Month: January 2022

CHICAGO — Tanner Holden had a career-high 38 points as Wright State got past Illinois-Chicago 97-81. Damaria Franklin led the Flames with 25 points, tying his career high.

PEORIA, Ill. — Rienk Mast had 20 points as Bradley beat Southern Illinois 70-62. Lance Jones led the Salukis with 19 points and six rebounds.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mason Archambault had a career-high 27 points as South Dakota beat St. Thomas (MN) 90-79. Kruz Perrott-Hunt added 22 points for the Coyotes. Riley Miller led the Tommies with 24 points, tying his season high.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Marcellus Earlington matched his season high with 23 points as San Diego defeated Pacific 73-65. Pierre Crockrell II led the Tigers a career-high 24 points.

LAFAYETTE, La. — Kobe Julien posted 17 points as Louisiana-Lafayette got past Troy 69-59. Efe Odigie led the Trojans with 14 points and nine rebounds.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Sam Griesel scored 18 points and his contested, running jump shot to the right of the basket with two seconds left sent North Dakota State past Oral Roberts 72-71. Max Abmas missed a 3-pointer after an Oral Roberts timeout to end it. Abmas scored 18 for the Golden Eagles on 7-for-24

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored 1:16 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 for their 15th straight win at home. Colorado is the first NHL team to win 15 consecutive home games since the Washington Capitals did it Jan. 1 to March 4, 2017. The

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans had the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage along with Derrick Henry making a return just in time for the postseason. Once again, playing in Music City just wasn’t enough for this franchise. Not with all the mistakes the Titans

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Damion Baugh scored 23 points to help TCU upset No. 15 Iowa State 59-44. Baugh hit 11 of 17 shots, while TCU (13-3, 3-2 Big 12) held the Cyclones to their lowest point total in the 50-year history of Hilton Coliseum. The previous low was 45

By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 28th and 29th goals of the season in the third period, Nicklas Backstrom pounced on a turnover to get the winner 1:13 into overtime and the Washington Capitals rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Backstrom also assisted on Ovechkin’s

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Cameron Tyson had 21 points as Seattle University stretched its win streak to seven games, beating Tarleton 76-68. Tyson hit 5 of 7 3-pointers and added eight rebounds for the Redhawks (15-4, 6-0 Western Athletic Conference). Montre Gipson had 23 points for the Texans (8-13, 3-5), whose losing streak stretched to

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — KJ Williams scored  a career-high 33 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Murray State beat UT Martin 74-66 to remain perfect in Ohio Valley Conference play. Williams’ basket with 2:57 left before halftime gave the Racers a 28-27 lead and they remained ahead the rest of the way. Justice Hill made

By MATT SUGAM Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jesper Bratt scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-4. Nathan Bastian scored twice, Andreas Johnsson had a goal and two assists, Michael McLeod and Pavel Zacha each added a goal and an

HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii has hired former quarterback Timmy Chang as its new head coach. Athletics director David Matlin announced Chang’s hiring on Saturday in a news release. Just last month, Chang was hired by Colorado State to be its wide receivers coach, following Jay Norvell to CSU. Previously, Chang spent five

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. is out of health and safety protocols and available to be on the sideline Sunday against the Boston Celtics. Unseld said Saturday he felt good. He said he had mild symptoms after his positive test. Assistant Pat Delany coached the Wizards for one game in Unseld’s

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider had a hat trick to set his career high with 29 goals, tying for the NHL lead, and the New York Rangers scored six unanswered to beat the Arizona Coyotes 7-3 for their eighth win in 11 games. Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba scored twice

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dylan Penn had 29 points and Bellarmine scored the last six points of the game to beat Jacksonville 76-73 in overtime. Penn’s four-point play gave Bellarmine a 74-73 lead with 23 seconds left. Juston Betz then forced a Jacksonville turnover and CJ Fleming added two free throws with five seconds left. Fleming