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Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Florida hands No. 1 Tennessee first loss of season
Jan 7, 2025; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators guard Will Richard (5) makes a layup against the Tennessee Volunteers during the first half at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida controlled the game from the outset while steamrolling top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference play at Gainesville, Fla.
Alex Condon had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Rueben Chinyelu collected a career-high 15 rebounds as the Gators (14-1, 1-1 SEC) delivered full-scale domination of the Volunteers. Florida never trailed and led by as many as 36 points.
Tennessee (14-1, 1-1) is the last team in the nation to lose a game this season. It was vying for the first 15-0 start to a season in program history. The Volunteers will go into the record books tied with the 1922-23 squad for the best start.
Tennessee shot a porous 21.4 percent from the field (12 of 56) and 13.8 percent from 3-point range (4 of 29) as part of a dismal showing. Chaz Lanier had 10 points and seven rebounds but made just 3 of 16 shots from the field while Zakai Zeigler also had 10 points for the Volunteers.
No. 2 Auburn 87, Texas 82
Johni Broome racked up 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Tigers held on for a win over the Longhorns in a Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.
The win was the 214th for Tigers coach Bruce Pearl, propelling him to No. 1 in all-time coaching wins at the school. He had been tied with Joel Eaves (1949-63). Broome’s double-double was the 70th of his career — and his 10th this season. Miles Kelly added 18 points for Auburn (14-1, 2-0 SEC), which won its seventh straight game and first true road contest this season.
Arthur Kaluma scored a career-high 34 points for the Longhorns (11-4, 0-2), who have dropped two straight games. Jordan Pope added 19 and Tre Johnson scored 11.
No. 3 Iowa State 82, Utah 59
Reserve Curtis Jones scored 23 points and the Cyclones pulled away for a win over the Utes in a Big 12 Conference matchup in Ames, Iowa.
Tamin Lipsey added 20 points for Iowa State (13-1, 3-0), which won its 10th in a row. Joshua Jefferson scored 17 and Keshon Gilbert finished with 15. Lipsey and Jefferson each grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.
Gabe Madsen scored 20 points to lead Utah (8-6, 0-3). Miro Little finished with 13 points off the bench and made two of three shots from beyond the 3-point line.
No. 4 Duke 76, Pitt 47
Cooper Flagg collected 19 points and 10 rebounds, Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and Duke’s stout defense carried the Blue Devils past the visiting Panthers in a matchup of two of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top teams in Durham, N.C.
Duke held Pitt to a miserable night on offense. The Panthers failed to score for the game’s final 7:59, resulting in a game-ending 18-0 run for the Blue Devils. Khaman Maluach added 11 points and eight rebounds for Duke (13-2, 5-0 ACC), which has nine straight wins. Duke’s starting backcourt chimed in with 23 points, 13 from Tyrese Proctor and 10 from Sion James. Proctor scored the game’s final 10 points.
Cameron Corhen scored 11 points and pulled in seven rebounds for Pitt (12-3, 3-1), which shot 31 percent (18 of 58) from the field. That included 6-for-20 on 3-pointers.
Georgia 82, No. 6 Kentucky 69
Asa Newell scored a team-high 17 points, helping the Bulldogs upset the Wildcats in Southeastern Conference play in Athens, Ga.
Blue Cain added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Silas Demary Jr. chipped in 14 points as Georgia (13-2, 1-1 SEC) won its eighth game in its last nine and its first victory over a Top 10 team since beating No. 9 Memphis in January 2020. Dakota Leffew added 11 points off the bench.
Lamont Butler led Kentucky (12-3, 1-1) with 20 points, followed by Brandon Garrison’s 13 and Otega Oweh’s 12 and seven rebounds. The Wildcats had their two-game winning streak snapped and have lost three in a row at Georgia.
No. 7 Marquette 74, Georgetown 66
Chase Ross scored a career-high 27 points to go along with six steals, lifting the Golden Eagles to a victory over the Hoyas in Milwaukee.
Stevie Mitchell scored 13 points, David Joplin had 12 and Kam Jones added 11 for the Golden Eagles (14-2, 5-0 Big East), who rallied from a 14-point, first-half deficit to win their fifth in a row. Marquette has won all 10 home games this season.
Georgetown’s Malik Mack scored 18 points, and Big East Freshman of the Week Thomas Sorber collected 11 points, 13 rebounds and a season-high five blocks. Micah Peavy had 13 points for the Hoyas (12-3, 3-1), who saw their five-game winning streak end.
No. 14 Mississippi State 76, Vanderbilt 64
The Bulldogs won their Southeastern Conference road opener at the Commodores in Nashville, Tenn.
RJ Melendez (19 points), Cameron Matthews (16) and Claudell Harris Jr. (13) led the Bulldogs (14-1, 2-0 SEC) in scoring.
AJ Hoggard (18), Grant Huffman (12) and Tyler Nickel (10) paced the Commodores (13-2, 1-1) in points. The Bulldogs held Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt’s leading scorer (18.3 points per game), scoreless on 0-of-8 shooting in 11 minutes. Edwards played through a thigh contusion suffered on Saturday at LSU.
Arizona 75, No. 21 West Virginia 56
Sophomore KJ Lewis came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points as the visiting Wildcats toppled the Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va.
Jaden Bradley provided 15 points and five assists while Anthony Dell’Orso added 10 points for Arizona (9-5, 3-0 Big 12), which won its fifth straight and avenged a loss to West Virginia six weeks ago in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
The Wildcats took an early lead and held it throughout to snap a seven-game winning streak for the Mountaineers (11-3, 2-1), who were ranked in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll for the first time since December 2022. Big 12 scoring leader Javon Small produced 17 points, six rebounds and five assists for West Virginia.
No. 24 Michigan 94, No. 22 UCLA 75
Tre Donaldson’s hot 3-point shooting helped the Wolverines recover after coughing up an 18-point lead to knock off the Bruins in Los Angeles.
Donaldson went 6 of 10 from long range en route to a career-high 20 points. The Wolverines (12-3, 4-0 Big Ten) also had plenty of interior scoring contributions thanks to Vladislav Goldin, particularly in the first half. Goldin made nine of his first 10 field-goal attempts and scored 21 of his career-high 36 points in the first half.
Sebastian Mack and Tyler Bilodeau each scored 17 points for UCLA, which dropped its second straight Big Ten decision. Eric Dailey Jr. added 13 points and Kobe Johnson finished with 12.
No. 25 Utah State 85, San Jose State 78
Mason Falslev scored 17 points and helped the Aggies stave off a Spartans rally for a road win in the Mountain West Conference matchup.
Tucker Anderson added 15 points, Ian Martinez had 14, Deyton Albury 13 and Karson Templin 10 to help the newly ranked Aggies (15-1, 5-0 MW) win their fifth straight game.
Donavan Yap led all scorers with 22 points and Latrell Davis added 20 off the bench for the Spartans (7-10, 0-5), who lost their fourth game in a row.
–Field Level Media
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Bryan Woo handcuffs Braves as Mariners take series
May 6, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo (22) delivers in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Ng-Imagn Images Bryan Woo allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Atlanta Braves 3-1 Wednesday afternoon.
Julio Rodriguez hit a solo home run for the Mariners.
The Braves, who have an MLB-leading 26-12 record, suffered their first series loss of the season by dropping two of three games at T-Mobile Park.
The only hit Woo (2-2) gave up was a two-out single to right by Mauricio Dubon in the fourth inning. The right-hander walked two and matched his season-high with nine strikeouts set in his opening start March 28 against Cleveland.
With Mariners closer Andres Munoz having worked the previous two nights, offseason acquisition Jose A. Ferrer was called on to convert the save. The lefty worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save of the season.
The Mariners took the lead in the bottom of the third. Jhonny Pereda lined a leadoff single to left and Leo Rivas, the No. 9 batter in the order, doubled to left off Braves starter Martin Perez (2-2). J.P. Crawford drew a walk to load the bases with no outs before Cal Raleigh grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that scored Pereda.
Rodriguez made it 2-0 with one out in the sixth, hammering a 3-1 changeup from Perez 436 feet to left-center field.
The Braves finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth against reliever Eduard Bazardo. Mike Yastrzemski and Sean Murphy opened the inning with line-drive singles to center to put runners on the corners. Yastrzemski scored on pinch-hitter Dominic Smith’s sacrifice fly to center. Bazardo picked off pinch-runner Jorge Mateo — a call reversed thanks to a successful video challenge by the Mariners — and struck out Ozzie Albies to end the frame.
The Mariners tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the inning. With one out, Josh Naylor lined a single to center and stole second. Cole Young’s two-out double to right made it 3-1.
Perez went 5 2/3 innings and gave up two runs on five hits. The lefty walked one and fanned five.
Braves shortstop Jim Jarvis made his major league debut, going 0 for 2 with a strikeout.
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Angels rout White Sox for rare consecutive wins
May 6, 2026; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels catcher Travis D’Arnaud (25) hits a three-run home run during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run home run to highlight a five-run second inning and Walbert Urena allowed one run on two hits over six innings to pick up his first major league win as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
It marked the first time since April 16-17 that Los Angeles has won back-to-back games. It also was just the third series win of the season and the first at home since April 3-5 against the Seattle Mariners.
Zach Neto tripled, scored two runs and had two RBIs, Bryce Teodosio doubled and had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored, and Jorge Soler reached base four times with a single, two walks and hit by a pitch and had an RBI for Los Angeles. Urena (1-3) struck out five and walked three.
Colson Montgomery doubled and scored a run and Chase Meidroth had two hits and a walk and scored a run for Chicago. Noah Schultz (2-2) suffered the loss in his fifth major league start, allowing seven runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out three.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Montgomery led off with a double that one-hopped the wall in left-center and scored on a bloop single by Meidroth.
Los Angeles answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning. Soler and Oswald Peraza both singled and d’Arnaud delivered his first home run of the season, a 396-foot drive to left. Teodosio followed with a bloop double to right and scored when Neto tripled into the right field corner. Neto then scored when Meidroth lost Mike Trout’s high popup in the sun.
The Angels extended the lead to 7-1 in the fourth when Soler and Jo Adell were hit on back-to-back pitches with the bases loaded by reliever Osvaldo Bido.
The White Sox cut it to 7-2 in the seventh when Sam Antonacci also was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded by reliever Drew Pomeranz.
Los Angeles added an insurance run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Neto, driving in Nolan Schanuel, who had singled.
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Alexandra Eala fights for victory during rain-soaked day in Rome
Mar 21, 2026; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Alexandra Eala (PHI) celebrates after match point against Magda Linette (POL) (not pictured) on day five of the 2026 Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Alexandra Eala saved six of nine break points on Wednesday and rallied in the final set to register a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Magdalena Frech of Poland to win an Internazionali BNL d’Italia first-round match on a soggy day in Rome.
After rolling through the opening set, the Philippines native encountered trouble throughout the next two sets before dispatching Frech. Eala overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third set to land the victory.
“It was very tough, but I am very proud of myself because there were many moments, especially in the third set, where she could have pulled away, and perhaps the match would have slipped away,” Eala said. “But I am happy with how I resisted and fought.”
Eala faces Xinyu Wang of China in the second round. The No. 31 seed had a first-round bye.
Wednesday’s play included heavy rain that interrupted play. Two matches were suspended and will be completed Thursday.
The tournament also was jarred by withdrawals from Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu (illness).
Kostyuk won consecutive clay-court titles over the last three weeks at Rouen and Madrid — the latter marking her first 1000-level crown — but pulled out in Rome due to hip and ankle injuries.
“After the best stretch of my career, I was looking forward to Rome,” said Kostyuk, ranked a career-high No. 15. “But sometimes your body has other plans, and over the past few days I’ve been dealing with a hip issue. With my ankle still not fully at 100%, it’s just not smart to keep pushing right now, so I won’t be competing (in Rome) this year.”
Americans Caty McNally, Peyton Stearns and Taylor Townsend won their first-round matches.
McNally was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Daria Kasatkina of Australia, Stearns defeated Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 6-4, 6-4 and Townsend knocked off Italy’s Nuria Brancaccio 6-3, 6-2.
In other first-round play, Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko sailed to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Lucrezia Stefanini of Italy. Ostapenko converted all six of her break points to advance to a second-round match against sixth-seeded Amanda Anisimova.
Tatjana Maria cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Poland’s Magda Linette and fellow German Laura Siegemund defeated Sara Bejlek of Czechia 6-4, 6-4. Katerina Siniakova, another Czech, sailed to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Lois Boisson of France.
Other first-round winners included Argentina’s Solana Sierra, Austria’s Anastasia Potapova, Czechs Karolina Pliskova and Tereza Valentova, France’s Leolia Jeanjean, Germany’s Eva Lys, Greece’s Maria Sakkari, Hungary’s Panna Udvardy, Italy’s Tyra Caterina Grant and Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic and Rebeka Masarova.
In the suspended matches, Switzerland’s Simona Waltert leads Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 and Italy’s Noemi Basiletti holds a 5-3 lead over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the first set.
–Field Level Media
Bryan Woo handcuffs Braves as Mariners take series
Angels rout White Sox for rare consecutive wins
