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College basketball scores, winners and losers: USC hangs on to upset UCLA; Houston, Indiana on losing streaks
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It’s been an up and down ride for Memphis this season, but the Tigers came through in a huge moment by winning 69-59 at No. 6 Houston in one of several college basketball games with NCAA Tournament bubble implications on Saturday. Memphis entered ranked 329th nationally in free-throw percentage at 66% but knocked down 18 of 19 free throws and outscored the Cougars 41-28 in the second half to end Houston’s 37-game home winning streak.
It was the second straight loss for the Cougars (20-4, 9-2 AAC), who also dropped an 85-83 thriller at SMU on Wednesday. The win makes Memphis (14-8, 8-4) an impressive 4-2 in Quad 1 games. The Tigers are just 6-6 in Quad 2 and 3 games, however, which is why they’ll be fighting down the stretch for an NCAA Tournament bid. Nevertheless, Saturday’s outcome was a critical step toward getting the program back to the Big Dance for the first time since 2014 as fourth-year coach Penny Hardaway seeks to deliver with the talent he’s been able to pull into the program.
The outcome also brings some intrigue to the AAC title race after Houston looked to be in firm command entering the week. Now, the Cougars are tied atop the conference at 9-2 with SMU after the Mustangs handled East Carolina on Saturday. There were several other contests with league title implications on Saturday. So let’s take a spin around the sport and examine some of the day’s biggest winners and losers.
Winner: Gonzaga passes a rare test
No. 2 Gonzaga faced a ranked opponent for the first time since beating Texas Tech on Dec. 18 as it welcomed No. 22 Saint Mary’s to McCarthey Athletic Center. The visiting Gaels pulled within eight points on a Matthias Tass dunk with 3:08 remaining, but the Zags held St. Mary’s scoreless from there and closed on an 8-0 run to win 74-58. Drew Time led the way for Gonzaga with 25 points on 11 of 16 shooting. Given that No. 1 Auburn lost at Arkansas on Tuesday, there is a good chance the Zags (21-2, 10-0 WCC) will be No. 1 in the new poll on Monday. Saint Mary’s (20-6, 8-3) is likely to drop out of the poll after a 1-2 week that also included a loss at Santa Clara and a win over San Diego.
Loser: UCLA on the struggle bus
No. 12 UCLA has lost three of its last four games after dropping a 67-64 heartbreaker at No. 21 USC. Despite playing without leading scorer Isaiah Mobley for the second straight game due to injury, the Trojans (21-4, 10-4 Pac-12) held the visiting Bruins to just 30% shooting. Senior guard Drew Peterson picked up the offensive slack in Mobley’s absence with 27 points and 12 rebounds on 9 of 13 shooting. Peterson also blocked five shots. UCLA’s Jaylen Clark stole an inbounds pass with two seconds left, which set up a shot by Tyger Campbell that would have forced overtime. But the last-second prayer bounced off the back of the rim and off. The win marks five straight in the series for USC, but the crosstown rivals will meet again in the regular season finale for both on March 5 at UCLA.
Winner: Baylor stays in Big 12 race
If you wrote off Baylor in the Big 12 race after it lost 83-59 at Kansas last Saturday and fell two games behind the Jayhawks in the Big 12 standings, think again. The No. 10 Bears capped off a 2-0 week with an impressive 80-63 win over No. 20 Texas on Saturday just five days after the Longhorns upset Kansas. Baylor (21-4, 9-3 Big 12) is hanging around within a game of the Jayhawks atop the league standings.
Loser: Baylor’s depth
While Saturday’s victory marked two straight league wins by double-digits for the Bears after their blowout loss at KU, it came with a cost. Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua left the game in the first half after suffering a gruesome knee injury. The redshirt junior averages 8.6 points and seven rebounds per game off the bench and is an emotional leader who played a key role on last season’s national title team. His injury comes as the Bears have been without top scorer LJ Cryer for the past five games due to a foot injury. In Tchamwa Tchatchoua’s absence, starting center Flo Thamba could be asked to play a greater role. Thamba entered playing 17.4 minutes per game but logged 15 in the second half alone on Saturday, finishing with `12 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
Winner: Kansas closes it out
No. 8 Kansas narrowly maintained its solo hold on first-place in the Big 12 standings by outlasting Oklahoma 71-69. The Sooners (14-11, 4-8 Big 12) held a five-point lead with eight minutes left before Kansas (20-4, 9-2) rattled off an 11-0 run. The Sooners had a chance to tie in the final seconds, but Jordan Goldwire’s attempt just missed. A win would have been OU’s first at Kansas since 1993. One of the heroes for KU was true freshman Zach Clemence, a promising young role player who made the most of his opportunity off the bench with this clutch 3-point shot in the second half.
Winner: Rutgers coming on strong
Don’t look now, but here come the Scarlet Knights. A Rutgers team that debuted at No. 217 in the NET ranking on its Dec. 6 release day is now 15-9 (9-5 Big Ten) after beating Wisconsin 73-65 on the road Saturday. The Scarlet Knights are now 6-3 in Quad 1 games, which actually equates to a better winning percentage than they have in the other three quadrants. The loss cost Wisconsin (19-5, 10-4) a share of first-place in the Big Ten standings, leading Illinois alone atop the league once again.
Loser: Georgetown still winless
Georgetown has never won fewer than four conference games in a season since joining the Big East for the 2003-04 season. But at this point, merely winning one league contest in 2022 might be a relief for the Hoyas after they dropped to 6-17 (0-12 Big East) with an 80-66 home loss to Creighton on Saturday. A Feb. 24 home game against DePaul looks like the Hoyas’ best opportunity for a victory after Georgetown was competitive in an 82-74 road loss against the Blue Demons on Feb. 9. But before then are road games against No. 18 Marquette and No. 15 Villanova next week. Embattled fifth-year coach Patrick Ewing needs a late miracle to provide any justification for the continuation of his coaching tenure.
Alabama committed 24 turnovers, was outrebounded on the offensive glass 21-11, shot just 24% from 3-point range and was outscored 23-11 in the final 10 minutes but managed to beat Arkansas anyway. The Crimson Tide’s 68-67 win was no piece of art, but it got them back to .500 in league play at 6-6 (16-9 overall). While the offensive performance was uninspiring, there are some positive takeaways for Alabama. For one thing, the outcome snapped a nine-game winning streak for Arkansas (19-6, 8-4). The Crimson Tide also held Arkansas to just 31.4% shooting in an encouraging sign for a defensive unit that has struggled to reach the elite standard set by last season’s squad.
Auburn’s 7-footer recorded his second triple-double of the season in the Tigers’ 75-58 win over Texas A&M. Its run at No. 1 is in peril after a loss at Arkansas on Tuesday, but Auburn is going to be just fine in the long run with Kessler playing like this. The North Carolina transfer is averaging 5.7 blocks per game over his last nine, and with Kessler patrolling the paint, Texas A&M shot just 17.9% from the floor in Saturday’s first half. Both Kessler’s triple-doubles have been with points, rebounds and blocks.
Injury-decimated Florida State continued its free-fall with a 94-74 loss at North Carolina, which marked the Seminoles’ sixth straight defeat. It was somewhat surprising that the final score was so respectable considering that UNC led 62-24 at halftime. It was UNC’s largest ever lead at halftime of a home game vs. an ACC foe. For context, FSU failed to score 62 points in its two most-recent contests before Saturday and allowed the Tar Heels to reach that mark in the first half. North Carolina, one of the “First four out” in Jerry Palm’s latest Bracketology, hit 23 of 31 shots in the first half, including 9 of 12 from 3-point range. FSU’s injury woes only worsened during the game, as well, with leading scorer Caleb Mills left due to an ankle injury.
Winner: Big O shines again
Oscar Tshiebwe led the way with 27 points and 19 rebounds in No. 5 Kentucky’s 78-57 win over Florida on Saturday as the Wildcats improved to 21-4 (10-2 SEC). The big man came one first half rebound short of recording a double-double in each half of the game. Let that sink in. UK freshman guard TyTy Washington left the game in the second half with a leg injury and did not return, which cast a pall over the afternoon. But with Tshiebwe in the lineup, the Wildcats are going to be a force to reckon with in March.
Winner: Villanova’s balanced attack
All five Villanova starters reached double figures as the No. 15 Wildcats used their balanced attack to knock off Seton Hall 73-67. The win completed a season sweep of the Pirates for Villanova (19-6, 12-3 Big East), which won both games by the same score. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Pirates (15-8, 6-7).
Loser: Indiana drops third straight
Indiana entered Saturday as a projected No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament, according to Palm, but the Hoosiers were considered on the bubble and did not help their case. The No. 17 Spartans’ 76-61 win marked IU’s third straight loss. The five Hoosiers who were suspended for Tuesday’s loss at Northwestern were back, but Indiana (16-8, 7-7 Big Ten) shot just 33.9% from the floor. By winning, the Spartans (18-6, 9-4) avoided a three-game losing streak of their own and stayed firmly within striking distance of the top spot in the league standings.
Winner: Miami wins bubble battle
Miami and Wake Forest entered their Saturday showdown with both teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Hurricanes were in “Last four in” territory, according to Palm, and the Demon Deacons in the “First four out.” Miami won the “Double-bubble” battle with a big second half as the ‘Canes overcame a 13-point first half deficit to win 76-72. The outcome marked a sweep of the season for Miami (18-7, 10-4), which committed just seven turnovers as guards Isaiah Wong and Kameron McGusty combined for 42 points.
Winner: Murray State validates ranking
No. 23 Murray State cracked the AP Top 25 this week for the first time since the 2014-15 season, and the Racers validated their place with consecutive road victories. Saturday’s triumph was a 57-53 victory over a Morehead State team that is one of its top challengers in the OVC title picture. The Racers (24-2, 14-0 OVC) have now won 14 straight since losing to Auburn on Dec. 22. Murray State trailed 50-42 with 4:24 remaining but closed the game on a 15-3 run as KJ Williams led the way with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Loser: Wagner falls to Merrimack
Wagner entered Saturday’s home game with Merrimack riding a nation-best 14-game winning streak, which included a 71-57 road win over Merrimack on Jan. 23. But despite having lost seven of its past eight, Merrimack brought its A-game and pulled away in overtime for an 80-65 victory in a Northeast Conference stunner. Wagner retained first-place in the league by virtue of Bryant’s loss to Long Island University, but the Seahawks’ hopes of an undefeated run through league play have been dashed.
Winner: Providence does it again
No. 11 Providence’s two losses this season are by a combined 50 points. But the Friars have won their other 21 games, with the latest triumph being a 76-73 overtime thriller against DePaul on Saturday. Providence is now 12-0 in games decided by single digits and has a two-game cushion atop the Big East standings with just five league contests remaining.
Loser: West Virginia falls to Oklahoma State
West Virginia briefly got right on Tuesday by knocking off Iowa State 79-63 to break a seven-game losing streak and remain on the bubble in Palm’s Bracketology. But any thought of that victory being a turning point for the Mountaineers dissipated during an 81-58 loss at Oklahoma State on Saturday. WVU was one of the “First four out” in Bracketology, but is now (14-10, 3-8 Big 12). The Cowboys (12-12, 5-7) continued to play the role of spoiler quite well and out-rebounded WVU 48-24.
Winner: Alabama A&M earns win in 4OTs
It took four overtimes, but Alabama A&M outlasted Mississippi Valley State 94-92 in an epic SWAC battle. Brandon Powell hit a jumper with eight seconds left in the fourth overtime, and then MVSU’s Devin Gordon saw his potential go-ahead look from the corner bounce off in the final seconds. The game-winning make was Powell’s first made shot from the field of the game.
Loser: Iowa State inconsistent play continues
Making sense of Iowa State was already tough before Saturday, but the Cyclones made interpreting their resume even more difficult by losing 75-69 in overtime at home to Kansas State after leading by 15 early in the second half. ISU is still 16-9 overall but is just 3-9 in Big 12 play. If, hypothetically, the Cyclones finished 6-12 in Big 12 play, would the NCAA Tournament selection committee admit a team with twice as many losses as victories in league play? Iowa State was regarded as a projected No. 7 seed entering the day, according to Palm. But it has now lost four straight and obviously needs to stop the bleeding.
Winner: Navy beats Army in dramatic ending
Navy evened its season series with Army by squeaking out a 52-49 victory over the Black Knights to avenge a 74-73 loss on Jan. 22. Tyler Nelson led the way with 16 for the Midshipmen (17-8, 10-4 Patriot). Army dropped to 13-13 (7-7) with the loss after a last-second shot attempt from Josh Caldwell fell short.
Winner: Idaho over Weber State
Idaho entered Saturday’s game against Weber State with just four victories against Division I opponents this season, while Weber State was in second-place in the Big Sky standings. But the Vandals pulled a stunner and upset Weber 83-79 behind a massive day from guards Mikey Dixon and Trevante Anderson. The duo combined for 57 points to hand the visiting Wildcats their third straight loss after an 11-1 start to conference play.
Loser: Oregon stumbles hard
Oregon had won five straight and 11 of its last 12 to reach the No. 10 seed line in Palm’s projected bracket entering what should have been a manageable home game against Cal on Saturday. But the Ducks lost, and they lost decisively, as the Bears used a 24-0 run in the first half to open up a commanding lead en route to a 78-64 victory. It will go down as the third Quad 3 loss of the season for Oregon (16-8, 9-4 Pac-12). The Bears (11-15, 4-11) had dropped 10 straight before this week. But it turns out a trip to Oregon was all they needed considering they got back in the win column. They won on Wednesday at Oregon State before Saturday’s stunning result.
Winner: Virginia Tech wins fifth straight
When Virginia Tech lost 78-75 at home against Miami on Jan. 26, the Hokies looked like roadkill in the ACC and in the NCAA Tournament picture. The team picked to finish fifth in the 15-team conference was just 10-10 overall and only 2-7 in league play. But the Hokies completed a rally back to .500 in the conference on Saturday by knocking off Syracuse 71-59 for their fifth straight victory. Now 15-10 (7-7 ACC), the Hokies suddenly have a pulse. Virginia Tech turned the ball over just four times against the Orange (13-12, 7-7) and carried that into a 17-2 edge in points off turnovers.

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Playoff Takeaways: Stars steal momentum with back-to-back wins over Golden Knights
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May 28, 2023
It is easy to say – because it’s logical to project – that there’s no way the Dallas Stars are actually going to win four straight games to save their season against the Vegas Golden Knights.
This conclusion isn’t because the Stars aren’t an excellent team. They are. But so are the Knights.
It’s more math than emotion: only four teams in National Hockey League history have rallied from a 0-3 deficit to win a playoff series, and it has never happened in a conference final, where teams that win the first three games are 46-0 in advancing to the Stanley Cup Final.
The Golden Knights, a 51-win team that had 111 points in the regular season, aren’t going to lose four straight playoff games after losing only three times in the first month of the Stanley Cup tournament.
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This Stars’ comeback almost certainly is not happening despite Dallas’ impressive 4-2 road win Saturday in Las Vegas.
But the fantastic thing about sports is that you actually have to play the games.
And ask yourself this: Can the Dallas Stars win two consecutive games? Because that’s all they have to do now after halting the Knights and stealing momentum by winning Games 4 and 5 in the Western Conference Final.
The Stars no longer have to climb Mt. Everest. They just have to get up the Eiger.
Game 6 is Monday in Dallas. And the Stars will have captain and key forward Jamie Benn back after a two-game suspension.
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“We’ve done it all year long where we’ve stayed with our game and we find a way,” the senior Star, Joe Pavelski, said in his walkoff interview with Hockey Night in Canada. “It was a gutsy win coming in here. It gives us life, gives us life.”
The guy most responsible for giving Dallas life was depth forward Ty Dellandrea, who scored twice in 87 seconds halfway through the third period to triple his playoff goals total and propel the Stars to victory in an elimination game they trailed twice.
Luke Glendening, another bottom-six winger, tied the game on a deflection at 15:24 of the first period. And Dallas sniper Jason Robertson, re-ignited in this series, made it 2-2 at 5:29 of the middle frame.
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Importantly, the goals were an immediate response by the Stars after Ivan Barbashev scored for Vegas at 13:36 and Chandler Stephenson at 3:20, respectively. The Knights’ two leads lasted less than four minutes.
Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 27 of 29 Vegas shots for his second straight win since getting pulled from Game 3 for the third time in eight playoff contests.
STANLEY CUP MAGIC
Much like the 82-game regular season, it’s the journey that surprises and enthralls us in the playoffs – not merely the destination.
Dellandrea scored just nine times in the regular season and was a healthy scratch for coach Peter DeBoer when this series began. He was also a healthy scratch when the Stars decided their second-round series by winning Game 7 against the Seattle Kraken.
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But there he was on Saturday, extending the Stars’ season by scoring twice in the third period while playing his ass off every fourth shift. Besides his pair of goals, Dellandrea had five shot attempts and three hits in 15:59 of ice time.
The 22-year-old, 2018 first-round pick from Port Perry, Ont., had logged one NHL playoff game before this spring.
Asked about his performance, Dellandrea told ESPN: “We’ve got bigger things that we want to accomplish here. So, this was a big win and we get to go back home and have another opportunity. But we’re playing for a lot.”
BIG BENN
It’s not difficult finding inspiration at playoff time, but the Stars made Benn’s suspension a rally focal point. His teammates were determined to win twice without him so their captain’s season didn’t end with his unprovoked cross-check to the neck of Mark Stone two minutes in Game 3.
Mission accomplished. Getting an impactful, battle-hardened veteran like Benn back should turbo-charge the Stars. But they need to be careful about letting their urgency or focus wane after playing the last two games for Benn.
Relief can turn into a dip in emotion when teams get key players back from injury, as if the player’s return alone means the hardest part is over.
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“We’ve been through a little bit of adversity this round,” Dellandrea said. “A big message in the room was: We want to get Jamie back, you know, get our captain back. I think we just focussed on that. We’ve got him back (and) head home for Game 6. That’s what we’re thinking about right now.”
FOUR-LINE PERFECTION
The thoroughness of the Stars’ engagement on Saturday was reflected in the ice times of DeBoer’s four centres: Roope Hintz, 15:43; Wyatt Johnson, 15:52; Max Domi, 16:32; and Radek Faksa, 15:05. Why didn’t Dallas’ best players play more? Because the guys in the bottom half of the lineup earned their ice time in a must-win game.
LONG NIGHT FOR KNIGHTS
There are a couple of things Vegas can latch on to after Game 5.
Their top players, especially the first line of Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault and Ivan Barbashev, can play a lot better – even if Barbashev did open scoring on a strong move to the net after Dallas defenceman Miro Heiskanen drifted out of position to converge on Eichel along the side boards.
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And the bounces could have scarcely gone worse for the Knights. Glendening’s goal was a tip on a seeing-eye point shot by Thomas Harley. Robertson’s goal came after his initial attempt bounced back to him off defenceman Shea Theodore, and the follow-up shot tumbled off the Knight’s stick and up and over goalie Adin Hill. Dellandrea’s tie-breaker ticked the stick of Vegas defenceman Alex Pietrangelo and rattled between Hill’s blocker and pad. And Dellandrea’s clincher came from a scramble when the puck bounced to him in the slot off Stone’s skate, and Hill was unable to make a save because Domi has been knocked into him by Golden Knight Nicolas Hague and a turnover by Zach Whitecloud.
None of the goals was clean. But the Stars earned them by battling to get to the dirty areas. And the Knights are allowed to score greasy goals, too. They just didn’t. And now they have to play a sixth game on Monday.
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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
The Knights did not expose their 61.4 per cent penalty-killing, the worst by any team that has won at least one playoff round since the NHL began tracking the stat in 1977-78, because they did not take a penalty in Game 5.
But Vegas also failed to score on the game’s only power play, a slew-foot tripping penalty by Mason Marchment just 50 seconds in. In 16 playoff games, the Knights’ power play has scored nine goals and ranks 11th among 16 qualifiers at 17.7 per cent.
The Knights have been winning by dominating five-on-five play. But they didn’t on Saturday.
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