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Tounde Yessoufou's game-high 27 points guide Baylor past Colorado

NCAA Basketball: Colorado at BaylorFeb 4, 2026; Waco, Texas, USA; Colorado Buffaloes guard Barrington Hargress (24) drives against Baylor Bears guard Tounde Yessoufou (24) during the first half at Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images

Tounde Yessoufou scored a game-high 27 points Wednesday night, and Baylor led nearly wire-to-wire en route to an 86-67 rout of Colorado in Waco, Texas.

Yessoufou converted 10 of 16 field-goal tries, including 4 of 7 from the 3-point arc, as the Bears (13-9, 3-7 Big 12) earned their second straight win. Obi Agbim contributed 19 points and six assists, while Cameron Carr added 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists.

Baylor canned 52.8% of its field-goal attempts and led for all but 1:36. The Bears made 10 of 24 3-point attempts and committed just nine turnovers, earning a 15-8 advantage in points off turnovers while winning the rebound battle 32-26.

Jalin Holland scored 12 points for the Buffaloes (13-10, 3-7), while Barrington Hargress added 11 and Isaiah Johnson and Ian Inman each netted 10. But Johnson, the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 ppg, made only 3 of 13 attempts from the field.

Poor shooting plagued Colorado all night long as it made only 22 of 55 attempts from the field, including a dismal 8 of 25 in the first half, as it fell behind by 24 points. It also mixed in nine of its 10 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

The storyline coming into the game was how Colorado’s new lineup — coach Tad Boyle started four freshmen for the second straight game — would play in front of a road crowd. When Boyle debuted the lineup Sunday, the Buffaloes rolled to an 87-61 home blowout of TCU.

Things didn’t go quite as well in this one. After Johnson converted a floater to start the scoring, the Bears quickly rattled off a 13-2 run that Agbim fronted with a 3-pointer and a jumper. The margin reached double figures for the first time at the 12:52 mark via Agbim’s second 3-pointer.

It didn’t get much better for Colorado after that. Baylor expanded the margin to 36-16 when Carr drained a 3-pointer and got to halftime with a 45-21 cushion when Isaac Williams drove for a layup off a turnover with two seconds remaining.

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No. 20 Clemson nips Stanford to extend ACC road win streak

NCAA Basketball: Clemson at StanfordFeb 4, 2026; Stanford, California, USA; Clemson Tigers forward RJ Godfrey (0) shoots as Stanford Cardinal forward Oskar Giltay (15) defends during the first half at Maples Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-Imagn Images

Nick Davidson scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds as No. 20 Clemson extended its Atlantic Coast Conference road winning streak to 13 games with a 66-64 victory over Stanford on Wednesday night.

Davidson made two free throws to put Clemson (19-4, 9-1 ACC) ahead 64-62 with 23 seconds left. The Tigers maintained the lead after the Cardinal’s Ebuka Okorie missed a 3-point try with 7.1 seconds remaining.

Ace Buckner added two free throws with 3.7 seconds left to help Clemson win for the 12th time in the past 13 games. Okorie scored at the buzzer for the final margin.

Buckner finished with 11 points and Chase Thompson added a career-high 10 for the Tigers, who won despite not making a field goal in the final four minutes.

Aidan Cammann led Stanford (14-9, 3-7) with a career-high 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Okorie added 18 points, and Oskar Giltay had 11 rebounds.

The Cardinal have lost five straight since beginning the season 14-4.

Clemson led 26-19 with 5:23 left in the first half before Okorie made two 3-pointers during a 13-4 run to help Stanford move ahead 32-30 entering halftime.

Okorie led all scorers with 12 points in the first half, while eight players scored for Clemson.

The Tigers, who were held to one field goal in the final 5:23 the opening half, fell behind 41-35 on Okorie’s dunk with 14:19 left in the contest.

After Clemson moved ahead 56-50 on Davidson’s 3-pointer, Stanford answered with an 8-2 run to tie the game at 58-all with 5:36 remaining on a hoop from Jeremy Dent-Smith.

Okorie, who entered the game ranked 10th in the country in scoring at 21.8 points per game, made two free throws to tie the game at 62-all with 3:08 left. The star freshman hit 6 of 11 shots from the field and dished three assists.

RJ Godfrey scored nine points and Jestin Porter added eight for Clemson, which shot 45.7% from the field and 41.2% (7 of 17) from 3-point range. Carter Welling pulled down eight rebounds.

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Jamie Benn scores with 23 seconds left to lift Stars past Blues

NHL: St. Louis Blues at Dallas StarsFeb 4, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) and center Sam Steel (18) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (4) celebrate after Benn scores the game winning goal against the St. Louis Blues during the third period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Jamie Benn had two goals, including the winner with 23 seconds left, and an assist as the Dallas Stars defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-4 Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

The Stars beat the Blues three times during that span, all on late goals.

Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist for Dallas. Mavrik Bourque also scored, Miro Heiskanen had two assists, and Jake Oettinger made 14 saves.

Jordan Kyrou and Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who lost for the eighth time in ninth games.

Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko also scored for St. Louis. Justin Faulk earned two assists and Jordan Binnington made 23 saves.

The Stars put six shots on goal during the game’s first 62 seconds. The Blues survived that onslaught, then moved ahead 1-0 on Buchnevich’s power-play goal at the 7:29 mark.

Dallas tied the game 1-1 with Robertson’s 200th career goal. Mikko Rantanen sliced to the slot and fed Robertson for his goal.

During a delayed penalty call, Kyrou put the Blues up 2-1 with 1:27 left in the period with a shot from the left circle.

The Stars outshot the Blues 13-5 during the second period and surged ahead 4-2.

Duchene tied the game 2-2 at the end of a power play by converting the long rebound from Thomas Harley’s slap shot.

The Stars moved ahead 3-2 just over two minutes later when Robertson fired a turnaround shot from the left circle and Bourque banged in the rebound.

Benn took Duchene’s pass from the left wall and scored from the slot to make it 4-2 with 8:03 left in the period.

Snuggerud zig-zagged through the Stars and scored to cut the Stars’ lead to 4-3 at 11:05 of the third period. Toropchenko tied the game 4-4 by driving the pass and converting Philip Broberg’s no-look drop pass at 15:31.

But Benn scored off the rush with 23 seconds left to decide the game.

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Flames take Battle of Alberta with tight win over Oilers

NHL: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary FlamesFeb 4, 2026; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Connor Zary (47) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images

Ryan Lomberg broke a third-period tie and rookie Matvei Gridin scored once and added an assist to lead the host Calgary Flames to a 4-3 victory over the slumping Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

Jonathan Huberdeau and Connor Zary also scored for the Flames in the final clash before the Olympic break for both clubs.

Goaltender Devin Cooley made 36 saves and recorded an assist.

Zach Whitecloud, MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri all collected two assists.

Calgary claimed the season’s Battle of Alberta by winning three of the four meetings.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice, while Kasperi Kapanen added a single for the Oilers, who have lost three straight games and five of eight outings.

Goalie Tristan Jarry stopped 21 shots, and Evan Bouchard netted a pair of assists.

Calgary has won 49 consecutive games when scoring four or more goals, a total hit when Lomberg scored the winner.

The fourth-line winger broke the deadlock when he pounced on the rebound and chipped it home at 6:44 of the third period.

The Oilers had a frantic push, but Cooley stood tall to close out the back-and-forth clash.

Huberdeau opened the scoring with the first of four power-play goals on the night by unloading a one-timer from the right face-off dot at the 3:12 mark.

Draisaitl replied just over two minutes later with the first of his two man-advantage markers, coming when he neatly lifted a back-hand shot from near the net.

Gridin again put the Flames ahead on the power play by converting a shot off the wing when he was sprung on a breakaway at 14:44 of the first period. It is the first multi-point game for the 2024 first-round draft pick (28th overall), who skated in his 13th career game.

Zary made it a 3-1 contest when Whitecloud’s point shot ricocheted off his leg while he was setting the screen at 11:43 of the second period.

However, the Oilers again tied the clash. Draisaitl notched his second of the game with a sharp-angled one-timer from his off-wing at 18:26 of the second period.

Then, Kapanen evened the score at 3-3 when his rising shot from the high slot was originally stopped by Cooley, but the puck slid down and off his equipment and into the net at 4:17 of the third period.

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