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Eagles optimistic ahead of 2026 season
SPOKANE — Aaron Best the head coach of Eastern Washington football, is heading into this season optimistic, he sai…
Minnesota, Lindsay Whalen agree on contract extension
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota and women's basketball coach Lindsay Whalen have agreed on a contract extension that will keep her with the Golden Gophers into 2024.
Ross' 3 at buzzer gives Pepperdine 72-69 win over San Diego
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Colbey Ross made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Pepperdine a 72-69 victory over San Diego on Thursday night.
Love has 24 points, 9 boards in 75-58 Wright State victory
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Loudon Love scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Wright State beat Illinois-Chicago 75-58 on Friday night.
SEC's bubble teams need to start making better impression
Here are a few things to watch in Southeastern Conference basketball this week:
Tate has career-high 31 in Northern Kentucky's 84-70 win
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) — Jalen Tate had a career-high 31 points to outduel Marcus Burk and lift Northern Kentucky to an 84-70 win over IUPUI on Friday night.
BYU makes school-record 18 3-pointers in 77-54 win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Barcello and TJ Haws combined for 11 of BYU's school-record 3-pointers in a 77-54 win over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night.
Nnaji scores 21, helps sluggish Arizona beat Cal 68-52
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Arizona's Zeke Nnaji is getting much more comfortable handling double-teams than he was earlier in the season and proved it repeatedly against California when he tried to set up in the paint.
Thursday Sports in Brief
MLB
Graves scores 27 to lift Buffalo over Toledo 83-67
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Jayvon Graves had 27 points as Buffalo got past Toledo 83-67 on Friday night.
West Virginia backup QB Trey Lowe plans to transfer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia backup quarterback Trey Lowe said he plans to play elsewhere as a graduate transfer this fall.
Syracuse's trip to No. 8 Florida State tops ACC's week ahead
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:
Surging Pacific smacks faltering Portland for a 20-point win
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Jahlil Tripp scored 18 points with 12 rebounds and Pacific pulled away from Portland with a 75-55 win on Thursday night for its fifth straight win.
Richardson leads No. 22 Arizona State over Washington State
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Reili Richardson scored 13 of her 22 points in the final five minutes to help No. 22 Arizona State take the lead and hold off Washington State 62-59 on Friday night.
No. 17 Oregon rallies to overtake No 16 Colorado 68-60
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Coming from behind to win is nothing new for Oregon.
Lee, Moore lead CS Bakersfield past Chicago State 64-54
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Greg Lee scored 16 points and Taze Moore added 14 points with eight rebounds as Cal State Bakersfield topped Chicago State 64-54 on Thursday night.