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Edwards leads way with 25 as No. 3 South Carolina wins 24th straight game over Alabama 83-57 01/01/2026 09:01pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Joyce Edwards scored 25 points and No. 3 South Carolina won its 24th straight game over previously undefeated Alabama 83-57 on Thursday to start Southeastern Conference play. Raven Johnson added 17 points for the Gamecocks (14-1, 1-0 SEC), who played without injured Ta'Niya L Brooklyn Hicks puts up 15 as Montana takes down Northern Arizona 78-64 01/01/2026 08:57pm • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) ��� Brooklyn Hicks' 15 points helped Montana defeat Northern Arizona 78-64 on Thursday. Hicks added five rebounds for the Grizzlies (7-7, 1-0 Big Sky Conference). Tyler Thompson scored 14 points while going 5 of 10 (4 for 9 from 3-point range) and added six rebounds. Kenyon Agui Lawson scores 20 in Little Rock's 77-58 victory against Tennessee Tech 01/01/2026 08:57pm • Johnathan Lawson had 20 points in Little Rock's 77-58 win against Tennessee Tech on Thursday. Lawson also contributed five rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Trojans (5-9, 2-1 Ohio Valley Conference). Tuongthach Gatkek added 15 points while going 6 of 8 from the floor with nine rebounds. Alabama QB Ty Simpson says a cracked rib sidelined him in 2nd half of blowout Rose Bowl loss 01/01/2026 08:49pm • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson says a cracked rib sidelined him in the second half of the Crimson Tide's 38-3 loss to top-seeded Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Thursday. Simpson got hurt when an Indiana player's helmet hit him in the torso and caused a fumble after he made a c Pope opens 2026 with plea for peace in countries bloodied by war, families wounded by violence 01/01/2026 08:48pm • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries ���bloodied by conflict��� and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year���s Day Mass in St. Peter���s Basilica and then delivered a special noontime prayer from his studio ov Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking, but silent on CIA strike 01/01/2026 08:48pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Venezuela is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, the South American country���s President Nicol��s Maduro said in a pretaped interview aired Thursday on state television, but he declined to comment on a CIA-led strike last w Howell's 22 points, 16 rebounds powers Washington to upset win over No. 6 Michigan 01/01/2026 08:36pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Avery Howell had 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead Washington to a 64-52 win over No. 6 Michigan on Thursday night. Sayvia Sellers added 11 points in the Huskies��� first win over a Top 10 opponent since beating No. 9 Oregon State in 2024. Washington (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten Zohran Mamdani promises to govern 'expansively and audaciously' in inaugural speech as NYC mayor 01/01/2026 08:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city's striving, struggling working class. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subwa Durant and Thompson lead the Rockets past the Nets 120-96 for their 4th straight victory 01/01/2026 08:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kevin Durant had 22 points and a season-high 11 assists, Amen Thompson scored 23 points and the Houston Rockets beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-96 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory. Alperen Sengun had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists after a two-game absence for Dixon scores 26, UC Irvine takes down Cal State Bakersfield 81-77 01/01/2026 08:18pm • BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) ��� Jurian Dixon scored 26 points as UC Irvine beat Cal State Bakersfield 81-77 on Thursday. Dixon shot 8 for 13 (6 for 7 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Anteaters (10-5, 3-0 Big West Conference). Harrison Carrington scored 11 points while sho Venus Williams is back at the Australian Open 5 years after her last appearance, 28 after her 1st 01/01/2026 08:13pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne. The tournament said Friday that the 45-year-old Williams would make a return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearanc Nuggets' injury woes continue as Jonas Valanciunas sidelined for a month with strained calf 01/01/2026 08:09pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Denver Nuggets' injury woes continued Thursday with news that backup center Jonas Valanciunas will miss at least a month with a strained right calf he suffered in his first start in place of injured superstar Nikola Jokic. Valanciunas was injured with 4:03 left in the third quart Wilkinson puts up 24 as South Dakota State takes down Omaha 84-69 01/01/2026 08:03pm • BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) ��� Damon Wilkinson scored 24 points as South Dakota State beat Omaha 84-69 on Thursday. Wilkinson also contributed 19 rebounds and three blocks for the Jackrabbits (8-8, 1-0 Summit League). Matthew Mors went 7 of 11 from the field to add 16 points. Joe Sayler shot 5 for 12, inc Weeks' 24 lead Southern Miss past Louisiana-Monroe 87-73 01/01/2026 08:03pm • MONROE, La. (AP) ��� Tylik Weeks had 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help Southern Miss defeat Louisiana-Monroe 87-73 on Thursday. Djahi Binet added 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (8-7, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference). Curt Lewis shot 5 for 13, incl Berry Wallace scores 22 points, Illinois wins 11th straight with 73-70 victory over No. 7 Maryland 01/01/2026 07:56pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� Berry Wallace scored 22 points including two free throws with 15.6 seconds left to lead Illinois to a 73-70 victory over No. 7 Maryland on Thursday. Maryland's Saylor Poffenbarger missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer. The previously undefeated Terrapins (14-1, 2-1 Big Ten)