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Jaedon LeDee was a productive role player on the San Diego State squad that lost in last season’s national championship game. Now the 6-foot-9 forward has emerged as an offensive force and the type of star player the program craved. LeDee looks to score more than 20 points for the fifth straight time to open the season when the Aztecs square off with Washington in the championship game of the Continental Tire Main Event on

Saint Mary’s and Xavier, both 2-2 and coming off consecutive losses, will meet in the Continental Tires Main Event consolation game Sunday at Las Vegas. Saint Mary’s is coming off a 79-54 loss against San Diego State in the opening round Friday. The Gaels went to Las Vegas after losing to Weber State 61-57 at home last week despite leading by 16 points in that game. They shot 34.4 percent (21 of 61) from the

Providence will be asked to respond to adversity for the first time under coach Kim English on Sunday when it plays Georgia in the third-place game of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The Friars (3-1) took their first loss of the English era on Friday, falling 73-70 to Kansas State in overtime. Devin Carter missed a layup as time expired in regulation, and Providence surrendered the first five points of the

There have been good stretches for St. John’s and Utah so far in the Charleston Classic. Only one of them will leave Charleston, S.C., with a winning mark in the event, however. The Red Storm and Utes meet Sunday in the third-place game. Utah (3-1) lost Friday’s second semifinal to No. 6 Houston, pulling even in the second half before fading in a 76-66 loss. The Utes had a comeback victory against Wake Forest in

The Sacramento Kings get an opportunity to take advantage of a travel-weary Dallas Mavericks squad when two of the top teams in the Western Conference duel for the first time this season on Sunday night in Texas. The Kings celebrated a fifth straight win and settled into their Dallas accommodations following a short trip from San Antonio one day earlier. The Mavericks closed out a generally successful, albeit grueling, four-game trip with a tough, 131-125

The Arizona Coyotes can record a winning road trip if they can finally end their recent struggles against the surging Winnipeg Jets. Looking to win consecutive road contests for the first time this season, the Coyotes also will try to halt a seven-game losing streak against the Jets, who will aim for their sixth victory in seven games overall on Saturday. Arizona won just seven games away from home last season, the lowest total in

No. 3 Arizona’s fast start has been highlighted by its balance and depth, and coach Tommy Lloyd is looking for more of the same on a short turnaround against University of Texas Arlington on Sunday in Tucson, Ariz. The Wildcats (4-0) are averaging 99.3 points per game, which includes a 78-73 win at then-No. 2 Duke on Nov. 10. Arizona has scored at least 97 in its three other games, including twice reaching triple-digits. The

Michigan State looked much more like the team it was projected to be against Butler on Friday. The 18th-ranked Spartans will try to build off that performance when it hosts Alcorn State on Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. The Spartans collected a 74-54 victory over the Bulldogs as Michigan State’s defense held Butler to 28.8 percent shooting. “We took a step in the right direction against a team that’s been playing awfully well,” Spartans coach

Cincinnati will look for a bit of payback and a continuation of its perfect start to the season when it hosts regional rival Northern Kentucky on Sunday afternoon. Last season, the Bearcats were stunned by the Horizon League school across the Ohio River in Highland Heights, Ky. Cincinnati held a 40-36 halftime lead before being outscored 28-11 in the second half in a 64-51 setback. The win for the Norse is their lone one in

While fifth-ranked UConn has recorded three lopsided victories to start the season, Indiana has cobbled together three single-digit wins to improve to 3-0 for the third straight year. The Huskies and Hoosiers will look to continue their good fortune at the other’s expense on Sunday afternoon when they meet in the Empire Classic at New York. “We haven’t put a perfect game together,” Indiana coach Mike Woodson said following his team’s 89-80 win over Wright