ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Green Bay linebacker Za’Darius Smith hastily organized an homage to Kobe Bryant minutes before the Pro Bowl.Smith and his NFC teammates learned about Bryant's death while they were in the locker room getting ready for the NFL's...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan State weathered another sluggish start, then wore down Minnesota.The Spartans reasserted themselves after a rough loss, and the Gophers paid the price.Cassius Winston had 18 points and eight assists and Xavier Tillman added...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Anthony Murphy made 1 of 2 free throws with 4 seconds remaining in the game and Keandre Cook missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Drake edged Missouri State 71-69 on Sunday.Drake (15-6, 5-3 Missouri Valley Conference) led 37-25...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Trae Berhow scored the first five points of overtime, finishing with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, and Northern Iowa defeated Loyola Chicago 67-62 on Sunday to pull even with the Ramblers atop the Missouri Valley...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With its toughest test of the season approaching, No. 10 UCLA is right where it wants to be defensively, it is just the offense that will need a bit of refining.Michaela Onyenwere scored 23 points and Chrisma Osborne added 16 as No....

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Malachi Flynn scored 21 points and No. 4 San Diego State staved off UNLV's second-half rally to win 71-67 on Sunday, remaining the country's only unbeaten team.The Aztecs (21-0, 10-0 Mountain West) broke the school record for best start...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Tyasha Harris is realizing the value of her scoring even as she has claimed a new title as South Carolina's career assists leader.Harris scored 13 points and added seven assists and No. 1 South Carolina rode an overwhelming opening...

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic turned in his ninth triple-double of the season, Jerami Grant scored a season-high 25 points and the Denver Nuggets held off the Houston Rockets 117-110 on a melancholy Sunday as players and fans learned about an hour before...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ty-Shon Alexander scored 24 points going 10 of 11 from the foul line and Marcus Zegarowski scored 14 and Creighton beat Xavier 77-66 on Sunday.Mitch Ballock scored 14 and Denzel Mahoney 14 off the bench.Creighton (16-5, 5-3 Big East...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Goodwin had 17 points and 13 rebounds to carry Saint Louis to a 55-39 win over Fordham on Sunday.Goodwon sank 8 of 13 shots from the floor in picking up his ninth double-double of the season for the Billikens (15-5, 4-3 Atlantic...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Each member of Stanford's 1990 NCAA championship team in attendance for Sunday's 30th anniversary celebration offered a little something to the current players as they gathered in the locker room postgame.Freshman Francesca Belibi...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Jesus Cruz came off the bench to score 21 points and grab seven rebounds to help Fairfield defeat Canisius 63-55 on Sunday.Cruz sank just 4 of 14 shots from the floor, but he was 13 of 13 at the free-throw line for the Stags...