AP California News

By The Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Barrington Hargress had 21 points in UC Riverside’s 81-73 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night. Hargress also contributed eight rebounds and six assists for the Highlanders (11-15, 6-8 Big West Conference). Nate Pickens hit three 3-pointers and scored 19. Kaleb Smith pitched in with 10

By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bryce Pope scored 15 points as UC San Diego beat UC Santa Barbara 61-46 on Thursday night. Pope shot 6 for 15 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Tritons (16-9, 10-3 Big West Conference). Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones scored 13 points and added 12 rebounds. Francis Nwaokorie

By The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Drake Allen scored 19 points as Utah Valley beat Cal Baptist 69-46 on Thursday night. Allen added five rebounds and three steals for the Wolverines (11-14, 6-8 Western Athletic Conference). Ethan Potter totaled 12 points and Caleb Stone-Carrawell scored 11. The Lancers (14-10, 7-6) were led by

By The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jake Ensminger’s 17 points helped Santa Clara defeat Pacific 79-53 on Thursday. Ensminger also added 10 rebounds and six assists for the Broncos (16-10, 7-4 West Coast Conference). Johnny O’Neil added 14 points and had 10 rebounds and five assists. Camaron Tongue was 4 of 6

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Filip Zadina had two goals and two assists for a career-high four points in the San Jose Sharks’ 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. “It felt pretty good, obviously,” said Zadina, who just a goal and two assists in his previous 18 games. “We haven’t scored as a

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Myles Rice scored 25 points, Isaac Jones added 21 points and nine rebounds and Washington State beat California 84-65 for its sixth straight win Thursday night, moving within a game of first-place Arizona in the Pac-12. Rice was 9-of-16 shooting, hitting three 3-pointers, while Jones was 8 of 10 with the

By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Trenton McLaughlin’s 24 points helped Northern Arizona defeat Sacramento State 73-58 on Thursday night. McLaughlin was 8-of-18 shooting (6 for 11 from 3-point range) for the Lumberjacks (12-14, 5-7 Big Sky Conference). Carson Basham shot 6 of 7 from the field and 3 for 5 from the

By The Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Aboubacar Traore scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Long Beach State beat UC Davis 78-74 on Thursday night. Messiah Thompson scored 18 points for the Beach (16-9, 8-5 Big West Conference). Marcus Tsohonis was 6-of-16 shooting and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line to

JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season to knock down seven 3-pointers and score a season-high 35 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 140-137 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. Thompson was a reserve for

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — U.S. women’s national team captain Lindsey Horan apologized Thursday for recent comments in which she said American soccer fans “aren’t smart” and they “don’t know the game.” Speaking on a conference call with reporters ahead of the first CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, Horan said her remarks were “poorly expressed.” The United

SEATTLE (AP) — Koren Johnson scored a career-high 30 points and made six 3-pointers, and Washington pulled away early in the second half to beat Stanford 85-65 on Thursday night. Keion Brooks Jr. scored eight points, including back-to-back dunks, as Washington opened the second half on a 12-0 run for a 52-38 advantage. Andrej Stojakovic’s

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graham Ike scored 23 points and Nolan Hickman added 22 in Gonzaga’s 91-74 victory over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night. Ike finished 11 of 19 from the field for the Bulldogs (19-6, 9-2 West Coast Conference). Hickman was 7 for 12 overall, 4 for 6 from 3-point

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sebastian Mack scored 19 points and UCLA rallied after blowing a 14-point, second-half lead to beat Colorado 64-60 on Thursday night for its sixth consecutive victory. The Bruins (14-11, 9-5 Pac-12) took over sole possession of third place, passing idle Oregon with their eighth win

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Mason McTavish scored twice against his hometown team to help the Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night. The 21-year-old McTavish grew up in nearby Carp, Ontario. He has 15 goals this season, his third with the Ducks. Frank Vatrano, Pavel Mintyukov and Cam Fowler also scored for

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — After being blown out in Buffalo earlier in the week, Los Angeles Kings needed only one game to start looking like the team that won 20 of its first 31 games this season. Quinton Byfield scored on a power play with 5:37 left and

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Brynna Maxwell and Kaylynne Truong scored 20 points apiece, Yvonne Ejim returned to post a double-double and No. 17 Gonzaga rolled past Saint Mary’s 96-68 for the Bulldogs’ 19th consecutive win on Thursday. The Bulldogs (25-2, 12-0 West Coast Conference) came in averaging over 81 points per game and blew by

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Klay Thompson played in a game he didn’t start for the first time since he was a Golden State rookie in 2012. Thompson was not in the Warriors’ lineup Thursday night against the Utah Jazz, replaced at shooting guard by rookie Brandin Podziemski. Thompson, Stephen Curry’s longtime partner as the

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A driver who plowed into a crowd on a Southern California sidewalk in 2019, injuring nine people, was convicted Thursday of hit-and-run crimes, but jurors deadlocked on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs. A mistrial was declared over the DUI charge in the trial of 27-year-old Christopher Solis,

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of fans watching Tiger Woods in his 2024 debut missed out on the best golf Thursday at the Genesis Invitational. In the group ahead of Woods was Patrick Cantlay, looking as though he wants to be the next Southern California native to win at

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Alexander Smirnov falsely reported to the FBI in