 356 yards and two touchdowns and Bryant rebounded from defeat last week to shatter Long Island 52-7. Camden Orth threw a 79-yard scoring pass to Owen Glascoe for a 7-0 Sharks lead and that all but ended any success they’d have. The Bulldogs ultimately scored on eight

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has dominated in Milan to beat Sebastian Korda of the United States and win the Next Gen ATP Finals. It caps a brilliant season for the Spanish teenager. The top-seeded Alcaraz seemed to take a while to find his proper rhythm and had to save