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LETHBRIDGE, Alberta (AP) — Bent Leuchten’s 17 points helped UC Irvine defeat Kent State 51-39 on Friday at Western Slam. Leuchten added eight rebounds for the Anteaters (7-0). Devin Tillis scored eight points while going 3 of 6 from the field and added 11 rebounds. Justin Hohn shot 2 of 11 from the field, including

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 26 points and nine rebounds to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 115-106 victory over the Sacramento Kings in an NBA Cup game on Friday night. Anfernee Simons added 21 points and nine assists and Deni Avdija had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Blazers. Dalano

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Zion Sensley had 16 points in UC Santa Barbara’s 81-48 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Friday night. Sensley shot 6 for 11, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Gauchos (6-1). Kenny Pohto scored 12 points, shooting 5 of 5 from the field and 2 for

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held on for a 101-93 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA Cup game on Friday night. It is the fifth time in the past six games Gilgeous-Alexander has scored

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Joson Sanon had 19 points and fellow freshman Jayden Quaintance scored after grabbing an offensive rebound with 40 seconds left to help rally Arizona State to a 68-64 victory over Saint Mary’s in the championship game of the Acrisure Classic on Friday night. Basheer Jihad added 1 of 2 free

AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 21 points on 7-for-21 shooting to help the Minnesota Timberwolves stop a four-game losing streak by holding off the Los Angeles Clippers 93-92 in an NBA Cup game Friday night. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Julius Randle added 11 points and 10

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored a season-best 34 points despite four fouls, Kiki Iriafen added a career-high 30 and No. 6 Southern California pulled away in the second half to beat Saint Louis 104-65 in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational on Friday night. Watkins was 7 of 9 from the free throw line

AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Myles Colvin rebounded Braden Smith’s missed fadeaway jumper and scored with 0.5 seconds left to give No. 13 Purdue an 80-78 win over No. 23 Ole Miss in the championship game of the Rady Children’s Invitational on Friday. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 25 points and 13 rebounds for Purdue

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Stefan Todorovic scored 22 points as Pepperdine beat New Mexico State 82-70 on Friday night. Todorovic added six rebounds and five assists for the Waves (2-5). Moe Odum added 15 points while shooting 5 for 6, including 3 for 4 from beyond the arc and added nine assists. Boubacar Coulibaly had

Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose State quarterback Walker Eget threw a career-high four touchdown passes, including an 18-yard score to TreyShun Murray with 1:55 minutes remaining, lifting the Spartans to a 34-31 win over Stanford on Friday. Eget completed 33 of 49 pass attempts for 385 yards and was intercepted once.

AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A light dusting of snow began covering the Buffalo Bills’ facility on Friday as the team completed its final practice of the week inside Highmark Stadium. With a lake-effect storm advisory already in place, this was perhaps a small glimpse of what the conditions might resemble come

AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen’s latest kneel-down had nothing to do with football. The Buffalo Bills quarterback and actor Hailee Steinfeld posted a photo to their Instagram followers on Friday — 20.3 million for Steinfeld and a mere 1.3 million for Allen — of Allen on one knee proposing marriage.

AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado State coach Emily Kohan said her team will take the floor rather than become the latest team to forfeit against San Jose State after the top-seeded Rams advanced to the Mountain West volleyball tournament final on Friday. An automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament is on

PALM SPRING, Calif. (AP) — Great Osobor scored 19 points and Washington held off Santa Clara for a 76-69 victory on Friday in the championship game of the Acrisure Invitational. Carlos Stewart Jr. scored five points and Elijah Mahi added four during an 11-1 surge to pull Santa Clara, which trailed the entire second half,

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lauren Betts scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Gabriela Jaquez added 17 points to help No. 1 UCLA rout Tennessee-Martin 97-37 on the opening day of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown Friday. The Bruins (6-0) never trailed and shot 53% from the field to rout the Skyhawks (1-5), who

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Richie Saunders scored 13 points and reserve Fousseyni Traore scored 10 points and BYU beat North Carolina State 72-61 in the third-pace game of the Rady Children’s Invitational on Friday. Egor Denim grabbed 11 rebounds for the Cougars (6-1) who never trailed. BYU ran its nation leading streak of wins

Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Klim Kostin recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and a fight, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Seattle Kraken 8-5 on Friday. Jake Walman scored twice for the Sharks, and Macklin Celebrini, Mikael Granlund and Will Smith had a goal and an assist.

AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alex Laferriere scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Erik Portillo made 28 saves to win his NHL debut in the Los Angeles Kings’ 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Laferriere had a goal and an assist, and Alex Turcotte also scored for

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Friday to a $74 million, five-year contract. His new deal contains a team option for 2030 and includes $25 million deferred over 10 years. The agreement supersedes a $16.5 million, two-year contract he agreed to with St. Louis in February that had called

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nique Clifford finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds to help Colorado State rally for a 76-72 overtime victory over TCU in the consolation final of the Acrisure Invitational on Friday. Bowen Born hit a 3-pointer for the Rams (4-3) with 56 seconds left in regulation, tying the game at