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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Nojus Indrusaitis and Cameron Corhen each scored 16 points to lead Pittsburgh to a 72-56 victory over California on Saturday. Pitt never trailed and built an early 10-point lead in the second half before Cal pulled within 47-44 with 13:05 remaining. Indrusaitis answered with 10 points that included two 3-pointers and a dunk during an 18-7 surge to help the Panthers pull away. Barry Dunning Jr. added 15 points and 12 rebounds for Pitt (11-18, 4-12 Atlantic Coast Confere...

Braeden Carrington had career highs of nine 3-pointers and 32 points, Nick Boyd added 22 points, and Wisconsin defeated Washington 90-73 on Saturday. Carrington, who averages 7.4 points per game, played 27 minutes off the bench, making 9 of 15 3s. Boyd scored eight points in the first six-plus minutes of the game and the Badgers led 14-3.

No. 16 Texas Tech used balanced scoring and hot shooting to defeat No. 4 Iowa State 82-73 on the road, earning its fourth AP Top-6 win and improving to 3-0 without injured star JT Toppin.

The Timberwolves have waived two-way guard Jules Bernard, the team announced in a press release. The 26-year-old just signed with Minnesota on Wednesday. Bernard has spent the season with the Wolves’ G League affiliate in Iowa, averaging 22.6 points on 42.5% shooting, including 34.6% from three-point range, and 80.4% from the free throw line. He’s […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pryce Sandfort scored 32 points — one off his career high — and No. 12 Nebraska pulled away in the second half to beat Southern California 82-67 on Saturday for its school-record 14th Big Ten victory and third straight overall. The Cornhuskers (25-4, 14-4) improved to 7-2 on the road in league play with one away game remaining. They began the season 20-0 and are 5-4 since then. Sanfort hit five 3-pointers, leaving him five away from equaling Shawn Respert's Big Ten single-s...

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Bam Adebayo had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Pelle Larsson scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat beat the Houston Rockets 115-105 on Saturday. Tyler Herro scored 18, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 14 and Kel’el Ware had a 13-point, 15-rebound game for the Heat.

Jayden Quaintance is expected to go to the NBA Draft but now a CBS writer believes he could return to college.

Brayden Burries had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Motiejus Krivas added 13 points and No. 2 Arizona clinched a share of the Big 12 regular-season title with an 84-61 win over No. 14 Kansas on Saturday. The Wildcats (27-2, 14-2 Big 12) used a 19-0 run to build an 18-point lead, allowed Kansas to whittle it to two midway through the second half, then pulled away with another big run to earn a share of the Big 12 title in their second season in the league. Jaden Bradley scored eight straight points...

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is leading the pack as the odds-on favorite to win his second-straight NBA Most Valuable Player award. He’s also been regarded as the NBA’s most stylist player off the court, so naturally he has to have one of the best looking signature sneakers in the game. Looking to claim that […] The post Shai Gilgeous-Alexander releases Converse SHAI 001 ‘Truffle’ appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 18 points off the bench, and Georgia never trailed in an 87-68 senior-night win over South Carolina on Saturday. The Bulldogs (20-9, 8-8 SEC) reached the 20-win mark for the third straight season, building a 48-35 halftime lead behind hot perimeter shooting.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Maurice Odum scored 15 points, Santiago Trouet recorded a double-double and Arizona State beat Utah 73-60 on Saturday to end its two-game losing streak. Trouet scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Massamaba Diop scored 14 points and reserve Anthony Johnson 13 for Arizona State (15-14, 6-10 Big 12) which shot 49% (27 for 55). Keanu Dawes scored 16 points and Don McHenry 14 for the Utes (10-19, 2-14) who shot 39% (23 of 59). Utah got off to a 14-5 start within the first...

Erik Spoelstra says it's incredible to think of Kevin Durant on the 2028 Olympic team if Durant still wants to play.

Tyronn Lue missed practice on Saturday as the status for multiple players remains in doubt against Pelicans.

Joel Embiid will miss at least three games because of a strained right oblique, the 76ers said Saturday.

Our experts have picks for all of Saturday's big games as conference play heats up across the nation, with March Madness around the corner

SAN FRANCISCO — Lost in the frustration of the Lakers’ road loss to the Suns on Thursday was the fact coach JJ Redick made a change that should benefit the team in the long run. The Lakers adjusted their rotation to allow Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to be on the floor more, while also...

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Anthony Edwards hit another one of those “are you kidding me?” threes Thursday night. The Wolves were trying to survive late, the Clippers were hanging around, and then Ant rises, launches, and basically ends the game with a shot that makes you do the involuntary living-room walk-around. For anyone who’s actually been watching Minnesota the […]

Scheierman is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the 76ers due to a fractured left thumb, Bobby Krivitsky of Forbes.com reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Anunoby being involved on offense has a great track record for the Knicks.

Lon Rosen opens up on Luka Doncic's global impact in his first full season with the Lakers.

Jestin Porter scored all 16 of his points in the second half as Clemson snapped a four-game losing streak with an 80-76 victory over No. 24 Louisville on Saturday. The Tigers, once comfortably in the NCAA Tournament field with 10 wins in their first 11 Atlantic Coast Conference games, had raised questions the past two weeks with their late-season slide.

Olivia Olson scored 21 of her game-high 28 points in the first half, and No. 8 Michigan snapped No. 14 Maryland's six-game winning streak with an 87-69 victory in the teams' regular-season finale on Saturday. Olson, who had a career-high 31 points in an overtime win over Ohio State on Wednesday, added eight rebounds and four assists. Syla Swords had 17 points for Michigan (24-5 overall, 15-3 Big Ten), which completed the program's most successful regular season by leading nearly the entire game.

The Warriors sent Jonathan Kuminga to the Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis. Even though Kuminga hasn’t played much for his new team, one thing has become clear.