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No.13 Ohio St routs skidding Michigan State 79-62 Sasser leads No. 6 Houston past SMU for 8th straight win HOUSTON, Feb 1, (AP): Marcus Sasser scored 19 points and No. 6 Houston beat SMU 70-48 for its eighth straight win. Justin Gorham had nine points and 17 rebounds for Houston (15-1, 10-1 McDavid, Draisaitl pile up points, American Athletic Conference), which won its 20th consecutive home game. Reggie Chaney added 10 points. The Cougars won despite shooting only 34%. Kendric Davis led SMU (9-4, 5-4) with 11 points. Feron Hunt and Yor Oilers outscore skidding Senators Anei each scored 10 points for the Mustangs, who made 32% percent of their shots. Ohio State 79, Michigan State 62 Hurricanes edge Stars 4-3 in shootout for series sweep In Columbus, Ohio, E.J. Liddell had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb 1, (AP): Connor McDavid had a goal and times) and Detroit’s Billy Taylor (in 1947). The German forward leads the NHL in assists with 15, one Ohio State past skidding Michigan more that McDavid. State 79-62. four assists, linemate Leon Draisaitl had six assists and the Edmonton Dominic Kahun, James Neal, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie, Darnell Nurse and Kailer Justin Ahrens added 17 for the Oilers outscored the skidding Ottawa Senators 8-5. Yamamoto also scored for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner made 33 saves in his NHL debut, handing Ottawa workmanlike Buckeyes (14-4, 8-4 Big McDavid has eight goals this season, tied for the league lead with Vancouver’s Brock Ten), who have won three in a row and its eighth straight defeat. six of seven. Boeser, and leads the points race with 22 – one ahead of Draisaitl. The teams will complete the two-game set in Edmonton on Tuesday night. Joshua Langford led the Spartans Draisaitl was an assist off the NHL record held by Edmonton great Wayne Gretzky (done three It took eight seconds for the Oilers to score. Off a faceoff win by Draisaitl in the Senators’ zone, (8-6, 6-2) with 14 points. Michigan Kahun took the pass from his center State was coming off an embarrassing and fired a shot toward the net. The 30-point loss to Rutgers on Thursday puck deflected off Ottawa forward that followed a long COVID-19 lay- Josh Norris’ stick and went past goal- off. tender Matt Murray. Colin White, Brady Tkachuk, Drake Nevada 89, UNLV 60 Batherson, Tim Stutzle and Austin In Reno, Nevada, Desmond Watson scored for Ottawa. Cambridge Jr scored 17 points and Hurricanes 4, Stars 3, SO Grant Sherfield scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and Nevada unloaded on In Raleigh, N.C., Vincent Trocheck UNLV with an 89-60 win. zipped a shot past Anton Khudobin’s Sherfield made 1 of 2 foul shots, glove in the shootout and James followed with a 3-pointer with 10:53 Reimer denied Jamie Benn’s final before halftime, Nevada (11-7, 6-5 shot, helping Carolina beat Dallas. Mountain West Conference) led 26-13 Nino Niederreiter scored at 17:25 of and were up double digits the rest of the third period to force overtime and the game. the shootout for Carolina, which squandered a 2-1 lead to start the third period, but hung on to beat Dallas for BASKETBALL the second time in two nights. Jordan Staal and Brock McGinn also scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes David Jenkins Jr. and Moses Wood returned Thursday from a pause due to each scored 13 points for UNLV (6-8, COVID-19 concerns that led to four 3-4) and Caleb Grill 11. games being postponed. Carolina won all three games in its return. Wash. State 77, Washington 62 In Seatle, Isaac Bonton scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half, Noah ICE HOCKEY Williams added 21 points, and Washington State snapped its six- game losing streak with a 77-62 win Reimer finished with 26 saves for over rival Washington. the Hurricanes, including five in over- A miserable January ended on the time. upswing for the Cougars (10-7, 3-7 Flyers 4, Islanders 3, OT Pac-12) on the final night, thanks to a big contribution from Efe Abogidi on In Philadelphia, Joel Farabee had a the interior in the first half and some hat-trick, Kevin Hayes scored on a key outside shooting in the final 20 power play 4:23 into overtime and minutes to pull away from the Huskies. Philadelphia beat New York for a weekend sweep. Rutgers 64, Northwestern 56 James van Riemsdyk had three In Evanston, Ill, Jacob Young ’s players celebrate with the trophy after the World Championship final game against in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan 31. (AP) assists to help the Flyers win their scored 19 points and Ron Harper Jr fourth straight. They also beat the scored all 13 of his in the second half Islanders in overtime Saturday. and Rutgers held off Northwestern for Nick Leddy, Josh Bailey and a 64-56 win. Denmark retain men’s handball world title Matthew Barzal scored for the Harper’s three-point play gave Islanders. They have lost five in a row. CAIRO, Feb 1, (AP): Denmark will go to the Tokyo Spain added a world bronze medal to its European tion because of the coronavirus pandemic, with three Rutgers a 55-40 lead with 6:24 to go Devils 5, Sabres 3 before the Wildcats went on a 10-0 run Olympics as world men’s handball champion after title after beating France 35-29 with eight goals from teams - the United States, the Czech Republic and but they never got closer than five the beating Sweden 26-24 in the final. Cape Verde - withdrawing due to virus cases, either In Buffalo, New York, Michael rest of the way. Mikkel Hansen scored seven goals and goalkeeper HANDBALL before the tournament began or during the prelimi- McLeod and Miles Wood each scored Geo Baker added 12 points for had 15 saves as Denmark nary round. twice in New Jersey’s victory over Scarlet Knights, which overcame 18 kept the title it won for the first time in 2019. The The Tokyo Games, postponed at the outbreak Buffalo. turnovers with 20 committed by Danes are also the reigning Olympic champions after Alex Dujshebaev. of the coronavirus pandemic, are set to open July Wood assisted on McLeod’s go- Northwestern. beating France in the 2016 final. The world championship took place amid disrup- 23. ahead goal midway through the third period. Andreas Johnsson also scored UC Riverside 71, UC San Diego to help the Devils avenge a shootout 59 for Southern Illinois (8-6, 2-6 Missouri Valley Conference), which snapped its South Carolina women power past Alabama 87-63 loss Saturday in the opener of the In Riverside, Calif, Jock Perry had six-game losing streak. Anthony back-to-back set. scored 14 points with four 3-pointer D’Avanzo added 11 points and 10 Eric Comrie made 30 saves in his and as UC Riverside beat UC San rebounds and Kyler Filewich scored 10. first start for the Devils. Diego 71-59. NC A&T 67, FAMU 65 UConn bounces back, takes down DePaul Panthers 3, Red Wings 2 George Willborn III had 12 points In Greensboro, N.C., Blake Harris CHICAGO, Feb 1, (AP): Christyn be back on the floor at Maples Pavilion. In Detroit, Patric Hornqvist, Aaron for UC Riverside (8-4, 5-2 Big West Williams scored a career-high 29 Stanford closed out its long journey Conference). Zyon Pullin added nine scored 10 points and his 3-pointer with Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe scored 9.8 seconds left capped a North points, Paige Bueckers added 22 away from home with a 74-48 win and Chris Driedger made 32 saves in rebounds and six assists and Wil points and personal-best 10 assists, over shorthanded Washington for its Tattersall grabbed seven rebounds. Carolina A&T rally in a 67-65 win Florida’s victory over Detroit. over Florida A&M. and No. 3 UConn bounced back from fourth straight win. Anthony Mantha scored with 1:48 Hugh Baxter had 17 points for the a rare loss to beat No. 17 DePaul 100- Tritons (3-5, 1-5). Toni Rocak added Kamron Reaves missed a 3-pointer Kentucky 61, Mizzou 55 remaining to pull the Red Wings with- as time expired for the Rattlers which 67. in a goal after Detroit pulled Thomas 15 points and seven rebounds and The Huskies (11-1, 9-0 Big East) In lexington,, Ky., Rhyne Howard Mikey Howell grabbed six rebounds. once held a 24-point lead in the first scored 22 points and grabbed 10 Greiss to add an extra skater. Detroit half and led 42-23 at the break. haven’t dropped consecutive games in pulled its goaltender again, but Syracuse 76, N.C. State 73 28 years. And they weren’t about to let rebounds and No. 15 Kentucky closed couldn’t get another shot past Kameron Langley added 13 points the game with an 11-2 run to defeat In Syracuse, N.Y., Alan Griffin and 10 assists and Webster Filmore it happen this time, after losing at No. Driedger. made two clutch free throws with four Missouri 61-55. and Tyler Maye each scored 10 points In the final three minutes, after the Wild 4, Avalanche 3, OT seconds remaining and Syracuse ral- for the Aggies. Tigers scored nine straight pints to take a In St. Paul, Minnesota, Jonas Brodin lied past short-handed N.C. State Indiana St. 60, Bradley 57 BASKETBALL 76-73. 53-50 lead, the Wildcats were 9 of 10 scored 18 seconds into overtime to lift Griffin scored 19 points, Buddy In Terre Haute, Ind., Jake LaRavia from the foul line while Missouri went 1 depleted Minnesota past Colorado. Boeheim added 17 and the pair com- scored 12 points with nine rebounds 19 Arkansas on Thursday. of 4 from the field, missed two critical free Victor Rask scored his second goal bined for seven 3-pointers. Kadary and his layup with 70 seconds left sent Williams made 12 of 15 shots. throws and had a shot clock violation. of the game for Minnesota to tie it with Richmond added 14 points on 6-of-7 Indiana State past Bradley 60-57. Bueckers nailed a personal-best 5 of 7 Indiana 79, Spartans 67 7:26 left in regulation. Jordan shooting, including a pair of baskets in LaRavia’s layup broke a tie at 57 3-pointers. The star freshman also had Greenway also scored and set up the and Bradley missed its last three shot In Bloomington, Ind., Mackenzie winner with a pass from the end line. the last five minutes. seven rebounds and just one turnover. Holmes led a balanced attack with 17 attempts. Sonya Morris scored 19 for DePaul, Brandon Saad, Joonas Donskoi and Marek Dolezaj added 11 points and points and No. 16 Indiana took over in Tyreke Key added 12 points and which had won four in a row since a Cale Makar scored for Colorado. Quincy Guerrier 10 points and 10 Connecticut’s Christyn Williams the second half to defeat Michigan rebounds. eight rebounds for the Sycamores (9-7, loss at UConn. Lexi Held added 16 (13) scores past DePaul’s Deja Blues 4, Ducks 1 6-5 Missouri Valley Conference), points. State 79-67 for the 800th victory in S. Illinois 71, N. Iowa 68 Church (left), and Evina Westbrook program history. In Anaheim, California, Brayden which earned their fifth straight win. S. Carolina 87, Alabama 63 during the first half of an NCAA col- In Carbondale, Ill, Lance Jones Ville Tahvanainen had 17 points for Ali Patberg added 15 points, Aleksa Schenn scored twice, Ville Husso lege basketball game, on Jan 31, in made 25 saves for his first NHL vic- scored a season-high 27 points and the Braves (9-9, 3-6), who have now In Columbia, S.C., South Carolina Chicago. (AP) Gulbe 14 points and Jaelynn Penn 13 Southern Illinois beat Northern Iowa lost five straight. Ja’Shon Henry added coach Dawn Staley has worked hard to for the Hoosiers (10-4, 8-2 Big Ten tory and the St. Louis beat Anaheim. get leading scorer Zia Cooke to turn Conference). Grace Berger added nine Schenn is one of the NHL’s hottest 71-68. 14 points and Rienk Mast had 12 Stanford 74, Washington 48 Steven Verplancken Jr had 14 points points and nine rebounds. the page when things don’t go her points, nine rebounds, seven assists players with six goals in his last seven way. In Seattle, after a seemingly endless and two steals. games. He also has four assists during Cooke had 12 of her 21 points in the road trip of nearly two months away that span. third quarter to lead No. 4 South from its home gym, No. 6 Stanford Carolina to a 87-63 victory over finally gets to go home. Alabama. The Cardinal are more than ready to NHL Results/Standings

WASHINGTON, Feb 1, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Sunday. New Jersey 5 Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 4 NY Islanders OT 3 Florida 3 Detroit 2 St Louis 4 Anaheim 1 Carolina 4 Dallas SO 3 Minnesota 4 Colorado OT 3 Chicago 3 Columbus 1 Edmonton 8 Ottawa 5 East Division West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 9 6 0 3 15 35 29 St Louis 9 6 2 1 13 32 29 Philadelphia 10 7 2 1 15 35 31 Boston 8 5 1 2 12 25 17 Colorado 10 6 3 1 13 36 23 Pittsburgh 9 5 3 1 11 29 34 Minnesota 10 6 4 0 12 29 28 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Vegas 7 5 1 1 11 23 17 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 Los Angeles 8 3 3 2 8 25 26 NY Islanders 9 3 4 2 8 19 24 Anaheim 10 3 5 2 8 16 27 NY Rangers 8 2 4 2 6 22 25 Arizona 8 3 4 1 7 20 22 San Jose 8 3 5 0 6 22 31 Central Division North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 6 5 0 1 11 22 16 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 10 4 3 3 11 24 28 Toronto 10 7 2 1 15 33 29 Carolina 6 5 1 0 10 18 10 Montreal 8 5 1 2 12 33 22 Dallas 6 4 1 1 9 23 14 Vancouver 11 6 5 0 12 40 37 Tampa Bay 6 4 1 1 9 19 14 Winnipeg 8 5 3 0 10 29 25 Chicago 10 3 4 3 9 26 31 Edmonton 11 5 6 0 10 38 41 Nashville 8 4 4 0 8 20 24 Calgary 7 3 3 1 7 20 17 Detroit 10 2 6 2 6 20 35 Ottawa 9 1 7 1 3 22 44 SMU guard Kendric Davis, left, shoots as Houston guard Marcus Sasser Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each Edmonton Oilers’ Josh Archibald (15) and Ottawa Senators’ Braydon defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, on Jan division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Coburn (55) battle for the puck during second-period NHL hockey game 31, in Houston. (AP) action in Edmonton, Alberta on Jan 31. (AP)