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No. 24 Arkansas tops Florida 75-64 for 7th straight SEC win Cockburn, Dosunmu lead No. 5 Illini past Northwestern CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Feb 17, (AP): Kofi Cockburn had 17 points and 10 rebounds, added 13 points and No. 5 Illinois beat North- western 73-66. Cockburn got his 14th double-dou- ble of the season for the Illini (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten), who took control early in their sixth straight win. Chase Audige scored 22 points for Northwestern (6-13, 3-12). Pete Nance added 14 points for the Wildcats, who lost their 12th straight. Illinois led 25-7 but saw its lead cut to two points with 1:30 left. Dosunmu, quiet most of the night, hit a long 3-pointer to ice the win. Illinois had several early scoring runs despite foul trouble for Cockburn, who sat for all but fi ve minutes of the fi rst half. The Illini shot 60% from the fi eld before the break to Northwest- ern’s 37% and led 38-26 at halftime. Northwestern regrouped, going on a 14-4 run to cut the lead to four points. Illinois’ Trent Frazier hit a 3-pointer and Cockburn followed with a layup. Arkansas 75, Florida 64 In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Davonte Davis led four Arkansas players in double fi gures with 18 points, propel- ling the No. 24 Razorbacks over Flor- ida 75-64. Arkansas (17-5, 9-4 Southeastern Conference) entered the Top 25 on Monday for the fi rst time since 2018 and has won seven straight league games. Florida (10-6, 6-5) turned a 15-point, second-half defi cit into a lead with 4:40 left after Tyree Appleby’s lay- up. Davis and Jalen Tate made back- to-back buckets, Justin Smith blocked Anthony Duruji at the rim and Moses Moody made a pair of free throws to push Arkansas back ahead by two pos- sessions with less than 1:30 left. BASKETBALL

Smith fi nished with 15 points, while Moody and Tate added another 14 apiece. LMU 76, Santa Clara 73 ’ Jake Guentzel (59) tries to control the puck as ’ John Carlson (74) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game, on Feb 16, in Pittsburgh. (AP) In Santa Clara, California, Eli Scott had a career-high 37 points as Loyola Marymount beat Santa Clara 76-73. 3-pointers for the Rams as they ended Scott’s jumper gave LMU a 74-73 the second overtime on a 12-7 surge. lead with 13.8 seconds left and Joe With three seconds left, Dayton mis- Quintana capped the scoring with a handled the inbounds pass near mid- Isles beat Buffalo, complete pair of free throws with four seconds court to end it. remaining. Christian Carlyle’s poten- Russell also had seven assists and tial-tying 3 hit the front of the rim at fi ve rebounds, and his four steals gives the buzzer. him a program-best 210. Leggett fi n- Keli Leaupepe had 13 points and 10 ished with 18 points for Rhode Island rebounds for Loyola Marymount (10- (10-12, 7-8 Atlantic 10 Conference). two-game ‘sweep’ of Sabres 6, 5-3 West Coast Conference). Quin- Jeremy Sheppard added 17 points and tana added 12 points. six rebounds. Makhel Mitchell had 16 Jalen Williams had 18 points and six points and 12 rebounds. assists for the Broncos (9-5, 3-3). DJ Purdue 75, Michigan St. 65 Capitals top Penguins 3-1 to end 4-game slide Mitchell added 16 points. Guglielmo In West lafayette, Indiana, Trevion Caruso had 15 points and Carlyle had Williams scored 28 points and Eric BUFFALO, New York, 14. Hunter Jr. scored 15 and Purdue pulled NHL Results/Standings Saint Louis 78, La Salle 57 away from Michigan State for a 75-65 Feb 17, (AP): Ilya Sorokin In St. Louis, Jordan Goodwin re- win. stopped 20 shots to earn his corded 16 points and 15 rebounds to Williams, who shot 13 for 21, fi rst NHL win, and the New lead Saint Louis to a 78-57 win over scored 10 of Purdue’s last 18 points in WASHINGTON, Feb 17, (AP): Re- La Salle. the game’s fi nal 4:45. York Islanders defeated sults and standings from the NHL Gabe Brown’s 3-pointer brought games on Tuesday. Javonte Perkins had 19 points for the Sabres 3-0 to complete Washington 3 Pittsburgh 1 Saint Louis (11-3, 4-2 Atlantic 10 Purdue within 51-50 with 8:24 left a two-game sweep of Buf- NY Islanders 3 Buffalo 0 Conference), which earned its fourth before Jaden Ivey and Hunter made New Jersey 5 NY Rangers 2 straight victory. Fred Thatch Jr. added back-to-back 3s for the Boilermakers falo. Colorado 3 Vegas 2 Los Angeles 4 Minnesota 0 12 points. (14-8, 9-6 Big Ten). Jean-Gabriel Pageau and captain East Division Jhamir Brickus scored a season- Toledo 87, Miami (Ohio) 75 Anders Lee scored in a 7:15 span GP W L OT Pts GF GA high 22 points for the Explorers (8-13, In Toledo, Ohio, Marreon Jackson in the fi rst period, and the Island- Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 had a triple-double with 18 points, a NY Islanders15 8 4 3 19 38 34 5-9). Jack Clark added 13 points and ers improved to 5-0-3 in their past Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 six rebounds. career-high 11 assists and 10 rebounds eight — the team’s longest streak Washington 14 7 4 3 17 50 52 The Billikens leveled the season se- to lift Toledo to an 87-75 win over Mi- Pittsburgh 14 7 6 1 15 44 50 ries against the Explorers with the win. ami (Ohio). since a 15-0-2 franchise-record New Jersey 10 5 3 2 12 28 28 run in the opening two months of NY Rangers 14 4 7 3 11 33 39 St. John’s 93, Xavier 84 Spencer Littleson had 25 points for Buffalo 12 4 6 2 10 31 38 In New York, Julian Champagnie Toledo (17-6, 12-3 Mid-American the 2019-20 season. Lee added an Central Division had 21 points as St. John’s topped Xa- Conference). Ryan Rollins added 12 empty-net in the fi nal second, GP W L OT Pts GF GA points. JT Shumate had 11 points. Tampa Bay 14 10 3 1 21 54 32 vier 93-84. and Pageau extended his scoring Florida 13 9 2 2 20 44 40 Rasheem Dunn had 17 points for Bowling Green 75, Ball St. 62 streak to four games, in which he Carolina 13 10 3 0 20 50 36 St. John’s (14-8, 8-7 Big East Confer- In Muncie, Indiana, Justin Turn- Chicago 17 8 5 4 20 50 51 has fi ve goals. Columbus 17 7 6 4 18 50 60 ence). Marcellus Earlington added 16 er had 27 points as Bowling Green The 25-year-old Sorokin points and nine rebounds. Posh Alex- topped Ball State 75-62. Kaden Me- Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 improved to 1-2-1 in making his Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 ander had 15 points, nine assists and theny added 21 points for the Falcons. Detroit 17 4 10 3 11 35 54 eight rebounds. Daeqwon Plowden had 11 points first start since a 25-save outing in West Division St. John’s posted a season-high 24 and four blocks for Bowling Green GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 14 10 3 1 21 43 31 assists. (12-9, 8-7 Mid-American Confer- St Louis 16 9 5 2 20 52 49 Zach Freemantle had 22 points and ence). Josiah Fulcher added seven re- Colorado 13 8 4 1 17 41 27 10 rebounds for the Musketeers (11-4, bounds. Arizona 15 7 6 2 16 40 42 Anaheim 16 6 7 3 15 32 42 4-4). Colby Jones scored a season-high Wagner 61, Mount St. Mary’s 39 a 4-3 overtime loss at Philadelphia Los Angeles 14 5 6 3 13 44 44 20 points and had six rebounds. Paul In Emmitsburg, Md., Alex Morales on Jan. 31. San Jose 14 6 7 1 13 38 51 Scruggs had 14 points, six rebounds recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds to The Sabres dropped to 1-3-1 in Minnesota 12 6 6 0 12 30 34 and six assists. lift Wagner to a 61-39 win over Mount North Division their past five and lost three in a GP W L OT Pts GF GA The Red Storm evened the season St. Mary’s. row, with goalie Carter Hutton Toronto 16 11 3 2 24 58 44 series against the Musketeers with the Elijah Allen had 11 points for Wag- defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen (26) carries the puck past Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 win. Xavier defeated St. John’s 69-61 ner (7-5, 7-4 Northeast Conference), stopping 21 shots. Winnipeg 15 9 5 1 19 53 43 Capitals 3, Penguins 1 forward Cal Clutterbuck (15) during the third period of Edmonton 17 9 8 0 18 60 58 on Jan. 6. which won its sixth straight game. an NHL hockey game, on Feb 16, in Buffalo, NY. (AP) Calgary 15 8 6 1 17 44 40 URI 91, Dayton 89, 2OT Nigel Jackson added 11 points and In Pittsburgh, Conor Sheary and Vancouver 19 7 11 1 15 57 71 In Kingston, R.I., Fatts Russell had seven rebounds. Elijah Ford had eight Jakub Vrana scored in the second Lars Eller also scored for Kuokkanen added three assists in Ottawa 17 4 12 1 9 40 69 20 points as Rhode Island edged Day- rebounds and three blocks. Note: Two points for a win one point for period, and Washington stopped a Washington, and Vitek Vanecek the win. overtime loss. The top four teams in each ton 91-89 in double overtime to end a Mount St. Mary’s totaled 15 points four-game slide by topping stopped 26 shots in his 11th straight Colin Blackwell and Pavel division will qualify for playoffs under four-game losing streak. in the second half, a season low for the Pittsburgh. start. Buchnevich scored for the Rangers. this season’s temporary realignment. Ishmael Leggett made consecutive team. Pittsburgh won its first five games Igor Shesterkin recorded 32 saves at home, including three against the in his third straight loss. Max Pacioretty and Jonathan Capitals. Zach Aston-Reese set a Avalanche 3, Golden Knights 2 Marchessault scored for the Golden career high with his third goal in as In Las Vegas, Nazem Kadri Knights. Fleury made 22 saves. many games, and Tristan Jarry made scored with 41 seconds remaining Kings 4, Wild 0 39 saves for the Penguins. in the third period, lifting Colorado in Los Angeles, Jaret Anderson- Devils 5, Rangers 2 to a win over Vegas. Dolan had a goal and an , In New York, Yegor Moments after Marc-Andre Jonathan Quick made 28 saves and Sharangovich and Nicholas Fleury stopped Mikko Rantanen’s Los Angeles defeated Minnesota. Merkley scored in the third period backhand with 45.3 seconds left, It was Minnesota’s first game and New Jersey sent the Rangers to the Avalanche got the better end of since Feb. 2 due to a COVID-19 their fourth straight loss. a faceoff from the right circle, outbreak. Pavel Zacha, Will Butcher and eventually setting up Kadri, who Trevor Moore, Dustin Brown Mikhail Maltsev also scored for was able to lift a loose puck into the and Drew Doughty also scored for New Jersey, which returned to net for his second game-winner of the Kings, who have earned at least action for the first time since Jan. the season. one point in four of five games 31 after a pause due to a COVID- Nathan MacKinnon and Brandon against the Wild this season. 19 outbreak. Mackenzie Blackwood Saad also scored for the Avalanche. Kaapo Kahkonen made 25 saves made 37 saves and Janne Philip Grubauer stopped 27 shots. for Minnesota. No. 11 Michigan women beat Michigan State ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb 17, scored six points in fi ve fourth-quarter Hillmon made all fi ve of her fi eld (AP): Naz Hillmon had 31 points and minutes and Brown added six points goals in the fi rst quarter and scored 12 seven rebounds, Leigha Brown added in seven minutes. points to help Michigan lead 22-14. 20 points, fi ve rebounds and four as- Akienreh Johnson had 11 points She scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shoot- sists, and No. 11 Michigan beat rival ing in the fi rst half, and fi nished 12 of Michigan State 86-82. BASKETBALL 14. Hillmon and Brown combined for a Nia Clouden led Michigan State 7-0 run to give Michigan a 79-69 lead and nine rebounds for Michigan (12- (11-6, 6-6) with a career-high 34 with 3:09 remaining. The duo scored 1, 7-1 ), which points. She was 11 of 19 from the 12 of Michigan’s fi nal 14 points de- beat Michigan State for the third field and 9 of 11 at the free-throw Arkansas guard Jalen Tate (11) and Florida forward Colin Castleton (12) fi ght for a during the fi rst half of spite both playing the entire fourth straight time - its longest streak in the line. Alyza Winston added 18 an NCAA college basketball game in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Feb 16. (AP) quarter with four fouls. Hillmon series since 1999-02. points.