By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Londynn Jones scored a career-high 28 points, Jazzy Davidson added 17 points, nine rebounds and six steals, and No. 19 USC got past Cal Poly, 86-39 on Thursday night. Jones was an efficient 11 for 16 from the field (5 for 8 from deep) for the Trojans (8-3). Kara Dunn added ... Read More »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic had 45 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds in his fifth triple-double of the season, and the Los Angeles Lakers used a big fourth quarter to top the Utah Jazz 143-135 on Thursday night. LeBron James had 28 points and 10 assists for the Lakers, who outscored the ... Read More »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Lake Tahoe school district is caught between California and Nevada’s competing policies on transgender student athletes, a dispute that’s poised to reorder where the district’s students compete. High schools in California’s Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, set in a mountainous, snow-prone area near the border with Nevada, have for decades competed ... Read More »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 29 points, Scottie Barnes added 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the slumping Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Thursday night. The Raptors have back-to-back road victories to bounce back from a four-game skid. They won 106-96 at Miami on Monday night. Milwaukee played a fifth straight game without Giannis Antetokounmpo ... Read More »
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Eva Hudson had 31 points, leading Kentucky to a 12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 26-24, 15-13 win over Wisconsin in the women’s volleyball semifinals on Thursday, punching a ticket to the national championship. Hudson — a finalist for the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year — carried the No. 1 seed Wildcats (30-2) with ... Read More »
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PHOENIX (AP) — Jordan Goodwin made the go-ahead free throw with 0.4 seconds left, Devin Booker scored 23 of his 25 points in the second half and the Phoenix Suns escaped with a 99-98 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. Stephen Curry hit two free throws to tie it at 98 with ... Read More »
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BOSTON (AP) — Connor McDavid scored on a short-handed breakaway and set up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ power-play score, helping the Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Thursday night. Former Boston University player Quinn Hutson added his first NHL goal as the Oilers won for the sixth time in eight games. Edmonton goalie Tristan Jarry ... Read More »
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SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Anias Futrell’s 36 points led Lindenwood over Western Illinois 92-76 on Thursday night. Futrell added eight rebounds and five assists for the Lions (7-4, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference). Dontrez Williams added 18 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and five steals. Jadis Jones finished with 18 points. The Leathernecks (4-8, 0-1) ... Read More »
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DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Anthony Davis added 15 points and the Dallas Mavericks recovered to beat the Detroit Pistons 116-114 in overtime Thursday night after blowing an 18-point third-quarter lead. Flagg, who will turn 19 on Sunday, is averaging 25.4 points over his last eight games. The Mavericks ... Read More »
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DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 23 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to become the career assists leader among centers, and the streaking Denver Nuggets beat the Orlando Magic 126-115 on Thursday night. Jokic, who has 13 triple-doubles this season, entered Thursday six assists behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had 5,660. Jokic passed him with ... Read More »
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CALGARY — Rasmus Andersson assisted on three goals for the Calgary Flames in a 4-2 win over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Thursday. Mikael Backlund scored twice, including an empty-netter, and Matt Coronato and Nazem Kadri also scored for Calgary (14-17-4). Goalie Dustin Wolf made 21 saves for the Flames, who improved to 6-1-1 at ... Read More »
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