National Sports

(Reuters) — AJ Staton-McCray scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to rally Seton Hall to a 63-56 Big East win over Butler on Sunday in Indianapolis.

(Reuters) — Tariq Francis had a game-high 21 points, Harun Zrno scored 11 of his 13 in the second half and Rutgers broke a seven-game slide with a 68-57 win over Maryland on Sunday in Piscataway, N.J.

(Reuters) — Junior guard Josh Hubbard scored 32 points on 12-for-16 shooting and dished out a game-high six assists to lead the most accurate Mississippi State shooting performance of the season in a 90-78 win over host Ole Miss on Saturday night in Oxford.

(Reuters) — Honor Huff scored 18 of his game-high 21 points in the second half and visiting West Virginia rallied from a 14-point deficit to stop Central Florida 74-67 on Saturday night in Orlando.

SEATTLE (Reuters) — The “12s” flew in from Alaska, drove hours over the snowy mountain passes and camped overnight to take part in the celebration.

(Reuters) — Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32 points and made nine 3-pointers, and Donovan Mitchell had 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers led from wire to wire in a 138-113 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

(Reuters) — Cam Thomas scored 34 points off the bench as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Orlando Magic’s three-game winning streak with a 116-108 victory on Wednesday.

MILAN (Reuters) — America’s Winter Olympics delegation again found itself pulled into the country’s culture wars on Tuesday after President Donald Trump labelled freestyle skier Hunter Hess a “real loser,” prompting teammates to rally around him and defend the freedom of expression they say defines…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Nearly 125 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch the Seattle Seahawks crush the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl, making it the second-most-watched Super Bowl in U.S. history, according to Nielsen data released on Tuesday.

(Reuters) — Cade Cunningham led everyone with 33 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the visiting Detroit Pistons held on for a 110-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets Monday night in a game marred by a massive third-quarter brawl.