Year: 2022

OMAHA, Neb. — Alex O’Connell had 27 points as Creighton beat Georgetown 88-77. Aminu Mohammed led the Hoyas with a season-high 27 points. Georgetown has lost 14 games in a row.

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Rookie Matt Boldy had his first career hat trick to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 7-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Kirill Kaprizov had two goals, Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman scored and Mats Zuccarello added three assists for Minnesota, which is

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Becky Hammon, Penny Taylor and Doug Bruno are headlining the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The trio is joined by Alice “Cookie” Barron, Delisha Milton-Jones, Paul Sanderford, Bob Schneider and Debbie Antonelli. The will be inducted into the hall on June 11. The Hall of Fame

JACKSON, Miss. — Ken Evans Jr. had 22 points plus 10 rebounds as Jackson State easily beat Bethune-Cookman 71-51. Joe French led the Wildcats on Monday night with 16 points.

By ADRY TORRES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Giddey had a triple-double of 28 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half, beating beat the New York Knicks 127-123 in overtime. New York’s Immanuel Quickley had a chance to send the

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — When John Madden died in December, his widow Virginia knew exactly where she wanted to honor her late husband’s life. The place where Madden first came to fame, prowling the sideline at the Oakland Coliseum as the Super Bowl-winning coach of the Raiders. A few thousand fans showed up for the

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Jarred Godfrey scored five points in the final two minutes of the third overtime period to lift Purdue Fort Wayne to a 102-98 victory over Cleveland State. Damian Chong Qui hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end regulation to pull the Mastodons even and force the first overtime and

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, the heavily favored 15-year-old dynamo at the center of the latest Olympic doping scandal, overcame an early mistake to lead after the women’s short program at the Beijing Games on Tuesday night. She scored 82.16 points to take first place. Her

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 19 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls beat the San Antonio Spurs 120-109 for their fourth straight victory. It was DeRozan’s seventh consecutive game with at least 30 points, extending his career high. The All-Star is the

GREELEY, Colo. — Daylen Kountz had 30 points as Northern Colorado narrowly defeated Southern Utah 100-95. Jason Spurgin led the Thunderbirds on Monday night with a career-high 22 points.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kris Monroe had a career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help North Carolina Central hold off Coppin State 77-74. Monroe hit 5 of 6 shots from 3-point range for NCC’s Eagles (12-11, 7-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Justin Wright had 19 points. Mike Hood had 17 points for CSU’s Eagles (5-19,

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Curry scored 23 points in his first game with the Nets to lead Brooklyn to a 109-85 win over the Sacramento Kings. Brooklyn snapped its 11-game losing streak, and Curry was one of five players who finished in double figures. Bruce Brown set season-highs

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Skiing, skating and other competitions take place before a global TV audience, but few see them in person. China is enforcing strict anti-coronavirus controls and decided against allowing tourists to come from abroad. Instead, organizers said they would invite 150,000 spectators including schoolchildren, diplomats, buisnesspeople and what

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Anna Gasser of Austria executed a massive cab 1260 on her final jump to overtake Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand and win her second straight Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboarding big air. The 30-year-old Gasser held off a field with an average age of

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Zippy Broughton scored 18 points to lead five in double figures and No. 17 Florida held off a late Auburn rally, defeating the Tigers 83-77. Kristina Moore scored the first five points of the fourth quarter and Florida’s run reached 7-0 as the Gators built a 67-55 lead. The Gators led

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, Mark Smith notched his seventh double-double and Kansas State rallied to beat West Virginia 78-73. Nowell sank 7 of 11 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and had three steals to help the Wildcats

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Keve Aluma scored 24 points and knocked down a pair of clutch shots down the stretch to allow Virginia Tech to hold off Commonwealth rival Virginia, 62-53 to earn its sixth straight win. After Kadin Shedrick scored to pull the Cavaliers within four points, 54-50 with just under three minutes left,