BOSTON (AP) — When the Celtics have needed an offensive lift this season, Jayson Tatum has often been the one to pick up the scoring load.He did it again to help Boston fend off a Magic team fighting to stay in playoff contention.Tatum scored 16 of...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Keaston Willis scored five of his 17 points in overtime as Incarnate Word beat Sam Houston State 72-71 on Wednesday night.Drew Lutz had 17 points for Incarnate Word (6-16, 3-8 Southland Conference). Des Balentine added 13 points...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Oscar Tshiebwe is making double-doubles seem routine.The freshman had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 13 West Virginia breezed to a 76-61 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night.“He gets better every...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vinnie Shahid scored 24 points as North Dakota State topped Nebraska Omaha 86-78 on Wednesday night for its fourth straight win.Tyson Ward added 22 points with nine rebounds and Jared Samuelson scored 16 for the Bison (17-7, 8-2 Summit...

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Chevez Goodwin scored a career-high 27 points as Wofford beat VMI 79-73 on Wednesday night.Nathan Hoover added 18 points for Wofford (16-8, 8-3 Southern Conference).Garrett Gilkeson scored a career-high 28 points and had nine rebounds...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue got off to a fast start against a ranked opponent and never slowed down.Evan Boudreaux scored a season-high 18 points to lead five Purdue players in double figures in a 104-68 rout of No. 17 Iowa on Wednesday night.The...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler guard Kamar Baldwin ignored the anxious fans, the tie score and the running clock Wednesday night.Instead, he just kept dribbling calmly, confident he would make the right play.So when he caught Collin Gillespie leaning to...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Nathan Bain scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Stephen F. Austin extended its winning streak to seven games, defeating Nicholls State 70-64 on Wednesday night.John Comeaux, Roti Ware and Kevon Harris...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Antonio Rizzuto and Trey Hutcheson each scored 17 points and combined to make nine 3-pointers as Albany began the second half of America East Conference play by handing Binghamton a 62-49 defeat Wednesday night.Rizzuto came off the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Tulio Da Silva had a season-high 22 points as Missouri State rolled past Illinois State 80-60 on Wednesday night.Da Silva shot 10 for 13 from the field. He added eight rebounds.Keandre Cook had 18 points for Missouri State (11-13,...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White spent countless hours over the last three weeks talking to his young team about handling adversity. It's been a bigger theme than offense or defense.White found himself repeating a bunch of it at halftime...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Chudier Bile had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Northwestern State to a 73-69 win over Abilene Christian on Wednesday night.Nikos Chougkaz had 10 points and eight rebounds for Northwestern State (9-12, 6-6 Southland Conference).There...