Новости за 03.01.2018

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Glynn Watson Jr. scored 19 points and Nebraska took control down the stretch to beat Northwestern 70-55 on Tuesday night. James Palmer Jr. added 18 points, 15 in the second half, Isaac Copeland scored 13, and the Cornhuskers (11-5, 2-1 Big Ten) won their fourth straight. Dererk Pardon had 17 points and

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kennan Allen scored 15 points, Norense Odiase and Justin Gray had 12 apiece, and No. 18 Texas Tech never trailed in beating No. 10 Kansas 85-73 on Tuesday night for the Red Raiders’ first win at Allen Fieldhouse in 18 tries. The Red Raiders (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) built a 16-point lead

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Quentin Snider scored 19 points to lead Louisville to a 77-51 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. In the Cardinals’ Atlantic Coast Conference opener, they quickly erased any taste left over from their 90-61 loss to Kentucky on Friday. Louisville (11-3) used a 17-0 run to take a 28-12 lead with 7:48

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Nick Weatherspoon scored 22 points, his brother Quinndary Weatherspoon added another 22 and Mississippi State upset No. 22 Arkansas 78-75 on Tuesday night. Mississippi State (13-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) built off its best start during non-conference play in years, rallying for the win after trailing for much of the second half. Arkansas

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Egor Koulechov scored 19 points and Keith Stone added 18 as Florida built a big lead early and cruised to an 83-66 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday night. The short-handed Aggies, who were playing without three starters, dropped their second straight game after starting the season 11-1 and

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matt Cullen and Eric Staal each scored twice and the Minnesota Wild beat Florida 5-1 Tuesday night, snapping the Panthers’ five-game winning streak. Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves for Minnesota, which has won three of four games. Charlie Coyle added an empty-net goal and Jared Spurgeon had three assists. Zach Parise

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Aaron Brennan scored 11 points and made key free throws late to help IUPUI hold off Green Bay for a 67-63 victory on Tuesday night. IUPUI (4-10, 1-2 Horizon League) had a 61-53 lead with 1:55 to play. Sandy Cohen III made a pair of free throws, David Jesperson hit a jumper

MONTREAL — Timo Meier scored twice and the San Jose Sharks rebounded from their worst loss of the season with a 4-1 victory over the slumping Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Joe Thornton and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored for the Sharks (21-12-4), who were coming off a 6-0 setback Sunday in Dallas. San Jose has

EDINBURG, Texas — Xavier McDaniel Jr. scored 17 points to lead seven UT Rio Grande Valley players in double-digit scoring and the Vaqueros beat NAIA Our Lady of the Lake 96-75 on Tuesday night. Terry Winn scored 14 points with 10 rebounds for Rio Grande Valley (8-8), which outrebounded the Saints 51-34 and never trailed.

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Cedric Hankerson scored 21 points, and Javante McCoy made key free throws late to help Boston University beat Bucknell 84-79 on Tuesday night. McCoy made the second of a pair of free throws to give Boston University (6-7, 2-0 Patriot League) a 75-69 lead. Zach Thomas hit a 3-pointer and Bruce Moore

OMAHA, Neb. — Matt Pile had career highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double and Omaha cruised to a 100-60 win over NAIA Doane on Tuesday night. Daniel Norl added 17 points and Zach Jackson 16 for the Mavericks (5-12), who had six players in double figures. Pile made 9 of

TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy showed the Toronto Maple Leafs why he’s one of the NHL’s most dominant goalies this season. Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots for his NHL-best sixth shutout of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-0 victory over the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Vasilevskiy got his league-leading 26th win,

KENNESAW, Ga. — Kosta Jankovic scored a career-high 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Kennesaw State cruised to a 98-75 victory over Carver Bible College on Tuesday night. Jordan Jones and Nick Masterson added 16 points each for the Owls (4-11). James Scott scored 13 with five assists and Anthony Wilson had 12 points for

NEW YORK — He’s now the fifth-winningest coach in NBA history, though there are some things Gregg Popovich still doesn’t know. Like what everybody was yelling about after Manu Ginobili sank an overthrown pass for a 3-pointer, for example. He was just as fooled initially as the referees and didn’t realize the ball had gone

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Washington Capitals felt they gave away two goals. Alex Ovechkin got them right back when it mattered most. Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 26th goal 1:57 into overtime and the Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. “It’s almost like whenever he decides to end

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Joe Chealey and Jarrell Brantley combined for 55 points as Charleston dominated Delaware 93-78 in Colonial Athletic Association play on Tuesday night. Chealey was 8 of 12 from the floor and made all nine free-throw attempts for 29 points. Brantley hit 8 of 10 field goals and made all eight free throws

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — George Kiernan had a career-high 27 points, including four 3-pointers, and Shawn Anderson scored nine of his 11 points in the final six minutes to help Navy pull away late for a 78-66 win over Lehigh on Tuesday night. Anderson scored seven straight points to give Navy (10-5, 1-1 Patriot League) a

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Saben Lee scored 23 points and Jeff Roberson had 17 and Vanderbilt won its Southeastern Conference home opener with a 76-75 victory over Alabama on Tuesday night. Matthew Fisher-Davis scored 11 points for the Commodores (6-8, 1-1 SEC), who recorded their 14th win in the last 15 games against the Crimson Tide

CLEVELAND — Isaiah Thomas had one last wait. Sitting on the scorer’s table, Thomas could see the end of his seventh-month odyssey in front of him. And when the buzzer finally sounded and the Cleveland crowd erupted for a player it barely knows, Thomas took the last few steps onto the court and completed a

CLEVELAND — Isaiah Thomas showed flashes of what made him an All-Star in his long-awaited Cleveland debut as the Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 127-110 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. Thomas scored 17 points and played 19 minutes in his first game in seven months, an impressive return

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Bryce Brown and Jared Harper each scored 18 points Tuesday night as Auburn erased an early 14-point deficit to beat No. 23 Tennessee 94-84 for its 11th straight victory. By rallying in its Southeastern Conference opener, Auburn extended its longest winning streak since a 14-game run in 1999-2000. Auburn (13-1, 1-0 SEC)

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jared Goff hadn’t even been in the NFL for a full year when he stood at a podium in the Coliseum and took responsibility for the latest in the Rams’ long line of miserable seasons. “I promise you guys it will get fixed,” the 22-year-old quarterback said after Los Angeles blew

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Josh Davis scored 26 points on 10-of-10 shooting, Thomas Wilder added 15 points with eight rebounds and seven assists, and Western Michigan beat Akron 87-75 on Tuesday night in a Mid-American Conference opener to end a six-game skid against the Zips. Bryce Moore scored 13 points, Reggie Jones added 12 and Drake

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Matt Milon scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead five in double-figure scoring and William & Mary beat James Madison 84-76 on Tuesday night. A 15-2 run gave William & Mary (9-4, 2-0 Colonial Athletic Association) the lead for good, 56-50 with 14 minutes left. Justin Pierce scored seven points,

MUNCIE, Ind. — Kyle Mallers had 17 points, Trey Moses scored 13 with 10 rebounds and Ball State rolled to a ninth straight victory, beating Eastern Michigan 72-62 in a Mid-American Conference opener on Tuesday night. Mallers hit 7 of 10 shots from the floor and snagged seven rebounds for the Cardinals (10-4), while Tahjai