Month: March 2022

By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Josh Hart scored a career-high 44 points, helping the Portland Trail Blazers end a six-game skid with a 127-118 victory over the Washington Wizards. Hart also grabbed eight rebounds and had six assists in Portland’s first win since the All-Star break. Trendon Watford had 27

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clayton Henry had 15 points and eight rebounds to help New Mexico State beat Abilene Christian 66-52 in the championship game of the Western Athletic Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Sir’Jabari Rice scored 11 points for New Mexico State (26-6). Teddy Allen and Mario McKinney

By GIDEON RUBIN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tomas Hertl scored two goals, Timo Meier had a goal and two assists and the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-0. Jonathan Dahlen and Matt Nieto also scored, and Brent Burns and Nick Bonino each had two assists to help the Sharks

KATY, Texas (AP) — Terrion Murdix and Jalen Jackson each had 13 points and five assists, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years with a 73-65 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in the Southland Conference tournament championship. San Antonio native and first-year coach Steve Lutz, who spent

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bill Tuiloma scored on a diving header in the second half and the Portland Timbers handed Austin its first loss of the season with a 1-0 victory Saturday night. Tuiloma’s goal came off Yimmi Chara’s free kick in the 62nd minute to keep Portland

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Conference player of the year Octavia Jett-Wilson poured in 31 points and Charlotte earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, holding off Louisiana Tech, 68-63. A fifth-year senior, Jett-Wilson said before the game that she came back to Charlotte for just this game, saying “We

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored a career-high 45 points to overcome the absence of Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley and help the Utah Jazz beat the Sacramento Kings 134-125 on Saturday night. Clarkson set a franchise record for points as a reserve with the first 40-point game

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points and No. 2 Arizona used a massive second-half run to beat No. 13 UCLA 84-76, winning the Pac-12 Tournament in coach Tommy Lloyd’s first season. The Wildcats and Bruins put on a Vegas headlining show worthy of the conference’s top

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 33 points, Scottie Barnes had 25 and the Toronto Raptors pulled away late to beat the Denver Nuggets 127-115 on Saturday night. Chris Boucher added 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors, and Barnes also had 10 assists and eight rebounds. They won

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson scored a season-best 38 points, raising his right arm in triumph to ignite the home crowd and leading the Golden State Warriors past the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, 122-109 on Saturday night. Thompson had his second 30-point performance since returning Jan. 9

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jordan “Jelly” Walker made 11 of 11 from the free-throw line and finished with 27 points to help UAB beat Louisiana Tech 82-73 in the championship game of the Conference USA tournament to clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Blazers used runs of 14-3 and 14-0 in the first

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Diego Rubio and Mark Anthony Kaye each scored a goal to help the Colorado Rapids beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0. William Yarbrough saved the only shot he faced for the Rapids. 

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points and 10 assists and the Indiana Pacers snapped a three-game skid, beating the San Antonio Spurs 119-108 on Saturday night. San Antonio sat out Dejounte Murray, Keldon Johnson and Jakob Poeltl a night after coach Gregg Popovich became the winningest coach

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Franco Jara’s goal helped lead FC Dallas to a 2-0 victory over Nashville. Dallas moved to 1-1-1 after the win and Nashville fell to 1-1-1.Jara put Dallas ahead for good at 1-0 in the 85th minute on a penalty kick. 

By LARY BUMP Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Artemi Panarin had a goal and two of his three assists during New York’s four-goal first period and the Rangers beat the Dallas Stars 7-4. Greg McKegg, Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad, Patrik Nemeth, Barclay Goodrow and Ryan Strome also scored for the Rangers, who have won four