Desmond Ridder and Kenny Pickett help National Team win 20-10 at Senior Bowl
Chris Doherty had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Northeast Men to a 58-53 victory over visiting Towson, ending the Huskies’ 12-game losing streak. Nikola Djogo had 12 points for Northeastern (7-16, 1-11 Colonial Athletic Association). coleman sticke added 10 points. Shaquille Walters had eight rebounds. Jahmil Telfort, who led the Huskies in scoring entering the contest with 13 points per game, shot just 17 percent in the game (1 of 6). Towson scored 21 points in the first half, a season low for the team. Cam Holden had 21 points for the Tigers (17-7, 8-3)… Sukhmail Mathon had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Boston University men (16-9, 7-5 Patriot League) to an 80-74 win over Lehigh (9-15, 7-5) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania . Walter Whyte also scored 16 points. The Terriers scored a season-high 45 points in the second half for the team… Azar Swain had 19 points as host Yale (12-9, 6-1 Ivy) held on to beat Harvard’s men, 58-55. Noah Kirkwood had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Crimson (11-8, 3-4)… Wendell Green Jr. made a decisive layup with four seconds remaining and No. 1-ranked Auburn’s men beat host Georgia 74-72, extending the longest winning streak in the nation to 19 games. Auburn (22-1, 10-0 Southeastern Conference) continued its dominating run in the league. But the Tigers, who won their first nine games with the SEC by about 12 ppg, were tested in the second half by last-place Georgia (6-17, 1-9). After the green light from Green, Georgia Aaron Cook missed a long jumper… Freshman Alex Giannaros lost 22 points on 4-for-6 3-pointers and junior Sidney Johnson added 19 points, but the Boston University Women (13-9, 9-2 Patriot) fell to Lehigh (15-6, 7-3 Patriot), 68-65, ending the streak of three consecutive victories of the Terriers.
Professional basketball
James returns to the Lakers
james lebronwho missed five games with a swollen left knee, returned to the Lakers’ starting lineup and scored 29 points in a 122-115 overtime win over the New York Knicks in Los Angeles… ‘Atlanta Traded Chennedy Carter and the rights of Li Yueru to the Los Angeles Sparks for Erica Wheeler, the Sparks’ first-round pick next year and the 15th pick this season. Carter averaged 16.1 points and 3.4 assists over two seasons with Atlanta after the Dream drafted her with the third overall pick in 2020. She was suspended by the team in July for harmful conduct to the team and did not return for the remainder of the season. . Wheeler averaged a career-high 13.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game with the Sparks in 2021… Veteran NBA center Greg Monroe is back with the Milwaukee Bucks on a 10-day contract. Monroe played in 165 games for the Bucks from 2015 to 2017. During those seasons, Monroe averaged 13.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists. He started 67 of 165 games.
Hockey
BC BU women’s top
senior goalkeeper Abigail Levy made 32 saves to support Boston College in a 3-0 win over Boston University at Kelley Rink in women’s college hockey… In men’s college hockey, Wait Garrett scored a pair of goals and goalkeeper Luke Pavicich made 28 saves to lead host UMass to a 3-1 win over Long Island, and forward MaxNewton had one goal and three assists while goaltending Hugo Ollas made 28 saves to lead host Merrimack to a 5-0 win over Maine…Boston Pride lost to visiting Connecticut Whale, 3-2, in the Women’s Premier Hockey Federation…Chicago Blackhawks interviewed a former NHL forward Scott Mellanby for their position as CEO. Mellanby, 55, has 364 goals and 476 assists in 1,431 regular season games in 21 years in the NHL. He was assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens from 2014 until his resignation in November. Chicago also announced completed interviews with the interim general manager. Kyle Davidson and Eric TuskyCarolina Hurricanes assistant general manager.
Car race
Norway beat USA in ROC
The father-son tandem of rock and Olivier Solberg of the Norway team beat the surprisingly competitive team of Colton Herta and jimmy johnson team USA on the frozen Baltic Sea to win the Race of Champions Nations Cup. The ROC “Snow + Ice” global event pits drivers against each other in a variety of vehicles that focus on electric power. The knockout event took place on the snowy and icy course of Pite Havsbad, Sweden, 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle… Lewis Hamilton returned to social media after a long silence that dates back to last season’s controversial Formula 1 final. Hamilton had disappeared from public view after being denied a record eighth championship in December’s final in Abu Dhabi. He reappeared with a message showing the seven-time champion smiling from what appears to be the Grand Canyon. ” I left. Now I’m back!” wrote Hamilton.