Stony Brook wins 72-55 against RiderAMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Malek Abdelgowad scored 26 points as UMass beat UMass-Boston 86-52 on Saturday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Malek Abdelgowad scored 26 points as UMass beat UMass-Boston 86-52 on Saturday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Malek Abdelgowad scored 26 points as UMass beat UMass-Boston 86-52 on Saturday. Abdelgowad also contributed 14 rebounds for the Minutemen (4-7). Daniel Rivera added 11 points while going 4 of 6 and 3 of 7 from the free-throw line while they also had 10 rebounds. Jaylen Curry had 10 points and finished 4 of 7 from the field. The Beacons were led in scoring by Cameron Perkins, who finished with 13 points, six rebounds and two steals. Xavier McKenzie added 13 points, two steals and two blocks for UMass-Boston. Raphel Laurent also recorded eight points. UMass took the lead with 15:49 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 47-24 at halftime, with Abdelgowad racking up 18 points. UMass extended its lead to 66-36 during the second half, fueled by a 14-2 scoring run. Abdelgowad scored a team-high eight points in the second half as their team closed out the win. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Advertisement
Australia dumps plan for fines for social media giants enabling misinformationLSU running back Caden Durham (29) runs the ball in the second half between the Tigers and the Gators, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. Florida won 27-16. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LSU (6-4, 3-3 SEC) is set to play Vanderbilt (6-4, 3-3) in its penultimate game of the regular season. The Tigers are in the midst of a three-game skid, losing to Texas A&M, Alabama and Florida. The Tigers are unranked in AP Top 25 after climbing as high as No. 8 in the country thanks to a six game win-streak. The biggest culprit to their woes as of late has been their offensive struggles. Since leading the Aggies 17-7 at halftime a month ago, LSU can barely put points on the scoreboard. It has scored just 35 points over the past 10 quarters and has three touchdowns in 27 drives, averaging 4.6 yards per play. For LSU to avoid a fourth consecutive loss, it’ll need to limit turnovers, produce in the redzone and have an effective running attack. Follow along here for live updates and analysis from LSU's home game against Vanderbilt, which kicks off Saturday at 6:45 p.m. in Baton Rouge.
Wall Street stocks finished a lackluster week on a muted note Friday as concerns about rising Treasury bond yields competed with enthusiasm over artificial intelligence equities. Of the major indices, only the Nasdaq mustered a gain in Friday's session. The tech-rich index was also the only of the three leading US benchmarks to conclude the week higher. "Equities are kind of treading water," said LBBW's Karl Haeling. "A negative influence to some extent is the rise in bond yields." The latest US consumer price index data released this week showed prices ticked higher in November and the wholesale data also showed stubborn inflationary pressures. "Yields rose to their highest levels in over two weeks as markets brace for the Federal Reserve's final meeting of the year, reflecting concerns over sticky inflation," said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at online trading platform IG. There is also growing concern over the inflationary pressures from President-elect Donald Trump's pledges to cut taxes and impose tariffs, as inflation still stands above the Fed's target. "While the markets still anticipate a rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week, the likelihood of a move in January has dropped," said Patrick Munnelly, partner at broker Tickmill Group. The CME FedWatch tool shows the market sees a more than 75 percent chance that the Fed will hold rates steady in January. In Europe, the Paris CAC 40 index ended the day down 0.2 percent after French President Emmanuel Macron named his centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, ending days of deadlock over finding a replacement for Michel Barnier. Frankfurt also dipped, with Germany's central bank sharply downgrading its growth forecasts on Friday for 2025 and 2026. It predicted a prolonged period of weakness for Europe's biggest economy. London stocks were also lower after official data showed that the UK economy unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive month in October. The euro recovered after flirting with two-year lows against the dollar following a warning Thursday by ECB president Christine Lagarde that the eurozone economy was "losing momentum", cautioning that "the risk of greater friction in global trade could weigh on euro area growth". In Asia, Hong Kong and Shanghai both tumbled as investors were unimpressed with Beijing's pledge to introduce measures aimed at "lifting consumption vigorously" as part of a drive to reignite growth in the world's number two economy. President Xi Jinping and other key leaders said at the annual Central Economic Work Conference they would implement a "moderately loose" monetary policy, increase social financing and reducing interest rates "at the right time". The gathering came after Beijing in September began unveiling a raft of policies to reverse a growth slump that has gripped the economy for almost two years. "We're still not convinced that policy support will prevent the economy from slowing further next year", said Julian Evans-Pritchard, head of China economics at research group Capital Economics. Among individual equities, chip company Broadcom surged nearly 25 percent after reporting a 51 percent jump in quarterly revenues to $14.1 billion behind massive growth in AI-linked business. New York - Dow: DOWN 0.2 percent at 43,828.06 (close) New York - S&P 500: FLAT at 6,051.09 (close) New York - Nasdaq Composite: UP 0.1 percent at 19,926.72 (close) London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 8,300.33 (close) Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 0.2 percent at 7,409.57 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.1 percent at 20,405.92 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 1.0 percent at 39,470.44 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 2.1 percent at 19,971.24 (close) Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 2.0 percent at 3,391.88 (close) Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0504 from $1.0467 on Thursday Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2622 from $1.2673 Dollar/yen: UP at 153.60 yen from 152.63 yen Euro/pound: UP at 83.19 pence from 82.59 pence Brent North Sea Crude: UP 1.5 percent at $74.49 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: UP 1.8 percent at $71.29 per barrel burs-jmb/stTCU leading scorer Frankie Collins will miss rest of season after breaking left footIowa QB Cade McNamara slams 'ridiculous' rumors
New Blackhawks interim coach Anders Sorensen knows precisely what he must do to give himself a chance to earn the full-time job after the season. “Win games,” he said with a chuckle, cutting straight to the point — in classic Sorensen fashion — after overseeing his first NHL practice Friday. That will be much easier said than done with this roster. Just-axed coach Luke Richardson wasn’t doing a fantastic job this season, but it’s very possible nobody else could’ve done much better — despite general manager Kyle Davidson’s belief that ineffective coaching has contributed to the team’s struggles. How Sorensen fares will help determine whether Davidson was right or wrong about that. Davidson said he will give his former AHL coach “autonomy to run the room and run the team as he sees fit,” and that process began in earnest Friday. The first drill of practice was a straightforward tape-to-tape passing exercise from blue line to blue line, straight out of a youth hockey handbook. The fact the Hawks’ passing has been so inaccurate this season that such a drill was necessary speaks volumes. "[Anders] was sharp to stop a drill and correct us,” forward Jason Dickinson said. “We’re working on some new things as a group to shake things up [and] create a little bit more energy in our attack. He stops it right away and says, ‘This is what I’m seeing. This is what I want. Let’s talk about it immediately and fix it. Great, let’s go.’” In Rockford, Sorensen was required to use the same systems the Hawks used so that players could transition seamlessly when called up. He had little freedom to be a tactician there. But that’s no longer the case. It sounds like his system adjustments with the Hawks are intended to increase offense. That’s unsurprising, considering the team ranks 29th in the NHL in goals and 32nd in scoring chances per minute during five-on-five play this season (compared to 15th and 26th, respectively, in those same two categories defensively). “We want to encourage our [defensemen] to be up in the rush,” Sorensen said. “We need to get skating here. We have a team that can move and we have some guys that can really fly out there, so [we’ll] try to play to their strength. [I’m] encouraging guys to be up the ice more and defend on the front of our foot with our forecheck...versus waiting.” A more free-flowing, offense-oriented scheme should theoretically boost struggling star Connor Bedard. Aggressiveness in the neutral zone was also emphasized in practice Friday, captain Nick Foligno said. Sorensen said he planned to meet one-on-one with Bedard before Saturday’s game against the Jets to hear Bedard’s own thoughts about what could help him, but Sorensen has one big idea already: “We have to [find] a way for him to get the puck in motion.” Establishing consistency in line combinations will be another priority for Sorensen, since that’s something Richardson seemingly didn’t even try to achieve this fall. To start off, he has Bedard centering Philipp Kurashev and Teuvo Teravainen on the first line and Ryan Donato centering Taylor Hall and Tyler Bertuzzi on the second line; the third and fourth lines stayed the same. “Chemistry is a big part of it,” Sorensen said. “We want to try to be patient with some of the guys. But there has to be accountability, too. If you’re not playing the way we want you to play or not putting the effort in, there are times you’ll have to change the lines.”
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