AP National Sports

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 25 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, Will Barton inched closer to the franchise record for 3-pointers, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 128-110. Jokic did the majority of his scoring in the first half and came up big late to

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller scored on a penalty shot and finished with two goals and two assists as the Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary 7-1 Thursday night, snapping the Flames’ 10-game winning streak. Elias Pettersson had two goals and an assist, Bo Horvat scored twice and Conor Garland added a goal for Vancouver.

By JOE STIGLICH Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Logan Couture was the only scorer in the shootout and James Reimer had 44 saves as the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 4-3 to snap a seven-game losing streak. Couture also scored in regulation as San Jose let two leads slip away

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — Jerome Desrosiers had 14 points, Jovon McClanahan scored 13 and Hawaii closed the game on a 9-0 run to defeat Cal Poly 63-54. Desrosiers opened the late spurt with a 3-pointer to put the Rainbow Warriors (14-9, 8-4 Big West Conference) ahead 57-54 with 1:16 remaining. McClanahan followed with another 3

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis scored 23 points and Kerr Kriisa had Arizona’s first triple-double in 18 years to power the No. 2 Wildcats over Utah 97-77. Kriisa had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first Wildcats with a triple-double since Andre Iguodala in February

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Freshman Malaki Branham scored 31 points to lift No. 22 Ohio State to an 86-83 win over No. 15 Illinois on Thursday night. The result dealt a serious blow to Illinois’ Big Ten title hopes, dropping them a full game behind leaders Purdue and Wisconsin two

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Grambling State confirms that football coach Hue Jackson has hired disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles as new offensive coordinator. Briles has not worked in college football since 2016 when he was fired by Baylor after an investigation concluded he and his staff took no action against players named in sexual

By RICK EYMER Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Cameron Brink scored 16 points and had 15 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season, and No. 2 Stanford beat Washington State 61-54. Haley Jones added 14 points and 11 rebounds for Stanford and Hannah Jump scored 12. The Cardinal has 16 straight wins and

By STEVE MIMS Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — De’Vion Harmon scored 17 points and Oregon beat No. 12 UCLA 68-63. Jacob Young scored 14 points and Will Richardson and Eric Williams Jr. each had 11 for the Ducks. Franck Kepnang had eight points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots. Tyler Campbell and Cody Riley

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Moses Wood and Chris Austin scored 18 points apiece to help Portland get past Pacific 75-69. Tyler Robertson added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Pilots (17-12, 7-6 West Coast Conference), who have won six straight. Alphonso Anderson scored a career-high 26 points and had nine rebounds for the Tigers

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Dragan Elkaz had 15 points off the bench to guide UC Riverside to a 79-57 win over Cal State Northridge. Elkaz hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range for the Highlanders (15-9, 9-5 Big West Conference). Callum McRae had 14 points, 13 rebounds and three assists. Onyi Eyisi and Atin

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Gus Okafor had 21 points as Southeastern Louisiana slipped past New Orleans 84-79. Jalyn Hinton had 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for the Lions (16-13, 11-4 Southland Conference). Derek St. Hilaire had 15 points to pace the Privateers (16-10, 11-3). 

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — As much as Daniil Medvedev cares about taking over the No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis, he also knows there are more serious matters happening involving his home nation of Russia. A loss by Novak Djokovic at the Dubai Championships means that the Serbian player

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Khayla Pointer had 23 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the eighth-ranked LSU women clinched at least a share of second place in the Southeastern Conference with a 58-50 victory over Alabama. Faustine Aifuwa scored 12 points for the Tigers, who led for

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his 35th and 36th goals to take the NHL lead and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Thursday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Matthews broke a tie midway through the third period. He stripped Wild fourth-line right wing Brandon Duhaime of the puck

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Forward KJ Williams had 30 points on 12-for-19 shooting and added five rebounds, and No. 19 Murray State claimed the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title with a  76-43 win over Belmont. Tevin Brown added 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Racers (27-2, 17-0), who have won 17 straight

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chet Holmgren had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 1 Gonzaga picked up its defensive pressure in the second half to hold off San Francisco and extend its winning streak to 17 with an 89-73 win. Drew Timme just missed a triple-double with 20