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AMES, Iowa (AP) — The best offensive team in the Big 12 got defensive and put together its most lopsided conference victory of the season.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — J.B. Holmes birdied all but one of the par 5s at Torrey Pines and escaped with bogey on his one big miss Saturday, giving him a 4-under 68 to join Harris English at the top of…

MINNEAPOLIS — Time and again in the second half, the Purdue Boilermakers inbounded the ball and headed toward the frontcourt to try to start their offense.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee has become the second NCAA men's basketball coach to win 1,000 games.

BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Hicks scored 21 points, Brice Johnson had 20 with 10 rebounds and No. 12 North Carolina beat Boston College 79-68 on Saturday to snap a two-game losing streak.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ryan Spangler scored 21 points and Buddy Hield had 16 points and 10 rebounds as No. 21 Oklahoma won its fourth consecutive Big 12 game, 68-56 over TCU on Saturday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Terance Marin pitched six strong innings and Mexico beat the Dominican Republic 5-4 on Saturday to advance to the Caribbean Series final.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Le'Bryan Nash scored 18 points to help Oklahoma State upset No. 8 Kansas 67-62 on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Darrun Hilliard scored 15 points and Josh Hart had 13 to help No. 7 Villanova avenge its worst game of the season with a 69-53 win over No. 24 Georgetown on Saturday.

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Two-time champion and local favorite Richard Gasquet will take on big serving Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the final of the Open Sud de France.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Justise Winslow had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Duke used a huge early run to rout No. 10 Notre Dame 90-60 on Saturday.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Rico Gathers had 17 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 19 Baylor used a strong start to beat No. 15 West Virginia 87-69 on Saturday.

GENOA, Italy (AP) — Italy eased to a commanding 2-0 lead over France after the first day of their Fed Cup tie, as Camila Giorgi and Sara Errani both won in straight sets on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The USGA will conduct a U.S. Senior Women's Open starting in 2018.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Williams sisters gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Argentina in their Fed Cup World Group II tie on Saturday.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain defeated Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 6-4 to reach Zagreb Indoors final on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Clippers guard Chris Paul has been fined $25,000 for criticizing an official after Los Angeles lost 105-94 to Cleveland.

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Russia took a 2-0 lead over Poland in the first round of the Fed Cup on Saturday after Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova took turns beating the Radwanska sisters.

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Russia took a 1-0 lead over Poland when Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Saturday in the first round of the Fed Cup.