Year: 2022

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Rafael Nadal said earlier in the week that he´s not very aware of his career statistics. Now, he might want to have a look at them. The 35-year-old Spaniard defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win the Mexican Open to extend his career-best start for

By STEVE MIMS Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Drew Peterson scored 20 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds remaining, and No. 16 Southern California defeated Oregon 70-69. Isaiah Mobley added 17 points for the Trojans, whose 25 regular-season wins set a school record. Quincy Guerrier scored 15 points for Oregon, while De’Vion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jay Heath hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Arizona State gave up a 14-point second-half lead before Marreon Jackson made a layup in the closing seconds to help the Sun Devils beat Utah 63-61. Utah (11-18, 4-15) used a 14-1 run to make it

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Kuhse had 14 points and six rebounds and No. 23 Saint Mary’s beat No. 1 Gonzaga 67-57 to prevent the Bulldogs from completing another undefeated run in the West Coast Conference. The top six teams in the AP poll all lost and seven of the

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bryce Fowler scored 26 points as Sacramento State topped Eastern Washington 81-75. William FitzPatrick added 20 points for Sacramento State (9-16, 5-13 Big Sky Conference). Zach Chappell had 12 points. Jonathan Komagum added nine rebounds. Ethan Price had 18 points for the Eagles (15-14, 9-9). Rylan Bergersen added 17 points and eight

By MICHAEL KELLY The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Monte Morris hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 28 seconds left, Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 115-110. It was Jokic’s 16th triple-double of the season and the 73rd of his career. His rebound with

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hanging with the Arizona Wildcats for one half wasn’t going to cut it for Colorado this time. About six weeks after watching a four-point halftime deficit in Arizona turn into a blowout, the Buffaloes went into the locker room trailing the Wildcats by five Saturday

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Darrion Trammell had 16 points and seven assists as Seattle defeated Dixie State 73-65. Riley Grigsby had 11 points for Seattle (22-8, 13-4 Western Athletic Conference). Cameron Tyson and Emeka Udenyi added 10 points apiece. Cameron Gooden had 15 points for the Trailblazers (13-16, 6-10). Hunter Schofield added 14 points and

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 to spoil the first outdoor game in Music City. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Point scored the first goal as Tampa

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Omir Fernandez scored the deciding goal in a 3-1 win for the New York Red Bulls over the San Jose Earthquakes in the season opener for both teams.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Estrada’s two goals and Bill Hamid’s four saves lifted D.C. United to a win over by a score of 3-0. 

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