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The Associated Press
01/14/12 7:32 PM
Casper Ware scored 20 points, T.J. Robinson tied a career high with 19 rebounds, and Long Beach State used a late run and stellar free-throw shooting to beat Pacific 76-66 on Saturday.
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The Associated Press
01/14/12 7:32 PM
Warren Niles scored 23 points and Oral Roberts won its ninth game in a row, defeating IUPUI 81-71 Saturday night.
Michael Craion had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (16-4, 8-0 Summit), and Damen Bell-Holter had 18 points and nine boards. Dominique Morrison had 12 points for Oral Roberts.
Niles made 10 of 11 free throws, while IUPUI as a team was 8 for 12 from the foul line.
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By:
HANK KURZ Jr.
01/14/12 7:30 PM
Derrick Williams had 18 points and a career-best 13 rebounds as Richmond dominated in the first half and beat Temple 76-65 on Saturday night.
Darien Brothers scored 19 to lead the Spiders (11-7, 2-1 Atlantic 10 Conference), who beat the Owls for the third time in a row in Richmond.
Khalif Wyatt had 22 points and Ramone Moore 17 for Temple (11-5, 1-2), which led only after scoring the game's first basket.
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The San Mateo girls’ basketball team is off to its best start under fourth-year coach Nancy Dinges and is extremely confident heading into Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division play, which began Tuesday.
The Bearcats (10-3) racked up quality wins against Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo and won the Dons Club Holiday Tournament at Del Mar High School during nonleague play. They are on a seven-game winning streak.
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RICK GANO
01/11/12 8:26 PM
John Lucas III scored a career-high 25 points filling in for injured Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Wizards 78-64 on Wednesday for their third victory in three nights.
Lucas, starting for the first time in his 70-game NBA career, was at the point in place of MVP Rose, who was out with a sprained big left toe. Lucas played 45 minutes, had eight assists, eight rebounds and hit 11 of 28 shots.
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ANTONIO GONZALEZ
01/10/12 11:38 PM
Dorell Wright scored 20 points and made a season-high six 3-pointers, including a tying shot late in regulation, and the short-handed Golden State Warriors spoiled Dwyane Wade's return with a 111-106 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.
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BOB BAUM
01/08/12 8:18 PM
Steve Nash had 17 assists and 10 points in 27 minutes as the Phoenix Suns routed the weary Milwaukee Bucks 109-93 on Sunday night.
The Suns beat the Bucks in Phoenix for the 24th straight time, the NBA's second-longest active streak behind San Antonio's 27 wins in a row at home over Golden State.
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STEPHEN HAWKINS
01/07/12 9:45 PM
Vince Carter and Ian Mahinmi had 13 points each to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 96-81 victory over New Orleans on Saturday to hand the depleted Hornets their sixth consecutive loss.
Carter and Mahinmi led a balanced scoring attack for the Mavericks (4-5), who won their fourth straight at home and had six players scoring in double figures.
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RICK GANO
01/07/12 4:41 PM
Natalie Novosel sank six free throws in overtime and Skylar Diggins scored 22 points to help No. 3 Notre Dame rally to beat second-ranked Connecticut 74-67 on Saturday.
Novosel finished with 20 points, including a 10-for-11 showing from the line for the Irish (15-1, 3-0 Big East), who won their 12th straight game.
Notre Dame snapped UConn's 57-game conference winning streak. The Huskies last lost in the Big East to Rutgers in 2008.
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BOB BAUM
01/06/12 11:10 PM
Steve Nash made all seven shots, two of them 3-pointers, and handed out nine assists, then sat out the fourth quarter to watch his Phoenix Suns complete a 102-77 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Jared Dudley scored 18 and Nash 17 for the Suns. Marcin Gortat added 12.
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