[ad_1] Lavine’s poised demeanor guided Kings’ emotional win over Spurs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO – Facing arguably the most emotional night of his brief Kings’ career with the return of former franchise star De’Aaron Fox, Zach LaVine was adamant that he didn’t feel any sort of extra pressure going up against player that he replaced. With …

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[ad_1] Rider Broncs (7-21, 5-14 MAAC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (2-25, 1-18 MAAC) Lewiston, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Niagara faces Rider after Safiatu Kolliegbo scored 21 points in Niagara’s 70-58 loss to the Saint Peter’s Peacocks. The Purple Eagles have gone 1-11 in home games. Niagara ranks seventh in the MAAC with 25.6 points per game …

[ad_1] NBA: Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets That is how you make an MVP case. Friday night, Nikola Jokic put up a line nobody in NBA history has ever recorded: 31 points, 21 rebounds and 22 assists. He became the first NBA player in history with a triple-double of 30+ points, 20+ rebounds and 20+ assists. The Nuggets needed every …

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[ad_1] The Nebraska women’s basketball team (21-11) faced a great challenge in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night: No. 4 UCLA (28-2). Though Nebraska put up a fight, stronger than its previous clash with the Bruins, they fell short at the end 85-74. The Huskers played from behind throughout the contest but found ways to stay right behind …

[ad_1] Nikola Jokic’s triple-double for Denver against Phoenix was his 29th of the season [Getty Images] Nikola Jokic became the first player in NBA history to register a triple-double of at least 30 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists in a game as the Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 149-141 in overtime. The Serb, 30, scored 31 points, made …

[ad_1] ATLANTA – The Albany State Golden Rams couldn’t hold onto a 10-point second-half lead Thursday night, falling 70-68 to Tuskegee in the SIAC quarterfinals at Frank L. Forbes Arena at Morehouse College. Albany State had beaten the Golden Tigers twice this season but couldn’t complete the sweep. The Golden Rams finished the season with an 18-12 record, while Tuskegee …

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[ad_1] What we learned as LaVine, Kings foil Fox’s Sacramento return originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area BOX SCORE SACRAMENTO – Zach LaVine got the upper hand in his first showdown against former Kings star De’Aaron Fox at Golden 1 Center, pouring in 36 points with seven 3-pointers as Sacramento kept rolling with a 127-109 win over Fox and …

[ad_1] GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Payton Verhulst added 16 points and No. 10 Oklahoma battled back from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat No. 12 Kentucky 69-65 on Friday and advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals. Sahara Williams chipped in with 13 points for Oklahoma, which has won nine straight. The Sooners …

[ad_1] Friday night, for only the second time this season, the New York Knicks took the court without Jalen Brunson. As expected, the Knicks struggled to generate offense without their All-Star point guard, scoring just 95 points and shooting 38.9% as a team in a loss to the Clippers. The Knicks are going to have to find that offense somewhere …

[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Ray’Sean Taylor had 24 points to help SIU Edwardsville hold off Tennessee State 71-69 on Friday night in an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinal. The second-seeded Cougars (21-11) will play top-seeded Southeast Missouri State for the conference title on Saturday with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. Taylor shot 6 of …

[ad_1] New York Knicks guard Cameron Payne, right, drives to the basket in front of Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard during the first half Friday at the Intuit Dome. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) With players constantly in and out of the lineup, the Clippers are struggling to find consistent success at this stage of the season. The return of …

[ad_1] Results from last Saturday’s Lebanon Church Basketball League games played at First Baptist Church Lebanon’s Family Life Center: Generation Changers 57, The Journey 49 The teams played evenly for most of the first half until Generation Changers increased its defensive pressure and attacked in transition to build a 10-point halftime lead which The Journey couldn’t overcome. The Journey was …

[ad_1] The Knicks’ offense struggled without Jalen Brunson, shooting just 39 percent from the field and 27 percent from three in their 105-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. It was the Knicks’ third straight loss, and the second of this back-to-back in Los Angeles. The Knicks (40-23) are now 0-2 on this five-game West Coast road trip. Here are …

[ad_1] SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Treysen Eaglestaff scored a Summit League-record 51 points to power North Dakota to an 85-69 victory over South Dakota State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Geno Crandall set the previous record for the Fighting Hawks, scoring 41 in a victory over Troy during the 2017 regular season. No. 6 seed …

[ad_1] There are some nights where Nikola Jokić isn’t human. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images) Nikola Jokić stuffed the stat sheet in a way never before seen in NBA history on Friday. In a 149-141 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns, the Denver Nuggets superstar posted a 30-20-20 game, an unprecedented stat line perfectly in line with his all-time great passing ability …

[ad_1] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Javon Bennett scored 22 points and Dayton prevented VCU from clinching the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title with a 79-76 victory on Friday night, ending the Rams’ nine-game win streak. The Rams (25-6, 15-3) lead second-place George Mason by a half-game. The Patriots end the season at Richmond on Saturday. The Flyers (22-9, 12-6) currently …

[ad_1] Without Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs didn’t have many answers for the Kings. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) De’Aaron Fox probably wasn’t expecting that when he returned to Sacramento. In his first game against the Sacramento Kings since they granted his trade request to the San Antonio Spurs, Fox and his new team were blown out 127-109 …

[ad_1] ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Tan Yildizoglu had 17 points in VMI’s 73-62 win over Citadel on Friday in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament. VMI advances to face No. 2-seeded UNC-Greensboro in Saturday’s quarterfinals. Yildizoglu had nine rebounds and six assists for the Keydets (14-18). TJ Johnson scored 16 points and added nine rebounds. Rickey Bradley, Jr. …

[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Rob Martin had 21 points in top-seeded Southeast Missouri State’s 78-59 victory over fourth-seeded Little Rock in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament semifinals Friday. Southeast Missouri State will play for the conference championship Saturday against the winner of the semifinal between No. 2-seed SIU-Edwardsville and third-seeded Tennessee State. Martin shot 8 of 15 from the …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cotie McMahon converted two free throws with six seconds left to give 13th-ranked and third-seeded Ohio State a 60-59 win over Iowa Friday night to advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Buckeyes (24-5) will battle second-seeded and No. 4-ranked UCLA, an 85-74 winner over Nebraska. Ohio State lost …

[ad_1] Ja Morant returned after missing two games with a shoulder injury to score 31 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 122-111 win over the Dallas Mavericks. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Grizzlies, who are in a four-team battle for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference standings. Coming into Friday’s game, Memphis …

[ad_1] CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the Illini rallied past No. 18 Purdue 88-80 on Friday night. Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) trailed 63-53 with 11:34 to go, but outscored the Boilermakers 13-1 in the final two minutes to win its third in a row …