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Tennessee State defeats UT Martin 68-55 to advance to OVC Championship title game 03/06/2026 11:23pm • EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Aaron Nkrumah had 19 points to lead Tennessee State to a 68-55 victory over UT Martin on Friday night in an Ohio Valley Conference Championship semifinal. No. 1 seed Tennessee State will play the winner of Saturday's other semifinal matchup between No. 2 seed Morehead State Nuckolls scores 23 as Portland defeats Washington State 74-68 in West Coast Conference Tournament 03/06/2026 11:23pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Garrett Nuckolls had 23 points and Portland beat Washington State 74-68 on Friday night in the second round of the West Coast Conference Tournament. No. 9 seed Portland advances to play No. 5 seed San Francisco on Saturday in a third-round matchup. Nuckolls added six rebounds for NHL-worst Canucks beat the Blackhawks 6-3 to end a 7-game skid 03/06/2026 11:21pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Brock Boeser batted the puck in to break a tie at 2:40 of the third period and the NHL-worst Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Friday night to end a seven-game losing streak that started in January. Boeser smacked the puck past Arvid Soderblom after Linus Karlsson Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence 03/06/2026 11:20pm • BRONKHORSTSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — At the command of a female instructor, a line of girls and women, some wearing pink ear protectors, shoot five rounds at a target with 9 mm pistols as they undergo firearm training at a range in the agricultural town of Bronkhorstspruit just outside South Afri Syla Swords, Olivia Olson lead No. 8 Michigan past Oregon 80-58 in Big Ten quarterfinals 03/06/2026 11:17pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Syla Swords scored 17 points and Olivia Olson had 16 as No. 8 Michigan beat Oregon 80-58 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. night. The Wolverines (25-5) will face No. 9 Iowa in Saturday’s semifinals. The final margin was Michigan’s largest lead of the game. War in the Middle East ensnares many Muslim pilgrims in travel chaos 03/06/2026 11:11pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home. Others had to scrap their planned visits altogether. For some who p Heiden scores 16, Stuelke's return helps send No. 9 Iowa past Illinois 64-58 in Big Ten tourney 03/06/2026 11:09pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ava Heiden scored 16 points and Hannah Stuelke finished with 13 points and five rebounds despite playing with an injured right elbow, leading No. 9 Iowa past 10th-seeded Illinois 64-58 on Friday night and into the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. The Hawkeyes (25-5) have won seve Explosions rock Iran's capital, and more attacks target Israel as US warns bombing will intensify 03/06/2026 11:02pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sent up clouds of dark smoke in the Iranian capital city early Saturday, and Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel as the United States warned of a forthcoming bombing campaign that officials said would be the most intense yet in the weeklong Celtics star Jayson Tatum filled with 'gratitude' in his return to court following Achilles surgery 03/06/2026 10:58pm • BOSTON (AP) — There were times when Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum wasn't sure if he'd make it back to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season. It made every moment he experienced in his return as special as any he's had so far in his basketball career. His homecoming at TD G NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Glance 03/06/2026 10:55pm • Times EST (through March 20) Times EDT (March 21) First Round Friday, March 6 NYU 108, Me.-Farmington 44 Messiah 64, Cortland 58 Hardin-Simmons 73, Austin 51 Whitman 70, Claremont-M-S 54 Bowdoin 51, Emmanuel (Mass.) 42 Southern Me. 62, JWU (Providence) 46 Wis.-La Crosse 78, LaGrange 52 Carroll (Wis. No. 24 Ole Miss builds a 32-point lead and holds on to beat No. 5 Vanderbilt 89-78 in SEC Tournament 03/06/2026 10:46pm • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Latasha Lattimore scored 28 points and Cotie McMahon had 27 as No. 24 Mississippi built a 32-point third-quarter lead and held on late to beat fifth-ranked Vanderbilt 89-78 in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Tianna Thompson added 16 points fo A new Metro safety measure at Dulles Airport seems invisible to most 03/06/2026 10:44pm • Metro is trying out some new safety equipment at Dulles International Airport, but many people don’t seem to notice it or care. Metro has installed a 3-foot-tall bollard and safety signs in front of a bank of escalators heading out of the station. The signs say "no luggage on escalators," and t No. 4 Texas rolls into SEC Tournament semifinals with 83-60 win over Alabama 03/06/2026 10:43pm • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Lee scored 16 points, Madison Booker contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in limited action and No. 4 Texas rolled into the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals with 83-60 victory over Alabama on Friday night. Bryanna Preston added 13 points fo No. 3 South Carolina opens SEC Tournament title defense with 87-64 rout of No. 17 Kentucky 03/06/2026 10:41pm • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joyce Edwards scored 21 points, Madina Okot added 12 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 South Carolina routed 17th-ranked Kentucky 87-64 in the first of four Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinal games Friday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Tessa Johnson added 15 Sengun and Thompson help the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 106-99 03/06/2026 10:40pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Alperen Sengun scored 28 points, Amen Thompson had 26 and the Houston Rockets used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 106-99 on Friday night. Sengun shot 11 of 15 from the field while playing just 26 minutes due to foul trouble, while Thompson converted all