Month: March 2022

ST. LOUIS — ShanQuan Hemphill posted 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Drake to a 65-52 win over Southern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Tucker DeVries and Roman Penn had 13 points each for Drake (23-9). Marcus Domask led Southern Illinois with 18 points and eight rebounds.

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins, starting in place of ailing Nikola Jokic, scored a season-high 31 points and the Denver Nuggets bounced back from a loss to beat the struggling Houston Rockets 116-101 on Friday night. Jokic, the reigning MVP, was held out because of a non-COVID-19 illness. JaMychal Green

By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says he’ll veto a ban on transgender girls in youth sports. The Legislature had passed legislation late Friday night that said transgender girls wouldn’t be able to compete in sports on teams that correspond with their gender identity. Without the

By PETER FINNEY Jr. Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 29 points and dished out six assists and C.J. McCollum added 24 points to power the New Orleans Pelicans to a 124-90 victory over the Utah Jazz. In winning their fourth consecutive game since the All-Star break, the Pelicans led by as

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chandler Smith used a last lap pass to hold off both Daytona winner Zane Smith and boss Kyle Busch to win the Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was the third win in 40 career starts for Smith. He’s a 19-year-old

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rae Burrell matched her season-high scoring 21 points, and the 18th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols never trailed Friday night routing Alabama 74-59 in the Southeastern Conference women’s tournament quarterfinals. The third-seeded Lady Vols reached their second straight semifinal and 34th in program history. They will

PARADISE, Nev. — Alex Barcello had 22 points as BYU rolled past Loyola Marymount 85-60 in the West Coast Conference tournament second round. Eli Scott led the Lions on Friday night with 24 points.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — KJ Williams had 29 points and 10 rebounds and No. 22 Murray State advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, beating  Southeast Missouri State 88-74 on Friday night for its 19th straight victory. Murray State (29-2) will play the Morehead State in the title game Saturday night. Morehead State beat

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jason Robertson scored his third goal of the game with 30 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Denis Gurianov scored the tying goal late in the third period for the Stars and Braden Holtby made 39 saves. Paul Stastny had two

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Kamar Robertson had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lift Mercer to an 81-53 win over Western Carolina in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament. James Glisson III had 13 points for the Bears. Nick Robinson led the Catamounts with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

DEKALB, Ill. — Keshawn Williams had 15 points and nine rebounds as Northern Illinois narrowly defeated Ohio 58-57. Mark Sears led the Bobcats with 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Sebastian Korda won his Davis Cup debut by outlasting scrappy Nicolas Mejia 6-4, 1-6, 6-4  to help give the United States a 2-0 lead in its qualifier against Colombia. Taylor Fritz, the No. 1 American in this qualifier, had a much easier time in the second singles match. He overwhelmed Alejandro

AKRON, Ohio — Xavier Castaneda had 17 points and seven rebounds as Akron edged past Central Michigan 57-56. Greg Tribble made two free throws for the go-ahead points with 32 seconds left and the Zips held on for the win. Harrison Henderson led the Chippewas with 17 points.