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Last-second jump shot lifts No. 19 Texas over Louisville 81-80

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Abmas hit a fallaway jumper at the buzzer as No. 19 Texas outlasted a stiff challenge from Louisville to earn an 81-80 victory Sunday in the Empire Classic.In a game with 21 lead changes and 14 ties, Abmas gave the Longhorns (4-0) the dramatic win off a successful inbounds play.Kadin Shedrick scored a career-high 27 points for Texas. Abmas added 14 as the Longhorns shot 46.3%.Skyy Clark and Tre White scored 20 apiece for the Cardinals (2-2), who were unable to finish off their first win against a ranked team since beating Virginia Tech on Jan. 6, 2021.NO. 3 ARIZONA 101, UT-ARLINGTON 56TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and Arizona scored 20 straight points spanning the end of the first half and start of the second in a rout of UT-Arlington.The Wildcats (5-0) had seven players score in double figures and have had five with 10 or more points in every game this season while averaging 99.6 points.Boswell, the reigning Pac...

Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich score in 1st period, helping Blues past Ducks 3-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich scored in the first period and the St. Louis Blues snapped a two-game California losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.Joel Hofer made 30 saves as the Blues won on the second night of a back-to-back after falling 5-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. St. Louis had given up a combined 10 goals in consecutive games at San Jose and Los Angeles.Alexey Toropchenko also scored for the Blues, who improved to 1-2 during a stretch in which they will play six of seven games on the road.Mason McTavish scored and John Gibson made 28 saves as Anaheim dropped its third straight game, matching an early season high. The Ducks are 0-2 in the openers of a four-game homestand and have lost five of seven following a six-game winning streak.The Blues took a 1-0 lead at 9:25 of the first period when Oskar Sundqvist stole a pass in the Ducks’ zone and quickly fed Neighbours for his fourth of the season. Buchnevic...

Kristaps Porzingis scores 26, including winning dunk with a minute left as Celtics defeat Grizzlies

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 26 points, including the winning dunk with 1:01 left, as the the Boston Celtics held on for a 102-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.Porzingis’ dunk was followed by a flurry of missed shots including a missed 3-pointer by Santi Aldama with 4 seconds left as Boston held on to win its sixth straight.Jayson Tatum finished with 20 points and Sam Hauser added 15 for Boston.Desmond Bane led Memphis with 30 points, while Aldama added a career-high 28 and Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 17 points.Memphis, with a makeshift lineup, stayed close through three quarters, but the Celtics maintained the lead much of the game and Porzingis benefitted from going against the smaller Memphis lineup. Still, there were seven ties and 18 lead changes.Memphis, as it has done most of the season, played without key players. Last year’s leading scorer Ja Morant is serving a 25-game suspension to start the season. The Memphis fron...

Avery scores 22, Seller adds 20 to help UCF beat S. Dakota State 83-80 at Jacksonville Classic

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Marchelus Avery scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and Jaylin Sellers scored 20 Sunday night to help UCF beat South Dakota State 83-80 at the Jacksonville Classic. Darius Johnson finished with 11 points and four steals and Omar Payne, who made 4 of 4 from the field and 2 of 2 from the free-throw line, added 10 points and three steals for UCF (3-1)Johnson made a layup through contact and missed the and-1 free throw but Sellers grabbed the offensive rebound, was fouled and hit two free throws to give UCF an 81-78 lead with 7 seconds to play. Zeke Mayo made two foul shots to make it a one-point game and Payne answered with a pair throws to make it 83-80 with 4 seconds remaining before Charlie Easley missed a potential tying 3-point shot. Easley led South Dakota State (1-3) with 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 3 of 6 from 3-point range. Luke Appel fouled out with 19 points, Mayo scored 12 and Nate Barnhart hit three 3s and finished with 11 points. UCF...

Marcos says China showing interest in South China Sea atolls closer to coast of the Philippines

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines said the situation in the South China Sea “has become more dire” as China expands its presence in an area where multiple nations have competing territorial claims.China has showed interest in atolls and shoals that are “closer and closer” to the coast of the Philippines, with the nearest atoll about 60 nautical miles (111 kilometers) away, Marcos said. “Unfortunately, I cannot report that the situation is improving,” Marcos said Sunday. “The situation has become more dire than it was before.”Marcos spoke during a question and answer session after he delivered a talk at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. The Philippines president stopped in Hawaii to meet with U.S. military leaders and the local Filipino community on his way home from a regional summit meeting in San Francisco.The visit held both geopolitical and personal significance for the leader. Marcos’s father, the la...

Jets’ Saleh non-committal on his starting QB after Wilson was pulled for Boyle vs. Bills

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Zach Wilson is running out of opportunities and a key backer in his bid to keep his starting job with the New York Jets.After spending weeks defending Wilson against growing criticism, coach Robert Saleh was non-committal regarding his starter moving forward following the Jets’ latest offensive dud in a 32-6 loss to the AFC East-rival Buffalo Bills on Sunday.“We are going to watch the tape and we’ll make a decision (Monday),” said Saleh, whose Jets (4-6) face a short week in preparing to play division rival Miami (7-3) on Friday. “We’ll look at all of it. I’m not really answering those questions yet.”The coach opened the door for a quarterback change by benching Wilson and replacing him with backup Tim Boyle with 2:17 left in the third quarter. Neither was effective in an outing New York finished with season lows in total yards (155) and points, and finished 0 for 11 on third-down conversions against a Bills defense that began the game mis...

Cryer, Shead lead No. 6 Houston to Charleston title with 69-55 victory over Dayton

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — LJ Cryer had 18 points and Jamal Shead had 16 as No. 6 Houston ran past Dayton 69-55 to win the Charleston Classic tournament title on Sunday night. Shead scored his season high and had seven of the Cougars first nine points as they opened a 14-4 lead less than six minutes in. They are 6-0 to open for a second straight season. It’s the first Charleston title for Houston and its 35th regular season tournament crown all-time. Shead, the senior who started his 66th straight game for Houston, also added six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Cryer, the Baylor transfer, had four of Houston’s eight 3-pointers. The Cougars took advantage of Dayton’s cold start — the Flyers made just one of their first seven shots — to open an early double-digit lead. The Flyers (3-2) came as close at 19-15 after that until Houston responded with an 11-3 burst to restore the large margin. The Cougars, as Cryer and Shead combined for six 3-pointers, were able to ...

32 killed in an attack in the Abyei region, which is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy fighting Sunday in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people, including a U.N. peacekeeper, authorities said.The civilians and a Ghanaian soldier serving with a peacekeeping force died when unknown gunmen attacked two villages in the southern part of the Abyei administrative region, local media reported.A South Sudanese radio station, Eye Radio Juba, quoted Abyei information minister Bolis Kuoch as saying 32 people were killed and 20 others wounded, “but the clashes have now stopped and the situation calmed down.” Inter-communal and cross-border clashes have escalated since South Sudan deployed its troops to the contested territory in March. The peacekeeping mission there condemned the troop deployment, saying it would create “untold suffering and humanitarian concerns” for civilians.International solders were sent to Aleel and Rum Ameer counties as part of the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei to help que...

Wilson, Sutton hook up for winning TD as Broncos rally to end Vikings' 5-game winning streak, 21-20

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Courtland Sutton's leaping 15-yard touchdown catch with 1:03 remaining powered the Denver Broncos to a 21-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night, ending the NFL's longest winning streak at five games.The Broncos (5-5) now own the league's longest winning streak at four.Sutton outleapt cornerback Mekhi Blackmon, who had his eyes on an interception of Russell Wilson's high throw. Danielle Hunter's tackle of Javonte Williams on the 2-point try kept the Vikings within a point and needing a field goal to win it.The Broncos' defense — which produced three more takeaways, giving Denver a dozen over its last three games — didn't allow the Vikings to get out of their own side of the field. 7-year-old donating Thanksgiving turkeys to those in need Denver forced Joshua Dobbs into an intentional grounding that brought up fourth-and-25 before Dobbs threw one final incompletion with from the Vikings 21 with 16 seconds left.Dobbs threw for 221 yards and a touchdown a...

Littleton mother prepares to honor her son with 22,000-foot climb

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:44:12 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR)-- A Littleton Mother is preparing to make a powerful journey in honor of her son Jake, a fallen Marine.Krista Meinert and her daughter Randi plan to climb the highest mountain in the western hemisphere, Aconcagua in Argentina. 7-year-old donating Thanksgiving turkeys to those in need "I think the whole thing is about the process," Krista said. Walking a mile in her shoes would give you the kind of perspective most of us couldn't imagine."Losing a child, you can't put words into it."Her son, Jake, was a fire team leader with the Marine Corps was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010."He stepped on an IED they couldn't get to him right away. So he ended up dying in the helicopter on the way to the hospital," Krista told FOX31.It's a moment Krista said she will never forget. "I saw the two marines coming and I knew, I knew what was about to happen," she said. "I yelled 'Don't open that door' because I didn't want to be told.After Jake's death, Krista we...