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AP Jan 21, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) The pass seemed to hang up there forever. Did it feel like seven weeks? Did it feel like 10 years? What a great debate for Ohio State fans to have forever. When that teardrop of a throw from Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard on third-and-11 finally landed, light as a feather, in…

AP Jan 20, 2025 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) Ace Baldwin Jr. had 22 points, Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18 and Penn State snapped a four-game losing streak with an 80-72 victory over Rutgers on Monday night. Baldwin made 6 of 16 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 9 free throws for the Nittany Lions (13-6, 3-5 Big Ten…

AP Jan 20, 2025 VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) Micah Peavy led Georgetown with 24 points, including the game-winning layup with one second remaining, and the Hoyas knocked off Villanova 64-63 on Monday night. Peavy went 9 of 16 from the field (6 for 9 from 3-point range) for the Hoyas (13-6, 4-4 Big East Conference). Freshman Thomas Sorber…

AP Jan 20, 2025 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Donovan Dent scored 20 points as New Mexico beat Fresno State 95-67 on Monday night. Dent also added nine assists for the Lobos (16-4, 8-1 Mountain West Conference). Mustapha Amzil scored 15 and grabbed seven rebounds. Tru Washington shot 5 for 9, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish…

AP Jan 20, 2025 WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) Bo Montgomery scored 24 points as UNC Wilmington beat William & Mary 85-74 on Monday. Montgomery also contributed seven rebounds for the Seahawks (14-5, 4-2 Coastal Athletic Association). Donovan Newby scored 18 points while shooting 4 for 8 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) and 7 of 7 from the…

AP LOS ANGELES (AP) Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored milestone goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Los Angeles 5-1 on Monday night, snapping the Kings‘ nine-game home win streak. Crosby, Anthony Beauvillier and Kevin Hayes each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass also scored for the Penguins, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 shots. Adrian Kempe…

AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game. Hayton, Josh Doan and Nick Schmaltz each…

AP LAS VEGAS (AP) Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn scored during a shootout after St. Louis gave up two goals in the final minutes of regulation, and the Blues held on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Monday. Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev scored for Vegas inside the final four minutes to tie the game and force…

AP Jan 21, 2025 INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Zach LaVine scored 35 points and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-99 on Monday night to snap a five-game skid. Talen Horton-Tucker added 18 points off the bench. Josh Giddey had 18 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Bulls improved to 2-6 in back-to-backs this season. The…

AP Jan 20, 2025 CLEVELAND (AP) Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points – 23 in the second half – and Darius Garland added 16 as the Cleveland Cavaliers began the season’s unofficial second half by dominating the Phoenix Suns 118-92 in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee on Monday. The Cavs, who opened the season with 15 straight wins,…