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No. 20 Clemson nips Stanford to extend ACC road win streak
Feb 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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Bucks claim second straight in overtime battle versus Pelicans
Feb 4, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. (7) shoots in against New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III (25) during the second quarter at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Ryan Rollins scored 27 points, and six teammates scored in double figures as the host Milwaukee Bucks defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 141-137 in overtime Wednesday night.
AJ Green scored 20, Kevin Porter Jr. had 18, Amir Coffey, Pete Nance and Myles Turner added 16 each and Gary Trent Jr. had 13 for the Bucks.
Trey Murphy III scored a career-high 44 points, making a franchise-record 12 3-pointers on 18 attempts, Saddiq Bey had 22 points, Zion Williamson had 20 and Jeremiah Fears added 13 for the Pelicans.
Rollins scored on a drive and Turner made a 3-pointer to start the scoring in overtime and the Pelicans got as close as one point, but Milwaukee held on.
New Orleans led by as many as nine points before holding a 34-30 edge at the end of the first quarter.
The Pelicans’ Yves Missi made two free throws to start the second-quarter scoring and the lead grew to 58-49 after Bey scored seven consecutive New Orleans points. Porter had six points and an assist, but Murphy countered with three 3-pointers and the Pelicans had a 70-63 halftime lead.
The Pelicans had a nine-point lead early in the third quarter, but Rollins and Green each made a 3-pointer and Turner made two jumpers to pull the Bucks even at 73.
Murphy made three 3-pointers and Williamson had five points to help New Orleans build an 89-82 lead. Milwaukee got as close as two points before Fears made consecutive 3-pointers to help the Pelicans grab a 101-96 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Rollins scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter, giving the Bucks their first lead of the game, and Trent added a 3-pointer, giving Milwaukee a 110-104 edge.
Herb Jones made two free throws for New Orleans’ first points of the quarter after nearly four minutes but the Bucks opened a 13-point edge. Karlo Matkovic made a 3-pointer for the first field goal the Pelicans pulled even at 121. The score was tied again at 126 and 128 before the game went to overtime.
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Dai Dai Ames pours in 29 to carry Cal past Georgia Tech
Feb 4, 2026; Berkeley, California, USA; California Golden Bears center Milos Ilic (8) rebounds in front of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets forward Baye Ndongo (11) during the first half at Haas Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Dai Dai Ames overcame foul trouble to pour in a season-best 29 points, and Cal overcame a lull early in the second half to outfinish visiting Georgia Tech 90-85 in an Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball game in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday night.
Milos Ilic capped an 11-point performance with four clutch free throws. John Camden chipped in with 15 points, Chris Bell 14 and Justin Pippen 13 to complement seven rebounds and a team-high six assists for the Golden Bears (17-6, 5-5 ACC), who won for the fourth time in their last five games.
Baye Ndongo flirted with a triple-double for Georgia Tech (11-12, 2-8) before fouling out with 10 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
Fresh off a road win at Miami (Fla.), Cal led 43-29 at halftime on the strength of eight 3-pointers and went up 46-31 in the first minute of the second period after a deep hoop by Ames before the Yellow Jackets rallied.
Kam Craft dropped in a layup and went outside for a pair of 3-pointers, setting the stage for a Davi Remagen 11-footer that produced a 49-all tie at the 15:12 mark. Georgia Tech was just 2-for-17 from deep in the first half.
Another 3-pointer by Craft had the visitors even at 59-all before Cal held the upper hand over the final 10 minutes.
After back-to-back 3-pointers and a layup by Akai Fleming had pulled Georgia Tech within 80-77 with still 1:10 remaining, the Golden Bears pulled away at the free-throw line, featuring a 4-for-4 run by Ilic.
The Golden Bears finished 28-for-39 at the line, outscoring the visitors by 21 points from the stripe.
Ilic was Cal’s leading rebounder with nine, just missing what would have been his first double-double of the season.
Fleming came off the bench to pace the Yellow Jackets with 19 points, shooting 3-for-6 from deep. Chas Kelley III aided the visitors’ cause with 15 points, while Craft and Jaeden Mustaf had 14 apiece for Georgia Tech, which lost for the seventh time in its last eight outings.
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Report: Magic trade veteran Tyus Jones to Hornets
Jan 26, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Orlando Magic guard Tyus Jones (2) brings the ball up court in the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-Imagn Images The Orlando Magic have traded point guard Tyus Jones and two second-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets for cash considerations, according to ESPN.
The cash considerations given by the Hornets will help the Magic avoid the luxury tax, who added two second-round picks to the deal for Charlotte to take on Jones’ capital.
The trade now gives Charlotte 11 first-round picks and 14 second-round picks over the next 7 years.
Jones averaged 3.0 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game this season, only starting eight games for Orlando, who acquired him as a free agent on June 30 on a one-year, $7 million deal.
Charlotte, who acquired guard Coby White earlier this morning, adds another veteran to the rotation.
Jones was drafted in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, but played his first games for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He signed a 3-year, $28 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019, where he spent another four seasons.
He followed with stints in Washington (2023-24) and Phoenix (2024-25) where he his greatest volume of action, starting 124 games over two seasons. He has just 102 starts over his other nine seasons.
Jones’ best performance for Orlando this season came on Dec. 23 against the Portland Trail Blazers, where he tallied 16 points, seven assists and four rebounds.
–Field Level Media
