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NORFOLK, Va. — Kalu Ezikpe posted 14 points as Old Dominion edged past Middle Tennessee 68-64. Donovan Sims led the Blue Raiders with 18 points.

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Senior Lauren Ebo scored a career-best 17 points and Rori Harmon added 13 along and four steals to help No. 9 Texas extend its winning streak to eight games with a 65-50 victory against Oklahoma State in the final regular season game ever at the 45-year-old

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman guard Zakai Zeigler, whose family was left homeless by a fire in New York City last weekend, made two key free throws in the final seconds to help No. 13 Tennessee hold off No. 14 Arkansas 78-74. The Volunteers led by 24 points in the

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — KC Ndefo registered 14 points, seven rebounds and six blocks as St. Peter’s topped Fairfield 57-41. Jesus Cruz led the Stags with 11 points.

By FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press France, Spain and Argentina have eased into the Davis Cup Finals while Belgium has scraped past host Finland 3-2 in the qualifiers on Saturday. Australia also came from behind to beat Hungary 3-2 in Sydney. France ticked all of its boxes in defeating Ecuador 4-0 in Pau. Spain took out

NEW YORK (AP) — Oliver Wahlstrom and Brock Nelson each scored and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves, including 14 in the third period, as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Robert Thomas scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington recorded 18 saves, but the Blues

DALLAS (AP) — All-Star guard Luka Doncic sat out the Dallas Mavericks’ home game against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday because of a left toe sprain. Doncic ranks sixth in the NBA in scoring, 18th in rebounding and fifth in assists. The Mavericks entered the game 31-16 this season with Doncic in the lineup and

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of an expanded postseason start a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 21 points, K.D. Johnson had 18 and No. 5 Auburn won the Southeastern Conference title with an 82-71 victory over South Carolina. The Tigers secured the No. 1 seed for next week’s league tournament in Tampa, Florida, after entering the day one

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — England striker Tammy Abraham is thriving at Roma after leaving European champion Chelsea. The forward whom Jose Mourinho convinced Roma to spend 40 million euros on in August was decisive for the second consecutive game as Roma beat Atalanta 1-0 in Serie A in a key

NIAGARA, N.Y. — Noah Thomasson scored a career-high 27 points as Niagara romped past Marist 83-52. Marcus Hammond added 21 points for the Purple Eagles. Jao Ituka led the Red Foxes with 19 points.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Justin Hill posted 18 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as Longwood topped South Carolina Upstate 79-70 in the Big South Conference tournament semifinals. Bryson Mozone led the Spartans on Saturday with 24 points.

By BRYAN LAZARE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 20 points and had a key block that led to his go-ahead dunk with 38 seconds left in overtime, and LSU scored the final six points to beat No. 25 Alabama 80-77. Darius Days had 24 points and Brandon Murray finished with

DAYTON, Ohio — DaRon Holmes II had 20 points as Dayton stretched its home win streak to eight games, topping Davidson 82-76. Foster Loyer led the Wildcats on Saturday with 25 points.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Jordan Brown had a career-high 31 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Texas State 79-72 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Mason Harrell led the Bobcats with 16 points.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Beekman had 15 points, a career-high 12 rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Cavaliers, who secured the sixth seed to the conference tournament that begins Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Shedrick scored 16 of his career-high 20 points when he was perfect on seven shots from the

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has won its seventh straight game in the English Premier League by beating West Ham 1-0 to move within three points of leader Manchester City. Sadio Mane swept in the only goal in the 27th minute, converting from close range after a shot was driven across the face of goal

ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Usher scored 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting and Georgia Tech defeated Boston College 82-78 in overtime after losing a 15-point second-half lead. The Yellow Jackets didn’t make it easy on themselves, making just 4 of 8 free throws in overtime, but Michael Devoe finally clinched it by sinking the second of