At 9:30 ET, the Utah Jazz (+243) will host the Houston Rockets (-294) in a Western Conference matchup. The Rockets (-7.5) are favored and have a record of 35-21, which is good for 4th in the Western Conference. The Jazz (-7.5) are 13-42 and have lost two straight. This game will be played at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City and can be seen on SCHN. The Rockets improved to 35-21 with a 121-115 win over the Timberwolves on Friday. Houston, favored by 4 points, covered the spread with the 6-point victory. The combined score of 236 points went over the pre-game total of 222.5 by 13.5 points. Houston jumped out to a 48-38 lead after the 1st quarter,

Coming off its best game in weeks, visiting Penn State aims to ride the momentum into a Saturday afternoon matchup against resurgent Minnesota in a Big Ten contest at Minneapolis. The Penn State Nittany Lions (14-13, 4-12 Big Ten) sit in last place in the conference standings, due in large part to a seven-game losing streak that the team ended Wednesday with a resounding 89-72 home win over Nebraska. Zach Hicks and Yanic Konan Niederhauser each scored 19 points, while Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 10 points, eight assists, and six steals. Penn State had lost 11 of its previous 12 games. One of Penn State’s defeats during its long losing streak was a home setback against Minnesota on Feb.

Looking to match a season-best three-game winning streak, Georgia Tech will travel to Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Saturday afternoon to tangle with Boston College in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Georgia Tech (13-13, 7-8) has won four of its past five games and is looking to post its eighth conference win for the first time since 2020-21, when the Yellow Jackets won 11 ACC contests. For a team that’s playing its best ball in February, another strong effort Saturday could propel the group into the top half of the congested league standings. Most recently, the Yellow Jackets earned a 90-88 overtime win last Saturday over Cal in a game in which Baye Ndongo’s buzzer-beating, put-back layup sealed the victory. In Georgia

Former U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter is back in MLS, taking charge of the Chicago Fire as they aim to rebuild after a challenging 2024 season. The Fire will kick off their campaign with an Eastern Conference clash against Berhalter’s former club, Columbus Crew, on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio. Berhalter, who coached the Crew from 2013 to 2018 and guided them to the MLS playoffs four times, faces a significant task in turning around a Fire team that finished last in the East with just 30 points. Chicago has missed the postseason every year since 2017 and has only qualified once in the past 12 seasons. Berhalter has wasted no time reshaping the Fire’s roster, with up