Month: November 2021

HOUSTON (AP) — McNeese defensive lineman and Houston native Isaiah Chambers forced a fumble early that led to the first touchdown of the game and the Cowboys crushed Houston Baptist 44-3. Chambers went on to record two sacks and three tackles for a loss, force two fumbles, broke up a pass and hurried the quarterback

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored 16 points and added six assists and Mississippi State dominated Montana 86-49. Shakeel Moore and D.J. Jeffries added 15 points apiece. After the Grizzlies hit the opening jumper, the Bulldogs reeled off 13 points with Cameron Matthews starting it with a dunk and contributed a pair of 3-pointers.

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Eda lay close early and then ran away late to win the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths at Del Mar for trainer Bob Baffert. The Hall of Famer earned his third win in the Arnaz for 2-year-old fillies and his record 145th stakes victory at the seaside

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sport Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Isaih Pacheco scored twice and Rutgers forced six turnovers in a 38-3 victory at Indiana that puts the Scarlet Knights within one win of becoming bowl eligible. Rutgers converted the turnovers into 17 points. The Scarlet Knights haven’t played in a bowl game since 2014.

By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Travis completed a fourth-and-14 pass to Andrew Parchment and two plays later ran it in from 1 yard out with 26 seconds to go as Florida State defeated Miami 31-28 on Saturday. Trailing 28-23 and taking over at the Seminoles’ 20-yard line, Travis dropped back

By JOHN DENTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell added 20 and the Washington Wizards used a 20-0 first-half run to rout the Orlando Magic 104-92 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.  Kyle Kuzma added 17 points and 10 rebounds as Washington improved to 9-3 for

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Emoni Bates scored 15 points and Landers Nolley added 12 to help No. 12 Memphis defeat North Carolina Central 90-51 on Saturday night. Jalen Duren and Lester Quinones added 10 points each. Duren also had 10 rebounds for the Tigers (2-0), who have won both

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Badie rushed 34 times for 209 yards and a touchdown to help Missouri hold off a fourth-quarter comeback and defeat South Carolina 31-28. Badie leads the Southeastern Conference with 1,239 rushing yards on the season. The Tigers built a 17-point lead when Badie scored on

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Levi Lewis threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score to help No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette beat Troy 35-21 on Saturday. Lewis had touchdown passes of 52, 15 and 13 yards and ran 27 yards for the other score. His TD passes came on the Ragin’ Cajuns’ first two drives of

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Robert Hight topped Funny Car qualifying Saturday in the season-ending  Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway. Hight was the provisional No. 1 qualifier Friday, then closed out qualifying with an even better run Saturday, a 3.886-second pass at 329.34 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro SS. Points leader Ron Capps

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Green threw for three touchdowns and Columbia beat Brown 23-17 on Saturday in a game delayed an hour due to rain. Columbia clinched its third winning season in the last four years. Green was 12-of-22 passing for 176 yards and Ryan Young totaled 126 all-purpose yards — 60 receiving and

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Alex Padilla threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start and No. 19 Iowa withstood three fourth-quarter comeback attempts to defeat Minnesota 27-22. The Hawkeyes led 24-16 before Minnesota’s Tanner Morgan threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Chris Autman-Bell with

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Nick Rice kicked three second-half field goals and Old Dominion scored on two first-half safeties en route to a 30-16 win over Florida Atlantic. With the Owls up 3-0 in the first quarter, Marcus Haynes sacked N’Kosi Perry in the end zone for a first-quarter safety. Perry was flagged for intentional

DENVER (AP) — Right-hander Jhoulys Chacín is staying with the Colorado Rockies, agreeing to a guaranteed $1.25 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. The 33-year-old was 3-2 with a 4.34 ERA in a career-high 45 relief appearances and one start for Colorado, which signed him on April

By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Chance Nolan passed for 257 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for a score, leading Oregon State to a 35-14 win over Stanford. The victory makes Oregon State bowl eligible for the first time since 2013, and snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Cardinal.

WICHITA, Kan. — Ricky Council IV had 19 points and eight rebounds as Wichita State beat South Alabama 64-58. Qua Grant had 13 points for Wichita State. Dexter Dennis added eight rebounds and three blocks. Morris Udeze had 12 rebounds. Javon Franklin had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Jaguars. Charles Manning Jr. added