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In front of an announced crowd of 3,068 fans at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, the Canes were able to deliver the first victory of the J.D. Atreaga, defeating NJIT 8-7 in walk-off fashion.

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JuJu Watkins' favorite player has been LeBron James from way back. The NBA's career scoring leader stuck around to watch her put on a show. Watkins scored 27 points in 28 minutes and No. 6 Southern California routed UC Riverside 85-53 on Sunday night to remain undefeated at home.

Dylan Andrews scored 17 points, including a driving layup with 3.2 seconds left, and UCLA, minus coach Mick Cronin who missed the game with COVID, pulled out a 66-65 win over UC Riverside on Thursday night. The Bruins, who had an 11-point lead with 8 1/2 minutes to play, fell behind 65-63 when Nate P:ickens made two free throws with 48.8 left. Aday Mara got one back at the foul line at 41 seconds but after running the block down, the Highlanders put up an airball and lost the rebound out of bo...

North Carolina ran off a big first-half burst that thrilled coach Hubert Davis, only to let up coming down the stretch before halftime. The 20th-ranked Tar Heels opened the second half better — and Davis hopes it offers a lesson on sustaining their strongest stretches. Preseason Associated Press All-American Armando Bacot had 21 points and UNC ran off 19 straight points out of halftime to beat UC Riverside 77-52 on Friday night.

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Reigning Open Division champion Birmingham ran its City Section winning streak to 35 games in a rout over host Granada Hills on Friday night.

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The Auckland-based Blues managed only one try from massive advantages in territory and possession but it was enough for a 16-6 win over the Dunedin-based Highlanders on Friday which clinched a home quarterfinal in Super Rugby Pacific. The Blues enjoyed 73% of territory and 72% of possession but their only try was contentious and went to lock Patrick Tuipulotu in the first half. It was a gallant performance by the Highlanders, who held out against the overwhelming weight of Blues possession often