Year: 2021

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Matthue Cotton had a career-high 23 points as Yale rolled past UMass 91-71. Noah Fernandes led the Minutemen with 13 points.

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored at 2:32 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Calgary Flames 2-1. Ondrej Kase also scored, William Nylander had two assists and Jack Campbell made 30 saves to help the Maple Leafs win for the seventh time in eight games. Oliver Kylington scored for Calgary, which has

NEW YORK — Raheim Sullivan had 17 points to lead six Marist players in double figures as the Red Foxes topped Columbia 82-67. Ricardo Wright added 16 points for the Red Foxes. Jordan Jones chipped in 10, Matt Herasme scored 10 and Noah Harris had 10. Liam Murphy led the Lions with 15 points.

OREM, Utah — Fardaws Aimaq had 25 points and 15 rebounds as Utah Valley rolled past Antelope Valley 82-48. Elias Ezenekwe led the Pioneers on Friday night with 8 points.

By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — RJ Davis scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 19 North Carolina battled through 40 minutes of relentless competition from Brown, outlasting the Ivy League foe 94-87. Armando Bacot had 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels, who trailed by

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Christian Koloko had 18 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks, Azuolis Tubelis scored 20 points with nine rebounds and Arizona’s formidable frontcourt duo led the Wildcats to a 104-50 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley. Koloko, a 7-foot-1 junior, played 19 minutes and surpassed his career highs for both points and

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jordan Walker had 23 points as UAB defeated Morehead State 85-71. Johni Broome led the Eagles with 20 points.

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Isaiah Wilkins recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds to carry Longwood to an 80-46 win over Virginia-Lynchburg. Nate Lliteras had 12 points for Longwood (1-1). Leslie Nkereuwem added 10 rebounds. DA Houston had seven assists. Dominique Williams had 24 points for the Dragons. Alexander Faulkner added 12 points. Xavier Jones had

By JUSTIN FERGUSON Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 23 points and brought down 10 rebounds and No. 22 Auburn overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Louisiana-Monroe 93-65 Friday night. Smith hit 7 of his 12 shots from the field, including 3 3-pointers. K.D. Johnson scored 18 points and Chris Moore added

RUSTON, La. (AP) — Isaiah Crawford scored 16 points — two on a layup with 24 seconds left — and Cobe Willaims sank 1 of 2 free throws with 5 remaining as Louisiana Tech held off Jackson State 70-68 in nonconference play. Jayveous McKinnis made a layup with 6 seconds left to pull Jackson State

CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Scruggs had 23 points as Xavier topped Kent State 73-59. Colby Jones had 19 points and eight rebounds for Xavier (2-0). Jack Nunge added 11 points. Jerome Hunter had nine rebounds. Sincere Carry had 18 points for the Golden Flashes (0-1). Justyn Hamilton added 13 points. Giovanni Santiago had 10 points.

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — James Harden highlighted a 39-point, 12-assist performance with a game-sealing 27-foot 3-pointer with 29 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets rallied for a 120-112 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans after they’d blown a 21-point lead. Kevin Durant scored 28 for the Nets, who’ve

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — Mohammed Abdulsalam had 13 points as UNC Greensboro narrowly defeated Northern Kentucky 70-69 in overtime. De’Monte Buckingham had 11 points and six rebounds for UNC Greensboro. Khyre Thompson added 11 rebounds. Trevon Faulkner tied a career high with 28 points for the Norse. Marques Warrick added 14 points. Bryson Langdon had

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Zack MacEwen scored with 9:40 remaining and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1. Joel Farabee also scored in the third period for the Flyers, who had been shut out in their previous game and couldn’t score in this one until the final

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kellan Grady had 19 points, including four 3-pointers, Oscar Tshiebwe had 20 rebounds and 14 points and No. 10 Kentucky blew out Robert Morris 100-60 in its home opener on Friday night. Daimion Collins went 7 of 8 for 14 points and had a

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins earned career victory No. 903 in the Mountaineers’ 74-59 win over Pittsburgh. Huggins ties Bob Knight for fifth place all-time among Division I coaches. Next up on the list is another Hall of Fame coach, Roy Williams, who retired in April with 903 wins. West Virginia forced 32 turnovers in

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jaden Ivey scored a career-high 27 points and Zach Edey added a career-best 22 as No. 7 Purdue routed Indiana State 92-67. The Boilermakers have won five straight in the series and are 2-0 for the first time in three years. Cooper Neese led

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Dennis Schröder scored eight of his season-high 38 points in overtime and the Boston Celtics took advantage of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 122-113. Jayson Tatum scored 27 with 11 rebounds for Boston. The Celtics have won four of five since opening the

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Wendell Moore Jr. had a triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to help ninth-ranked Duke beat Army 82-56 in Friday night’s home opener. It marked only the third triple-double of Krzyzewski’s 42 seasons in Durham. The game also marked the return of

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored 26 points and Jaden Shackelford had 23 to  lead No. 14 Alabama to a 104-88 victory over South Dakota State.The Crimson Tide parlayed several second-half flurries into a comfortable win after the Jackrabbits kept it to within one early.They couldn’t keep up

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Matthew Mayer scored 14 points, LJ Cryer had 13 and No. 8 Baylor paired a celebration of its national championship with an 87-60 victory over Incarnate Word in the Bears’ season opener. Heralded freshman Kendall Brown debuted with 13 points after watching as Mayer, Cryer