Year: 2022

CORAL GABLES, Fla., (AP) — Jordan Miller and Isaiah Wong combined to score 47 points and Miami held off North Carolina State to take an 80-73 victory. The Hurricanes have won six straight games after dropping an 88-70 decision to Maryland.

By BRYCE McKINNIS Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ricky Council IV scored 26 points and Nick Smith Jr. had 21 in No. 9 Arkansas’ 88-78 win over Oklahoma. Arkansas improved to 9-1 on the season. The Razorbacks led by three at the break and gradually pulled away from the Sooners throughout the second half.

By The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Led by Jose Placer’s 21 points, the North Florida Ospreys defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 88-48 on Saturday. The Ospreys are now 3-6 on the season, while the Wildcats moved to 4-5.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Maddie Siegrist scored 31 points, the 20th time she has scored at least 30, and No. 25 Villanova used a hot start to roll to a 82-59 win over Big Five rival Saint Joseph’s. Siegrist scored 13 points and Lucy Olsen 10 in the first half when Villanova went 7 of 11

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Drake Batherson scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators. Claude Giroux and Alex DeBrincat also scored, Shane Pinto had a pair of assists and Cam Talbot made 27 saves for the Senators. Ottawa

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Shoma Uno has won gold at the Grand Prix Final by holding off Japanese countryman Sota Yamamoto. Eighteen-year-old American Ilia Malinin has rallied from a poor short program to take bronze. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada has kept American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates at

HAMDEN, Conn. — Led by Ike Nweke’s 17 points, the Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Lafayette Leopards 76-63 on Saturday. The Bobcats are now 9-2 on the season, while the Leopards dropped to 1-10.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — No. 15 Duke won’t have starting guard Jeremy Roach for the team’s game against Maryland-Eastern Shore. The school announced Roach is sidelined with a toe injury about two hours before the Saturday afternoon tipoff. It marks the first missed game in the third-year guard’s career. Roach is averaging 13.1 points and

NEW YORK (AP) — Center fielder Brandon Nimmo and the New York Mets have finalized their $162 million, eight-year contract. Nimmo gets a $2 million signing bonus and salaries of $18.25 million this year and $20.25 million annually from 2024-30. A quality leadoff hitter with a .385 career on-base percentage, Nimmo became a free agent

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Christian Bishop scored 16 points and No. 2 Texas held Arkansas-Pine Bluff to 13 points in the second half while coasting to an 88-43 win. Freshman Dillon Mitchell scored 13 points for Texas mostly on dunks. Brock Cunningham scored a career-high 13 on 5-of-5 shooting.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are among eight Brooklyn Nets players who will sit out Saturday’s game at Indiana. Durant is sitting out because the team is managing his right knee injury on the second night of back-to-back games. Irving is out with tightness in his left thigh muscle. Also sitting

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has suspended Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner for three games for cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel. The two had an altercation late in the third period of what became a 4-3 overtime win for Pittsburgh. The two exchanged slashes before Skinner cross-checked Guentzel twice. The second cross-check was

By WILLIAM S. PAXTON Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Donovan Clingan had a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 5 UConn over Long Island University 114-61. Clingan was one of five players for the undefeated Huskies who scored in double digits. Sophomore Jordan Hawkins had a team-high 22 points. UConn

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford has hired Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor to replace David Shaw and lead a football program that has had three losing seasons in the last four years. The 54-year-old Taylor has spent the last four seasons as head coach at Sacramento State. He led the Hornets to the FCS playoffs

MALELANE, South Africa (AP) — Ockie Strydom has carded a 63 to equal the course record set by Scott Jamieson a day earlier and join the Scottish player in a share of the lead after three rounds of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Home player Strydom made a late bogey on No. 16

By ANTHONY ANDERSON Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Indiana (AP) — Olivia Miles became the first Notre Dame player with three career triple-doubles as the No. 5 Fighting Irish overwhelmed Merrimack 108-44 on Saturday. Miles, who last March became the first freshman, male or female, to record a triple-double in an NCAA Tournament game, finished with

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Robin Duncan’s 15 points helped Vermont defeat Colgate 73-72. Aaron Deloney made two free throws to give Vermont a 73-69 lead with 10 seconds remaining. Colgate’s Oliver Lynch-Daniels hit a 3-pointer with four seconds to go before Vermont was able to run out the clock. Duncan added nine rebounds and five assists

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrew Funk and Myles Dread combined for 11 3-pointers to give Penn State a 74-59 win over No. 17 Illinois. Funk and Jalen Pickett led all scorers with 20 points each, Seth Lundy added 16 and Dread had 15 for Penn State. The Nittany Lions notched

ATLANTA — Led by Jalen Cook’s 21 points, the Tulane Green Wave defeated the Buffalo Bulls 88-63 on Saturday. The Green Wave are now 6-3 on the season, while the Bulls dropped to 5-5.

AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — American soccer writer Grant Wahl has been honored with a tribute from FIFA on the desk where he was due to work at the World Cup quarterfinal match between France and England. A posy of white lilies and a framed photograph of Wahl taken in Qatar was left at the