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Robert Wright III, BYU knock off No. 10 Texas Tech
Mar 7, 2026; Provo, Utah, USA; BYU Cougars guard Robert Wright III (1) controls the ball during the first half against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Marriott Center. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Baker-Imagn Images Robert Wright III scored 27 points, including 23 in the second half, to lift BYU to an 82-76 win over No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday in Provo, Utah.
AJ Dybantsa had 21 points and Kennard Davis Jr. added 16 for the Cougars (21-10, 9-9 Big 12), who overcame a 13-point deficit. They will be the No. 10 seed in next week’s Big 12 tournament.
Texas Tech (22-9, 12-6) fell to a No. 4 seed in the conference tournament and received a double bye. Christian Anderson led the Red Raiders with 23 points and nine assists and finished the regular season with a school-record 233 assists.
Donovan Atwell also had 23 points and Jaylen Petty had 14 for Texas Tech.
Anderson buried a 3-pointer with 1:46 to go to tie the game at 75.
Davis answered with a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a 78-75 lead.
Atwell made one of two free throws with 24 seconds left, but Wright sealed the win with two free throws with 19 seconds remaining for an 80-76 BYU lead. He added two more with 8 seconds on the clock for the final score.
BYU finished 31 of 70 from the floor (44.3%), including 6 of 26 from beyond the arc (23.1%). Texas Tech was 46.6% on field-goal attempts (27 of 58), 16 of 35 from long range (45.7%).
The Red Raiders led 46-38 at halftime behind 15 from Anderson and 14 from Atwell.
Texas Tech shot 55.2% from the field and made 12 of 19 3-pointers in the first half.
The teams finished the half with a 3-point frenzy as nine of the last 11 field goals made by the teams in the final 5:12 were 3-pointers.
That includes the teams trading 3-pointers on the last six shots over the final 1:52 of the half.
The Red Raiders led by 13 at the 7:40 mark of the first half when Josiah Moseley nailed a 3-pointer and Petty scored on a layup.
Texas Tech had scored eight points in the paint, had three second-chance points and had hit 55% of their shots, including 7-of-11 3-pointers.
Anderson already had 12 by the time Texas Tech led 31-18.
The Cougars, meanwhile, had made just 29% of their shots.
BYU got back to single digits, however, as Davis scored five of his 13 first-half points with a layup and a 3-pointer sandwiched around a tip-in by Khadim Mboup to make it 31-25 with 3:45 left.
–Field Level Media
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Athletics' Jeffrey Springs dominates Yanks in 1-hit shutout
Apr 9, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs (59) pitches against the New York Yankees during the first inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images Jeffrey Springs allowed one hit in seven outstanding innings to lead to the visiting Athletics to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.
Springs (2-0) took a no-hit bid into the seventh before Ben Rice cleanly singled to right field following a one-out walk to Giancarlo Stanton. The veteran left-hander allowed only Rice’s hit, struck out six and walked two.
Springs threw 60 of 93 pitches for strikes and only allowed four baserunners. He struck out Aaron Judge on a called third strike to end the third with two on and retired Austin Wells on a fly ball with two on to end the seventh.
The A’s won their first series over the Yankees in New York since getting a three-game sweep April 19-21, 2016. The A’s did not score until Max Muncy tripled and trotted home on a single by Tyler Soderstrom off New York starter Ryan Weathers (0-1).
The A’s won for the fifth time in eight games after dropping their first four contests and finished with eight hits.
After Springs finished, right-hander Justin Sterner retired Judge on a groundout with a runner on first to end the eighth. Left-hander Hogan Harris struck out Rice to cap a perfect ninth and notched his first save.
The A’s earned the win after losing right fielder Brent Rooker to right flank discomfort on a swing in the opening inning.
The Yankees were held to one hit for the first time since Aug. 15, 2023, at Atlanta. The A’s allowed one hit for the first time since April 11, 2024, at Texas when JP Sears lost a no-hit bid in the seventh.
Weathers allowed one run on seven hits in a season-high seven innings. The left-hander struck out seven, walked none and threw a career-high 101 pitches.
The Yankees lost for the third time in four games and had three at-bats with a runner in scoring position. New York has not scored since taking a two-run lead on Luis Severino in the first inning of Wednesday’s 3-2 loss.
–Field Level Media
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Austrian teen Lilli Tagger stuns No. 3 Liudmila Samsonova in Linz
Lilli Tagger celebrates winning her first-round match over Varvara Gracheva of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Thursday, March 5, 2026. Tagger, just 18-years-old, marked her first-ever WTA 1000 event win. Local wild-card competitor Lilli Tagger pulled off a 6-2, 7-6 (11) defeat of No. 3 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria.
Tagger, who turned 18 in February, converted three of five break-point opportunities while winning 22 of 32 second-return points (69%). She staved off four set points in her final service game of the second set before clinching after a marathon second-set tiebreaker to reach her first clay-court semifinal on the WTA Tour.
Next up for Tagger is fellow Austrian Anastasia Potapova, who blew past Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch for a 6-2, 6-1 victory in 91 minutes, converting seven of her 14 break-point opportunities.
No. 2 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia was also ousted from the tournament in the second round, thrashed by unseeded Czech competitor Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-3 in 60 minutes.
Croatia’s Donna Vekic also advanced to the quarterfinals via walkover as Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina was forced to withdraw due to illness. She’ll face Pliskova for a semifinal on the side of the bracket which has no seeded players left after Thursday’s two upsets.
–Field Level Media
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New York City FC's Drew Baiera (ACL) to undergo surgery
Mar 22, 2026; New York, New York, USA; New York City FC defender Drew Baiera (38) looks on during the second half against the Inter Miami at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Smith-Imagn Images New York City FC defender Drew Baiera will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured ACL in his left knee, the team said Thursday.
Baiera played in 21 minutes over three matches for NYCFC and didn’t dent the scoresheet.
Per NYCFC.network, Baiera sustained the injury during his recent stint with the U.S. youth national team.
The 19-year-old will begin rehab immediately after the surgery.
New York City FC visit the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.
–Field Level Media
Athletics' Jeffrey Springs dominates Yanks in 1-hit shutout
Austrian teen Lilli Tagger stuns No. 3 Liudmila Samsonova in Linz
