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Feb 16, 2020GREENVILLE, N. C. Keith Williams scored six of his 17 points in overtime and Cincinnati pulled out a 70-67 win over East Carolina on Sunday.Williams, who missed a contested drive at the end of regulation, followed up a Mika Adams-Woods basket with a 3-pointer to put the Bearcats on top 66-61 midway through overtime. After an East Carolina free throw, Williams hit again.Tristen Newton hit a jumper and JJ Miles, who forced OT with a 3 with 11 seconds in regulation, followed with a 3-pointer to pull ECU within 68-67. Adams-Woods made 1 of 2 free throws with 32 seconds to play. The Pirates missed a shot but got the ball back when the rebound was knocked out of bounds. However, Jayden Gardner lost the ball out of bounds on a drive to the basket.Williams made 1 of 2 free throws with 3.9 seconds to play but Gardner's 3-point attempt was well short.Neither team had a double-figures lead. The Bearcats had an 11-0 run early in the first half and led 30-27 at the break. East Carolina used an 11-0 run to lead by eight near the midpoint of the second half but Cincinnati immediately responded with 10 straight.Tre Scott scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Pirates (17-8, 10-3 American Athletic Conference), who have won seven of eight, including an 82-57 win over ECU. Chris Vogt and Jarron Cumberland added 13 points each and Adams-Woods had 10. It was the sixth OT game for Cincy this year, tying a school record.Gardner led the Pirates (10-16, 4-9) with 15 points. Miles added 12 and Newton 11.Cincinnati is home against Central Florida on Wednesday. East Carolina plays at Memphis on Wednesday.-----For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Isaiah Washington scored 21 points and E. J. Crawford added 20 and Iona rallied in the second half for a 78-70 win over Marist on Sunday.Iona (9-12, 7-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) has won four straight following a three-game skid.Marist led 33-23 at halftime, then the Gaels emerged from intermission with a 21-2 outburst. Washington scored 10 in that stretch and Iona led 44-35 with 12:52 remaining. Marist regrouped to tie it at 53 when Tyler Saint-Furcy threw down a dunk with 7:40 left. Later he tied it at 62 with two free throws, but Washington made 1 of 2 foul shots with 3:33 left and Iona distanced itself from there. Washington scored 19 of his 21 in the second half and the Gaels scored 55 in the second half on 14-of-24 shooting and just three missed foul shots in 26 attempts.Tajuan Agee scored 16 points and Andrija Ristanovic 13 for Iona.Saint-Furcy led Marist (6-17, 5-9) with 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting, Braden Bell scored 13, Matthew Herasme 12 and Jordan Jones 11.---More college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020ANN ARBOR, Mich. Franz Wagner had 16 points and was one of five to score in double digits for Michigan in an 89-65 win over Indiana on Sunday.The Wolverines (16-9, 7-7 Big Ten) have won three straight for the first time since opening the season with seven wins.Michigan's Zavier Simpson had 12 points and 11 assists. Reserve Brandon Johns scored 14, Eli Brooks had 13 points and Isaiah Livers added 12 points, appearing to overcome an injury scare late in the game.The Hoosiers (16-9, 6-8) have lost five of their last six games.The slump puts even more pressure on coach Archie Miller to figure out how to turn his team around quickly enough to earn an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in his three years.Indiana senior De'Ron Davis scored a career-high 18 points and Alijami Durham had 17 points.The Wolverines were in control for much of the game with Simpson leading the way, setting the tempo and making the right pass at the right time.Michigan took a 14-12 lead on Brooks' 3-pointer and stayed ahead the rest of the game, going ahead by as much as 12 points before being ahead 41-34 at halftime.Indiana did not put up much of a fight to come back in the second half, falling behind by 20 points with 12:43 left after the Wolverines went on an 11-1 run.MAKING A MARKSimpson and fellow senior Jon Teske set a school record with 105 victories in their careers.WELCOME BACKMore than 100 former Michigan players, staff members and managers returned for an annual reunion and were celebrated on the court before the game.BIG PICTUREIndiana: The Hoosiers have hurt their shot at making the NCAA Tournament because of their road woes, falling to 1-6 as visitors in the Big Ten.Michigan: The Wolverines have boosted their chances of going to the NCAA Tournament in coach Juwan Howard's first season by winning five of six games after a season-high, four-game losing streak.UP NEXTIndiana: Plays at Minnesota on Wednesday night.Michigan: Plays at Rutgers on Wednesday night.---Follow Larry Lage at https://twitter.com/LarryLage---More college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 15, 2020Basketball has become a more position-less game in the past 20 years, tilted toward perimeter play. However, Iowa's Luka Garza and Minnesota's Daniel Oturu are showing there's still a place for the big man to play big in the college game.Sure, the two are capable of facing the basket and hitting jumpers from 3-point range, but the strength of their game is working hard inside and helping their teams control the lane. On Sunday, when the 21st-ranked Hawkeyes (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) and Golden Gophers meet in Minneapolis, the big men will be working to control each other.Garza is on the short list of candidates for the Wooden Award and other national Player of the Year honors. The 6-foot-11, 260-pound junior is averaging 23.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots per game. In Iowa's 89-77 loss at Indiana on Thursday night, Garza poured in 38 points while grabbing eight boards and rejecting four shots.Oturu, a 6-10, 240-pound sophomore, is coming off a 32-point, 16-rebound effort Feb. 8 in an 83-77 defeat at Penn State. He is averaging 20.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game to go along with 2.7 blocked shots.A student of the game who once called coach Richard Pitino to ask how many points Pete Maravich might average in today's game, Oturu said during a recent feature on Big Ten Network that Garza is one of the players he tries to emulate because of how hard he posts up on every possession.Pitino loves Oturu's work ethic; he just wishes he didn't have to call on it so much. Oturu is averaging 36.5 minutes in Big Ten games because Minnesota (12-11, 6-7) can't afford to be without him for long stretches."He's probably playing too many minutes," Pitino told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "That's something we have to evaluate. I think he and Marcus are playing too much. He's fought through fatigue, and sometimes we have to ... get him a breather." Marcus is 6-2 sophomore point guard Marcus Carr, who's playing a whopping 38.5 minutes per game in conference action. Carr is averaging 15.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists. His worst game of the year might have occurred in the Gophers' first meeting with Iowa in December, when he made just 1 of 10 shots and scored two points in a 72-52 beating.Oturu and Garza battled that night on even terms, Oturu scoring 22 points and grabbing 12 boards to Garza's 21 and 10. But Garza's teammates also supplied nine 3-pointers and forced 15 turnovers.Iowa's defense wasn't quite as stout Thursday night at Indiana. The Hoosiers canned 45.9 percent of their field-goal attempts, including a sterling 11 of 21 from 3-point range, and earned a 39-28 advantage on the glass, thanks largely to 16 offensive rebounds."The key was that they got to the offensive glass and it impacted the game that way," Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery said. "When you do get stops, you have to get the ball. They're big and strong; it's what they do, and they do it well." --Field Level Media
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Feb 16, 2020MINNEOLIS Luka Garza scored 24 points and Ryan Kreiner added 10 points and No. 21 Iowa came back to beat the Minnesota Gophers 58-55 on Sunday.Minnesota's Daniel Oturu missed the front end of a one-and-one free-throw attempt with a chance to tie the game with 3.8 seconds left and the Hawkeyes (18-8, 9-6) came away with a rare road win in the Big Ten.Iowa trailed by eight points with 5:25 remaining but finished the game on an 11-0 run. The Gophers had five of their 13 turnovers during the final stretch.Oturu scored 15 points and Marcus Carr added 10 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Minnesota. Gabe Kalscheur 12, but the Gophers (12-12, 6-8) lost for the fourth time in five games.Garza was in foul trouble throughout. But Kreiner, in just his fourth start of the year with CJ Frederick out with an ankle injury, and Connor McCaffrey helped Iowa come back. McCaffrey scored all six of his points in the second half.Bakari Evelyn hit a pair of free throws with 1:15 remaining to give the Hawkeyes a 57-55 lead, its first since leading 21-20 in the first half. The 58 points are the lowest total of the season for Iowa.POLL IMPLICATIONSIowa should stay ranked after going 1-1 on the road during the week. While No. 23 Creighton won twice, including against No. 10 Seton Hall, No. 22 Illinois lost twice. Texas Tech at No. 24 and No. 25 LSU lost their only games of the week.BIG PICTUREIowa: Road wins in the Big Ten are hard to come by and the Hawkeyes boosted their NCAA standing. They started the day 30th in the NCAA NET rankings, the primary tool used to determine the NCAA brackets and picked up their sixth Quad 1 win of the season on the road against Minnesota, ranked No. 40 in the NET rankings.Minnesota: The Gophers missed a big chance to boost their tournament credentials and they are running out of time for more impressive wins. Minnesota lost its second home game in Big Ten play and now might need to beat Maryland at home on Feb. 26 or Wisconsin or Indiana on the road.UP NEXTIowa returns home for one game against Ohio State on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes then go back on the road at Michigan State on Feb. 25.Minnesota will look to bolster its tournament standing with another home game on Wednesday against Indiana.---More college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020LEWISTON, N. Y. Marcus Hammond had 26 points and 12 rebounds as Niagara narrowly defeated Monmouth 77-72 on Sunday.Hammond hit 6 of 9 3-pointers with the Purple Eagles finishing 11 of 23 from the arc.Shandon Brown had 17 points and seven rebounds for Niagara (9-16, 7-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Justin Roberts added 10 points.Deion Hammond made a long 3-pointer to get Monmouth with three, 75-72, with 5.1 seconds left but James Towns put in a pair of free throws to seal the win.Melik Martin had 14 points for the Hawks (14-11, 8-6). George Papas added 12 points. Hammond had 11 points.The Purple Eagles evened the season series against the Hawks with the win. Monmouth defeated Niagara 82-71 on Jan. 24. Niagara plays Fairfield on the road on Friday. Monmouth plays Marist on the road on Friday.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 15, 2020A break from Big East Conference play will not be much of a respite for No. 15 Villanova, which not only moves back into always-rugged Big 5 play, but it will be tasked with a road game at Temple on Sunday.The Wildcats (18-6) have compiled a 3-0 record in Big 5 games this season, while the Owls (13-11) have gone 2-1 against fellow Philadelphia-area schools. The three other schools that participate in the informal league are La Salle, Penn and Saint Joseph's.Villanova is working its way through a rough stretch. The Wildcats are coming off a 72-71 victory over No. 18 Marquette on Wednesday. Before that game, there were three consecutive defeats against Creighton, then-No. 19 Butler and then-No. 12 Seton Hall.Villanova led by 18 points in the second half against Marquette, but the Golden Eagles came back behind Wooden Award candidate Markus Howard, who had 24 points. Wildcats freshman Jeremiah Robinson-Earl hit a clinching free throw with 4.8 seconds remaining.The deciding point was one of a team-leading 17 for Robinson-Earl, who also had 11 rebounds. Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels had 14 points each for Villanova."We're growing," Villanova coach Jay Wright told reporters after the game. "But what's tough at this time of year is these juniors and seniors in the league have been in the Big East. They know it's getting to be crunch time. They know what to do. Our guys are still learning. We just have to find a way to gut it out -- to improve as quickly as we can. We have a lot of room for improvement." The Wildcats can work on some of that improvement against the Owls, whom they have defeated six consecutive times, including a 69-59 victory last season. Samuels came off the bench to score a team-leading 15 points in that one.Villanova has won the outright Big 5 title in five of the past six seasons. They already have clinched a share of this season's Big 5 title, but Temple can earn a share of the crown with a victory Saturday. The Wildcats have won 27 Big 5 titles.The Owls have been better of late, winning consecutive games in American Athletic Conference play and three of their past four. Before that surge, they had a four-game losing streak that included a Big 5 defeat to Penn.Quinton Rose scored 23 points and Nate Pierre-Louis had 14 rebounds for Temple in a 72-68 victory at Tulane on Wednesday. The Owls rallied from a 13-point deficit with just over 11 minutes remaining. Temple shot 50 percent from the field in the second half."We're trying to make a statement from here on out," Temple coach Aaron McKie said. "We have seven more (games), and we have to want to make a statement ... each game. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. We have (Villanova) on Sunday, and we want to focus on that game, and the goal is to continue to win." Rose is scoring 16.2 points per game while Pierre-Louis is producing 11.2 points and 8.1 rebounds for the Owls. Temple forward De'Vondre Perry has missed the past two games with a foot injury, but McKie hopes he can return Sunday.Saddiq Bey leads a balanced Villanova attack with 15.7 points per game while Gillespie is at 15.6. Five Villanova players average double-figure scoring.--Field Level Media
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Feb 16, 2020PHILADELPHIA Faced with a halftime deficit, Collin Gillespie and Villanova didn’t panic.Gillespie scored a season-high 29 points to lead No. 15 Villanova to a 76-56 comeback victory over Philadelphia rival Temple on Sunday.Jermaine Samuels added 13 points and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had 10 for Villanova (19-6), which won its seventh straight game over Temple while finishing 4-0 in the Big 5.The Wildcats, hurt by early foul trouble to starters Justin Moore and Robinson-Earl, trailed by four points at halftime. But they took over after the break, using a game-changing 20-2 run over the first 5 minutes, 46 seconds of the second half to take control.“We were good, we were positive, we knew we had to make adjustments and stick to our game plan,” Gillespie said of the feeling at the break. “In the second half we made stops at the defensive end, and it gave us easy opportunities at offensive end.”Villanova made 7 of 10 shots, including 6 of 8 3-pointers, during the stretch while Temple was 1 of 8 from the field, 0 for 3 from beyond the arc and committed five turnovers.“Great second half,” Villanova coach Jay Wright said. “We just made shots. When that happens, any team is tough to beat. It started with our defensive effort in second half and that led to making shots. That together was the difference.”Quinton Rose scored 22 points and Nate Pierre-Louis had 16 for Temple (13-12).Temple was in good position to pull off the upset after the opening 20 minutes.But Villanova quickly erased a four-point halftime deficit by hitting three 3-pointers early in the second half, the last by Gillespie with 17:41 remaining put Villanova up 35-30.And the Wildcats continued to pour it on.Moore's 3-pointer with 14:14 left gave Villanova a 46-32 lead.Temple got within seven at 49-42 on Rose’s drive with 10 minutes left, but never got closer.FROM DISTANCEOutside shooting was a big difference, as Villanova made 17 of 36 on 3-pointers while Temple was 2 of 16 from beyond the arc.“It’s really been our Achilles’ heel,” Temple coach Aaron McKie said.Gillespie had a career-high seven 3-pointers.“He trumped us this afternoon,” McKie said.BIG 5Temple and Villanova have been the standard bearers of the Philadelphia Big 5, the yearly city round-robin series that also includes La Salle, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The Wildcats already had clinched at least a share of their 27th title with wins earlier this season over the other three Philadelphia rivals. They are now tied with Temple for most Big 5 titles.“I’m very proud of that,” Wright said. “It’s something we’ll talk about at the end of the season. We never spend too much time during the season. It’s just the next game; we really work on that. It’s great, I’m happy, but at the end of the year we’ll look back and be very proud of that.”The Owls last beat the Wildcats on Dec. 5, 2012, and Villanova increased its lead to 51-43 in the series that goes back to 1914.BIG PICTUREVillanova: The Wildcats are third in the tough Big East with six conference games remaining. Villanova has a chance to finish strong in the league, as five of its six remaining Big East games are against teams that are the bottom five teams in the league. Villanova’s other conference game is a rematch at first-place Seton Hall on March 4. The Pirates defeated Villanova 70-64 on Feb. 8 at the Wells Fargo Center.Temple: The Owls’ best hope to make the NCAA tournament is to win the American Athletic Conference tournament and Temple could help itself with a better seeding. The top four league teams get a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Temple is 5-7 in the AAC and three games back of fourth-place SMU with six games remaining. If the Owls can’t grab the No. 4 seed or higher, they’ll have to win four games in four days in the AAC tournament to grab the conference’s automatic bid.UP NEXTVillanova: At DePaul on Wednesday.Temple: Hosts Connecticut on Thursday.---More college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020NEW YORK Tavian Dunn-Martin had 15 points off the bench to lift Duquesne to a 59-54 victory over Fordham on Sunday.Dunn-Martin made 3 of 8 shots from beyond the 3-point arc and all four of his free throws for the Dukes (19-6, 9-4 Atlantic 10 Conference). Reserve Baylee Steele scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Lamar Norman Jr. hit three 3-pointers and scored 11, while Marcus Weathers had a career-high 14 rebounds to go with nine points.Antwon Portley came off the bench to score 16 with six rebounds to pace the Rams (7-17, 1-11), whose losing streak stretched to six games. Ty Perry added 15 points but made just 2 of 9 shots from distance. Joel Soriano had nine rebounds and eight points.Duquesne shot 38% from the floor but just 22% from 3-point range (7 of 32). The Dukes hit 12 of 16 free throws. Fordham shot 35% overall, 29% from distance (6 of 21) and made 12 of 14 foul shots.The Dukes improve to 2-0 against the Rams on the season. Duquesne defeated Fordham 58-56 on Jan. 15.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 16, 2020BALTIMORE Santi Aldama had 22 points and Loyola (MD) surprised defeated Colgate 84-80 on Sunday.Will Rayman's late 3 brought Colgate within 81-78 with 35 seconds left. Isaiah Hart then made 1 of 2 foul shots for a four-point lead. Rayman made a layup to cut the Raiders deficit to two with four seconds left. Following a Colgate timeout, the Greyhounds avoided being fouled and Andrew Kostecka threw down a dunk to end it.Loyola built a 17-7 lead before the Raiders got within 23-21 on a foul shot by Scott with 8:29 before halftime. The Greyhounds proceeded to outscore Colgate 20-10 and led by 12 at halftime.Cam Spencer had 13 points for Loyola (13-14, 5-9 Patriot League), Hart added 13 points and KaVaughn Scott 12.Rayman scored a season-high 27 points and had seven rebounds for the Raiders (20-7, 11-3), whose four-game win streak ended with the loss. Rapolas Ivanauskas added 14 points and 12 rebounds. Tucker Richardson had 12 points.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 16, 2020HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. Tarkus Ferguson scored 14 points and reserve Godwin Boahen added a double-double to propel Illinois-Chicago to a 73-43 romp over Northern Kentucky on Sunday.Ferguson buried 5 of 10 shots from the floor with two 3-pointers and added six rebounds for the Flames (13-15, 8-7 Horizon League). Boahen finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season. Michael Diggins added 11 points and eight rebounds.UIC, which took a commanding 43-18 lead at halftime, held Northern Kentucky to a season-worst 22% shooting from the floor (13 of 59). The Norse shot just 12.5% from 3-point range (4 of 32). Meanwhile, the Flames shot 50% overall and 55% from distance (11 of 20).Jalen Tate topped the Norse (19-8, 11-4) with eight points. Northern Kentucky saw its five-game win streak end.The Flames evened the season series against the Norse with the win. Northern Kentucky defeated Illinois-Chicago 68-52 on Jan. 10.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 16, 2020LOUDONVILLE, N. Y. Manny Camper had 16 points and 13 rebounds to lift Siena to a 65-52 win over Manhattan on Sunday, the Saints' 12th straight home victory.Jalen Pickett had 10 points and eight assists for Siena (13-10, 9-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Sammy Friday IV added 10 points. Elijah Burns had seven rebounds.Manhattan totaled 22 points in the second half, a season low for the team.Pauly Paulicap had 12 points and three blocks for the Jaspers (11-12, 7-7). Elijah Buchanan added 11 points. Tykei Greene had 10 points and eight rebounds.The Saints evened the season series against the Jaspers with the win. Manhattan defeated Siena 81-69 on Jan. 12. Siena faces Iona at home on Wednesday. Manhattan faces St. Peter's at home on Friday.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 16, 2020WICHITA, Kan. Dexter Dennis scored a career-high 21 points with a game-high nine rebounds and Tyson Etienne added 20 points as Wichita State beat Tulane 82-57 on Sunday.Dennis hit 8 of 10 shots, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers, while Etienne shot 7 of 9, including 6 of 8 from the arc. The Shockers made 13 of 24 3-point tries for 54%, better than the 48% they shot overall and nearly matching the 55% they shot at the free-throw line (11 of 20).Jaime Echenique added 10 points for Wichita State (19-6, 7-5 American Athletic Conference) while Jamarius Burton added seven assists to go with nine assists.The Shockers' 30-point halftime lead (50-20) tied for the fifth-largest in program history.Christion Thompson had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Green Wave (10-15, 2-11), who have now lost nine consecutive games. Jordan Walker added 14 points. Teshaun Hightower had 10 points. The Green Wave shot 34.5 percent and made only 2 of 18 from the 3-point line.Wichita State plays South Florida at home on Thursday. Tulane plays SMU at home on Wednesday.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com
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Feb 16, 2020FAIRBORN, Ohio Sophomore James Mann came off the bench to score 21 points, leading six players in double figures, and Wright State routed IUPUI 104-64 on Sunday.Mann buried 7 of 10 shots from the floor, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and added five rebounds for the Raiders (23-5, 13-2 Horizon League), who upped their winning streak to four. Loudon Love had 18 points and eight rebounds, while Bill Wampler pitched in with 17 points and seven boards. Tanner Holden contributed 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting, six rebounds and five assists. Cole Gentry finished with 13 points and five assists, while Jaylon Hall scored 10.Markus Burk topped the Jaguars (6-22, 2-13) with 19 points, but he made just 6 of 22 shots, including 1 of 6 from beyond the arc. Reserve Jaylen Minnett scored 18 of 6-of-15 shooting from distance. IUPUI has dropped six straight games.Wright State shot 58% from the floor and 52% from distance (15 of 29). The Raiders hit 19 of 25 free throws. IUPUI shot 35% overall and 37.5% from beyond the arc (9 of 24). The Jaguars made 7 of 11 foul shots.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020HARTFORD, Conn. Christian Vital scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to lead UConn to a 64-61 win over Memphis on Sunday.James Bouknight added 17 points for the Huskies (14-11, 5-7 American), who have won three of their last four.Vital and Bouknight combined to score 29 of the Huskies 39 second half points.Precious Achiuwa and Tyler Harris each had 16 points for Memphis, which led for more than 25 minutes in the game, but could not put UConn away.The teams were tied at 25 at halftime and Memphis scored the first five points of the second half.A 3-pointer by Vital from the right baseline tied the score at 41 midway through the half, and his two foul shots with just over five minutes left gave the Huskies a 49-47 lead.UConn didn't trail again.A 3-pointer by Harris with two seconds left pulled the Tigers within a point at 62-61.But Vital sank two free throws and Alex Lomax missed a desperation heave from beyond half court at the buzzer.UConn lost forward Akok Akok less than a minute into the game when he went down with what the school said appears to be a torn left Achilles tendon after blocking a shot.The 6-foot-9 freshman, who leads the conference in blocked shots, could not put any weight on the leg as he was helped off the court and returned to the bench wearing a medical boot.With Akok out of the game, Memphis ran out to a 10-4 lead. They led 20-13 with just over seven minutes left in the half, but scored just five more points before intermission.Memphis had lost two straight, including a heartbreaking 92-86 setback in overtime at Cincinnati on Thursday.BIG PICTUREThis was the last scheduled trip by Memphis to Hartford, with the Huskies leaving the American Athletic Conference for the Big East at the end of the season. The teams are tied 8-8 after splitting their two meetings this season. Memphis won 70-63 in Tennessee on Feb. 1.UConn hit just one of its first 15 attempts from behind the arc and finished 4 of 23. The Huskies came into the game shooting 33% from 3-point range. Josh Carlton had a season-high 13 rebounds and Isaiah Whaley had blocked six shots for the Huskies.UP NEXTMemphis hosts East Carolina on Wednesday night.UConn travels to Philadelphia to take on Temple on Thursday night.---More college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020BROOKINGS, S. D. Sophomore Matt Dentlinger totaled 18 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots and South Dakota State dominated the second half and beat Purdue Fort Wayne 75-64 on Sunday.Dentlinger made all eight of his shots from the floor in picking up his fifth double-double of the season for the Jackrabbits (20-8, 11-2 Summit League). Douglas Wilson added 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting with five rebounds, while freshman David Wingett hit three 3-pointers and scored 14.South Dakota State trailed 36-26 at the half before outscoring the Mastodons 49-28 after intermission. The Jackrabbits entered play tied with North Dakota State atop the league standings.Matt Holba had 13 points and five rebounds to pace Purdue Fort Wayne (12-16, 5-8). Jarred Godfrey sank 7 of 8 foul shots and scored 12.South Dakota State shot 50% from the floor but just 29% from beyond the arc (7 of 24). The Jackrabbits made 16 of 22 at the free-throw line. Purdue Fort Wayne shot 37.5% overall and 24% from distance (6 of 25). The Mastodons hit 16 of 23 foul shots.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020DES MOINES, Iowa Anthony Murphy posted career highs scoring 20 points and grabbing 13 rebounds and Drake beat Evansville 85-80 on Sunday.Evansville led 40-34 at halftime before Drake (17-10, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference) started the second half with a 13-0 run and never trailed again. Sam Cunliffe's 3-pointer with a minute to go brought the Purple Aces (9-18, 0-14) within 72-76 but the Bulldogs made all eight of their foul shots in the last 46 seconds.Roman Penn scored 19, Liam Robbins 15 and Garrett Sturtz 11 for Drake, which ended a two-game losing streak. The Bulldogs are at .500 in their last eight games.Cunliffe led Evansville with 25 points, Evan Kuhlman 17 and K. J. Riley 10. Evansville has lost 28 of its last 33 conference games. Their 15-game losing streak includes a 65-60 loss against Illinois State in the first round of the MVC tournament last year.---More college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Lamont West came off the bench to score a season-high 22 points with nine rebounds and Missouri State rolled to a 71-58 victory over Indiana State on Sunday.West knocked down 6 of 10 shots from the floor, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and made all seven of his free throws for the Bears (13-14, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference). Tulio Da Silva added 11 points and eight rebounds, while Gaige Prim scored 10.Christian Williams topped the Sycamores (14-11, 7-7) with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Jordan Barnes pitched in with 14 points and four assists, while freshman Jake Laravia scored 11 with five rebounds.Missouri State shot 47% from the floor and 44% from beyond the 3-point line (7 of 16). The Bears made 16 of 21 from the foul line. Indiana State shot 36% overall and made just 5 of 20 from distance. The Sycamores hit 13 of 18 foul shots.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020LAWRENCEVILLE, N. J. Dimencio Vaughn finished with 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and Rider breezed to a 79-63 victory over Quinnipiac on Sunday.Vaughn buried 8 of 13 shots from the floor with two 3-pointers for the Broncs (15-10, 9-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Frederick Scott scored 14 points, while Stevie Jordan pitched in with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Tyere Marshall had 16 rebounds to go with nine points.Rich Kelly topped the Bobcats (11-13, 6-8) with 17 points, while freshman Matt Balanc scored 16. Kevin Marfo had 15 rebounds to go with nine points.Rider shot 47% from the floor and 33% from 3-point range (9 of 27). The Broncs made only 8 of 22 free throws (36%). Quinnipiac shot 34% overall and 22% from distance (8 of 37). The Bobcats hit just 9 of 17 foul shots.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 15, 2020With a Mountain West Conference championship clinched, No. 4 San Diego State begins its final stretch of the regular season on Sunday at Boise State.The Aztecs (25-0, 14-0 Mountain West) overwhelmed New Mexico in the second half of an 82-59 rout on Tuesday, remaining the nation's sole undefeated team.The win, coupled with Utah State's victory over Colorado State earlier in the night, locked up an outright regular-season conference title for San Diego State -- its first since the 2015-16 season -- and the No. 1 seed in next month's Mountain West tournament."The hardest thing in basketball, obviously other than winning the Final Four, is winning a regular-season conference title because you have to do it over the whole season," Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher said in his postgame press conference. "And to have the title outright already with four games to play is an incredible accomplishment." San Diego State has plenty of motivation to avoid a letdown with one goal already reached, however. The Aztecs were projected as a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament in the midseason top 16 reveal on Feb. 8.But with an overall strength of schedule of No. 119, per KenPom.com, San Diego State's margin for error in reaching a No. 1 seed is narrow -- if not nonexistent.The upcoming stretch might be the Aztecs' most difficult in Mountain West play, pitting them against three opponents ranked in the top 100 of the NCAA's NET rankings.Boise State (17-9, 9-5) is one of four teams vying for the No. 2 spot in the Mountain West tournament, tied for second in the loss column with Utah State, Nevada and Colorado State. San Diego State faces the Rams and the Wolf Pack in their last two regular-season contests.The Broncos have a NET ranking of No. 89 after beating Air Force 74-57 on Tuesday. A 44-34 second half sealed Boise State's win."You saw the ball move in the second half, and that's why we made shots," Broncos coach Leon Rice said in his postgame press conference. "It's pretty simple. And when we get shots for each other, move the ball like that, we're hard to guard." On the season, Boise State is ranked No. 81 nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency, according to KenPom.com. The Broncos' 53.4 percent shooting from inside the 3-point arc was 54th best in the country through Thursday's games, as they are among the nation's top 25 in both free throws made and attempted.In an 83-65 loss at San Diego State on Jan. 11, however, Boise State committed 18 turnovers to the Aztecs' nine. The Broncos shot 60.7 percent from 2-point range, but their 6-of-20 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc, compared to 9-of-19 for San Diego State, was a difference-maker.Such as been the theme for San Diego State in its perfect run thus far. The Aztecs are one of college basketball's best 3-point shooting teams at 38.7 percent. Leading scorer Malachi Flynn has made 54 3-pointers, matching backcourt mate Jordan Schakel for the team high.Schakel is shooting 43.9 percent from deep, joining Matt Mitchell as Aztecs north of the 40 percent mark.Although Mitchell did not make a 3-pointer in the Tuesday win, his 22 points pushed him past Kawhi Leonard on the program's all-time career scoring list.--Field Level Media
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Feb 16, 2020BOISE, Idaho No. 4 San Diego State keeps winning, forcing coach Brian Dutcher to dig deep for creative ways to keep his team focused.After the Aztecs beat Boise State 72-55 Sunday, he revealed some of his slogans that keep the team on task.''Early in the year, we had five games in eleven days, so we were like, `Let's win five in eleven,''' Dutcher said. ''And then we had five games the entire month of December, so we said, `Let's win five in December.' And we did it. I told our team they don't hang a banner for twenty wins, so we hung a banner with four to go.'' His mantra changed after San Diego State (26-0, 15-0 Mountain West) wrapped up the conference regular season title, though his message hasn't.''I told our team, `Let's get greedy. Let's play for perfection,''' Dutcher said. ''If we're this close, we might as well play for a perfect regular season. Why not win three straight as a mini-goal to chase something other than seeding in the tournament? Let's do something special.'' The Aztecs, which own the nation's longest active winning streak, looked special in handling a Bronco squad that hadn't lost a home conference game since Feb. 27, 2019.Malachi Flynn scored 22 points and dished out six assists to lead San Diego State in scoring, joined by all four of the team's starters in double digits. Yanni Wetzell added 14 points and seven rebounds.Boise State (17-10, 9-6) struggled to find any rhythm on offense and finished the game shooting 41.2% from the field.''They wanted it,'' Boise State coach Leon Rice said of his team. ''It's not like they didn't show up either. They wanted it too much in some ways and let it get away.'' After wrapping up the Mountain West regular season title on Tuesday with a victory over New Mexico State, San Diego State didn't show any signs of let down.The Aztecs went on an 8-2 run to close out the first half and take a 40-26 lead into the locker room.Justinian Jessup led the Broncos with 22 points, while Derrick Alston added 12.All five of San Diego State's starters finished with double figures in scoring.POLL IMPLICATIONSSince moving up to No. 4 in the poll on Jan. 20, the Aztecs haven't been able to climb up any further. And that won't change after the three teams ahead of them - Baylor, Gonzaga, and Kansas - kept winning this week. However, Kansas and Baylor clash on Saturday, which could give San Diego State a chance to push even higher next week if it continues its winning ways.BIG PICTUREWith San Diego State's tournament all but booked, the Aztecs continue to build their case for a top seed. And Sunday's victory kept that possibility alive. Their weak schedule - one that only has two wins over teams currently ranked - means an undefeated regular season is the only path for a No. 1 seed, but a very realistic one.Boise State's long shot hopes of earning an at-large bid hinged on pulling the upset at home. Now the Broncos' tournament fate rests on making a run in the Mountain West tournament next month.UP NEXTSan Diego State hosts UNLV on Saturday.Boise State travels to San Jose Sate on Wednesday.
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Feb 16, 2020BOSTON Derryck Thornton had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists, Jay Heath scored 16, and Boston College held off a second-half surge from North Carolina State in a 71-68 win on Sunday night.Nik Popovic added 14 points and eight rebounds and Jairus Hamilton scored 11 for Boston College (13-13, 7-8 ACC), which has won four of its last seven. The Eagles have not won back-to-back games since a season-high, four-game winning streak Dec. 7 to 21.Devon Daniels had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead N. C. State (16-9, 7-7). C. J. Bryce and Jericole Hellems each scored 15 points, and C. J. Funderburk 10.The Wolfpack had won two straight on the road, but fell short of their first three-game ACC road winning streak in 16 seasons.Popovic was making his first start since Dec. 3 against Northwestern. BC guard Jared Hamilton missed his second straight game with an ankle injury.Popovic was making his first start since Dec. 3 against Northwestern. BC guard Jared Hamilton missed his second straight game with an ankle injury.N. C. State couldn't trim its seven-point halftime deficit under five early in the second half. Braxton Beverly's free throw made it 56-52 midway through the second and DJ Funderburk's dunk with 6:18 left cut it to 60-58.Daniels' 3-pointer with 3:45 remaining tied it at 6-all before Markell Johnson made a spinning layup 30 seconds later to give the Wolfpack their first lead since the game's opening minute at 66-64.After Thornton tied it with a pair of free throws, Steffon Mitchell got to the line and made 1 of 2 to put BC up by one with 2:02 left.Mitchell came up with a couple of key steals after that, both of which ended with Hamilton break-away dunks, to help seal the win.The last of Mitchell's steals came after Johnson lost the ball with 11 seconds left and the Wolfpack trailing 69-68. After a timeout, Bryce missed a desperation corner 3 as time expired.Boston College led 40-33 at halftime behind 11 points from Thornton.Thornton and Heath combined for 17 points to help BC take a 26-14 lead with eight minutes to play in the first. Daniels scored all seven of his first-half points in the final 6:11 to help N. C. State pull within single digits at the break.It was the only matchup between the Wolfpack and Eagles this season. N. C. State rolled to a 73-47 win in their most recent meeting last Mar. 9. The forty seven points were the fewest by an opponent in coach Kevin Keatts' two-plus seasons.BIG PICTUREN. C. State: An inconsistent stretch hasn't helped the Wolfpack's standing on the NCAA Tournament bubble. After three straight victories in late January and early February, N. C. State dropped three in a row before bouncing back with two straight wins before Sunday's setback. A tough back-to-back against No. 7 Duke and No. 8 Florida State could make or break the Wolfpack's dreams of a third straight postseason trip under Keatts.Boston College: With minimal hope of earning an at-large bid to avoid an 11-year NCAA Tournament drought, the Eagles' only hope is to finish strong and build momentum for an ACC Tournament run. BC has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games. The Eagles host three of their final five games, but are just 8-7 at home this season.UP NEXTN. C. State: Host seventh-ranked Blue Devils on Wednesday night.Boston College: Visit defending champion Virginia on Wednesday night.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 16, 2020BERKELEY, Calif. Remy Martin scored 15 of his 22 points over the final 11 minutes, and Arizona State pulled away late for its fifth straight win, beating California 80-75 on Sunday.Alonzo Verge Jr. also scored 22 points including seven free throws in the final 54 seconds for the Sun Devils (17-8, 8-4 Pac-12). Romello White added 10 points and 10 rebounds.It's Arizona State's first five-game conference winning streak since 2008-09 when the Sun Devils were led by 2018 NBA MVP James Harden.Matt Bradley scored 22 points for California before fouling out. Grant Anticevich added 18 points, and Paris Austin had 17 points, five assists and five rebounds for the Golden Bears (10-15, 4-8).Martin, the Pac-12's leading scorer, was mostly quiet through much of the game due to foul trouble then took over midway through the second half. He scored 12 of Arizona State's 16 points during one stretch, then made a 3-pointer to put the Sun Devils ahead 71-63 with two minutes remaining.California got within 78-75 following Kareem South's three-point play with 14 seconds left before Verge made two free throws to seal it.Both teams played long stretches without their leading scorers due to foul trouble. Bradley was whistled for two fouls in the game's first 75 seconds while Martin sat out 5 1/2 minutes after picking up his second midway through the half.Anticevich kept the Bears close with 14 points before the half. That was his most in any game since scoring 16 against Stanford in the Pac-12 opener on Jan. 2.BIG PICTUREArizona State: The Sun Devils are the hottest team in the Pac-12 and are positioning themselves for a possible NCAA berth as well. It's also Arizona State's first road sweep in the Pac-12 since 2010. The Sun Devils beat Stanford on Thursday. All good signs for Bobby Hurley's team.California: The Bears stayed close but couldn't slow down Martin when it counted. Overall, California continues to make progress but they remain in the lower half of the Pac-12 standings.UP NEXTArizona State: Host No. 17 Oregon on Thursday. The Ducks won when the two teams played in Eugene on Jan. 11.California: Play at Washington State on Wednesday. The Bears beat the Cougars earlier this season at Haas Pavilion.--More college basketball: https://apnews.com/tag/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25
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Feb 15, 2020The 17th-ranked Oregon Ducks broke out of a mini-slump with a big second half on both offense and defense Thursday night in a 68-60 win over No. 16 Colorado, and they hope to ride the momentum to another home win when they face Utah on Sunday night.The Ducks (19-6, 8-4 Pac-12) reclaimed the top spot in the conference, sharing it with Colorado after the win. They've won all 13 games at Matthew Knight Arena this season, and they now have five wins when coming back from a double-digit deficit this season.Sophomore Will Richardson, who began the season coming off the bench, tied a career high with 21 points, and senior Payton Pritchard, Oregon's floor leader and a conference player of the year candidate, added 15 with a career-high 11 rebounds.The Ducks had to overcome a third straight game in which they went more than eight minutes without a made basket. That helped Colorado go on a 20-0 run to turn a 16-10 deficit into a 14-point lead in the first half.Oregon lost the other two games in which they went cold, against Stanford and at Oregon State. On Thursday, the Ducks still trailed by 12 early in the second half but turned things around."It didn't look good there for a while," coach Dana Altman said, "but the guys continued to grind it out and find a way." "All we did was put ourselves back in the hunt," Altman added, according to the Oregonian. "I told the guys it's right there, we have four at home, two on the road and nobody's ahead of us. You control your own destiny, and at this point in the season, that's what you hope for." Oregon edged Utah 69-64 on Jan. 4 in Salt Lake City, led by Pritchard's 19 points. Both Gach (24 points) and Timmy Allen combined for 43 of the Utes' points, with Allen collecting 19 points and 11 rebounds.The Utes had won two straight until being thumped 70-51 at Oregon State on Thursday night. Utah (14-10, 5-7) has lost seven consecutive games on the road.Branden Carlson's 13 points led Utah against the Beavers. Allen scored a season-low six points, well under his average of 17.9 points per game, which leads the team.Utah managed just 19 first-half points and trailed by 16 going into the second half."I thought we got complacent. ... A lot of standing on the perimeter," Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. "You can't score 19 points in a half, and we were in a little bit of a funk offensively. There's a different storyline for every game, and this one was a little new for us." Gach returned to action after missing four games with a right knee injury. He scored eight points coming off the bench, but as he gets healthier, he could be a factor on offense and defense, as he was before his injury. The sophomore is the Utes' second-leading scorer at 10.5 points per game.--Field Level Media
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Feb 16, 2020EUGENE, Ore. Payton Pritchard scored 25 points and led an early 3-point shooting spree as No. 17 Oregon rolled to an 80-62 victory over Utah on Sunday night.Pritchard made five of six 3-pointers in the first half. Will Richardson, who hit a trio of 3s before the break and finished 4 for 4, added 18 points, six assists and six rebounds to help the Ducks improve to 14-0 at home this season.Shakur Juiston had 11 points and freshman Addison Patterson finished with 10 off the bench as the Ducks shot 58% from the field and made half of their 24 3-point attempts. Oregon (20-6) regained a share of first place in the Pac-12 with Colorado at 9-4.The Utes (14-11, 5-8) were led by freshman Rylan Jones with 18 points. Branden Carlson and Timmy Allen each had 10.Oregon opened its first double-digit lead at 24-13 when Richardson made his third 3-pointer 10 minutes into the game. Pritchard's fourth put the margin at 29-18, with 23 of Oregon's points coming from the two guards. That also made the Ducks 7 of 10 from beyond the arc.When three consecutive Oregon possessions ended with 3s, two by Anthony Mathis and the last by Pritchard, Utah called a timeout as the score ballooned to 40-24 with 4:28 left in the half.Oregon's lead was 44-30 at halftime, with the Ducks shooting 55% from the field, including 67% (10 of 15) on 3-pointers.Pritchard had 17 points by then on 6 of 8 from the field, with Richardson adding 13 points.Utah fought back to get within eight with 12 minutes left, but Oregon answered with an 8-1 run, including a drive by Richardson and two assists from him for inside baskets as the Ducks built a 63-48 cushion with eight minutes remaining.BIG PICTUREUtah: Winless in seven Pac-12 road games and 1-8 overall this season on the road. Since joining the Pac-12, the Utes are 1-6 in Eugene and 2-17 overall vs. Oregon.Oregon: The victory gave the Ducks their 10th consecutive season with 20 or more wins. The only other schools currently with at least 10 straight 20-win seasons are Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Saint Mary's and Vermont. ... The Ducks have three home games remaining.NOT IN UNIFORMOregon's 6-foot-11 freshman N'Faly Dante missed his seventh consecutive game due to a knee injury.CHART CLIMBERPritchard, a senior, moved up to fifth on Oregon's career scoring list with 1,810 points. Greg Ballard is fourth at 1,829.UP NEXTUtah: Plays at home against UCLA on Thursday.Oregon: Plays at Arizona State on Thursday.
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Jason Zucker will play his third game for Pittsburgh on Sunday. His second game since joining the team has everyone in the franchise excited about the future.Zucker scored two goals in a 4-1 victory over Montreal on Friday.The 28-year-old forward was acquired from the Minnesota Wild earlier in the week in exchange for Alex Galchenyuk, Calen Addison and a conditional 2020 first-round pick. He'll get a chance to show off his offensive skills against the league's worst team, the Detroit Red Wings, in an afternoon home game on Sunday."(Friday), he was flying," center Sidney Crosby said to NHL.com. "He created a lot and got a couple big goals for us. He looked comfortable out there." Zucker had spent his entire career with the Wild. He had 14 goals and 29 points in 45 games with them this season. His best season was the 2017-18 campaign, when he racked up 33 goals and 64 points while appearing in all 82 games."I just think Jason is going to get more comfortable with every day that he's here," coach Mike Sullivan said. "You can see his ability to finish. He had two real good goals (Friday). We're excited about having him. He's only going to get better. I just think familiarity is going to help him." Zucker made his first appearance for the Penguins in a 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay, one day after he was dealt. He had a little more time to settle in for his second outing with the club."It's great to have that practice (Thursday)," he said to NHL.com. "Trying to learn the system a little bit more and just try to learn these guys and the way they play hockey. It'll be a learning curve still, but I'm excited about how the game went (Friday)." Zucker scored a goal in Minnesota's 4-2 win over Detroit on Jan. 22. His multi-goal outing for Pittsburgh was his first since he produced a hat trick against Tampa Bay last March.Pittsburgh has won 10 of its last 14 games, including a 2-1 overtime triumph at Detroit on Jan. 17. Crosby scored the game-winner on a power play.Pittsburgh also won the first meeting 5-3 on Dec. 7. Evgeni Malkin and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists that night.The Red Wings have lost three straight and 13 of their last 15 games. They were defeated by Boston 4-1 on Saturday afternoon and need a victory on Sunday to salvage the finale of a four-game road trip.Darren Helm scored a short-handed goal in the first period on Saturday but otherwise the Wings were dominated by the Bruins.Detroit was outshot 41-26 and went 0-for-3 on the power play. Boston scored three of its four goals in the second period."Our power play really let us down again and we shot ourselves in the foot with the third goal there," coach Jeff Blashill said in his postgame TV interview. "We got the puck in the O zone and 20 seconds later, it's in our net, so we've got to make sure we do a better job of that." The second period has been a major problem for the Wings all season, forcing them to consistently play from behind."Generally, it's been not getting out of our zone, turning pucks over too much and then not getting your people on and off the ice," Blashill said of the second-period issues.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSHornqvist has 2 goals, assist and Pens top Red Wings 5-1PITTSBURGH Patric Hornqvist had two goals and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Sunday.Hornqvist has 14 goals this season. Sidney Crosby scored his 11th of the season, Kris Letang added his 14th on the power play and Sam Lafferty also scored for Pittsburgh, which moved within one point of first-place Washington in the Metropolitan Division.Crosby continued a four-game point streak on Sunday. He has six goals and 19 points in 12 games since returning from core muscle surgery on Jan. 14.Matt Murray made 27 saves for Pittsburgh, which has won 11 of its past 15 games.Valtteri Filppula scored his fifth of the season for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight game. The Red Wings have been outscored 16-5 in their past four games and 59-23 in their past 16. Detroit has lost 14 of its past 16 games.Sunday's loss was the third straight game, and the second time in as many days, that the Red Wings gave up four unanswered goals after taking a 1-0 lead. The Red Wings lost 4-1 at Boston on Saturday.Jimmy Howard made 12 saves, but was pulled after Crosby's goal gave Pittsburgh a 4-1 lead in the second period. Jonathan Bernier stopped 18 of 19 shots.Filppula opened the scoring at 5:37 of the first period before Lafferty tied it at 1-1 a couple of minutes later.Letang's power-play goal, a slap shot through traffic from the point, gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 14:35 of the first period. Letang continued a five-game point streak.Letang's power-play goal was his sixth of the season, tying a career high established in 2013-14, and second with the man advantage in as many games. Pittsburgh has power-play goals in four straight games.Hornqvist scored 2:53 into the second period. Hornqvist lifted Gustav Lindstrom's stick at the left circle and whipped a quick turnaround shot past a still-standing Howard.Crosby gave Pittsburgh a 4-1 lead at 7:55 of the second period. He took a pass from Marcus Pettersson and beat Howard with a slap shot from the top of the right circle.Hornqvist added his second of the game at 11:53 of the second period. Brandon Tanev fought through contact at the blueline before passing to a streaking Hornqvist, who beat Bernier to the glove side.NOTES: The Penguins swept the season series against Detroit for the first time since 2015-16. . Detroit's Filip Hronek and Pittsburgh's Zach Aston-Reese both left in the second period and did not return. . Pittsburgh's Nick Bjugstad (core muscle surgery) and Dominik Kahun (concussion) skated Sunday morning, but did not play against the Red Wings. Bjugstad has missed 38 games and Kahun eight in a row. . Red Wings' D Trevor Daley missed Sunday's game because of an upper-body injury sustained Saturday. He is one game from 1,050 in the NHL. Madison Bowey replaced Daley in the lineup. . Detroit's Anthony Mantha played his 250th NHL game.UP NEXTRed Wings: Host Montreal on Tuesday.Penguins: Continue a four-game homestand against Toronto on Tuesday.---More NHL: www.apnews.com/NHL and www.twitter.com/-Sports
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The New York Rangers are on their longest winning streak of the season as they attempt to inch closer to a playoff spot in the crowded Eastern Conference.The competition level will significantly increase Sunday afternoon when the Rangers host the league-leading Boston Bruins.New York is on its first four-game winning streak since Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2018, and is attempting to win five in a row for the first time since Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 2017. After a 3-2 home loss to Buffalo on Feb. 7, the Rangers were nine points out of the second wild card, and they enter Sunday seven points out.The Rangers began the streak Feb. 9 with a 4-1 home win over the Los Angeles Kings and then swept a three-game trip through Winnipeg, Minnesota and Columbus. After coming back from a two-goal deficit Thursday, the Rangers posted a 3-1 win Friday when Chris Kreider scored with 3:11 remaining."We think we made some great strides and just continue to play good hockey at a clutch time right now," New York coach David Quinn said Friday. "Obviously, last night, coming back the way we did, and then tonight, scoring late to win the game. We've talked about the fact that we've had to come together as a team over the last few months, and it hasn't showed more than it has the last few games." Kreider, who is among several Rangers on a hot streak, is a pending unrestricted free agent, so the front office needs to decide whether to keep him or trade him by the Feb. 24 deadline. Kreider enters what could be his final week as a Ranger with seven goals in his last nine games and 29 points (17 goals, 12 assists) over his last 28 games.Mika Zibanejad set up Kreider's goal after getting the tying goal and scoring in the shootout Thursday, and he enters with at least one point in eight of his last 10 games. Artemi Panarin also had an assist Friday and he enters with 77 points, the most by a Ranger through 57 games since Jaromir Jagr had 86 in 2005-06.The Rangers will face the challenge of stopping one of the league's top goal scorers in David Pastrnak, who scored his 42nd goal of the season during a 4-1 home win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. Pastrnak scored his latest goal after getting a hat trick in Wednesday's win over Montreal.Pastrnak's goal came after Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron and Charlie Coyle scored in a span of 4:29 during the second period. Brad Marchand added two assists, giving him 50 assists for the third straight season, and he has four assists in his last two games."We had it tonight," Marchand said. "We could tell. We came out so hard, and we really controlled the play the entire way through the game." The Bruins hold a one-point lead on Tampa Bay in the race for the Presidents' Trophy and are 12-3-1 in their last 16 games since dropping three straight from Dec. 31-Jan. 4. During the last 16 games, they have scored at least four goals nine times.Boston has won the last three meetings with the RangersBergeron had a hat trick and Marchand had five points in a 7-4 rout in New York on Oct. 27. Pastrnak scored the tying goal, and David Krejci scored the game-winner 1:40 into overtime in 3-2 win on Nov. 29 in Boston.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSSurging Bruins earn 3-1 win over RangersNEW YORK A loss in the seventh game of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final could have carried over to the following season, except the Boston Bruins’ strong culture has helped them remain at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.Charlie McAvoy, Charlie Coyle and Patrice Bergeron each scored, and the Bruins began a four-game trip with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.“We expect to play well every night," Bruins alternate captain Brad Marchand said. “When we play well, we are going to win a majority of the games. We just hold ourselves to a high standard. We don’t accept losing in the room, or in the organization.”Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves as Boston picked up its ninth win in 10 games.Mika Zibanejad scored, but the Rangers’ four-game winning streak was snapped. Alexandar Georgiev made his third start in a row for New York and had 31 saves in his team-leading 26th start.Coyle scored the winner with a short-handed goal at 18:42 of the second period. The forward stole a puck from Jacob Trouba at the blueline and outskated everyone on the ice before converting a breakaway for his 14th of the season.“It takes a while to pick yourself up from that,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. “That was the big boost for us." McAvoy opened the scoring at 19:18 of the first period after a puck took an odd bounce over Georgiev's head. McAvoy tossed a shot near the net and the puck bounced off two Rangers skaters before finding the back of the net. McAvoy also scored in the Bruins’ 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.“I knew I hadn’t scored, but I wasn’t losing sleep at night,” McAvoy said of his 51-game goal drought to start the season. “It is nice to get a couple in a short amount of time, more importantly we got two wins on this back-to-back.”Zibanejad ended Halak’s shutout bid with a power-play goal at 9:52 of the third period. Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome assisted on the play. Bergeron added an empty-net goal in the final minute.“They are a hard team, they defend very well, they have a ton of experience, they are deep down the middle," Rangers coach David Quinn said of the Bruins. “There is a reason why they have the most points in the league." The Rangers had an opportunity midway through the second to even the score when David Krejci was penalized for a four-minute high-sticking infraction. The Rangers’ power play has been one of the top units in the NHL, but failed to come through in the middle period.New York defenseman Ryan Lindgren was forced to leave the game after the Krejci penalty but did return to action after receiving medical treatment.“We are not going to score all the time but we couldn’t even create any momentum from it,” Zibanejad said of the extended power play. “It wasn’t sharp enough, can’t allow that to happen in an important game like that." Henrik Lundqvist dressed as the backup goaltender for the seventh straight game and hasn’t started since being pulled against the Dallas Stars on Feb. 3. New York has carried three goaltenders since recalling Igor Shesterkin from the American Hockey League for the second time on January 29th.NOTES: The Bruins concluded their 10th of 13 sets of back-to-back games this season … Boston is 8-1-1 in the first game of those sets and 5-4-1 in the second half. … Boston scratched defenseman John Moore, forwards Anton Blidh and Par Lindholm. … New York defenseman Tony DeAngelo missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury although Quinn expects him to return Wednesday. … Shesterkin was sidelined for a third straight game because of an ankle injury.UP NEXT:Bruins: Visit Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.Rangers: Visit Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.---More NHL: www.apnews.com/NHL and www.twitter.com/-Sports
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The Carolina Hurricanes have been going through a stretch where they have played well enough to stay in the thick of the playoff chase in the Eastern Conference. But they're waiting to put it into another gear."You've got to kind of get that swagger back a little bit," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "It starts with getting back to the basics and trusting your game. To me, it's playing the right way. Goals will come." So next comes Sunday's game against the visiting Edmonton Oilers in Raleigh, N. C.The Oilers are in a grueling part of the schedule and are simply trying to maintain some sort of stability.The Hurricanes made what they hope is a crucial statement with Friday night's 5-2 home victory against the New Jersey Devils."That's a step in the right direction," Hurricanes right winger Nino Niederreiter said. "We have (24) games left in the season, and we have to do whatever it takes to get there. I think the biggest thing for us is to play simple hockey, and we did that." The Hurricanes are playing the back end of consecutive home games. They have only two sets of two-game homestands this month."It was a good feeling, and we responded well," Carolina defenseman Brett Pesce said. "We're in the final stretch here, and we have to put together a bunch of wins." Goalie Petr Mrazek has been inconsistent across the past month. He's hoping his performance Friday night gets him untracked, though he has been sharing duties with James Reimer in a recent stretch."Every game matters from the beginning of the year," Mrazek said.Edmonton is coming off Saturday's 4-1 victory at Florida.The Oilers, who are wrapping up a three-game road trip with the stop at Carolina, are 4-3-0 this month. Saturday's game is the first of seven across 12 days for the Oilers."We have a crazy amount of games coming up," defenseman Matt Benning said.The Oilers have had a wide range of recent results, everything from an eight-goal outburst to being shutout victims in the next game. They've learned to move on to the next task and not dwell in the past."You got to shake it off and keep playing," right winger Kailer Yamamoto said. "Leaders in here are really good at emphasizing that." The Oilers received a blow with the seven-game suspension handed to forward Zack Kassian for kicking a Tampa Bay Lightning player earlier in the week.Edmonton remains without Connor McDavid, who after 30 goals and 81 points in 55 games has missed recent games with a quad injury. This will be his fourth consecutive game out of the lineup.Carolina right winger Sebastian Aho has an eight-game point streak. Aho and left winger Teuvo Teravainen have assisted on the same goal 27 times this season."The Aho line seems to be going pretty good, but we need more," Brind'Amour said.Carolina posted a 6-3 road victory against the Oilers in December, with Aho supplying two goals.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSArchibald, Draisaitl lift Oilers over Hurricanes 4-3RALEIGH, N. C. Josh Archibald scored his second goal of the game in overtime, NHL points leader Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 Sunday.Draisaitl set up Archibald's goal 3:57 into overtime for his 95th point of the season. Kailer Yamamoto also scored for Edmonton, and Mike Smith had 28 saves.Archibald said the Oilers were trying to play calmly in their third game in four days. Edmonton is 6-0 this season on the second game of a back-to-back, including 5-0 on the road.“We were just trying to play simple, play solid,” he said. “When we went down, we battled back." Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist for Carolina, including a tying goal with 5:02 left in the third period.“I thought our guys showed real good resolve in the third,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It was business. I thought we probably deserved better.”Edmonton scored twice in a 28-second span in the second period for a 3-2 lead. Yamamoto scored after Draisaitl’s shot deflected off Joel Edmundson during an Edmonton power play, and Archibald tallied after a Carolina turnover.James Reimer stopped 20 shots for Carolina, which outshot the Oilers 10-3 in the third period.The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead 5:19 into the second period on a breakaway goal by Aho. He beat Smith after a feed by Jaccob Slavin, who had two assists.The Hurricanes took the lead 12 seconds in on Trevor van Riemsdyk’s first goal of the season. Edmonton, which owns the league’s top power play, scored about six minutes later, just at the expiration of a penalty by Carolina. Draisatl snagged a loose puck off the skate of Slavin and fired past Reimer for his 34th goal of the season.Edmonton is 3-1 without star Connor McDavid, who was placed on injured reserve last week with a quadriceps injury.“We’re not a one-man team,” Draisaitl said. “Obviously, our team is a lot better when Connor’s on it, but it’s nice that we’re able to grind out a few wins with him being away from the team.”NOTES: Aho’s first-period assist gives him points in nine consecutive games. He played his 300th career game Sunday. ... Edmonton improved to 6-0 on the second game of back-to-backs this season, including 5-0 on the road. ... Tyler Benson’s assist on Archibald’s goal was his first NHL point. ... Carolina won the teams’ first meeting 6-3 in Edmonton.UP NEXTEdmonton: At home against Boston on Wednesday.Carolina: At Nashville on Tuesday.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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The Vancouver Canucks will try to maintain their slim lead in the Pacific Division when they host the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday afternoon.The Canucks came into Saturday with a three-point cushion over the Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights and Calgary Flames.The game against Anaheim is the only one in a six-day stretch for the Canucks, making it likely Jacob Markstrom starts in goal for the sixth straight game. He's coming off a career-high 49-save effort in a 3-0 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday."We've got to tighten up. We can't give Marky that much work on a daily basis," Vancouver forward Bo Horvat told reporters after the win. "He's a brick wall back there and it's nice to have, but we have to clean it up a bit." The Ducks were on the other side of a stellar goalie performance in their last game. They sent 44 shots at Flames goalie Cam Talbot on Thursday night and he stopped them all in a 6-0 victory, ending a season-high five-game point streak for Anaheim."We've got to have more jam in those games," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins told reporters after the loss. "You've got to find a way to get one more body to the net, or one more puck to the net. We learn from these. As much as you want to keep point streaks going, I think a kick in the rear end is good for you every once and a while." Talbot's only shutout last season came against the Ducks, and the same for Markstrom, who had 29 saves in a 4-0 win against visiting Anaheim on Feb. 25, the only win for Vancouver in a three-week stretch.Vancouver was the hotter team when it hosted Anaheim in their only meeting this season on Nov. 1, but the Ducks pulled off a 2-1 overtime win. Markstrom gambled and came out of his net on a breakaway by Ryan Getzlaf in overtime, but the veteran center pulled the puck away from the goalie and scored into the open net.The Ducks would follow that victory with a five-game winless streak and it would be another 2 1/2 months before they won two games in a row again.Scoring has been their Achilles' heel again this season.After finishing last in the league in goals per game last season (2.39), the Ducks have only risen two spots this season (2.47)."We're a team that's challenged to score goals, so we have to be on point right away defensively, and to a man, and that includes all ages on our team," Eakins said. "Not just our young guys, who we talk a lot about here, but our veteran guys have to be much better." Vancouver seems to have solved its scoring issues this season. The Canucks are ranked 10th in scoring (3.22) after finishing tied for 25th last season (2.67)."Sometimes, I wonder where the goals are going to come from, but we scratch and claw," Canucks coach Travis Green said.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSHenrique scores twice, Ducks beat Canucks 5-1VANCOUVER, British Columbia Adam Henrique scored twice, Derek Grant had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 Sunday.Brendan Guhle and Sam Steel also scored for the Ducks, who have wins in two of their last three games.The Ducks scored twice on the power play after going 1 for 21 with the extra man over their previous eight games. Anaheim was coming off a 6-0 loss to Calgary at home Thursday night.Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks, who ended a two-game winning streak and are 2-4-1 in their last seven games.The loss leaves the Canucks one point behind the Edmonton Oilers in the race for first place in the Pacific Division and one point ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights. The Ducks remain 11 points out of a playoff spot.Anaheim goaltender John Gibson made 37 saves. Vancouver's Thatcher Demko stopped 23 shots.Steel put Anaheim ahead 4-1 at 5:12 of the third with a shot through a crowd of players. Guhle padded the lead at 13:44, scoring his second of the season on a 2-on-1 with Grant.The teams exchanged second-period goals.Henrique scored his second of the game on a power play at 7:25. Troy Terry fed him a pass, and Henrique notched his 20th of the season with a hard shot from the face-off circle.Pettersson cut into the lead at 11:00. He scored his team-leading 24th of the year with a shot from the top of the circle on a power play.Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher had a rough first period, helping the Ducks take a 2-0 lead.On Anaheim's opening goal at 5:38, Henrique flipped a puck in front of the net, where Stecher put his stick on the ice hoping to block it. Instead the puck hit the stick and deflected through Demko's legs.Ryan Getzlaf made a nice play on Grant's power-play goal at 12:22. He carried the puck behind the Canucks goal, then dropped a no-look pass to Grant who had a wide-open net.Stecher was in the penalty box after being called for unsportsmanlike conduct for complaining to the referee over a hit Nick Ritchie had laid on him.NOTES: Canucks F Brock Boeser missed his third game with an upper-body injury. ... Vancouver F Tyler Motte returned to practice Saturday after missing seven games with an upper-body injury. ... F Nicolas Deslauriers signed a two-year contract with Anaheim on Saturday. ... To wrap up a week-long celebration surrounding the retiring of Daniel and Henrik Sedin's numbers, the community work done by the Swedish Twins was recognized prior to the game.UP NEXTDucks: Play at St. Louis on Tuesday night.Canucks: Host Minnesota on Wednesday night.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Losses Friday by New Jersey and Columbus helped tighten up the Eastern Conference wild-card race. The Blue Jackets hope to further muddy matters by snapping out of an untimely funk with a win Sunday night when they visit the Devils in Newark, N. J.Both teams were off Saturday, a day after the Blue Jackets fell to the visiting New York Rangers 3-1 and the Devils lost to the host Carolina Hurricanes 5-2.The loss was the second in as many nights (0-1-1) and fourth straight (0-2-2) for the Blue Jackets, who had vaulted into playoff position by collecting points in their previous 10 games (9-0-1) to cap off a 28-game stretch in which they went 18-2-5.Entering Saturday, Columbus was tied for the final wild-card spot in the East with the Philadelphia Flyers and two points ahead of the ninth-place Hurricanes.The Blue Jackets were particularly frustrated with Friday night's loss. Columbus outshot the Rangers 36-28 but frittered away a four-minute power play around the midway point of the second period. They then surrendered the game-winning goal by Chris Kreider with 3:11 left in the game and the insurance empty-netter to Ryan Strome exactly two minutes later."We've been a team that found ways regardless of what was going on," Blue Jackets left winger Nick Foligno said following the game. "That's why tonight was disappointing. We probably deserve better." The loss continued an offensive slump for the Blue Jackets, who have been outscored 11-6 during their losing streak and have scored just 20 goals in the last 10 games. Columbus has scored more than three goals five times in 19 games since Jan. 1."We've got to find a way to be comfortable with the sticks," Blue Jackets right winger Oliver Bjorkstrand said. "We're fighting it a little." The Devils were unable to build on one of their most resounding wins of the season, a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night when New Jersey scored four unanswered third-period goals in a span of just four minutes.On Friday, the Devils were on the other side of such a flurry. New Jersey allowed four unanswered goals in a span of more than 43 minutes bridging the first and third periods as the Hurricanes blew open a close game."I just don't think we competed long enough and hard enough to give ourselves a chance to win," Devils right winger Kyle Palmieri said following Friday's loss. "We started going off on our own page and that's what caused the disconnection. It wasn't a great last 40 (minutes)." The game Sunday is the third of four scheduled meetings this season between the Metropolitan Division rivals. The Devils host the Blue Jackets again on March 23. Columbus outscored New Jersey 10-1 in winning the first two meetings in Ohio.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSBlackwood makes 52 saves, Devils beat Blue Jackets 4-3 in SONEWARK, N. J. Mackenzie Blackwood made a career-high 52 saves and stopped six of seven attempts in the shootout to lead the New Jersey Devils over the scuffling Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Sunday night.Nikita Gusev and Jesper Bratt scored in the tiebreaker for New Jersey, which beat the Blue Jackets for the first time in 10 meetings. The previous Devils victory over Columbus came in December 2017.Pierre-Luc Dubois had the only shootout goal for the Blue Jackets, who dropped to 0-2-3 in their last five games.Joey Anderson, Nicholas Merkley and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils in regulation.Andrew Peeke, Zach Werenski and Kevin Stenlund provided the goals for the Blue Jackets. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 23 shots in losing his second straight.Merzlikins stopped Damon Severson and Jack Hughes twice in close in the opening 1:26 of overtime.The game was played a little more than two hours after the Devils announced they had traded defenseman and captain Andy Greene to the New York Islanders for a prospect and a second-round draft pick in 2021.In the third period, the Devils announced they sent 21-goal scorer Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning for junior hockey prospect Nolan Foote and a first-round pick this year.Stenlund tied it at 3, beating Blackwood in close after a New Jersey turnover at its blue line.After a listless first period, the Devils scored three times in the second to take a 3-2 lead.Anderson scored his second of the season on a shot from the right circle at 1:20. Merkley, acquired from Arizona in the Taylor Hall deal this season, got his first NHL goal on a rebound less than three minutes later to tie it.Palmieri put New Jersey in front with his team-high 22nd goal. It came on a counterattack on a shot from inside the right circle.Blackwood was at his best in the second period when he stopped 20 shots, including at least a half-dozen Grade-A chances in close.Columbus was by far the best team in the first period, taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Peeke and Werenski.Peeke's goal on a rebound was his first in the NHL. Werenski got his 18th - tops among defensemen this season - on a shot from above the left circle.NOTES: Mirco Mueller took over Greene's spot on the top defensive pairing with P. K. Subban. ... C Nico Hischier returned to the lineup after missing six games with a lower-body injury. ... Dubois kicked a puck into the net seconds after Anderson's goal. It was quickly waved off. ... The 55 shots allowed were the most by the Devils this season.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: At Philadelphia on Tuesday.Devils: At St. Louis on Tuesday.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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The Dallas Stars have managed to create a gap between themselves and the bottom four teams in the Central Division, and they have the chance to widen the margin this weekend in Canada.The Western Conference club is locked solidly into a playoff spot with the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche -- familiar opposition that also helps form the division's upper crust.Dallas concludes its three-game series through eastern Canada against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.Coach Rick Bowness' squad opened the Canadian swing with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, benefitting early from goals by Denis Gurianov and Radek Faksa, then getting the game-winner from Tyler Seguin while on the power play in the third period.In a game that featured a multitude of Stars storylines, Seguin said plainly, "Pick something," when it came to discussing the win's narrative."(Roman) Polak for 800 games, (Andrew Cogliano) for 1,000, (Jamie) Benn one goal away from 300," Seguin said. "I'm in a 17-game goalless slump, and (Jason) Robertson's first game. So many storylines." Throttling one of the highest-scoring clubs while tallying on the man advantage for the sixth consecutive contest would also be featured on Dallas' list of accomplishments Thursday.When the teams met in Texas on Oct. 21, backup goalie Anton Khudobin stopped 19 of 20 shots, and Faksa and Joe Pavelski provided the offense as Dallas won for just the third time in the season's first 11 matches (3-7-1).Times are better now for Dallas, which was on pace for 52 points after that win during the slow start last autumn.On Saturday night, Seguin backhanded home a dazzling, highlight-reel dagger past Montreal's Carey Price as the Stars rallied for a 4-3 overtime win after trailing by three goals.The Senators have produced only three wins since the Christmas break, and their play over the previous 20 games won't be earning them league-wide respect anytime soon.After beating the Buffalo Sabres two days before Christmas, Ottawa has backslid to a 3-10-7 mark under first-year coach D. J. Smith. The only wins were 5-2 over the Calgary Flames on Jan. 18, once again over the Sabres in Buffalo, 5-2, on Jan. 28, and 3-2 over the Arizona Coyotes in Ottawa.Ottawa fell behind 3-0 just after the first half of Saturday night's game against Toronto, but battled back to make it a one-goal game. The Senators lost when the Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner clinched the win an empty-net marker with 1:14 remaining.Connor Brown scored his 11th, Cody Goloubef his third for the Senators and Craig Anderson relieved Marcus Hogberg in goal after the starter allowed three tallies on 16 shots. Hogberg is expected back in goal against the Stars for back-to-back weekend starts.In the Eastern Conference standings, the Senators sit above just the Detroit Red Wings -- possessors of an NHL-low 32 points.Smith liked the play of his team and Hogberg in Tuesday's shutout loss in Denver, but added that the play in the other blue crease was better, as Philipp Grubauer denied all 34 Ottawa shots."(Hogberg) played like our team played tonight; that was hard, and he played hard," Smith said. "He gave us every chance to win. Unfortunately, (Grubauer) was really good down there." --Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSAnisimov scores in OT to lift Senators past Stars 4-3OTTAWA, Ontario Artem Anisimov scored at 3:48 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night.Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Brady Tkachuk and Tyler Ennis also scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson stopped 36 shots.John Klingberg, Stephen Johns and Joe Pavelski scored for the Stars, and Anton Khudobin finished with 42 saves. Dallas finished a three-game road trip at 2-0-1.Both teams were playing their third game in four nights. Ottawa was coming off a 4-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday, while the Stars beat the Canadiens 4-3 in overtime in Montreal the same night.Ennis broke a 2-2 tie midway through the third as he picked up a rolling puck and backhanded it into an open net.The Stars tied it with 5:11 remaining when Tyler Seguin found a trailing Pavelski to beat Anderson stick side.The Senators outshot the Stars 19-12 in a scoreless second period after each team scored twice in the first.The Stars got lucky on the opening goal as Klingberg's shot deflected off Nikita Zaitsev's skate and right past Anderson at 3:03.Ottawa tied it on a power-play goal by Pageau as he buried a one-timer off a great pass by Tkachuk at 7:36.The Senators took the lead late in the period as Anthony Duclair picked up his own rebound and fed Tkachuk, who had a wide-open net with 1:50 left.The Stars tied it 33 seconds later when Seguin won the draw and Johns' slap shot made its way through from the blue line.NOTES: Duclair extended his goal-scoring drought to 21 games. ... Ottawa's Nick Paul played in his 100th career game. ... Dallas D Roman Polak was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch Saturday night.UP NEXTStars: Host Arizona on Wednesday night to open a three-game homestand.Senators: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night in the fourth of a six-game homestand.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have a chance to win their second game of the weekend Sunday night when they visit the rested Buffalo Sabres.The Sabres did not play Saturday night, while the Maple Leafs were defeating the host Ottawa Senators 4-2."The emotions will automatically be there because it's Toronto," Sabres captain Jack Eichel said. "The environment should be a good one. It's an important game for both sides. Obviously, we're trying to find points any way we can and put ourselves in the best position moving forward, and they're the same way. We just have to be ready to play. We know it's going to be a tough night." Jack Campbell played in goal for Toronto on Saturday night, and Frederik Andersen is scheduled to play on Sunday in his second game since returning from a neck injury.Since coming to Toronto in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 5, Campbell is 3-0-1, and seems to have solved the team's backup goalie situation."I think the boys have played really well, and we've gotten some big points," Campbell said after the game Saturday. "With Freddie coming back, it just gives us a lot of momentum. We've got a pretty busy schedule here, so we've just got to hit the reset button tomorrow and be ready to go." Campbell made 25 saves Saturday, some of them difficult."He made some huge saves," said Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, who scored his 42nd goal Saturday. "I mean, you see him in there, and he's having so much fun. He just loves to compete and loves to battle for the guys. He came up with some big saves and obviously a big two points for us to pull out." The Maple Leafs have won two of the first three meetings with the Sabres this season, including one in overtime.Sabres coach Ralph Krueger was uncertain about his goaltender for Sunday.Carter Hutton, who has started six of eight games since Linus Ullmark suffered a lower-body injury Jan. 28, missed practice Saturday for what was termed "maintenance." The Sabres recalled goaltender Andrew Hammond from Rochester of the American Hockey Association on Saturday.Krueger said Hutton's situation was not related to a collision in the third period in the 4-3 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday."Carter, we're quite optimistic about his rehab day today, and there was a different action, actually," Krueger said. "It wasn't the hit that caused the situation we're battling with right now." Hutton posted an 0-8-4 record and .872 save percentage from Oct. 24-Jan. 30. He is 4-2 with a .902 save percentage since. He won his first six starts of the season, including two shutouts.Jonas Johansson would probably make his third career start if Hutton is unavailable.The Sabres assigned defensemen Zach Bogosian and Lawrence Pilut to Rochester and recalled defenseman John Gilmour. Sabres left winger Marcus Johansson (upper body) returned to practice and could be in the lineup Sunday. Right winger Michael Frolik (illness) missed practice and his availability was to be determined.--Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSSabres score 3 third-period goals in 5-2 win over TorontoBUFFALO, N. Y. Jack Eichel scored the go-ahead goal as part of a three-goal surge in a 91-second third-period span, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Sunday night.Johan Larsson had a goal and assist, and defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Colin Miller had two assists each. Conor Sheary, Jimmy Vesey and Kyle Okposo also scored, and Buffalo won its third consecutive game.Carter Hutton stopped 20 shots to win his fourth straight and five of six starts.Zach Hyman scored for Toronto, as did Egor Korshkov in his NHL debut after being called up earlier in the day. Frederik Anderson finished with 31 saves in losing his second start since missing four games with a neck injury.Toronto dropped to 7-7-3 since enjoying a 9-0-1 run. The Maple Leafs inconsistencies have led to them sinking in the standings.With 70 points, Toronto began the day in third in the Atlantic Division, and just four points ahead of Florida.The win allowed Buffalo to move into a tie with Montreal for fifth in the division with 62 points.Andersen couldn't be faulted in a game in which he stopped 28 of the first 30 shots he faced before the Sabres erupted for three goals on three consecutive shotsEichel, with a one-timer from the left circle, scored his team-leading 33rd at the 6:06 mark of the third period - and some four minutes after Hyman tied it by deflecting in Jake Muzzin's shot from the left point.Okposo then made it 4-2 by chasing down a loose puck at the left boards, eluding defenseman Rasmus Sandin and scoring on a breakaway.Vesey capped the surge at the 7:37 mark, after Ristolainen intercepted Hyman's weak clearing attempt. Ristolainen drove across the front and dropped a pass to Vesey, who flipped it in the open right side.There was a large contingent of blue-and-white jersey-wearing Maple Leafs fans who made the trip across the border. There were so many, the loudest cheer before the game came when Toronto's Auston Matthews was announced as a starter.And the familiar ''Go, Leafs, Go!'' chants began 20 seconds into the game.The Leafs didn't give their faithful much to cheer about in the opening 40 minutes in trailing 2-1 and being outshot 28-12.After failing to score on 16 shots in the opening period, Buffalo finally converted on its 17th shot, with Larsson opening the scoring 1:32 into the second period.Andersen's best save came with 2:10 left when he first stopped Rasmus Dahlin's shot from the left point and then got across to the other post in time to stop Vesey's chance on a wraparound.The puck actually bounced up in the air and landed on Andersen's pad before dribbling back into the crease, where Marcus Johansson was foiled trying to jam it in.A video review confirmed the puck didn't cross the goal line.NOTES: Sabres LW Marcus Johansson returned after missing one game with an upper body injury. ... Aside from Korshkov, Toronto also recalled forward Mason Marchment from AHL Toronto. ... Maple Leafs LW Andreas Johnsson, who will miss between eight and 10 weeks with a knee injury, was placed on injured reserveUP NEXTMaple Leafs: Play Penguins twice in three days, starting with game at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.Sabres: At Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.---For more NHL coverage: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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The Winnipeg Jets recorded their fourth three-game winning streak of the season with a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks before falling short in each of their last two outings.The Jets aim to get back on track Sunday when they face off against the Blackhawks in the fifth contest of their season-high-tying six-game homestand.Captain Blake Wheeler scored to ignite a four-goal third period in Winnipeg's 5-2 victory over Chicago last Sunday. Wheeler added a goal and assist five nights later, although the Jets dropped their second straight decision with a 3-2 setback to San Jose.Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice told reporters Saturday that he is toying with the idea of moving Wheeler from center to his more traditional wing position. The 33-year-old shuffled to center on Nov. 8 in the wake of the injury to Bryan Little, whose season came to an end with a perforated eardrum."There's a certain energy burned for him at center ice," Maurice said of Wheeler. "You spend more (energy) especially with the style of game that he plays. Your wings get in on the forecheck especially if you change sides. Wings are far more important on the forecheck."At center, you've got to be patient in the defensive zone bringing the puck up the ice, so you're slowing your game down a little bit so you're getting your exit and into the entrance. So you miss that size on the walls." (Wheeler is 6-foot-5, 225 pounds.)Kyle Connor scored a highlight-reel goal on Friday to boost his team-leading total to 29 tallies. The 23-year-old has nine points (four goals, five assists) in the past five games overall and four (two goals, two assists) in four games against Chicago this season.Patrik Laine erupted for nine goals in nine games before being held off the scoresheet in consecutive contests.Laine told reporters Saturday that he thinks his team is pressing to create opportunities on offense."I think we're just skating with the mentality that we've got to make plays. Like (Friday) night, I think we would just turn the puck over too many times," the 21-year-old Laine said. "We should just get it deep and play in their end. But now we're trying to make plays at the blueline and in the neutral zone, and that's not the way we need to play." While Winnipeg sits three points out of the final two wild-card spots in the Western Conference, Chicago received a much-needed spark on Saturday as it snapped a five-game skid with an 8-4 victory at Calgary. The season-high goal total matched the sum total of the Blackhawks' previous five contests.Patrick Kane collected a goal and two assists to give him 25 points (six goals, 19 assists) in his last 18 games. The former Hart Trophy recipient has recorded six points (one goal, five assists) versus the Jets, highlighted by his four-point effort (one goal, three assists) in the Blackhawks' 4-1 win at Winnipeg on Dec. 19.Captain Jonathan Toews matched Kane with a three-point performance on Saturday. The 31-year-old is starting to heat up, with five points (two goals, three assists) in his last four games after being held off the scoresheet in each of his previous four."It's nice to see all four lines get on the offense tonight. I think that helps everyone's confidence," Toews said. "So we'll stick with playing the right way, doing the things that we know we have to do and playing with energy." --Field Level Media
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GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSBeaulieu's 1st goal of season lifts Jets over Blackhawks 3-2WINNIPEG, Manitoba Nathan Beaulieu's first goal of the season early in the third period sent the Winnipeg Jets past the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night.Playing in his 27th game of an injury-riddled season, the defenseman fired a one-timer from the point that hit a Chicago player and got by goalie Corey Crawford to give the Jets a 3-2 lead. Beaulieu also had an assist.Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist and Jack Roslovic also scored for Winnipeg, which was coming off two straight losses. Dmitry Kulikov added a pair of assists.Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for the Jets (30-25-5), who were playing the fifth game of a six-game homestand (3-2-0).Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist and Ryan Carpenter also scored for Chicago, which was coming off an 8-4 win in Calgary on Saturday night.Crawford stopped 35 shots for Chicago (26-25-8), which completed a 1-4-0 road trip.The Blackhawks led 1-0 after the first period.Carpenter scored his third goal of the season after Kane sent a sharp-angled backhand pass to the front of the net and Carpenter redirected the puck past Hellebuyck at 15:44.Jets forward Andrew Copp went in alone on Crawford about a minute later, but his shot missed the net.Winnipeg outshot the Blackhawks 14-10 in the opening period.Appleton tied it when he tipped in Beaulieu's point shot at 6:38 of the second.Winnipeg appeared to go ahead at 9:05 on a goal by Kyle Connor, but it was reviewed and waved off because the puck went in off his arm.Roslovic gave the Jets a 2-1 lead at 15:37 when he tipped Kulikov's point shot, but Chicago tied it when Kane scored his 27th of the season with 53 seconds left in the period.Beaulieu, who missed time this season with three different injuries, took a pass from Patrick Laine and fired the puck past Crawford at 1:36 of the third. The blueliner made a gesture of throwing a monkey off his back after his goal.The Blackhawks tried to beat Hellebuyck in the final minutes with an extra man, but the Jets blocked shots and got their sticks on pucks to stymie those efforts.No penalties were called in the game.UP NEXTBlackhawks: Home against the New York Rangers on Wednesday.Jets: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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+1 (-106)
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Over 2.5 (+104)
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-193
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-1 (-103)
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Under 2.5 (-116)
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| League: La Liga (Spain) |
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+217
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+124
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Under 2.5 (-118)
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| League: Segunda B Group 1 (Spain) |
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+196
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Over 2 (-127)
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+170
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Under 2 (+101)
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| League: Segunda B Group 1 (Spain) |
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+110
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| League: Segunda B Group 1 (Spain) |
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+449
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-132
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Under 2 (+105)
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| League: Segunda B Group 3 (Spain) |
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+164
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Under 2 (-106)
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| League: Segunda B Group 3 (Spain) |
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+263
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+141
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Under 2 (-115)
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| League: Segunda B Group 3 (Spain) |
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+365
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+105
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Under 2 (-121)
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| League: Segunda B Group 3 (Spain) |
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+395
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Over 2 (-121)
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+104
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Under 2 (-103)
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| League: Segunda B Group 4 (Spain) |
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+170
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Over 2.5 (-107)
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+167
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Under 2.5 (-112)
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| League: Campeonato de Portugal Prio (Portugal) |
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