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Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Duke knocks off No. 1 Michigan in D.C.
Jan 24, 2026; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer (right) talks to forward Isaiah Evans (3) during the second half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke held on to beat No. 1 Michigan 68-63 in a much-anticipated nonconference showdown Saturday night in Washington, D.C.
Isaiah Evans racked up 14 points, Caleb Foster provided 12 points and Patrick Ngongba II turned in 11 points for Duke (25-2). Boozer grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, part of the Blue Devils 13-rebound advantage on the boards (41-28), and also distributed a game-high seven assists.
Yaxel Lendeborg posted 16 of his 21 points in the first half for Michigan (25-2), which had an 11-game win streak snapped. Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 13 points and Aday Mara notched 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting through foul trouble, but the Wolverines ended at 40% from the field, including 6-for-25 from 3-point range (24%).
Earlier in the day, the NCAA Tournament selection committee’s bracket preview listed Michigan and Duke, respectively, as the top two overall seeds. Attendance was announced at 20,537, making it the largest turnout for a neutral-site game this season.
No. 4 Arizona 73, No. 2 Houston 66
Reserve Anthony Dell’Orso matched his season high of 22 points to lead the Wildcats, handing the Cougars their first home loss of the season and second since they joined the Big 12 in 2023-24.
Arizona (25-2, 12-2 Big 12) took sole possession of the conference lead with the win over Houston (23-4, 11-3), which has lost two straight after a six-game winning streak.
Jaden Bradley had 17 points and four assists for the Wildcats, while Ivan Kharchenkov added 16 points and nine rebounds. Kingston Flemings led Houston with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
No. 5 UConn 73, Villanova 63
Alex Karaban scored eight of his 12 points in the second half as the Huskies posted a win over the Wildcats in Philadelphia.
All five starters scored between nine and 12 points for the Huskies (25-3, 15-2 Big East), who bounced back nicely from a 91-84 loss to Creighton. Tarris Reed Jr. was 5-of-5 from the field for 11 points, while Braylon Mullins pitched in 10 points.
Tyler Perkins scored 15 points to pace the Wildcats (21-6, 12-4), who had won six straight games since losing to UConn last month. Matt Hodge chipped in with 13 points for the Wildcats, while Acaden Lewis scored 11 points — all in the first half.
No. 23 BYU 79, No. 6 Iowa State 69
AJ Dybantsa recorded 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Cougars to an upset of the Cyclones in Provo, Utah.
Kennard Davis Jr. scored 17 points for the Cougars (20-7, 8-6 Big 12), who improved to 11-2 at home. Mihailo Boskovic added a career-best 13 points for BYU.
Tamin Lipsey scored 19 points and Jamarion Batemon added 14 off the bench for Iowa State (23-4, 10-4), which was coming off consecutive Top-10 wins over then-No. 9 Kansas and No. 2 Houston.
Cincinnati 84, No. 8 Kansas 68
Moustapha Thiam collected 28 points and eight rebounds to lead the Bearcats over the Jayhawks in a Big 12 Conference showdown in Lawrence, Kan.
Baba Miller contributed 18 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and Jalen Celestine added 14 points and eight boards for Cincinnati (15-12, 7-7 Big 12).
Flory Bidunga led Kansas (20-7, 10-4) with a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds but couldn’t prevent the Jayhawks from taking their most lopsided loss to an unranked team in Bill Self’s 23-year coaching tenure.
No. 9 Nebraska 87, Penn State 64
Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 33 points and the Cornhuskers got back on track with a win over the Nittany Lions in Big Ten play in Lincoln, Neb.
Sandfort was 11-of-17 from the field, making a career-best 8 of 14 threes to add to the school record for 3s in a season with 98. Braden Frager had 15 points and Sam Hoiberg added 11 points and a career-high 10 assists for the Cornhuskers (23-4, 12-4 Big Ten), who earlier Saturday were projected as a No. 3 seed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
The Nittany Lions (11-17, 2-15) got 13 points apiece from Kayden Mingo and Ivan Juric, with Juric adding 10 rebounds. The Nittany Lions shot 42.1% but made only 4 of 20 3-pointers, taking their ninth double-digit loss in conference play.
UCLA 95, No. 10 Illinois 94 (OT)
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give the Bruins an electric overtime victory over the Illini in Los Angeles.
Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) halt a two-game slide. Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points before fouling out for UCLA. Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 points, Trent Perry had 17 and Xavier Booker tallied 16 on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench for UCLA. Skyy Clark had 10 points.
Keaton Wagler had 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Tomislav Ivisic scored 16 points for the Illini (22-6, 13-4), who lost for the third time in their past five games. Ben Humrichous had 15 on five 3-point baskets off the bench for Illinois. Kylan Boswell added 13 points and backup Zvonimir Ivisic had 11.
No. 11 Gonzaga 71, Pacific 62
Graham Ike scored 20 points to break a school record as the Bulldogs held off the pesky Tigers in Spokane, Wash.
Davis Fogle added 18 points off the bench, Emmanuel Innocenti scored 13 and reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 10 for the Bulldogs (27-2, 15-1). Ike scored 20 or more points for a ninth consecutive game, eclipsing the mark of eight set by both Adam Morrison and Derek Raivio in 2006.
Justin Rochelin and Elias Ralph scored 12 points apiece for Pacific (17-13, 8-9). TJ Wainwright added 10 while Rochelin grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.
No. 12 Florida 94, Ole Miss 75
Alex Condon scored 24 points as the Gators won their seventh consecutive game by defeating the Rebels in Oxford, Miss.
Thomas Haugh added 20, and Xaivian Lee collected 11 points and 10 assists. Florida (21-6, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) won for the 12th time in 13 games, shooting 57.1% from the floor and holding a 39-24 rebounding edge.
Malik Dia scored 24 points and Ilias Kamardine added 14 to lead Ole Miss (11-16, 3-11), which lost its ninth consecutive game.
No. 13 Texas Tech 100, Kansas State 72
Donovan Atwell scored 21 of his game-high 26 points in the first half as the Red Raiders overcame a Tuesday loss and a season-ending injury to star forward JT Toppin to dust the Wildcats in Lubbock, Texas.
Christian Anderson added 21 points and nine assists for Texas Tech (20-7, 10-4 Big 12), while LeJuan Watts hit for 19 points. Luke Bamgboye contributed 12 as the Red Raiders shot 54.8% from the field, including 13-of-28 (46.4%) from 3-point range.
PJ Haggerty scored 17 points for the Wildcats (11-16, 2-12) and Nate Johnson added 15 but it wasn’t nearly enough to earn Kansas state a second straight win under interim coach Matthew Driscoll. He took over last Sunday after the university fired coach Jerome Tang for criticizing players after a recent loss to Cincinnati.
No. 14 Virginia 86, Miami 83
Chance Mallory made three free throws with 3.6 seconds left and the Cavaliers extended their winning streak to eight with a win over the Hurricanes in Charlottesville, Va.
Reserve Jacari White led six players in double figures with 17 points for Virginia (24-3, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which improved to 13-1 at home.
Sam Lewis had 15 points, De Ridder scored 14, Mallory and Johann Grunloh each tallied 12 and Malik Thomas had 10 points for Virginia. Tre Donaldson and Shelton Henderson led Miami (21-6, 10-4) with 18 points apiece.
No. 16 North Carolina 77, Syracuse 64
Henri Veesaar scored 19 points in his return to the lineup the Tar Heels notched a road win over the Orange.
North Carolina (21-6, 9-5 ACC) improved to 2-1 since star freshman Caleb Wilson fractured his hand. The team’s first two games without Wilson coincided with a two-game absence by Veesaar (lower-body injury and illness), but the center returned in this one to shoot 9 of 13 from the field to go with three blocks.
Syracuse (15-13, 6-9) had only two double-digit scorers — JJ Starling with 22 points and Tyler Betsey with 10.
No. 17 St. John’s 81, Creighton 52
Dylan Darling scored 17 points as the Red Storm extended their winning streak to 13 with a wire-to-wire victory over the Bluejays in New York.
St. John’s (22-5, 15-1 Big East) moved a game ahead of UConn for the conference lead. St. John’s is on its longest winning streak since 1985. The Red Storm also are also on a 13-game winning streak in conference games.
Bryce Hopkins notched a double-double for the second straight game by collecting 15 and 10 rebounds. Fedor Zugic led Creighton with nine points.
Tennessee 69, No. 19 Vanderbilt 65
The Volunteers, behind 17 points from Ja’Kobi Gillespie and 13 from Nate Ament, scored a road upset of the Commodores in SEC play before a sellout crowd in Nashville.
The Volunteers (20-7, 10-4) shot 43.1% from the floor and outrebounded the smaller Commodores 39-30 in winning their fourth consecutive game and handing Vanderbilt its second straight loss. Ament’s contested, mid-range jumper with 54 seconds left gave Tennessee the lead for good, and Gillespie canned two free-throw attempts in the final 13.2 seconds.
Tyler Tanner led Vanderbilt with 16 points, and the Vols held Tyler Nickel — who entered the game averaging 14.7 points — to three.
No. 20 Arkansas 94, Missouri 86
Billy Richmond III scored 21 points, Darius Acuff Jr. added 20 and the Razorbacks overcame an early eight-point deficit for a victory over the Tigers in Fayetteville, Ark.
Reserve Malique Ewin had 16 points and eight rebounds while Meleek Thomas had 14 points and eight rebounds for Arkansas (20-7, 10-4 SEC).
Mark Mitchell scored 26 points, Trent Pierce had 22 and Shawn Phillips Jr. added 11 points for Missouri (18-9, 8-6), which had won four of five.
No. 21 Louisville 87, Georgia Tech 70
After a rough loss at SMU earlier this week, the Cardinals scorched the Yellow Jackets in a wire-to-wire home victory.
Mikel Brown Jr. scored 19 points, including three made 3-pointers, to lead Louisville(20-7, 9-5 ACC). J’Vonne Hadley had 17 points, Ryan Conwell scored 15 points and four assists and Isaac McKneely added 14.
Georgia Tech (11-17, 2-13) dropped its ninth straight. Baye Ndongo led the way for the Yellow Jackets with 17 points and a game-high seven rebounds.
No. 25 Alabama 90, LSU 83
Aden Holloway had 17 points and four assists while Aiden Sherrell posted his second straight double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds as the Crimson Tide defeated the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
Amari Allen added 16 points and six rebounds for the Crimson Tide (20-7, 10-4 SEC), who won their sixth straight game. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line and scored 14 points off the bench, while London Jemison contributed 12 points and six rebounds.
Marquel Sutton, who came in averaging 18 points in his last three outings, had 21 points for the second consecutive game to lead the Tigers (14-13, 2-12), who dropped their fifth straight to fall to 1-6 at home in SEC play.
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Stewart Cink inches closer to major win at Regions Tradition
Stewart Cink takes his second shot from the rough along the No. 4 fairway during the third round of the 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Akron, Ohio. Stewart Cink is inching toward his second career PGA Tour Champions major title, as the veteran on Saturday shot a 1-under-par 71 to clear the field by three strokes headed into Sunday’s championship round at the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.
Cink took home his first major championship just two weeks ago when he won the Senior PGA Championship in Bradenton, Fla.
Despite not matching the heights achieved through his first two rounds, when Cink totaled 16 birdies over two days, his round nevertheless allowed him to expand his lead after leading by two at the conclusion of Friday’s round, and it came in difficult windy conditions.
“Overall today it was just a lot harder day to score out there,” Cink said. “I wasn’t quite as sharp either as I was the first couple days, but sometimes the golf course, you know, it just turns on you a little bit. The wind direction on a lot of the holes was awkward and it was difficult to pick out a lot of the gusts in the direction of it.”
Cink’s lead growing came in part because closest competitor Charlie Wi suffered a miserable round on Saturday, clunking home four bogeys and two double-bogeys on the way to a 5-over 77.
Cink moved to 15-under for the tournament by kickstarting his day with three birdies over his first five holes. His birdie on the fifth was sandwiched by two bogeys, and he closed his front nine 1 under. On the back nine, he balanced a double bogey with two birdies (the latter coming on Hole 18) to finish his day a stroke under par.
“The birdie at the last was nice,” Cink said. “That was some pretty good shots. But the double on the 15th hole was, that’s what happens when you hit a whole bunch of bad shots in one hole, you get a bad score, and I did.”
Cink, who grew up 120 miles northwest of Birmingham in Florence, Ala., has had a large, supportive gallery thanks to that proximity.
But the 72-hole event held at Greystone Golf and Country Club was more unkind to most of the other major challengers on Saturday. South Africa’s Retief Goosen (74), Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee (75) and Czechia’s Alex Cejka (74) had all been in a tie for third, and none could reach par, falling further behind Cink’s pace.
Just three golfers are within five shots of Cink after a day of high scores. Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie is closest at 12 under after his 5-under 67. He had seven birdies to go along with two bogeys to match his low round for the tournament.
“This is the beauty of the game of golf, isn’t it, that age is just a number in the game of golf,” Montgomerie said. “If it was any other sport, you would be well gone by now.”
Doug Barron (69) and New Zealand’s Steven Alker (71) are tied for third at 10 under.
Four golfers are tied for fifth at 9 under alongside Goosen and Cejka: Matt Gogel (68), South Korea’s Y.E. Yang (70), Ken Tanigawa (70) and Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen (71). Jaidee is T11 while Wi is T15.
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Kyle Harrison helps Brewers prolong Nationals' home misery
May 2, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison (52) throw to the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-Imagn Images Kyle Harrison pitched six solid innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Nationals 4-1 on Saturday in Washington.
Brandon Lockridge had two hits including a two-run single and William Contreras, who had four hits in each of his past two games, went 1-for-4 with an intentional walk.
Harrison (3-1) gave up a run on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one while lowering his ERA to 2.12. Abner Uribe pitched the ninth for his third save, closing it out after the first two batters reached base.
James Wood had two hits and Curtis Mead doubled and scored a run for the Nationals.
Washington’s Foster Griffin (3-1) pitched six innings, allowing three unearned runs on three hits. He struck out three and walked four.
The Nationals are 3-12 at home.
Griffin retired the first two Brewers in the first, but Contreras singled and Gary Sanchez and Jake Bauers walked to load the bases. Third baseman Brady House’s fielding error on Luis Rengifo’s grounder let in the first run and Lockridge followed with a two-run single to make it 3-0.
Mead doubled off the wall in right leading off the fourth and scored on a one-out single by CJ Abrams.
Griffin walked the first two batters in the fifth but struck out Contreras and Sanchez, and Bauers grounded out.
Jose Tena led off the seventh with a pinch-hit double, but Milwaukee pitchers retired the next three batters without Tena advancing.
The Brewers loaded the bases on three consecutive singles off Brad Lord with one out in the eighth, and a run scored when Joey Ortiz grounded out on a slow bouncer. Grant Mitchell walked to reload the bases, but Brice Turang struck out.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Saturday the team remains optimistic about the status of pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, who worked 5 1/3 innings hitless innings before leaving Friday’s win with a right hamstring cramp.
“I think he’s going to be fine,” Murphy said.
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Real Salt Lake dominates Portland to snap losing streak
May 2, 2026; Sandy, Utah, USA; Real Salt Lake midfielder Zavier Gozo (72) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Portland Timbers during the first half at America First Field. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images Zavier Gozo and Diego Luna scored in the first half as Real Salt Lake snapped a two-game losing streak with a stress-free 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers Saturday in Sandy, Utah.
Juan Manuel Sanabria assisted on both goals for RSL (6-3-1, 19 points) who are off to their best start since 2014 when they opened without a loss in their first 12 MLS matches.
Rafael Cabral had two saves for Salt Lake, which avenged a 3-1 season-ending defeat last October at Portland in the wild-card round of the MLS playoffs.
James Pantemis had 13 saves for the Timbers (3-6-1, 10 points) as he kept RSL from turning the match into a rout.
Real Salt Lake dominated from the start as they uncorked seven shots before the Timbers took their first attempt in the 26th minute.
After scoring one goal in the previous 225 minutes entering the game, Salt Lake repeatedly found transition opportunities with through passes against Portland’s careless back line.
Sanabria set up the first goal with a long feed through the Portland defense that found Sergi Solans in stride down the middle of the pitch.
Streaking down the right wing, Gozo ran onto a laid-off pass and fired a right-footed shot from inside the box. Pantemis got a hand on the ball inside the near post but couldn’t stop it as Gozo tallied his third goal of the season.
Real Salt Lake continued their assault as Morgan Guilavogui took three promising shots in a span of seven high-paced minutes.
Pantemis made a save on a Guilavogui breakaway attempt and the RSL forward banged a shot off the crossbar and was wide right on another right-footed blast in the sequence.
Salt Lake broke through in the 28th minute on a one-two on the left side of the box, as Luna took a return pass from Sanabria and scored with a left-footed shot inside the far post for his third goal of the season and a 2-0 lead.
Luna’s goal came immediately after Portland’s lone shots on goal, one minute apart. Cabral stopped a header by Kevin Kelsy, then denied a low-percentage try by Antony Alves Santos.
In the second half, Real Salt Lake slowed the pace, happy to play in a defensive shell, which prevented the Timbers from taking a shot on goal.
–Field Level Media
Stewart Cink inches closer to major win at Regions Tradition
Kyle Harrison helps Brewers prolong Nationals' home misery
