AP National Sports

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Calvin Wishart had a career-high 23 points as UC Santa Barbara defeated Pepperdine 86-74. Jan Zidek led the Waves with 20 points, tying his season high.

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry bounced back from one of the worst shooting nights of his career and scored 23 points, and the Golden State Warriors convincingly ended the Phoenix Suns’ 18-game winning streak, 118-96, on Friday night. The Warriors (19-3) limited the Suns (19-4) to a season-low for scoring

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Ellie Glenn’s attempt for defending champion Santa Clara hit the post and BYU advanced to the Women’s College Cup final 3-2 in a shootout after a scoreless draw. BYU will make its first-ever appearance in the NCAA championship against Florida State on Monday. The top-ranked Seminoles beat Rutgers 1-0 earlier

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-115. Luke Kennard scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes. Paul George scored 19 points for the Clippers, who never trailed and never pulled

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sincere McCormick rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and the UTSA Roadrunners escaped another prolific outing by Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe to beat the Hilltoppers 49-41 and claim their first Conference USA championship at the Alamodome. Zappe completed 36 of 59 passes for 577

JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Max Pacioretty scored twice and Chandler Stephenson had a short-handed goal in a four-goal second period, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 7-1. Jonathan Marchessault, Michael Amadio, Evgenii Dadonov and Nicholas Roy also scored and Laurent Brossoit had 29 saves for Vegas, which snapped

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tanner Mans and Jake Stephens scored 18 points apiece as VMI beat Portland 90-82. Kamdyn Curfman added 17 points for the Keydets, while Trey Bonham chipped in 16. Chris Austin led the Pilots with a career-high 26 points.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Trey Anderson had 17 points and eight rebounds and Omari Moore recorded 13 points and seven assists as San Jose State rolled past North Dakota 76-51. Mitchell Sueker led the Fighting Hawks with 16 points and nine rebounds.

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 34 points and six assists to lead the Utah Jazz over the Boston Celtics 137-130. Mike Conley added 29 points and seven assists for the Jazz. Rudy Gobert tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds. Utah made a season-high 27 3-pointers and shot

MARK AMBROGI Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jaden Ivey scored 19 points, Trevion Williams had 13 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 2 Purdue held off a late Iowa rally to win 77-70 in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Mason Gillis added 12 points off the bench for the Boilermakers (8-0).

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Devin Lloyd returned an interception for a touchdown, Cam Rising threw for another score and No. 14 Utah clinched the first Rose Bowl berth in school history with a 38-10 victory over No. 10 Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game. This game was a near

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele had three goals and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 8-4. Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice, and Kristian Vesalainen, Josh Morrissey and Adam Lowry also each scored for the Jets. Blake Wheeler had three assists and Pierre-Luc Dubois Neal Pionk each added two. Connor Hellebuyck

By MATT SUGAM Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 23 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and five steals to lead No. 2 UConn past Seton Hall 74-49 in the teams’ Big East opener. The Huskies bounced back in their first game since losing on Nov. 22 to No. 1 South Carolina

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 24 points, and New Orleans beat Dallas 107-91 two nights after the Pelicans lost by 32 to the Mavericks at home while letting them set a franchise record for shooting percentage. The Pelicans missed their first eight shots and started 2 of 20

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. posted 17 points as Boise State narrowly beat Tulsa 63-58. Jeriah Horne led the Golden Hurricane with 17 points.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Hall of Fame tennis player Darlene Hard has died at age 85. She was an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles as well as 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame career. Hard’s longtime friend and former boss at the University of Southern California,

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Trajan Wesley had 16 points off the bench to lead Louisiana-Lafayette to an 80-67 win over New Orleans. Tyson Jackson and Simeon Kirkland led the Privateers with 17 points apiece.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Justin Covington ran for two second-quarter touchdowns and Villanova held off Holy Cross 21-16 in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Villanova (10-2), ranked sixth in the latest FCS coaches poll, took the lead early in second quarter after an interception by Ethan Potter gave the Wildcats the ball at the

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jayden Gardner scored 15 points, including a last-second putback of a missed 3-pointer that bounced home, lifting Virginia to a 57-56 win over Pitt in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. In a game that saw four ties and 14 lead changes, Gardner scored the last five of the

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Ant Nelson tossed in 24 points and Jose Perez scored 23 to lead Manhattan past Siena 77-72 in overtime in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener. Nelson, who also had five steals, sank a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left in regulation to send the game to OT. Warren Williams finished with