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Following an impressive victory over Indiana, Auburn will look to improve to 7-2 when it meets UNC Asheville on Wednesday night in the Rocket City Classic in Huntsville, Ala. True freshman Aden Holloway and veteran Jaylin Williams led the Tigers with 24 points apiece in a 104-76 victory over Indiana on Saturday. But K.D. Johnson’s 14 points and three assists off the bench provided a major spark for coach Bruce Pearl’s team. Auburn committed only

After consecutive losses, including a come-from-ahead defeat to Southern, Mississippi State coach Chris Jans had a simple message for his Bulldogs on Saturday before they played Tulane in Atlanta. “Let’s compete at everything all the time,” Jans said. “Not when it’s easy or when you’re fresh. Not just when you’re making shots, but all the time.” Message received. The Bulldogs roared to a 62-34 lead at halftime and cruised to a 106-76 win, ending their

With its first defeat of the season now behind the team, No. 18 BYU will try to get back on track with its debut in the Big 12 Conference looming early next month. The Cougars (8-1) will host Denver on Wednesday night at Provo, Utah, four days after they were upended 73-69 on the road against in-state rival Utah. Jaxson Robinson had 17 points off the bench for BYU, while Spencer Johnson had 10 points

Northwestern coach Chris Collins shared over the weekend that his daughter is “the one who’s been yelling and screaming that we need to be in the Top 25.” The Wildcats? Not so much. “Those are all nice rewards for a team that’s playing hard, working hard. But we’re not worried about that, you know,” Collins said. “Our whole focus right now is winning basketball games.” Northwestern now can carry that concern with a ranking prefix

No. 8 Creighton will look to record another efficient performance from the field Wednesday night when it takes on UNLV in Henderson, Nev. Reserve Isaac Traudt set career highs in 3-pointers (five) and points (18) to lead the Bluejays (8-1) to their third straight victory with a 109-64 romp over Central Michigan on Saturday. Traudt’s breakout performance came on the heels of recording single-digit scoring performances in each of his previous seven games. And that’s

Florida Atlantic returns home with perhaps a lesson learned from its opening-round defeat at the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. At least coach Dusty May hopes so. The No. 15 Owls (7-2) get back to action Wednesday night when they host Florida International University in Boca Raton, Fla. FAU went to the legendary New York venue and dropped a 98-89 decision to then-No. 20 Illinois on Dec. 5. The biggest problem for the

Blackjack players aim to get 21. For Detroit Pistons players, it would be just another losing hand. The Pistons have lost 20 straight, a single-season franchise record. They could equal their longest losing streak of any span if they fall to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. They had a 21-game slide at the end of the 1979-80 season and beginning of 1980-81. Coincidentally, the Sixers hold both NBA records for longest losing streaks. They

Although Ohio finds itself in the same situation it was in a season ago, program history is on the line this time. After prevailing in last year’s Arizona Bowl, the Bobcats (9-3) will look to record back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time ever when they face Georgia Southern (6-6) in the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Saturday in Conway, S.C. Ohio was 9-4 in 2022 before edging Wyoming 30-27 in the Arizona Bowl in Tucson

The third- and fourth-string quarterbacks for Miami (Ohio) have a chance to put their names next to the greatest signal-caller in school history. The RedHawks are looking for their 12th win — second only to Ben Roethlisberger’s 13-1 2003 squad — when they meet Appalachian State for the first time Saturday afternoon in the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Miami (11-2) has won five straight games since starting quarterback Brett Gabbert’s season-ending leg injury on

Jacksonville State is playing in a bowl game for the first time. Louisiana is playing in a bowl game for a school-record sixth consecutive season. The bowl rookies and bowl veterans will meet in the New Orleans Bowl on Saturday afternoon in the Superdome. “It’s going to be a wonderful experience for everybody,” Gamecocks coach Rich Rodriguez said. “I think our players are really excited and I would think most teams are excited to play