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Gilgeous-Alexander’s 28 points, career-best 7 steals help Thunder dominate Spurs 123-87

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 28 points and a career-high seven steals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the San Antonio Spurs 123-87 on Tuesday night in the In-Season Tournament.The game featured two of the league’s top rookies — San Antonio’s 7-foot-3 Victor Wembanyama and Oklahoma City’s 7-1 Chet Holmgren. Wembanyama finished with eight points on 4-for-15 shooting. He grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked two shots. Holmgren had nine points on 3-for-10 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists.Oklahoma City set a Thunder record with 19 steals. The team scored 23 points off San Antonio’s 25 turnovers.“I think it was a great team effort, really keying in on the game plan and overall, just going out and executing,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. Josh Giddey added 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Thunder, who earned their first In-Season Tournament win in three tries and improved to 7-4 overall.Thunder coach Mark Daigneault chose no...

No. 13 Texas A&M cruises past SMU 79-66 in a meeting of old SWC foes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Henry Coleman III grabbed a loose ball, hit a bucket and got fouled, the show of emotion illustrating a key moment as No. 13 Texas A&M quieted an SMU crowd looking for a rally.The Aggies soon had their lead back to double digits Tuesday night, and they finished the sweep while playing back-to-back true road games in non-conference action for the first time in 20 years.Tyrece Radford scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, Coleman had 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Texas A&M beat SMU 79-66 in a meeting of old Southwest Conference foes.The Aggies (3-0) won again four nights after a 73-66 victory at Ohio State. They hadn’t done this sort of road trip before conference play since splitting a pair of games against Houston and Louisiana-Monroe in 2003-04.“We had never done this as far as out of conference,” said Coleman, who tied his career high in rebounds. “It’s kind of like an NBA thing, quick turnaround, so you’re not going to get as many ...

Nets pull away in fourth quarter for a 124-104 victory over Magic in the In-Season Tournament

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie had 29 points, nine assists and five rebounds, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a 124-104 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night in Eastern Conference Group C of the NBA In-Season Tournament.Mikal Bridges chipped in 21 points, five rebounds and four assists, while Cam Johnson scored 20 points as Brooklyn put six players in double figures. Day’Ron Sharpe finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out, and the Nets won their second straight overall and improved to 2-1 in the tournament.“A really good response and effort from our guys,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said. “We talked about being better tonight on both ends of the floor, and our guys were definitely better.”The Nets will close their round-robin slate with a home game against Toronto on Nov. 28.Franz Wagner had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists for their Magic in their tournament opener. Orlando fell to 4-16 all-time at Barclays Center.“I think the game was a little c...

Buie scores 21, Barnhizer adds 20 to help Northwestern beat Western Michigan 63-59

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 21 points, Brooks Barnhizer added 20 points, seven rebounds and three steals and Northwestern blew a 12-point second-half lead before the Wildcats beat Western Michigan 63-59 Tuesday night. Buie made 7 of 14 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and finished with five assists, two steals and no turnovers in 39 minutes. JaVaughn Hannah hit a jumper, Brandon Muntu made a 3 and Titus Wright scored in the paint to cap a 7-1 surge for Western Michigan (0-3) that made it 54-all with 4:18 to play. Buie answered with a 3-pointer 17 seconds later to give the Wildcats the lead for good and followed with a jumper to give Northwestern (3-0) a five-point lead with 2:56 left. Seth Hubbard hit a 3-pointer for the Broncos before Ryan Langborg made a jumper to make it 61-57 with 2 minutes remaining and the Broncos went 1 for 5 from the field with a turnover from there. Hubbard, the only Western Michigan player to score in double figures, finished with 17 p...

Duchene’s OT goal gives Stars 4th straight win, 4-3, over Coyotes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Matt Duchene scored 42 seconds into overtime as the Dallas Stars beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive win.Duchene and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist and Esa Lindell and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who ran their home points streak against Arizona to 17-0-1, one game short of the franchise record against any opponent. They haven’t lost at home to the Coyotes since Feb. 7, 2012.Jake Oettinger made 23 saves for Dallas, which increased its lead in the Central Division to five points over Colorado.Clayton Keller, Lawson Crouse and Jason Zucker scored for the Coyotes. Karel Vejmelka, 0-5-1 on his last six games, stopped 30 shots.Keller opened the scoring with a patient wrist shot from the left circle for his team-high seventh goal of the season, beating Oettinger stick side at 5:33 of the first period.Dallas pulled even late in the first period on defenseman Lindell’s first goal of the season, a wrister from the hig...

Bal, Marshall spark Santa Clara to 89-77 victory over Stanford

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Adama Bal had 23 points, Carlos Marshall Jr. scored 20 and Santa Clara knocked off Stanford 89-77 on Tuesday night at Maples Pavilion.Santa Clara (3-0), which trailed by two at halftime, used back-to-back 3-pointers from Bal and Jalen Benjamin to take a 62-57 lead with 11:20 remaining. Stanford (2-1) pulled within three points on a Spencer Jones layup, but Bal answered with a 3-pointer for a 77-71 lead at the 3:22 mark and the Broncos maintained a two-possession lead from there.Bal made 7 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers and sank all six of his free throws for the Broncos, adding six rebounds. Marshall sank 6 of 11 shots, including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc, and all four of his foul shots, adding five rebounds and four steals. Johnny O’Neil hit three 3-pointers and pitched in with 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Tyeree Bryan scored 11 off the bench.Maxime Reynaud led with Cardinal with a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds. Freshman ...

Thelwell scores 26 in Morehead State’s 74-66 victory over Mercer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Drew Thelwell’s 26 points helped Morehead State defeat Mercer 74-66 on Tuesday night.Thelwell shot 8 for 13 (4 for 8 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the free-throw line for the Eagles (2-2). Riley Minix scored 19 points while shooting 3 of 6 from the field and 12 for 12 from the line, and added seven rebounds and four blocks. Dieonte Miles finished 3 of 4 from the field to finish with eight points, while adding nine rebounds.The Bears (1-2) were led by Jah Quinones, who posted 12 points and seven steals. Jalyn McCreary and Robby Carmody put up 10 points apiece.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Graham Ike scores 25 points as No. 11 Gonzaga routs NAIA school Eastern Oregon 123-57

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike had 25 points and 11 rebounds in just 18 minutes, and No. 11 Gonzaga beat Eastern Oregon 123-57 on Tuesday night in a tune-up for the Maui Invitational.Braden Huff scored 23 points and Anton Watson added 20 as five Gonzaga players finished in double figures. Both of them joined Ike in playing less than 20 minutes.Ike, a transfer from Wyoming, made 11 of 12 shots and combined with Huff and Watson to dominate inside. The trio combined to make 31 of 38 attempts from the field and set the tone for a Gonzaga team that shot 63% overall. Nolan Hickman added 12 points and Ben Gregg scored 10 for the Bulldogs (2-0). All 12 Gonzaga players scored and played at least eight minutes. Huff continued to provide an early spark off the bench, scoring 11 points during a 22-10 run midway through the first half. Watson and Ike later combined for 19 of Gonzaga’s final 21 points of the first half as the Bulldogs built a 33-point lead at the break. AJ Huddleston scor...

Kyle Connor’s 3-point effort lifts Jets to 6-3 victory over Devils

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice and added an assist to propel the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night and put him in a tie atop the NHL’s goal-scoring leaderboard.Connor’s goals gave him 13 on the season, tying him for most goals this season with Toronto’s Auston Matthews.Nikolaj Ehlers had a pair of goals and Cole Perfetti scored once and added an assist. Morgan Barron also had a goal and Josh Morrissey contributed four assists, tying a franchise record for assists in a game.Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for Winnipeg (8-5-2), which played the third of a five-game homestand.Timo Meier, John Marino and Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils (7-6-1), including a pair of goals on the power play for the league’s top-ranked team with the man advantage.Akira Schmid stopped 25 of 30 shots for New Jersey, which has lost three straight and four of its past five games.There was no scoring in the first period, but the teams combine...

KJ Simpson scores 23 points as No. 25 Colorado cruises to 106-79 win over Milwaukee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:01 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — KJ Simpson scored 23 points, Eddie Lampkin Jr. had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 25 Colorado rode a torrid long-range shooting performance to a 106-79 rout of Milwaukee on Tuesday night in the opening-round campus game of the Sunshine Slam Tournament.The Buffaloes (3-0) were 13 of 20 from behind the 3-point line and led by as many as 38 points.Tristan da Silva and freshman Cody Williams each added 17 points for a Colorado team that returned to the AP Top 25 this week for the first time since 2021.Zach Howell led the Panthers (1-2) with 15 points. BJ Freeman, who had 33 points in a loss at Providence last weekend, was held to nine.The Buffaloes finished with 25 assists and held a 20-12 advantage in fast-break points.Even in blowouts, though, there are teachable moments. Colorado coach Tad Boyle was none too pleased with his players’ rebounding effort after they failed to block out on a free throw attempt late in the game. His shouts could be heard aro...