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9:27 PM on Friday, March 13

Tavari Johnson and Shammah Scott both scored 18 points to lead Akron to a 75-68 victory over Kent State in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament

9:09 PM on Friday, March 13

Jaiden Glover had 19 points, Justice Ajogbor scored 18 and Saint Joseph’s beat Davidson 70-58 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament

8:54 PM on Friday, March 13

Led by Cam Gillus' 25 points, the Howard Bison defeated the South Carolina State Bulldogs 78-61 in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament

8:01 PM on Friday, March 13

Robert Thomas scored on a wrist shot with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers

7:59 PM on Friday, March 13

Rookie Peyton Anderson scored her first career goal to spark the Minnesota Frost to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Torrent in the PWHL

7:51 PM on Friday, March 13

Kevin Durant hit a go-ahead 18-footer with 7.6 seconds left and the Houston Rockets outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 107-105 on Friday night to move into third place in the crowded Western Conference

7:49 PM on Friday, March 13

Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half, Jayden Ross hit a couple of momentum-stunting 3-pointers in the second, and sixth-ranked UConn defeated Georgetown 67-51 to set up a showdown of the top two seeds in the Big East Tournament final

7:25 PM on Friday, March 13

7:22 PM on Friday, March 13

No. 11 Nebraska is searching for the level it showed during its perfect start, and it is running out of time

7:12 PM on Friday, March 13

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo says catcher Gabriel Moreno was a late scratch from Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals because of right forearm tightness

7:12 PM on Friday, March 13

Brandon Ingram scored 36 points, RJ Barrett added 22 and the Toronto Raptors rallied to beat Phoenix 122-115 on Friday night, snapping the Suns’ winning streak at four

7:09 PM on Friday, March 13

Jalen Brunson finished with 29 points and nine assists, OG Anunoby added 25 points and eight rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 101-92 on Friday night

7:09 PM on Friday, March 13

Jalen Duren had 30 points and 13 rebounds and Cade Cunningham added 17 points and 15 assists as the Detroit Pistons handed the Memphis Grizzlies their seventh straight loss with a 126-110 victory on Friday night

7:07 PM on Friday, March 13

Evan Mobley matched his season high with 29 points, Donovan Mitchell scored 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Dallas Mavericks 138-105 on Friday night in the opener of a home-and-home series

6:53 PM on Friday, March 13

Adrian Kempe scored his team-leading 26th goal of the season and the Los Angeles Kings held off the New York Islanders 3-2 on Friday night

6:02 PM on Friday, March 13

Aryna Sabalenka, a two-time runner-up at Indian Wells, will get another shot at winning event after beating Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals

5:43 PM on Friday, March 13

Fletcher Loyer scored 19 points, Braden Smith collected 10 more assists and No. 18 Purdue beat No. 11 Nebraska 74-58 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals

5:29 PM on Friday, March 13

Mid-American Conference commissioner Dr. Jon A

2:40 PM on Friday, March 13

The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028

6:06 PM on Thursday, March 12

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the NHL season