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LeDee rallies San Diego State over UC San Diego 63-62

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jaedon LeDee grabbed the rebound off a missed 3-pointer and scored at the buzzer to rally San Diego State to a 63-62 victory over UC San Diego on Friday night.LeDee had a layup with 38 seconds left to play to pull the Aztecs (7-1) within 62-61. Bryce Pope missed a 3-pointer with 10 seconds to go and LeDee grabbed the rebound. Lamont Butler misfired from beyond the arc at the other end with two seconds remaining, but LeDee was there to grab the miss and score the winning basket.Micah Parrish topped San Diego State with 15 points and 10 rebounds. LeDee and Elijah Saunders scored 13 apiece with LeDee adding 10 boards. Butler scored 10 with five assists.Francis Nwaokorie, Hayden Gray and Pope all finished with 15 points for the Tritons (4-4). Gray added five assists. ___Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/colleg...

Robinson scores career-high 24 points as No. 19 BYU coasts past Fresno State to move to 7-0

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jaxson Robinson scored a career-high 24 points, making six 3-pointers, while Spencer Johnson added a career-high 22 points to lead No. 19 BYU to an 85-56 victory over Fresno State on Friday night.Johnson also had five assists and five rebounds for BYU (7-0), which has won 12 straight non-conference games dating back to last season – the program’s longest streak since 2011. The Cougars improved to 23-5 all-time in games played at the Delta Center, the home arena for the Utah Jazz.“We’re a deep team,” Johnson said. “A lot of dudes can play. A lot of dudes can shoot. It’s just awesome to be part of.”Isaiah Hill led the Bulldogs with 14 points. Jalen Weaver added 10. Fresno State (3-4) suffered its third straight loss after trailing by double digits throughout most of the game.The Bulldogs committed 21 turnovers leading to 36 points for BYU.“We knew the challenge coming in, but they just took our lunch,” Fresno State coach Justin Hutson said. “You can’t have 21 tur...

Buie stars as Northwestern tops Edey and No. 1 Purdue for 2nd straight season

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Boo Buie scored seven of his 31 points in overtime to help Northwestern beat Zach Edey and No. 1 Purdue for the second straight season, winning 92-88 on Friday night in the Big Ten opener for each school.Buie also had nine assists and four rebounds, rallying Northwestern from an eight-point halftime deficit. Ty Berry also scored seven points in OT and finished with 21, and Ryan Langborg added 20 points.The Wildcats (6-1, 1-0) became the seventh program since 2010-11 to beat a team ranked No. 1 in the AP poll in consecutive seasons. They topped the Boilermakers 64-58 on Feb. 12 for their first win against a No. 1 team.Edey had 35 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots, but Purdue (7-1, 0-1) had no answer for Buie when it mattered most.Moments after the final seconds ticked off, Edey & Co. trudged off the floor as students stormed the court at Welsh-Ryan Arena.Northwestern went ahead to stay on Berry’s two foul shots with 2:09 left in overtime. Bla...

Rodeado de rusos y dispuesto a morir, este soldado ucraniano habilitó un ataque de artillería contra su propia posición

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

(CNN) — El soldado ucraniano Serhii está sentado en su cama de hospital en una clínica pública del centro de Ucrania. Tiene pequeños trozos de metralla incrustados en las piernas que los médicos no pueden recuperar. A pesar del dolor, dice sentirse bien.“No puedo creer que ahora esté en el hospital y no en la trinchera. No pensé que sobreviviría”, dice este hombre de 36 años.Serhii es soldado de infantería de la 80ª Brigada Gallega de Asalto Aéreo. Se alistó en el ejército poco después de que Rusia invadiera Ucrania en febrero de 2022, dejando Finlandia, donde había estado viviendo y trabajando como empleado de mantenimiento durante los 10 años anteriores, para alistarse. En un guiño a su pasado, le dieron el indicativo “Fin”.Serhii antes de salir a una misión. Su unidad tenía el objetivo de mantener las trincheras de la línea del frente oriental en las afueras de Bakhmut. (Imagen cortesía de Serhii)Hace un mes, el 27 de octubre, a él y a su unidad se l...

No. 3 Washington beats No. 5 Oregon 34-31 in Pac-12 finale to wrap up playoff spot

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Michael Penix Jr. passed for 319 yards and a touchdown, Dillon Johnson ran for 152 yards and two TDs and No. 3 Washington wrapped up a spot in the College Football Playoff, beating No. 5 Oregon 34-31 on Friday night in the Pac-12 Championship.The game was likely the final Pac-12 Championship given 10 of the 12 teams will be playing in different conferences next season. Only Oregon State and Washington State will remain as they try to find a way to keep the tradition-rich conference together in some form.Washington (13-0) was the last Pac-12 team to make the CFP — in the 2016 season.The Huskiesscored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take a 34-24 lead. Oregon (11-2) scored a late touchdown for the final score, but failed to recover the onside kick, ending the Ducks’ six-game winning streak.Two Washington receivers had more than 100 yards — Jalen McMillan (nine receptions for 131 yards) and Biletnikoff finalist Rome Odunze (eight for 102).Oregon’s Bo Nix, the fa...

Today in History: December 2, Senate condemns McCarthy

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2023. There are 29 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 2, 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution condemning Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” On this date: In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere. In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October.In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago. In 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the U.S., began operations. In 1980, four American churchwomen were raped and murdered in El Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were convicted in the...

NBA official explains Jayson Tatum’s ejection, Celtics star reacts to getting tossed

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

Jayson Tatum didn’t think he said anything specifically that led to his ejection in Friday’s win over the 76ers. There appears to be a different reason.Bill Kennedy, the crew chief of Friday’s game, explained to a pool reporter why the Celtics star was ejected at the end of the third quarter, when he was whistled for an offensive foul and continued to argue the call despite warnings to stop.“Following a loose ball foul that was called on Jayson, Jayson continued to complain and was asked multiple times to head to his bench,” Kennedy said. “He continued to complain about the foul called on the floor and overtly gestures toward the officials and was assessed a second technical foul.”Kennedy confirmed that Tatum was ejected solely on the basis of a second technical foul, and did not say anything that would have prompted an ejection regardless of how many technical fouls he had.Tatum said that he disagreed with the foul call on him, and thought he was fouled on the play. He said he was ...

Person hit, killed near Coronado Holiday Parade route

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

CORONADO, Calif. -- A person was killed Friday when they were struck by a car about two blocks from the Coronado Holiday Parade route, authorities said.The crash occurred around 6:50 p.m. in the 1000 block of Fifth Street, the Coronado Police Department (CPD) said in Facebook post.Police say a witness claims the pedestrian walked between two parked cars into the roadway and was then struck by the vehicle. 7 suspects arrested in North County Target thefts The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and cooperated with authorities, per CPD.Driving under the influence does not appear to be a factor in the crash.The Coronado Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting took place Friday at 6 p.m. The tree lighting happened at Rotary Park while the Coronado Holiday Parade went along Orange Avenue to the Hotel del Coronado.

At least 12 people are missing after heavy rain triggers a landslide and flash floods in Indonesia

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving at least 12 people missing, officials said Saturday.Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages, said Budiono, who heads the local search and rescue agency.Worst hit was Simangulampe, a village near the popular Lake Toba in North Sumatra province, where several people buried under tons of mud and houses were damaged, said Budiono, who goes by a single name like many Indonesians.He said relief efforts were hampered by blocked roads covered with thick mud, debris and giant rocks, and rescuers were still searching for the 12 missing people Saturday.National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said a villager was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries after the landslide hit his house. He said at least 12 houses, a church, a school and a hote...

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in one of bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:07:47 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire, killed 11 suspected Islamic militants near a hinterland village in the country’s south, authorities said Saturday, in one of the military’s bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year.The military launched the offensive Friday after receiving intelligence about the whereabouts of suspected leaders and armed followers of the Dawla Islamiyah and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, or the BIFF, groups near the village of Tuwayan in southern Datu Hofer town in Maguindanao province, military officials said.Army Maj. Saber Balogan, a regional military official, said government forces recovered 11 bodies of suspected militants after more than three hours of fighting.Troops also recovered Seven M16 and M14 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and five homemade bombs from the scene, he said, adding that there were no military casualties.The Associated Press saw a confidential initial governmen...