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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. PROVO, Utah (AP) — Lauren Gustin had 23 points and 16 rebounds, Kailey Woolston had all 14 of her points in the second half and BYU upset No. …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. UMass-Lowell River Hawks (15-6, 6-2 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (7-16, 2-6 America East) Baltimore; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: River Hawks -7.5; over/under is 162.5 …

Baylor is hiring former TCU coach Gary Patterson as a senior consultant to head coach Dave Aranda, a person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was being finalized. The website SicEm365 first reported Baylor was hiring Patterson. Patterson, 63, was coach at TCU, maybe …

SACRAMENTO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Jaden Ivey estableció la mejor marca de su carrera con 37 puntos, y los Pistons de Detroit, aun carentes de sus dos principales anotadores, vencieron el miércoles sorpresivamente a los Kings de Sacramento, por 133-120. Ivey añadió siete asistencias y seis rebotes por los Pistons, que tienen apenas una foja de 3-20 como visitantes en …

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5. Canada cut the Americans’ series lead to 3-2 with two games left. They will remain in Saskatchewan for Game 6 in …

Feb. 13 1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball team of the 1920s and 1930s. 1937 — Maribel Vinson wins her ninth and final U.S. figure skating singles championship. Robin Lee wins his third straight men’s title. 1937 — The NFL Redskins move from Boston to …

DUESSELDORF, Alemania (AP) — Es ahora o “Neverkusen.” Xabi Alonso tiene a su Bayer Leverkusen frente a una inmejorable oportunidad de conquistar el título de la Bundesliga. El examen más exigente para el técnico español será el sábado cuando el Leverkusen visite al Bayern Munich. El Leverkusen no ha perdido ninguno de los 30 partidos que lleva disputados esta temporada …

CHORLEY, England (AP) — Chorley could be the next soccer club from the English non-leagues to be given a sprinkle of celebrity stardust. The sixth-tier team from northwest England said it is in “ongoing discussions” with Boyzone in hopes of the 1990s Irish boy band fronted by Ronan Keating becoming “the face of the football club.” Chorley said that members …

BOSTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 31 points, Derrick White scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 125-117 on Wednesday night. Jayson Tatum finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the Celtics improved to 24-3 at home and won their seventh straight over the Hawks. Al …

Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to the Pacers. None of those shooters were making playoff plans …