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Caleb Wilson scored 20 points, Jarin Stevenson added all of his 17 in the second half and No. 22 North Carolina rallied past No. 14 Virginia 85-80 on Saturday for a big ACC road victory. Trailing by two points with 3:50 to play, Carolina got three-point plays from Stevenson and Seth Trimble to build a 78-74 lead, then hung on. The Tar Heels outscored the Cavaliers 18-9 over the final 5:25.
Pryce Sandfort scored 23 points to lead No. 7 Nebraska past Washington 76-66 Wednesday night, extending the unbeaten Cornhuskers' winning streak to 23 games. The Huskers (19-0, 8-0), who earned their highest ranking in program history this week, were in control throughout against injury-plagued Washington and are alone in first place in the Big Ten. Sandfort had his third straight game with at least 20 points.
Tyler Tanner scored 24 points and Duke Miles added 17 as No. 15 Vanderbilt snapped a three-game losing skid with an 88-56 win over Mississippi State on Saturday. The 32-point margin was the third-largest defeat for coach Chris Jans in his tenure at Mississippi State. Tyler Nickel scored 13 points and Devin McGlockton 10 for Vanderbilt (17-3, 4-3 SEC).
The Cavaliers open up their first of two-straight games against the Magic.
NBAJake Wahlin and Nick Davidson scored 13 points apiece and No. 18 Clemson got hot from long range, bouncing back from its first Atlantic Coast Conference loss to beat Georgia Tech 77-63 on Saturday. After making only 4 of 16 beyond the 3-point stripe in the first half, the Tigers (17-4, 7-1 ACC) went 7 of 12 over the final 20 minutes. Jestin Porter's step-back 3 with just over a minute left sealed the victory.
Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh Steelers intend to hire McCarthy, who is from Pittsburgh, to replace Mike Tomlin as head coach, a person familiar with the deal told the The Associated Press on Saturday. McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team's practice facility on the city's South Side.
NBAQuadir Copeland scored 20 points and had nine assists, Ven-Allen Lubin had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and N.C. State beat Pittsburgh 81-72 on Saturday. Paul McNeil Jr. added 15 points on five 3-pointers and along with Copeland and Lubin led a surge over the final eight minutes to send the Wolfpack (14-6, 5-2 ACC) to their fourth win in five games and seventh in their last nine. Tre Holloman added 10 points.
NBAThe Mavericks are looking to keep the momentum going in another emotional night
NBASolo Ball had 24 points, including a key 3-pointer in overtime, and Alex Karaban had all of his 17 after halftime as No. 2 UConn beat Villanova 75-67 on Saturday. Silas Demary Jr. and Tarris Reed Jr. each finished with 10 for UConn (19-1, 9-0 Big East), which won its 15th game in a row. Matthew Hodge hit a 3-pointer with 1:06 left in the second half to give Villanova a two-point lead, but Reed tied it on a tip that bounced off the rim a couple of times.
NBADani Carnegie and Rylie Theuerkauf scored 19 points each and Georgia led nearly wire-to-wire in a 72-67 victory over No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday. A 3-pointer from Kaelyn Carroll gave the Wildcats their only lead of the game, 42-39 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. The teams combined to make 10 3s in the quarter, six of them by Kentucky.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Zach Clemence scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers to lead Texas A&M to a 92-69 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. Rylan Griffen added 16 points for Texas A&M (16-4, 6-1 Southeastern Conference), which entered tied with Florida atop the SEC standings and has won nine of its last 10 games. Pop Isaacs and Rashaun Agee each chipped in with 11 points for the Aggies. The Aggies finished the first half on a 19-4 run to take a 46-25 lead at the break. Clemence sco...
Monaco kept a rare clean sheet but could not score in a 0-0 draw at Le Havre in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Mid-table Monaco leaked goals in losing seven of the past eight league games, and hammered 6-1 at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. The club's Ultras have stopped encouraging the players during games and want chief executive Thiago Scuro to leave amid reported concerns over last summer's transfer deals and physical preparation.