Tampa. The No. 1 seed Florida Gators defeated Prairie View A&M 114-55 on Friday in the NCAA South Region first round, turning a 15-15 tie into a dominant 60-21 halftime lead with sustained paint scoring and efficient shooting. Florida's victory produced a 59-point margin and advanced the Gators to face ninth-seeded...
Chicago. The Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff berth Friday night with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, becoming the first NHL team this season to secure a postseason spot. Nathan MacKinnon recorded three assists while Martin Necas, Nazem Kadri, Brock Nelson and Valeri Nichushkin scored in the game. Colorado moved...
Iowa City — No. 2 seed Iowa women's basketball defeated No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson 58-48 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on March 21 in the NCAA Tournament first round, overcoming a restless layoff and extreme indoor temperatures that pushed on-court conditions late in the game. The Hawkeyes advanced to a second-round matchup against...
NORMAN, Okla. — On Friday night No. 4-seeded Oklahoma defeated No. 13-seeded Idaho 89-59 at Lloyd Noble Center, with Raegan Beers scoring 18 points and 10 rebounds and Sahara Williams adding 17 points and 10 rebounds, advancing the Sooners into the NCAA Tournament second round. The Sooners, now 25-7, will face...
Iowa City — Virginia's women's basketball team defeated Georgia 82-73 in overtime on Saturday, with Kymora Johnson scoring 28 points and Sa'Myah Smith contributing a double-double to secure the Cavaliers' first-round NCAA Tournament victory. The win advances Virginia to the Round of 32, where the Cavaliers will face either second-seeded Iowa...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's women's basketball team, the No. 1 seed, will host 16th-seeded Southern at Colonial Life Arena at 1 p.m. ET on March 21. Southern advanced after a 65-53 First Four victory over Samford on March 19, setting the Gamecocks' opening-round matchup. Coach Dawn Staley's Gamecocks (31-3) aim...
LOS ANGELES — The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in a shootout at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, with Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov converting in the shootout and Noah Cates recording a goal and an assist to secure the victory. The win extended the Flyers' point streak to...
MIAMI — Luka Doncic scored 60 points and led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 134-126 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday at Kaseya Center, extending the Lakers' winning streak to eight games and moving the team higher in the Western Conference standings. The performance reinforced commentary placing Doncic in...
GREENVILLE, S.C., Illinois routed Penn 105-70 Thursday in the NCAA Tournament, propelled by freshman David Mirković’s 29 points and 17 rebounds. Keaton Wagler added 18 points, seven assists and seven rebounds as the third-seeded Illini turned a 10-point halftime lead into a dominant second half. Illinois shot 41.7% on 3-pointers...
San Diego — St. John's defeated Northern Iowa 79-53 Friday at Viejas Arena in the East Regional first round of the NCAA Tournament, led by a balanced offensive effort and strong rebounding that produced an early lead the Panthers could not overcome. The victory advanced the fifth-seeded Red Storm to the...
