Month: January 2022

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Max Abmas matched his season high with 38 points and Oral Roberts beat St. Thomas (MN) 81-66. Parker Bjorklund led the Tommies with a season-high 21 points.

MOBILE, Ala. — CJ Huntley had a career-high 20 points as Appalachian State topped South Alabama 72-64. Jay Jay Chandler led the Jaguars with 19 points.

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored in his fourth straight game, Matt Boldy got a goal in his NHL debut and the Minnesota Wild snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins.  Nico Sturm also scored for Minnesota and Kaapo Kahkonen had 36 saves. Taylor Hall

HOUSTON — Carl Pierre recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds to lift Rice to a 65-61 win over Middle Tennessee. Josh Jefferson led the Blue Raiders  with 13 points.

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had a pair of nifty assists in his return from a lengthy injury during Tampa Bay’s three-goal third period in the Lightning’s 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Corey Perry, Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Alex Killorn scored to help Tampa

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane had 19 points and 13 rebounds to help fifth-ranked North Carolina State roll past 19th-ranked rival North Carolina 72-45 on Thursday night. The Wolfpack dominated the first quarter to build a huge lead and never trailed. The 13-2 Wolfpack shot 42% and hit

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jules Bernard scored 22 points, Johnny Juzang added 18 and No. 5 UCLA returned from a 25-day absence caused by COVID-19 to rout Long Beach State 96-78. The general public was barred from the hastily arranged game between two teams that already met this season.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins won their 10th straight game with a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel each scored two goals for the Penguins. The Penguins haven’t lost since Dec. 1 against Edmonton. The Penguins won five games during the streak on

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jesper Bratt scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, MacKenzie Blackwood made 31 saves and the New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Thursday night for their fourth win in five games. The teams will complete the home-and-home series Saturday night

By Jonah Bronstein Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Adin Hill made 37 saves, Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist, and the San Jose Sharks snapped a two-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Matt Neito and Timo Meier also scored for San Jose in the third game of a

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ben Shungu had a career-high 29 points as Vermont beat New Hampshire 82-68 in the America East Conference opener for both teams. Shungu hit 4 of 6 3-pointers. Ryan Davis had 19 points and seven rebounds for Vermont (9-4, 1-0), which earned its fifth straight home victory. Robin Duncan added 12 points.

MONROE, La. — Russell Harrison had a career-high 28 points plus 12 rebounds as ULM beat Arkansas-Little Rock 80-72. Andre Jones had 16 points and nine assists for ULM (9-6, 1-2 Sun Belt Conference), which earned its sixth straight home victory. Koreem Ozier added 12 points. Nikola Maric tied a season high with 24 points

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn scored 23 points and tied a career-high 18 rebounds and Illinois rallied after squandering an early lead to beat Maryland 76-64. The Illini sprinted to a 21-7 lead with Cockburn scoring a third of those points. His last basket of the first half put Illinois up 14 with 10:50

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Indiana used stifling defense down the stretch to pull away for a 67-51 victory over No. 13 Ohio State. Jackson-Davis made 11 of 17 from the field for the Hoosiers, who went on a 13-0 run while

DAYTON, Ohio — Tanner Holden scored a season-high 26 points as Wright State defeated Illinois-Chicago 90-72. Grant Basile added 21 points for the Raiders. Kevin Johnson led the Flames on Thursday night with 19 points.

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Zay Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Efe Odigie scored 13 with nine boards and Troy beat Coastal Carolina 69-59. Vince Cole scored a season-high 21 points for the Chanticleers.