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Jackson’s 27 points helps rally short-handed Grizzlies as the Spurs drop their 8th straight game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 27 points as the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 19-point deficit and sent the San Antonio Spurs to their eighth straight loss, 120-108 on Saturday night.Memphis outscored San Antonio 33-14 in the final quarter.San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Keldon Johnson scored 22 points.Desmond Bane scored 26 points, and Santi Aldama had 17 for Memphis, which recorded its largest comeback of the season.San Antonio led 94-87 entering the fourth quarter after Memphis trailed by 17 after the first half.The Grizzlies opened the fourth on a 24-5 run, taking a 111-99 lead on a layup by Bane off a missed free throw by Bismack Biyambo on a potential three-point play. Jackson had 10 points in the run.Memphis was without Ja Morant (suspension), Marcus Smart (ankle), Luke Kennard (knee), Brandon Clarke (achilles) and Steven Adams (knee). Clarke and Adams are out for the season after undergoing surgery.Al...

Miller accounts for 2 TDs, Wissler runs for another; Southern Utah beats Utah Tech 24-16

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Justin Miller passed for a touchdown and ran for another, Braedon Wissler had 130 yards rushing and a TD and Southern Utah beat Utah Tech 24-16 Saturday night. Miller was 16-of-27 passing for 165 yards. He scored on a 7-yard run midway through the second quarter and threw a 3-yard TD pass to Isaiah Wooden that made it 14-6 with 3:25 left in the first half. Targhee Lambson had 138 yards rushing on 14 carries for Southern Utah (6-5, 4-2 United Athletic Conference). Nygel Osborne ripped off a 38-yard run and scored on a 6-yard scamper the following play to give Utah Tech (2-9, 1-5) a 16-14 lead early in the third quarter. Tyler Graham kicked a 31-yard field goal less than 2 minutes later and Thunderbirds led the rest of the way. Kobe Tracy lost a fumble that was recovered by Robert Horsey at the SUU 6. On the next play, Lambson took a handoff and raced down the left sideline for a 68-yard gain and, after an incomplete pass, Wissler had runs of 6 and 30 yards, th...

Antetokounmpo scores 40 as Bucks top Mavericks 12-125

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and Damian Lillard added 27 for the Milwaukee Bucks, who extended their winning streak to four games with a 132-125 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.Antetokounmpo was averaging 41.3 points in his last three games before being held to 16 Friday night in Charlotte. Against the Mavericks, he connected on 18 of 26 shots including a pair of 3-pointers and grabbed 14 rebounds to go along with seven assists.Kyrie Irving scored 39 while Luka Doncic added 35 for Dallas (9-4).Milwaukee trailed 109-99 with 9:04 left in the game before going on a 13-4 run, including seven from Antetokounmpo to get back within a point with 5:17 remaining.The Bucks caught a break when Donicic missed a pair of free throws that would have given Dallas some breathing room. Antetokounmpo followed by sinking a pair from the line that put Milwaukee up 114-113 while Lillard connected on all three of his free throw attempts after being fouled by I...

Scheifele, with a goal and two assists, leads Winnipeg Jets over Arizona Coyotes 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.Kyle Connor, with his league-leading 14th goal, Josh Morrissey, Vladislav Namestnikov and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg (10-5-2), which has won three in a row and six of its last seven. Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves.With the win, the Jets concluded their five-game homestand with a 4-1-0 record.Matt Dumba and Matias Maccelli scored goals for Arizona (8-7-2) and Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 of 25 shots.Morrissey gave Winnipeg a 4-2 lead 4:15 into the third period, converting a pass from Scheifele on a 2-on-1.Appleton sealed it with an empty-netter with 2:30 remaining.Connor scored 11:26 into the middle frame, taking a quick pass from Scheifele and scoring over Vejmelka’s right shoulder to put the Jets ahead 3-2.Dumba knotted the score at 2-2 after deflecting a perfect pass from Travis Boyd past Brossoit at 6:08 of the second ...

Florida State QB Jordan Travis out with leg injury, No. 4 Seminoles rout North Alabama 58-13

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Fourth-ranked Florida State lost star quarterback Jordan Travis to a leg injury in the first quarter, yet rallied behind backup Tate Rodemaker and beat North Alabama 58-13 on Saturday night.Travis suffered what appeared to be a major injury to his left knee/leg on a run up the middle late in the first quarter. After an air cast was placed on the leg, Travis was carted off. There was no official update from Mike Norvell on Travis’ injury at halftime, although the coach told the CW Network at the intermission that “obviously it didn’t look good.”Rodemaker completed 13 of 23 passes for 217 yards with touchdown passes to Keon Coleman and Caziah Holmes as the Seminoles (11-0) won their 17th straight game while trying to maintain the No. 4 spot in the College Football Playoff standings.CJ Campbell had a 70-yard touchdown run, and Lawrance Toafili, Trey Benson and Holmes added TD runs.Senior defensive back Jarrian Jones forced a fumble to set up a first-half touchd...

Layne throws six TDs in first half to lead Idaho over Idaho State 63-21

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Jack Layne threw six touchdown passes in a 56-point first half and the Idaho Vandals rolled to a 63-21 victory over Idaho State on Saturday night.Idaho (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 8 in the FCS coaches poll, scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to take a 56-0 lead into halftime.Anthony Woods gave the Vandals the lead for good with a 7-yard touchdown run five minutes into the game. Layne hit Hayden Hatten for a 24-yard touchdown and followed with a 45-yard scoring strike to Jordan Dwyer. Jermaine Jackson returned a punt 79 yards for a touchdown and Idaho led 28-0 after one quarter.Layne threw four touchdown passes in the second quarter. He had a 3-yard toss to Jake Cox and a 15-yarder to Jackson for a 42-0 lead 2:48 into the period. Layne added touchdown throws covering 13 yards to Woods and 11 yards to Hatten.Jackson Sharman threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Christian Fredericksen to get Idaho State (3-8, 3-5) on the scoreboard ...

Bryant stuns No. 10 Florida Atlantic 61-52, ending Owls’ 19-game home winning streak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Sherif Gross-Bullock scored 19 points, Earl Timberlake added 13 and Bryant stunned No. 10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 on Saturday night to end the Owls’ 19-game home winning streak.Daniel Rivera scored 12 and Rafael Pinzon added 10 for the Bulldogs (2-3), who were 0-10 against ranked opponents since becoming full members of Division I — losing those games by an average of 28.8 points, the most recent of those contests by 67 points against Houston in 2021.Didn’t matter. They held the Owls to 26% shooting, 20% in the second half.Johnell Davis scored 17 and Giancarlo Rosado finished with 11 for the Owls (2-1). The Final Four program from last season entered the game as 22.5-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, against a Bryant team whose only win this season came against NAIA member Fisher.No. 8 CREIGHTON 82, TEXAS SOUTHERN 50OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Baylor Scheierman scored 23 points, Trey Alexander had 15 of his 20 in the first half, and Creighton blew out T...

Islanders halt losing skid with 5-4 shootout win over Flames

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Oliver Wahlstrom scored the shootout winner for the New York Islanders in a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.Kyle Palmieri, Hudson Fasching, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders (6-6-5), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Goalie Ilya Sorokin stopping 35 shots in regulation and overtime. Bo Horvat also scored in the shootout.Martin Pospisil, Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Flames (6-8-3), who tied the game twice in the third period. Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves. Sharangovich also scored in the shootout.Playing their third road game in four days, the Islanders were outshot 21-17 by the Flames after two periods, but led 3-2 heading into the third.Weegar scored from the point at 3:12 of the third, but Nelson restored the Islanders’ lead just 20 seconds later.Sharangovich knotted the score again at 13:43 tipping in a Noah Hanifin shot from the point.The Flames twice ...

Multiple suspects at large in Northglenn shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Northglenn Police Department said multiple suspects in a shooting were at large Saturday evening.Police told FOX31 it happened at the Vega Apartments, located at 11801 Washington Street. Police searching for at least one suspect in deadly Westminster shooting A call at 8:02 p.m. reported one person had been shot.NPD said the victim was taken to the hospital and no information about the extent of their injuries was immediately available.NPD said officers were searching for multiple suspects.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Local company plans to buy, deliver over 3,000 turkeys to food banks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:03:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As local food banks are feeling the strain of feeding families in need for the Thanksgiving holiday, a local company is jumping into action to help.The Metal of Honor Committee (MOH) through Hercules Industries' goal is to raise $35,000 to buy more than 3,000 turkeys. Denver International Airport prepares for busy holiday travel week So far the MOH Committee has raised $30,000, just $5,000 shy of their goal.Samaritan House, located on Lawrence Street in Denver, is one of the food banks the company is donating to.“Our work here is really a diverse picture of helping people from all levels of the spectrum," said Valerie Urquhart, a case manager at Samaritan House.Organizers at the non-profit told FOX31 they help around 300 people daily.“It’s an everyday battle for us,” Urquhart said.That's where the MOH Committee comes in.“Words don’t describe the feeling you get when you help the less fortunate," said Rod Valdez, who helps oversee the distribution of hundreds of tu...