Month: February 2022

HOUSTON — PJ Henry scored 14 points, Brison Gresham swatted five shots and Texas Southern set a season-high with 12 blocks in an 81-66 win over Jackson State. Dyllan Taylor led Jackson State with 12 points.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny White Jr. had 18 points as Tennessee Tech beat UT Martin 88-75. Diante Wood added 17 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee Tech (10-20, 7-10 Ohio Valley Conference).  Jr. Clay chipped in 15 points. Shandon Goldman had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.  Bernie Andre scored a season-high 25 points

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Osorio scored the tying goal in the 45th minute for Toronto in a 1-1 draw with Dallas in the season opener for both teams. Jader Obrian scored the lone goal for Dallas.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell scored 10 of his team-high 30 points in the second overtime as UC Santa Barbara beat UC Riverside 97-90. Mitchell scored a season-high 31 points Thursday night in the Gauchos’ 76-69 win over UC Davis. 

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 for their fifth straight win. Andrew Hammond stopped 26 shots to for Montreal to improve to 2-0-0 in two starts this season. Colin White scored for Ottawa, and Matt Murray had 30 saves. The Senators have lost six

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 18 points off the bench, leading four in double figures, and LSU rolled past Missouri 75-55. Brandon Murray scored 11 points and Darius Days added 10 for LSU. Xavier Pinson, a transfer from Missouri, also scored 10 points. LSU opened the second half on a tear, outscoring

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A.J. Reeves made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help No. 11 Providence win its first Big East regular-season championship with a 72-51 victory over Creighton on Saturday night. Nate Watson and Al Durham each added 12 points, and Justin Minaya had 11 rebounds for Providence (24-3, 14-2). Ryan Kalkbrenner

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ja Morant scored a franchise-record 46 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies hung on to beat DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls 116-110. The Grizzlies hung on after letting a 17-point lead shrink to one and came away with the win after losing two in a row.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Shepherd scored 19 of his 28 points in the first half and California beat rival Stanford 53-39 on Saturday night. Cal (12-17, 5-13 Pac-12) ended its seven-game home losing streak while Stanford (15-13, 8-10) has lost three straight and five of its last six. The game was tied at 4

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tasos Kamateros had 23 points as South Dakota edged Oral Roberts 92-87. Erik Oliver had 13 points for the Coyotes (18-11, 11-7 Summit League). Elijah Lufile had 15 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Golden Eagles (18-11, 12-6). 

PEORIA, Ill. — Rienk Mast had 22 points and 11 rebounds as Bradley won its seventh consecutive home game, easily beating Valparaiso 79-55. Kobe King and Kevion Taylor led Valpo with 16 points each.

GREELEY, Colo. — Matt Johnson II had 24 points as Northern Colorado narrowly defeated Idaho 98-94. Daylen Kountz added 20 points for for Northern Colorado (17-13, 12-6 Big Sky Conference). Dru Kuxhausen had 15 points  Bodie Hume added 11 points. Trevante Anderson scored a career-high 32 points plus nine rebounds and six assists for the

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Flo Thamba had 18 points, Jeremy Sochan had 17 and 10th-ranked Baylor overcame a big early deficit to beat No. 5 Kansas 80-70. The 24-5 Bears avenged an embarrassing loss from three weeks earlier and kept the Jayhawks from clinching a share of their 20th

CHICAGO — Michael Diggins posted 16 points and seven rebounds, Damaria Franklin had 15 points and six rebounds, and Illinois-Chicago defeated Milwaukee 71-58. Kevin Johnson had 13 points for Illinois-Chicago (13-15, 9-10 Horizon League). Jalen Warren added 10 points and seven rebounds. DeAndre Gholston had 18 points and six rebounds for the Panthers (10-21, 8-14).

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Graham Ike had 23 points and 15 rebounds as Wyoming extended its home winning streak to 13 games, defeating Nevada 74-61. Hunter Maldonado added 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists for Wyoming (23-5, 12-3 Mountain West Conference).  Jeremiah Oden had 10 points  Drake Jeffries added seven rebounds. Desmond Cambridge Jr. had

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — B.J. Mack had 26 points as Wofford defeated Mercer 74-67. Max Klesmit added 21 points for the Terriers (18-12, 10-8 Southern Conference). Kamar Robertson had 18 points for the Bears (15-16, 8-10). Felipe Haase added 15 points. James Glisson III had 12 points. Jalen Johnson, who was second on the Bears in

HOUSTON — Myles Smith had 16 points off the bench to carry Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 75-70 win over Houston Baptist. Khristion Courseault led Houston Baptist with 16 points.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored a season-high 36 points, Tyler Herro added 27 off the bench and the Miami Heat rallied from an early 16-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Saturday night. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points in 30 minutes for Miami, which improved