AP National Sports

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A.J. Reeves made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help No. 11 Providence win its first Big East regular-season championship with a 72-51 victory over Creighton on Saturday night. Nate Watson and Al Durham each added 12 points, and Justin Minaya had 11 rebounds for Providence (24-3, 14-2). Ryan Kalkbrenner

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jay Heath hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Arizona State gave up a 14-point second-half lead before Marreon Jackson made a layup in the closing seconds to help the Sun Devils beat Utah 63-61. Utah (11-18, 4-15) used a 14-1 run to make it

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Kuhse had 14 points and six rebounds and No. 23 Saint Mary’s beat No. 1 Gonzaga 67-57 to prevent the Bulldogs from completing another undefeated run in the West Coast Conference. The top six teams in the AP poll all lost and seven of the

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hanging with the Arizona Wildcats for one half wasn’t going to cut it for Colorado this time. About six weeks after watching a four-point halftime deficit in Arizona turn into a blowout, the Buffaloes went into the locker room trailing the Wildcats by five Saturday

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Darrion Trammell had 16 points and seven assists as Seattle defeated Dixie State 73-65. Riley Grigsby had 11 points for Seattle (22-8, 13-4 Western Athletic Conference). Cameron Tyson and Emeka Udenyi added 10 points apiece. Cameron Gooden had 15 points for the Trailblazers (13-16, 6-10). Hunter Schofield added 14 points and

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 to spoil the first outdoor game in Music City. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Point scored the first goal as Tampa

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Estrada’s two goals and Bill Hamid’s four saves lifted D.C. United to a win over by a score of 3-0. 

HOUSTON — PJ Henry scored 14 points, Brison Gresham swatted five shots and Texas Southern set a season-high with 12 blocks in an 81-66 win over Jackson State. Dyllan Taylor led Jackson State with 12 points.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny White Jr. had 18 points as Tennessee Tech beat UT Martin 88-75. Diante Wood added 17 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee Tech (10-20, 7-10 Ohio Valley Conference).  Jr. Clay chipped in 15 points. Shandon Goldman had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.  Bernie Andre scored a season-high 25 points

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 38 points and the Brooklyn Nets stopped their recent slide by winning 126-123 over the slumping Milwaukee Bucks. Bruce Brown sank a 3-pointer to put the Nets ahead for good 118-116 with 1:38 left. Brooklyn ended a two-game skid and won

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Osorio scored the tying goal in the 45th minute for Toronto in a 1-1 draw with Dallas in the season opener for both teams. Jader Obrian scored the lone goal for Dallas.

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ja Morant scored a franchise-record 46 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies hung on to beat DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls 116-110. The Grizzlies hung on after letting a 17-point lead shrink to one and came away with the win after losing two in a row.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell scored 10 of his team-high 30 points in the second overtime as UC Santa Barbara beat UC Riverside 97-90. Mitchell scored a season-high 31 points Thursday night in the Gauchos’ 76-69 win over UC Davis. 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — DeYona Gaston made of 8 of 8 from the field and scored 16 points, Joanne Allen-Taylor added 12 points to help No. 11 Texas beat TCU 77-42 for its sixth consecutive win. Lauren Ebo had eight points and 10 rebounds for Texas (21-6, 11-5 Big 12). Ebo put back her own

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 for their fifth straight win. Andrew Hammond stopped 26 shots to for Montreal to improve to 2-0-0 in two starts this season. Colin White scored for Ottawa, and Matt Murray had 30 saves. The Senators have lost six

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 23 points and All-Star center Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 14 rebounds in rallying the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 92-86 win over the Washington Wizards. Washington matched the largest lead of the game at 84-75 on Daniel Gafford’s follow shot with 6:39 remaining,

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Flo Thamba had 18 points, Jeremy Sochan had 17 and 10th-ranked Baylor overcame a big early deficit to beat No. 5 Kansas 80-70. The 24-5 Bears avenged an embarrassing loss from three weeks earlier and kept the Jayhawks from clinching a share of their 20th

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Marlow Gilmore had 25 points plus 14 rebounds as Western Carolina beat VMI 82-73. Gilmore made 12 of 13 shots. Cam Bacote added 23 points and seven assists for Western Carolina (11-20, 5-13 Southern Conference). Nick Robinson had 12 points and six rebounds  Marvin Price added 11 points. Trey Bonham had 14