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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. scored nine straight points in the fourth quarter, sinking a go-ahead jumper in the run, and Ohio State rallied to beat Oakland 79-73 in a season opener on Monday night. Ohio State trailed 52-47 when Gayle began his scoring streak. His third bucket gave the Buckeyes a 53-52 […]

Carson Beck threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as top-ranked Georgia shook off both an early kickoff and losing star tight end Brock Bowers to a left foot injury before halftime in beating Vanderbilt 37-20 Saturday. The Bulldogs have won 34 straight regular-season games. Bowers hurt his left ankle midway through the second quarter, not that it mattered as Georgia scored 27 straight points to take control.

Northwestern, Rock Hill play their final non-region games.

Alyssa Thomas tied a career-high with 28 points, DeWanna Bonner had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 90-75 on Wednesday night to advance to their fifth straight WNBA playoff semifinals. Connecticut will play the New York Liberty on Sunday in a best-of-five series. The Sun lost all four regular-season games with the Liberty this season.

Tiffany Hayes scored 18 points, DeWanna Bonner added 14 and the Connecticut Sun beat the Indiana Fever 88-72 on Friday night. Connecticut dominated the first half. The Sun scored 13 straight points in the first quarter to take an early 20-10 lead.

Kayla McBride scored 24 points and Tiffany Mitchell made the game-winning layup with three seconds remaining to lift the Minnesota Lynx to their first win of th

Kayla McBride scored 24 points and Tiffany Mitchell made the game-winning layup with three seconds remaining to lift the Minnesota Lynx to their first win of th

Devin Booker recorded 45 points, seven rebounds and three steals to lead the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 129-124 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippe

Anton Watson recorded 20 points and seven rebounds to help No. 9 Gonzaga notch a wire-to-wire, 84-73 victory over San Francisco on Monday night in a West Coast

DeAndre Gholston hit a desperate 3-point heave at the buzzer to lift Missouri to an 86-85 upset of No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.