Month: January 2022

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 17 points, Eric Dixon and Caleb Daniels each had 15 and No. 14 Villanova used a 3-point happy first half in a 73-62 win over St. John’s. The Wildcats put this one away with a decisive 19-2 run and nine 3-pointers in

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jaden Shackelford scored 19 points and had nine rebounds as Alabama toppled No. 4 Baylor 87-78 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Alabama has now beaten three teams that reached the Final Four last season. Along with the defending champion Bears, the Crimson Tide knocked off then-No. 1 Gonzaga in early December

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Carvell Teasett had a career-high 27 points as Northwestern State topped Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 90-76. Terrion Murdix led the Islanders on Saturday with 21 points, tying his season high.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tyree Appleby scored 13 of his season-high 21 points in the second half as Florida rallied after the break and beat Oklahoma State 81-72 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. After trailing by as many as 16 points in the first half, Florida (13-8) outscored Oklahoma State 49-27 in the second, shooting

RUSTON, La. — Tylor Perry hit a 3-pointer with four seconds left to lead North Texas to a 63-62 win over Louisiana Tech, the Mean Green’s seventh straight victory. Thomas Bell matched his career high with a season-high 21 points to lead the Mean Green. Kenneth Lofton Jr. led the Bulldogs with 20 points and

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — D’Maurian Williams scored 19 points and Lance Terry scored 11 and Gardner-Webb beat Radford 61-42. Ludovic Dufeal grabbed 11 rebounds and Anthony Selden grabbed six rebounds for Gardner-Webb. In a season of streaks, the Bulldogs have won two straight. They lost their first three, won four, lost four, won five

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Forbidden Kingdom beat a trio of runners trained by Bob Baffert to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita. Baffert’s trio of Pinehurst, McLaren Vale and 4-5 favorite Doppelganger finished second, third and fourth in the race that the

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Life Is Good went to the lead right away and stayed there, winning the $3 million Pegasus World Cup with ease Saturday and denying Knicks Go what would have been a storybook finish to his career. The 4-year-old flashed his speed from the moment the gate opened, drawing five lengths

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Michael Akuchie scored a career-high 33 points to propel Youngstown State to an 86-72 victory over Milwaukee. Akuchie buried 10 of 17 shots from the floor, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, for the Penguins (12-10, 6-6 Horizon League). Akuchie added eight rebounds. William Dunn hit three 3-pointers and scored

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Elle Purrier St. Pierre successfully defended her Wanamaker Mile title Saturday in the 114th Millrose Games, finishing in 4 minutes, 19.30 seconds. Purrier St. Pierre, also the 2020 winner, joined Mary Decker (1982-83), Doina Melinte (1990-91), Regina Jacobs (1999-2002), Carmen Douma-Hussar (2004-06), Kara Goucher 2008-09),

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Jermaine Marshall had 18 points to lead five Samford players in double figures as the Bulldogs got past Western Carolina 74-64. Jaron Rillie added 15 points for the Bulldogs on Saturday. Ques Glover chipped in 13, Wesley Cardet Jr. scored 11 and Jaden Campbell had 11. Tyler Harris led the Catamounts with

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — AJ Green scored 24 points and Noah Carter scored 21 and Northern Iowa beat Illinois State 79-64. Carter scored the first seven points for the Panthers after halftime to give Northern Iowa a 37-35 lead and they never trailed again. Trae Berhow’s jumper with 10:35 left extended the lead to