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MOSCOW, Idaho — Tarik Cool had a season-high 30 points as Idaho State broke its 11-game road losing streak, beating Idaho 79-70. Mikey Dixon led the Vandals with 22 points.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Daylen Kountz had 27 points as Northern Colorado got past Sacramento State 79-61. Bryce Fowler led the Hornets on Thursday night with 29 points.

By CADEN FRANK Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points, Azuolas Tubelis added 15, and No. 4 Arizona pulled away in the second half for a 72-60 win over Washington State. Arizona won its fifth straight overall and is off to its best start since the 2016-17 season. The Wildcats have

DENVER — Douglas Wilson had 18 points as South Dakota State won its 13th consecutive game, rolling past Denver 84-61. Coban Porter led the Pioneers on Thursday night with 18 points.

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nico Hischier and Yegor Sharangovich triggered a five-goal blitz in the third period and Jon Gillies made 27 saves as the New Jersey Devils rallied for a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues. New Jersey, playing its third game in four nights, won back-to-back road

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — In Shaun White’s farewell performance, Ayumu Hirano of Japan won an elusive Olympic gold in the halfpipe with a boundary-pushing final run. Hirano’s last run featured what is now the new gold standard of halfpipe riding, the triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips that

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jakub Voracek scored 16 seconds into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a comeback 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jack Roslovic and Brendan Gaunce also had goals for the Blue Jackets, who won for the fourth time in five games and second

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 28 of his career-high 51 points in the first quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-105. The 22-year-old star’s 3-point frenzy, part of the highest-scoring quarter in the NBA this season, came a few hours after the Mavericks traded

By TIM ROBINSON Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 22 points to lead Michigan in a lopsided 82-58 win over No. 3 Purdue. Eli Brooks had 16 points, Moussa Diabate had 15 points and Caleb Houstan added 14 for the Wolverines. Jaden Ivey had 18 points, Trevion Williams had 12 and

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alexis Morris scored 26 points, Khayla Pointer added 21 and No. 14 LSU beat No. 17 Georgia 73-67. LSU never trailed and built a 20-point lead midway through the third quarter. Georgia cut the deficit to 10 early in the fourth before Que Morrison and Reigan Richardson each made a

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Logan Johnson had 16 points, a career-high nine rebounds and five steals, and No. 22 Saint Mary’s bounced back from its first loss in a month to beat San Diego 86-57. Tommy Kuhse scored 13 points and Alex Ducas added 12 for the Gaels (20-5, 8-2 West

CLEVELAND — Damaria Franklin had 19 points and Kevin Johnson hit the game winning basket with 1.8 seconds left on his birthday as Illinois-Chicago edged past league-leading Cleveland State 76-75. Johnson and Jace Carter added 16 points each for the Flame. D’Moi Hodge led the Vikings with 31 points, tying his season high.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Cooper Neese had a career-high 35 points as Indiana State narrowly defeated Evansville 80-77 in double overtime. Neese looked as if he had the game-winner at the end of regulation, but his 3-point attempt rattled in and out at the buzzer. He didn’t score in the first overtime but had nine points

By CANDICE CHOI and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — To stage the Winter Games in the Chinese capital, organizers embarked on a massive public works campaign, constructing new venues and piping millions of gallons of water up into the arid surrounding mountains to create fake snow for ski competitions. And then they proclaimed