AP California News

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away down the stretch to beat New York 113-105 Saturday night, snapping the Knicks’ nine-game winning streak. Austin Reaves had 22 points, D’Angelo Russell and Taurean Prince each scored 16, and Anthony Davis finished

By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tyler Robertson had 24 points in Portland’s 93-89 victory against Pepperdine on Saturday night. Robertson added seven rebounds and five assists for the Pilots (9-15, 3-6 West Coast Conference). Juan Sebastian Gorosito scored 19 points and added six rebounds. Vukasin Masic had 16 points and was 5-of-10

By The Associated Press NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — De’Sean Allen-Eikens had 26 points in Cal State Northridge’s 76-70 win over UC Riverside on Saturday night. Allen-Eikens also contributed nine rebounds for the Matadors (14-9, 5-6 Big West Conference). Gianni Hunt scored 21 points and added six rebounds. Dionte Bostick had 11 points and shot 3

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had a triple-double and De’Aaron Fox scored 41 points, helping the Sacramento Kings hold off the Chicago Bulls 123-115 on Saturday night. Malik Monk added 22 points as Sacramento improved to 5-1 on a seven-game trip. It has won six of seven overall, including

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Another loss for Golden State drained the joy out of Stephen Curry’s second career 60-point game. Curry scored a season-high 60 points in the Warriors’ 141-134 overtime loss to Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. “It sucks to not have something to show

By The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Tsohonis had 18 points in Long Beach State’s 85-76 win over UC San Diego on Saturday night. Tsohonis added five rebounds and six assists for the Beach (14-9, 6-5 Big West Conference). Jadon Jones added 16 points while shooting 5 for 14 (3 for 7

By The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Deuce Turner’s 23 points off of the bench led San Diego to a 70-59 victory against Santa Clara on Saturday night. Turner shot 6 for 12 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Toreros (13-11, 3-6 West

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he’d be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California. Hamlin, in a Toyota for Joe

By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — KJ Allen and Jorell Saterfield scored 15 points to help Portland State defeat Sacramento State 58-51 on Saturday night. Allen and Saterfield combined for 11 rebounds for the Vikings (14-8, 5-4 Big Sky Conference). Isaiah Johnson had 10 points. Zee Hamoda and Duncan Powell finished with 11

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harrison Hornery scored 14 points off the bench and Southern Cal breezed to an 82-54 victory over Oregon State on Saturday. Hornery missed both of his 3-point attempts but hit all five tries from inside the arc for the Trojans (9-13, 3-8 Pac-12 Conference). He was 4 for 5 from the

By The Associated Press SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Elijah Pepper scored 16 points as UC Davis beat Cal Poly 59-52 on Saturday night. Pepper added eight rebounds for the Aggies (14-8, 9-2 Big West Conference). Ty Johnson scored 13 points while going 3 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The NCAA says the states of Tennessee and Virginia threaten to throw college sports into “disarray” if granted the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction sought as part of their lawsuit arguing the group’s name, image and likeness rules violate antitrust law. The organization asks a judge to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney needed a provisional to earn a spot in the field for the Clash at the Coliseum on a rushed Saturday of competition as officials hurried to complete the exhibition ahead of a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California. Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure in December

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark had an unforgettable round at hallowed Pebble Beach when everything went his way and every putt seemed to go in. It gave him the course record Saturday with a 12-under 60. It also might be enough to give him

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Nysos romped to a 7 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert his sixth consecutive victory in the race for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Nysos ran a mile in 1:36.65 and is unbeaten in three starts. Baffert’s other entry,

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtanimania descended on Dodger Stadium on Saturday, with fans getting their first in-person glimpse of the two-way superstar wearing blue. Ohtani, of course, spent the last six seasons playing for the red-clad Angels in Anaheim, which for Dodgers fans may as well be as

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Yvonne Ejim scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and No. 19 Gonzaga drilled a school-record 19 3-pointers in rolling to a 104-39 win over Pacific on Saturday afternoon. Gonzaga has won 30 straight home games, second to South Carolina’s streak of 50. It was the Bulldogs’ 16th straight win this

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jaedon LeDee had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead San Diego State to an 81-67 win against Great Osobor and No. 17 Utah State on Saturday to pull the defending Mountain West champion Aztecs within one game of the first-place Aggies. LeDee scored nine

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another potentially dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm was expected to hit California late Saturday, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides over the next couple of days. Californians spent Friday and Saturday preparing for what forecasters are saying could be the largest storm of the season, with