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Georgia Tech will try to keep its perfect record intact under first-year coach Damon Stoudamire when the Yellow Jackets host unbeaten UMass Lowell on Tuesday in the first meeting between the teams. The Yellow Jackets are off to a 2-0 start after a convincing, season-opening win over Georgia Southern and then a come-from-behind, 88-85 win over Howard on Thursday. UMass Lowell is 2-0 after a decisive 81-48 victory over Dartmouth on Friday. “It was a

Two games into the season, West Virginia has already gone off script, and not in a good way. The Mountaineers, who scheduled a manageable home slate to open the campaign prior to the Fort Myers Tip-Off next week, saw things go off track in a 73-65 upset loss to Monmouth on Friday. West Virginia will try to get things corrected when it hosts Jacksonville State in Morgantown, W.Va., on Tuesday night, though interim coach Josh

In an unexpected twist to the Central New York rivalry, Syracuse will try to halt a two-game losing streak to Colgate when the teams meet Tuesday on the Orange’s home court. Syracuse (2-0) had won 54 straight meetings with the Raiders prior to dropping a 100-85 decision in November 2021. Colgate then doubled down by defeating the Orange 80-68 last November, stopping Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim from earning his 1,000th career win in the process.

Of the scholarship offers Blake Buchanan attracted as a high school player in Idaho, Virginia’s was the only one from a school east of the Mississippi River. In committing to the Cavaliers, Buchanan took the road less traveled. But two games into his college career, Buchanan appears to be a good fit in Charlottesville, Va. On Tuesday, Virginia looks for more of the same from the 6-foot-11 Buchanan when it hosts North Carolina A&T of

No. 15 Baylor will continue to call on its considerable depth to help build on a season-opening three-game winning streak when it faces Kansas City on Tuesday night in a battle of unbeaten teams in Waco, Texas. Tuesday’s contest will be the fourth in eight days for the Bears (3-0), who most recently had their hands full in dispatching Gardner-Webb 77-62 on Sunday afternoon. Ja’Kobe Walter hit for 14 points to lead the Bears, while

Penn State has bolted out of the blocks following a pair of strong performances from Kanye Clary and Qudus Wahab. Clary, Wahab and the Nittany Lions aim to continue their sprint under new coach Mike Rhoades on Tuesday when they host St. Francis (Pa.) in University Park, Pa. Clary scored 22 points in Penn State’s 79-45 romp over Delaware State on Nov. 6 and added 20 more in a 74-65 victory over Lehigh on Friday.

After a start to the regular season that did not meet expectations, the Los Angeles Lakers will embrace another chance to participate in the NBA in-season tournament when they play host to the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. The Lakers were just 3-5 and on a three-game losing streak when they played their first in-season tournament game Friday and pulled off a 122-119 victory on the road against the Phoenix Suns. Los Angeles rode the momentum

The Columbus Blue Jackets are trying to gain traction, but they could run into a team far ahead of them on that count Tuesday when the Pittsburgh Penguins visit. The Penguins, after a stutter-step start, will be riding a four-game winning streak — including two shutouts — going into the game. After sweeping a three-game road trip through California, Pittsburgh stopped home for a game Saturday and turned in a performance that seemed to key

The Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins play another Atlantic Division rival for the first time this season when they conclude a two-game road trip against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Even after being bolstered by defenseman Charlie McAvoy’s return from his four-game, NHL-issued suspension and Pavel Zacha scoring 36 seconds in, the Bruins suffered their second straight blemish against a divisional foe with Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss at Montreal. Although the loss was only Boston’s

Last season, Gonzaga set a program record for margin of victory when it blasted Eastern Oregon by a stunning 78 points. The 120-42 beatdown didn’t deter Eastern Oregon from making another trip north to Spokane, Wash., as the NAIA Mountaineers face the No. 11 Bulldogs (1-0) Tuesday night. The good news for Eastern Oregon (0-3) is that the game is an exhibition on its schedule, which was the same for last season’s big loss. Gonzaga