AP National Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Will Richardson made five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points and Oregon held off Utah for an 80-77 victory. Utah used a 13-4 run, capped by a pair of Rollie Worster free throws, to pull to 78-77 with 7.6 seconds remaining. Eric Williams Jr. then heaved the ensuing inbounds past

By BRETT HUDSON Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — TyTy Washington scored 15 points, Oscar Tshiebwe had 15 rebounds and No. 5 Kentucky won its fourth straight with a 66-55 victory over Alabama. Five players scored in double digits for Kentucky, including Tshiebwe. Alabama shot 28% from the field and 10% from 3-point range, the

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Nijel Pack scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Mark Smith had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Kansas State beat TCU 75-63. Pack made three 3-pointers and had four steals. Markquis Nowell had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists and Mike McGuirl hit three 3-pointers and finished with 13

MALIBU, Calif. — Maxwell Lewis had 22 points as Pepperdine snapped its nine-game losing streak, topping Pacific 70-64. Houston Mallette had 14 points for Pepperdine (7-18, 1-9 West Coast Conference). Jan Zidek added 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Mitchell Jr. had six rebounds. Alphonso Anderson had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jaelen House had a career-high 42 points as New Mexico beat Air Force 91-77. Jamal Mashburn Jr. had 20 points for New Mexico (9-14, 2-8 Mountain West Conference), which ended its five-game road losing streak. Jay Allen-Tovar added 10 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. Air Force scored 47 points in

TULSA, Okla. — Elijah Lufile had a career-high 25 points plus 13 rebounds as Oral Roberts easily beat St. Thomas (MN) 88-66. Lufile shot 11 for 14 from the floor. Issac McBride had 13 points for Oral Roberts (16-8, 10-3 Summit League). Carlos Jurgens added 12 points and seven rebounds. Max Abmas had 10 points

BEIJING (AP) — Zoi Sadowski Synnott has won New Zealand’s first gold medal in Winter Olympics history. She stomped down a pressure-packed run on her last trip down the mountain to win the title in women’s slopestyle. The 20-year-old was one of the very few to put down clean run on a supersized course. Hardpacked

HIGH POINT, N.C. — John-Michael Wright had 27 points, including three straight free throws with four seconds left in regulation to force and extra period, as High Point beat UNC Asheville 91-83 in overtime. Zach Austin added 26 points for the Panthers, while Jaden House chipped in 22. LJ Thorpe led the Bulldogs on Saturday

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Ayoka Lee scored 31 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead No. 25 Kansas State to an 82-75 victory over Texas Tech. Lee, who is second in the nation averaging 24.5 points, made 12 of 15 field goals and reached the program’s top-10 in rebounds with a career 788. Jaelyn Glenn

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Joel Murray scored 25 points as Long Beach State won its eighth straight game, topping Cal Poly 78-65. Colin Slater added 20 points for the Beach. Murray made all 12 of his foul shots. Jadon Jones had 12 points, six rebounds and five steals for Long Beach State (12-9, 8-1 Big

NEWARK, N.J. — Miles Coleman’s 3-pointer with two seconds left lifted NJIT to a 65-62 win over Stony Brook on Saturday night, ending the Highlanders seven-game losing streak. Anthony Roberts led the Seawolves on Saturday night with 15 points.

SAN DIEGO — Josip Vrankic registered 18 points as Santa Clara got past San Diego 79-66. Marcellus Earlington led the Toreros on Saturday with 23 points, tying his season high.

RICHMOND, Ky. — Darius McGhee had 21 points as Liberty topped Eastern Kentucky 91-84. McGhee made 6 of 9 3-pointers and added six assists. Keegan McDowell had 19 points and eight rebounds for Liberty (17-7, 8-1 Atlantic Sun Conference), which earned its fifth consecutive road victory. Shiloh Robinson added 15 points. Kyle Rode had 12

BALTIMORE — L.J. Owens had 19 points to lead five Maryland-Baltimore County players in double figures as the Retrievers topped New Hampshire 88-77. Nathan Johnson added 16 points for the Retrievers (11-10, 6-4 America East Conference). Keondre Kennedy and Yaw Obeng-Mensah scored 12 points apiece and Szymon Wojcik had 11. Jayden Martinez had 19 points

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Darrious Agnew had 15 points off the bench to lead Alcorn State to a 70-64 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Keondre Montgomery had 14 points and nine rebounds for Alcorn State (8-14, 7-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Byron Joshua added 12 points. Justin Thomas had 11 points. Dequan Morris had 20 points and

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Thomas scored five of his 20 points in overtime to propel Sacred Heart to a 66-62 victory over St. Francis (BKN). Thomas sank 6 of 12 shots with a 3-pointer and made 7 of 9 free throws for the Pioneers (8-14, 4-7 Northeast Conference). Nico Galette pitched in with 12

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 16 points and Jabari Walker recorded a double-double and injury-plagued Colorado beat injury-riddled Oregon State 86-63. Colorado reached its season high of 3-pointers made in a game in just the first half alone going 11 for 15 (73.3%) from beyond the arc. The Buffs raced to a 13-0

BOISE, Idaho — Tyson Degenhart had a season-high 23 points as Boise State stretched its home win streak to eight games, topping San Jose State 76-60.  Abu Kigab had 18 points, 11 rebounds and five steals for Boise State (18-5, 9-1 Mountain West Conference). Marcus Shaver Jr. added 14 points. Myron (MJ) Amey Jr. had

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Delph posted 14 points and 10 rebounds to lift Appalachian State to a 70-61 win over Texas-Arlington. David Azore led the Mavericks on Saturday with 36 points.

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tyler Wahl made a tiebreaking layup with 30.5 seconds left to give No. 11 Wisconsin a 51-49 victory over Penn State that extended the Badgers’ home winning streak in the series. Myles Dread’s layup with 51 seconds remaining capped a 9-0 run to tie the