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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Max Klesmit scored 23 points as Wofford rolled past Bob Jones University 117-79 in a season opener. Klesmit hit 4 of 6 3-pointers.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Russel Tchewa posted 16 points as South Florida routed Bethune-Cookman 75-54 in a season opener. Jamir Chaplin had 13 points and eight rebounds for South Florida.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California’s game against Southern California has become the first major college football postponed this season because of COVID-19. The game was delayed until Dec. 4 after a series of positive tests in the Golden Bears program. Cal played last week at Arizona without starting quarterback

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Toni Rocak scored a career-high 27 points, Bryce Pope scored 14 of his 18 in the second half and UC San Diego beat California 80-67 for the Tritons’ first win over a Pac-12 Conference opponent. UCSD (1-0), which began its transition to Division I in 2020, lost its first 12 games

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Zia Cooke scored 17 points top help top-ranked South Carolina beat fifth-ranked North Carolina State 66-57 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks never trailed in the marquee season-opening matchup of Final Four contenders. Raina Perez and Jakia Brown-Turner were the only Wolfpack players to find any

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in his first game since suffering a torn MCL in his left knee and No. 4 Villanova beat Mount St. Mary’s 91-51 in the season opener Tuesday.  Justin Moore hit six 3-pointers and scored 27 points for the Big East

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Clemson quarterback Harvey White has died at age 83. He helped the Tigers win Atlantic Coast Conference championships in 1958 and 1959. White died Saturday, according to the Blyth Funeral Home in Greenwood, South Carolina. He was the first Clemson quarterback to be named to the all-ACC first team in

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Aisha Sheppard hit 7-of-10 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech to a 76-57 win over Davidson in the season opener for both teams. Purdue transfer Kayana Taylor added 18 points for the Hokies, who have won 61 straight nonconference home games and eight straight season openers.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Outside of Oregon, this has been a rocky season for the Pac-12. The conference started with five Top 25 football teams and high hopes. Now the fifth-ranked Ducks are flying solo in the AP poll. This season has seen the firing of coaches and assistants, a coach reprimanded for

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — At Miami, Katie Meier stands alone. Meier became the winningest coach in Hurricanes basketball history on Tuesday, with her team defeating Jackson State 72-67 in the season opener for both teams. Meier now has 304 wins at Miami. That’s one more than Ferne Labati,

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fans started filing into Indiana’s Assembly Hall as soon as the doors swung open. They couldn’t wait to see what wrinkles new Indiana coach Mike Woodson has on offense or the effort his team would play with on defense. There are nearly five dozen new

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on leave amid an ongoing investigation into his conduct. The Ducks said in a statement they recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct against Murray, who is the third-longest-tenured general

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in his first game since suffering a torn MCL in his left knee and No. 4 Villanova beat Mount St. Mary’s 91-51 in the season opener Tuesday.  Justin Moore hit six 3-pointers and scored 27 points for the Big East

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fans started filing into Indiana’s Assembly Hall as soon as the doors swung open. They couldn’t wait to see what wrinkles new Indiana coach Mike Woodson has on offense or the effort his team would play with on defense. There are nearly five dozen new

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite being short-handed, the Arizona Cardinals returned to the top of the AP Pro32 poll after beating the San Francisco 49ers without quarterback Kyler Murray and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The Tennessee Titans moved up to No. 2 after topping the Los Angeles Rams

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer New Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire is already connecting to Texas prep coaches. He says he’s one of them, even after the past five seasons on Baylor’s staff. McGuire was introduced on the Lubbock campus this week. He will now begin the transition and take over the head

NEW YORK (AP) — Ant Nelson scored 13 points to lift Manhattan to a 99-42 win over Manhattanville in a season opener. Warren Williams and Nick Brennen had 12 points apiece for Manhattan.

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Joe Judge took somewhat of a baseball approach to his bye week practice with the New York Giants. The second-year coach had split squads on Tuesday, one of two days the Giants will work before getting four days off to relax during the bye.

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Tyrell Roberts hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, Jefferson Koulibaly added 13 points and Washington State opened the season with an 85-67 win over Alcorn State. With a noon tipoff, the game started slowly before the Cougars broke away from a 13-13 tie with a 19-6 run. The stretch included