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Jayson Tatum scores 10,000th career point with Celtics

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored his 10,000th career point in the second quarter of Saturday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets.The 25-year-old Tatum is the youngest player in franchise history to score 10,000 points. The previous record holder was Antoine Walker, who was 26.With 5:05 remaining in the quarter, Tatum drove into the lane, spun and converted the layup while drawing a foul on Brooklyn guard Cam Thomas. Thomas then knocked down the free throw to give Boston a 52-48 lead.Tatum, drafted third overall in 2017, is averaging 29.8 points per game this season.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nbaSource

Nix throws 4 TD passes and runs for 2 more scores in No. 6 Oregon’s 63-19 rout of California

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bo Nix threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and No. 6 Oregon pulled away from California in a wild first half in a 63-19 victory Saturday. Nix completed 29 of 38 passes for 38 yards. He had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. Tez Johnson caught 12 passes for 180 yards and two scores and the Ducks (8-1, 4-1 Pac-12, No. 6 CFP) remained undefeated at Autzen Stadium. Jaydn Ott ran for 93 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Bears (3-6, 1-5). Nohl Williams scored on a fumble return and Mateen Bhaghani made two field goals. Nix was the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for a pair of touchdowns and running for another during Oregon’s 35-6 victory at No. 13 Utah last weekend. He went into the game against Cal averaging 292.1 yards passing. He has thrown 25 touchdown passes and run for five more. Nix is getting Heisman Trophy buzz, although he’s facing competition from fellow Pac-12 quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who has helped keep No. 5 ...

Michigan asks Big Ten commissioner to await for NCAA investigation before acting on allegations

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — University of Michigan President Santa Ono sent an email to Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, imploring the conference to wait for results of the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation before potentially taking action against the Jim Harbaugh -led football program.“The reputations and livelihoods of coaches, students, and program cannot be sacrificed in a rush to judgement, no matter how many and how loudly people protest otherwise,” Ono wrote in an email to Petitti on Thursday night before their meeting the next day. “Due process matters.”Michigan athletics spokesman Kurt Svoboda shared the contents of Ono’s email with The Associated Press on Saturday night, when the third-ranked Wolverines played Purdue at home.Connor Stalions, the low-level Michigan football staffer at the center of the probe into impermissible scouting and sign stealing, resigned Friday.Stalions attorney, in a statement to The Athletic, said his client chose to resign because sto...

Smith TD run and 2-pt conversation in OT for Houston to beat Baylor 25-24

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

WACO, Texas (AP) — Houston quarterback Donovan Smith ran for a game-winning 2-point conversion after his 1-yard touchdown run in overtime and the Cougars got their first Big 12 road victory, 25-24 over Baylor on Saturday. After Baylor (3-6, 2-4 Big 12) began the overtime with freshman Dawson Pendergrass’ 3-yard TD run, Houston (4-5, 2-4) had to start its OT possession from the 40 after the enforcement of a 15-yard penalty on the Bears’ extra point. On the play before Smith’s touchdown, the ball came out when he stretched toward the end zone. It was originally ruled a fumble, but that call was overturned on replay review, and the ball placed inside the 1, setting up his score. The Cougars then called timeout and decided to go for the win instead of trying to force a second extra period. “We knew what play we were going to run,” Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said. “They knew it and it worked. I guess the football gods were looking after us.”Smith threw two TD passes, ...

Harvey, Plumlee lead UCF to first Big 12 win, 28-26 over Cincinnati

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee raced into the stands inside Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium on Saturday night and hugged his mom.The embrace was part of an exuberant postgame celebration Plumlee and his Knights teammates hadn’t experienced since opening their first Big 12 Conference slate.RJ Harvey rushed for a career-high three scores and Plumlee ran for another as UCF outlasted the Bearcats 28-26 to secure its first Big 12 win.“A lot of work goes into what we do,” Plumlee said. “Countless hours up at the facility with coaches. They work their butts off, too. So, we really, really try to enjoy wins because, man, they’re fun.”Despite allowing 515 yards of total offense, including 248 yards on the ground, to the Bearcats (2-7, 0-6 Big 12), the Knights (4-5, 1-5) handed their former American Athletic Conference foe their sixth straight loss while snapping their own five-game skid.Both teams are in their first season in the Big 12. Saturday marked UCF’s first win at C...

McElvain, Hale lead Central Arkansas to 27-14 victory over North Alabama

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Will McElvain passed for 248 yards, Darius Hale had 70 yards rushing, and Central Arkansas defeated North Alabama 27-14 on Saturday.The Bears (6-3, 3-1 United Athletic Conference) got first-quarter touchdowns on a 17-yard touchdown pass from McElvain to Jarrod Barnes and a 14-yard scoring run from Hale for an early 14-0 lead.Kylin James added a 65-yard touchdown run for a 21-0 halftime lead and Jake Gaster’s 43-yard field goal put the Bears up 24-0 in the third quarter.North Alabama’s Noah Walters threw TD passes of 28 and 3 yards to Takairee Kenebrew but the Lions (3-7, 1-5) never got closer than the final score.Walters was 21-of-36 passing for 212 yards and Kenebrew caught seven passes for 107 yards. Walters led the Lions with 55 yards rushing but no teammate had more than 7 yards on the ground.McElvain completed 22 of 33 passes, with the one touchdown to Barnes, who caught nine for 113 yards.___ Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout ...

Prince George’s Co. K-9 helps find missing elderly man with dementia

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

A K-9 dog helped to find an elderly man with dementia, who was reported missing, in Prince George's County, Maryland, Saturday morning.(Courtesy Seat Pleasant Police Department) A K-9 dog helped to find an elderly man with dementia, who was reported missing, in Prince George's County, Maryland, Saturday morning.(Courtesy Seat Pleasant Police Department) A K-9 helped to find an elderly man with dementia, who was reported missing in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Saturday morning.The Seat Pleasant Police Department said that around 9 a.m., they brought their K-9 Amber to the 14000 block of Barkham Court in Laurel to help Prince George’s County police look for the missing 72-year-old man.Upon arrival, ...

DiLiello connects with Shackelford in OT to give Austin Peay wild 33-30 win over Eastern Kentucky

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Mike DiLiello threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Tre Shackelford in overtime to give Austin Peay a 33-30 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday night for the Governors’ seventh straight win and the sole lead in the United Athletic Conference.After Patrick Nations kicked a 22-yard field goal for the Colonels in OT, DiLiello hit Shackelford at the 7-yard line and the receiver just got into the end zone as he was hit by EKU defenders.Austin Peay led 10-6 entering what turned out to be a furious fourth quarter with the teams combining for 38 points and finishing regulation at 27-all.EKU trailed 20-6 midway through the quarter, tied the game at 29-all with two touchdowns over a five-minute span only to see the Governors go back out in front on DiLiello’s 32-yard TD pass to Kenny Odom with 39 seconds left. The Colonels responded by going 75 yards in 37 seconds, scoring on Jalen Burbage’s 11-yard catch from Parker McKinney.DiLiello was 18 of 28 for 310 yards and four tou...

Guggenheim runs for 153 yards and 4 TDs to help Nicholls beat FCS No. 4 Incarnate Word 45-32

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Collin Guggenheim ran for 153 yards and four touchdowns, Jaylon Spears added 160 yards rushing and Nicholls beat Incarnate Word 45-32 Saturday night to take sole possession of first place in the Southland Conference.Guggenheim scored on runs of 5 and 6 yards less than 5 minutes apart in the second quarter to give Nicholls (5-4, 5-0) the lead for good at 24-10 with 25 seconds left in the first half. Devonte’ Mathews returned a fumble 58 yards for a touchdown and Guggenheim added a 43-yard TD run midway through the third quarter to make it 38-13. Zach Calzada completed 28 of 48 passes for 394 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions for Incarnate Word (7-2, 4-1). Brandon Porter had 11 receptions for 138 yards and a touchdown, Jaelin Campbell added 111 yards receiving, including a 19-yard touchdown that capped the scoring with about 9 minutes to play, and Caleb Chapman caught TD passes of 6 yards in the third quarter and 29 yards in the fourth. The Cardinals,...

Do-it-all Vasko rallies Coastal Carolina past Old Dominion with less than a minute left

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:11 GMT

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Quarterback Ethan Vasko accounted for 350 total yards and two touchdowns and his 14-yard scoring pass to Sam Pinckney with 23 seconds left gave Coastal Carolina a 28-24 win over Old Dominion on Saturday.It marked the Chanticleers’ (6-3, 4-2 Sun Belt Conference) first lead of the game. Vasko helped orchestrate a seven-play, 78-yard that took 57 seconds. The big play came when Vasko found Kyre Duplessis for a 32-yard reception. Trailing 21-6, Vasko sprinted down the left sideline for a 75-yard touchdown to get Coastal Carolina back in it with 1:42 left in the third quarter. CJ Beasley’s 17-yard run near the midway point of the fourth quarter, and Vasko’s 2-point conversion on the run knotted it at 21.ODU’s (4-5, 3-3) Ethan Sanchez kicked a 38-yard field goal with 1:24 left before the Chanticleers’ game-winning drive.Vasko threw for 180 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He carried it 21 times for 170 yards, including the long scor...