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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth , Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration for attorney general. Gaetz said it was clear he had become a “distraction" amid pressure on the House to release an ethics report about allegations of his own sexual misconduct. An attorney for two women has said that his clients told House Ethics Committee investigators that Gaetz paid them for sex on multiple occasions beginning in 2017, when Gaetz was a Florida congressman. Fresh questions over the two nominees' pasts, and their treatment of women, arose with Republicans under pressure from Trump and his allies to quickly confirm his Cabinet. At the same time, his transition has so far balked at the vetting and background checks that have traditionally been required. While few Republican senators have publicly criticized any of Trump's nominees, it became clear after Gaetz's withdrawal that many had been harboring private concerns about him. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who served with Gaetz in the House, said it was a “positive move.” Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said it was a “positive development.” Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz “put country first and I am pleased with his decision.” After meeting with Hegseth, though, Republicans rallied around him. “I think he’s going to be in pretty good shape,” said Wicker, who is expected to chair the Senate Armed Services Committee in the next Congress. Republican senators' careful words, and their early reluctance to publicly question Trump's picks, illustrated not only their fear of retribution from the incoming president but also some of their hopes that the confirmation process can proceed normally, with proper vetting and background checks that could potentially disqualify problematic nominees earlier. Gaetz withdrew after meeting with senators on Wednesday. Sen. Thom Tillis said Gaetz was “in a pressure cooker” when he decided to withdraw, but suggested that it would have little bearing on Trump’s other nominees. “Transactions — one at a time,” he said. As the Hegseth nomination proceeds, Republicans also appear to be betting that they won't face much backlash for publicly setting aside the allegations of sexual misconduct — especially after Trump won election after being found liable for sexual abuse last year. Hegseth held a round of private meetings alongside incoming Vice President JD Vance on Thursday in an attempt to shore up support and told reporters afterward: “The matter was fully investigated and I was completely cleared, and that’s where I’m gonna leave it.” A 22-page police report report made public late Wednesday offered the first detailed account of the allegations against him. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. The report cited police interviews with the alleged victim, a nurse who treated her, a hotel staffer, another woman at the event and Hegseth. Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Palatore, said the incident was “fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false.” Hegseth paid the woman in 2023 as part of a confidential settlement to head off the threat of what he described as a baseless lawsuit, Palatore has said. Wicker played down the allegations against Hegseth, a former Fox News host, saying that “since no charges were brought from the authorities, we only have press reports.” Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said after his meeting with Hegseth that he "shared with him the fact that I was saddened by the attacks that are coming his way.” Hagerty dismissed the allegations as “a he-said, she-said thing” and called it a “shame” that they were being raised at all. The senator said attention should instead be focused on the Defense Department that Hegseth would head. It's one of the most complex parts of the federal government with more than 3 million employees, including military service members and civilians. Sexual assault has been a persistent problem in the military, though Pentagon officials have been cautiously optimistic they are seeing a decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service members and the military academies. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, who will be the No. 2 Republican in the Senate next year, said after his meeting with Hegseth that the nominee is a strong candidate who “pledged that the Pentagon will focus on strength and hard power – not the current administration’s woke political agenda.” Senate Republicans are under pressure to hold hearings once they take office in January and confirm nominees as soon as Trump is inaugurated, despite questions about whether Trump’s choices will be properly screened or if some, like Hegseth, have enough experience for the job. Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, who will be the top Democrat on the panel next year, said the reports on Hegseth “emphasized the need for a thorough investigation by the FBI on the background of all the nominees.” It takes a simple majority to approve Cabinet nominations, meaning that if Democrats all opposed a nominee, four Republican senators would also have to defect for any Trump choice to be defeated. Trump has made clear he’s willing to put maximum pressure on Senate Republicans to give him the nominees he wants – even suggesting at one point that they allow him to just appoint his nominees with no Senate votes. But senators insist, for now, that they are not giving up their constitutional power to have a say. “The president has the right to make the nominations that he sees fit, but the Senate also has a responsibility for advice and consent,” said Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota. In the case of Gaetz, he said, “I think there was advice offered rather than consent.” Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.Nonegame terbaru 。

A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — and rebuffed the company's challenge of the statute, which it argued had ran afoul of the First Amendment. “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court's opinion, which was written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, though its unclear whether the court will take up the case. “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting ans’ right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue," TikTok spokesperson Michael Hughes said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people,” Hughes said. Unless stopped, he argued the statute “will silence the voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world on January 19th, 2025.” Though the case is squarely in the court system, it's also possible the two companies might be thrown some sort of a lifeline by President-elect Donald Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term but said during the presidential campaign that he is now against such action . The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was the culmination of a yearslong saga in Washington over the short-form video-sharing app, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections to China. The U.S. has said it’s concerned about TikTok collecting vast swaths of user data, including sensitive information on viewing habits , that could fall into the hands of the Chinese government through coercion. Officials have also warned the proprietary algorithm that fuels what users see on the app is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, who can use it to shape content on the platform in a way that’s difficult to detect. The European Union on Friday expressed similar concerns as it investigates intelligence that suggests Russia possibly abused the platform to influence the elections in Romania. TikTok, which sued the government over the law in May, has long denied it could be used by Beijing to spy on or manipulate Americans. Its attorneys have accurately pointed out that the U.S. hasn’t provided evidence to show that the company handed over user data to the Chinese government, or manipulated content for Beijing’s benefit in the U.S. They have also argued the law is predicated on future risks, which the Department of Justice has emphasized pointing in part to unspecified action it claims the two companies have taken in the past due to demands from the Chinese government. Friday’s ruling came after the appeals court panel, composed of two Republicans and one Democrat appointed judges, heard oral arguments in September. In the hearing, which lasted more than two hours, the panel appeared to grapple with how TikTok’s foreign ownership affects its rights under the Constitution and how far the government could go to curtail potential influence from abroad on a foreign-owned platform. On Friday, all three denied TikTok’s petition. In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment. He also said the law did not violate the First Amendment because the government is not looking to "suppress content or require a certain mix of content” on TikTok. “Content on the platform could in principle remain unchanged after divestiture, and people in the United States would remain free to read and share as much PRC propaganda (or any other content) as they desire on TikTok or any other platform of their choosing,” Ginsburg wrote, using the abbreviation for the People’s Republic of China. Judge Sri Srinivasan, the chief judge on the court, issued a concurring opinion. TikTok’s lawsuit was consolidated with a second legal challenge brought by several content creators — for which the company is covering legal costs — as well as a third one filed on behalf of conservative creators who work with a nonprofit called BASED Politics Inc. Other organizations, including the Knight First Amendment Institute, had also filed amicus briefs supporting TikTok. “This is a deeply misguided ruling that reads important First Amendment precedents too narrowly and gives the government sweeping power to restrict Americans’ access to information, ideas, and media from abroad,” said Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of the organization. “We hope that the appeals court’s ruling won’t be the last word.” Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers who had pushed for the legislation celebrated the court's ruling. "I am optimistic that President Trump will facilitate an American takeover of TikTok to allow its continued use in the United States and I look forward to welcoming the app in America under new ownership,” said Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on China. Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who co-authored the law, said “it's time for ByteDance to accept” the law. To assuage concerns about the company’s owners, TikTok says it has invested more than $2 billion to bolster protections around U.S. user data. The company has also argued the government’s broader concerns could have been resolved in a draft agreement it provided the Biden administration more than two years ago during talks between the two sides. It has blamed the government for walking away from further negotiations on the agreement, which the Justice Department argues is insufficient. Attorneys for the two companies have claimed it’s impossible to divest the platform commercially and technologically. They also say any sale of TikTok without the coveted algorithm — the platform’s secret sauce that Chinese authorities would likely block under any divesture plan — would turn the U.S. version of TikTok into an island disconnected from other global content. Still, some investors, including Trump’s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire Frank McCourt, have expressed interest in purchasing the platform. Both men said earlier this year that they were launching a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business. This week, a spokesperson for McCourt’s Project Liberty initiative, which aims to protect online privacy, said unnamed participants in their bid have made informal commitments of more than $20 billion in capital.Republican Senator Rand Paul voiced opposition on Sunday to President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to deploy the military for mass deportations of undocumented individuals. Speaking on a news program, Paul stated, “You don’t do it with the Army because it’s illegal. If they send the Army into New York and you have 10,000 troops marching carrying semi-automatic weapons, I think it’s a terrible image, and I will oppose that.” He highlighted the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th-century law that prohibits the use of federal troops in domestic law enforcement without Congressional authorization, reinforcing his stance against the plan. Support for Deporting Criminal Offenders While opposing military involvement, Paul expressed support for deporting undocumented individuals with criminal records. He emphasized that law enforcement agencies like the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are better equipped to handle such operations within the legal framework. Paul also referenced the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, stating, “There is a distrust of putting the Army into our streets.” Impact on Senate Confirmations When asked if this issue would influence his vote on confirming Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security, Paul firmly stated, “I will not support and will not vote to use the military in our cities.” Trump’s Largest Deportation Effort in U.S. History President-elect Trump has vowed to initiate the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history upon taking office. On social media, Trump indicated plans to declare a national emergency and use military resources to expedite the deportation of undocumented individuals. Differing Republican Perspectives Opinions within the Republican Party vary on Trump’s plan. Representative Byron Donalds described the potential use of the military in deportation campaigns as “hyperbole,” suggesting it could act as a deterrent. “I think you’re going to see a lot of self-deportation once this process begins,” Donalds commented. Senator John Barrasso, however, defended the plan, stating that Trump could “appropriately use the military” if he declares a national emergency. Debate on Legal Ambiguities Paul also raised concerns about the use of the National Guard, noting that its role in deportation efforts is legally ambiguous, given that it operates under both state and federal authority. The discussion highlights ongoing divisions within the Republican Party over the legality and practicality of Trump’s proposed measures. Read More : Joe Rogan Mulls Role as Musk Hints at MSNBC Buy: ‘How Amazing Would This Be?’

Penn State notes: Linemen Anthony Donkoh, Alonzo Ford Jr. suffer long-term injuriesFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sherrie Smyth had a feeling something was wrong. For several months, she suffered shortness of breath. After her cardiologist found nothing unusual, she tried an allergist. “I was 57, and the allergist told me I had adult-onset asthma,” said Smyth, a Miami mother of a teenager. Although she accepted an inhaler, she also requested an X-ray of her chest. When the results showed an abnormality in her right lung, the allergist prescribed antibiotics. Still short of breath, she went to a pulmonologist and learned through a CT scan that the abnormality was a large mass. An immediate full-body PET Scan showed she had stage 4, inoperable lung cancer that had spread to her adrenal glands and brain. “I am a big believer in early screening and advocating for yourself,” Smyth said. “If I had stopped at adult-onset asthma, I would be dead.” Floridians are at high risk for lung cancer, and many are waiting too long to get screened. The 2024 American Lung Association’s “State of Lung Cancer” report, released on Nov. 19, reveals that lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in Florida. The more localized state report shows only a quarter of Floridians with lung cancer get diagnosed early, which lowers their five-year survival rate. “With lung cancer, the symptoms can be masked as a common cold,” said Ashley Lyerly, Senior Advocacy Director at the American Lung Association. “That’s why we need to increase screenings, to find it early.” Miami oncologist Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez says several factors contribute to Florida’s lung cancer toll: The population is older, the screening rate is low, and people relocate to the state from countries where smoking is prevalent. Florida’s large Hispanic population may be a factor, too. “Nationally, the lung cancer rates for Hispanics are highest of the ethnic groups,” said Rodriguez, a thoracic medical oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami. Hispanics also are less likely to receive treatment. “Maybe it’s insurance problems or stigma, but they are less likely to seek care.” Getting screened is getting easier Lung cancer diagnosis usually starts with an imaging test called a low-dose CT scan to look at the lungs. The report shows that only about 15% of at-risk people get screened in Florida. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer is 64% when the cancer is detected early, but only 9% for late-stage lung cancer. Early treatment often is surgery to remove the cancer in the lung before it spreads. Smoking is a well-known risk factor for lung cancer. Although adult smoking rates in Florida are 11%, slightly below the national average, youth vaping in Florida has increased over the past few years, according to Tobacco Free Florida. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual lung cancer screening for anyone 50 to 80 years old who has a heavy smoking history, currently smokes or has quit within the past 15 years. Other risks are a family history of lung cancer or radon exposure. Lately, researchers have seen an alarming increase in the number of women ages 55 and younger being diagnosed with lung cancer, and no one yet knows why. Rodriguez doesn’t understand why more people are willing to do a colonoscopy for colon cancer than a CT scan for lung cancer, which is a much simpler test. “People are presenting to me with advanced disease,” said Rodriguez at Sylvester Cancer Insitute. “Maybe they don’t recognize the symptoms, which are shortness of breath, back pain, and cough.” Some Florida hospitals, such as Moffitt Cancer Center in Pasco County, are entering communities with new mobile lung screening units. And UHealth’s Sylvester is allowing anyone at risk to schedule a CT scan without seeing a physician first. Across the state, a coalition of health organizations is offering eligible primary-care patients the FirstLook Lung blood test to aid in early detection. If the test returns “Elevated,” the individual gets referred for a CT scan. New treatments for lung cancer In an advancement, Florida oncologists are using biomarker testing to create a personalized treatment plan with fewer side effects. A new Florida law requires Medicaid and state employee health insurance plans to cover biomarker testing. Smyth said the specialists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer performed biomarker testing and developed her treatment plan of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The four-drug therapy included medications new to the market. Smyth will receive the last of her 24 treatments on Dec. 12, 20 months after her first infusion. “I am a strong individual, and I have maintained a completely normal existence,” Smyth said. “After my last scan, my doctor told me there is no evidence of disease.” Smyth wants others to get screened and, if necessary, treated for lung cancer. The new Florida research shows the state is above the national average for people diagnosed who don’t get treatment. “It is no longer a death sentence to be told you have cancer,” she said. “There are so many treatments.” Florida hospitals are using robots At Delray Medical Center, after a lung nodule shows up on a CT scan, specialists use a robot to biopsy it, regardless of its size or location within the lobe. Even a nodule the size of a Cheerio can be biopsied. They can also use a specialized scope to learn whether the lung cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. “With this advanced biopsy procedure, we are able to diagnose patients earlier to get them to treatment faster,” said Dr. Stephen Milan, an advanced bronchoscopist and pulmonologist at Delray Medical Center. At Baptist Health in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, specialists are using robots and technology in three ways, said Dr. Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia, chief scientific officer and chief of Medical Oncology at Baptist Health South Florida. They are using robots to help remove lung cancer during surgeries. They are using artificial intelligence with x-rays to determine when lung cancer tumors are malignant or benign. And when a CT scan looks suspicious, they use special blood tests to find DNA fragments that indicate if a nodule is cancerous. “We are using technology in all these ways for better detection and treatment, ” Ahluwalia said. Aware that screening rates are low, he wants to use these new blood tests to screen those at high risk in South Florida communities in near future. This 2024 State of Lung Cancer report highlights an area of progress: Nationally, the lung cancer survival rate has improved 26% in the last five years. “It’s an improvement but we still have a long way to go,” said Lyerly of the American Lung Cancer Association. “Now that we have better treatment for advanced disease, we need to detect it earlier.” -------- ©2024 South Florida Sun Sentinel. Visit at sun-sentinel.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.West Ham produced the perfect away performance as goals from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka secured a 2-0 victory over Newcastle to ease the pressure on head coach Julen Lopetegui. It is a win that Lopetegui will hope kickstarts his Hammers reign, having warned his side could not use a congested fixture schedule as an excuse for failing to ignite their season. The Irons headed to Newcastle for Monday Night Football having lost two of their last four Premier League games. The spotlight was firmly on Spanish coach Lopetegui and the direction of his team - with home fans having vented their frustrations on the back of a frustrating goalless draw against Everton before the international break. Player ratings Newcastle: Pope (6), Livramento (6), Schar (6), Kelly (5), Hall (7), Longstaff (5), Guimaraes (5), Willock (5), Gordon (5), Isak (6), Joelinton (6). Subs: Trippier (n/a), Tonali (6), Wilson (6), Barnes (6), Jacob Murphy (6). West Ham: Fabianski (8), Wan-Bissaka (8), Todibo (6), Kilman (8), Emerson Palmieri (7), Soucek (7), Bowen (7), Soler (7), Lucas Paqueta (9), Summerville (7), Antonio (8). Subs: Coufal (6), Mavropanos (6), Ings (n/a), Rodriguez (n/a), Irving (n/a). Player of the Match: Lucas Paqueta. Lopetegui, who took over from David Moyes in the summer, continues to shut out all the noise, and throughout the encounter on Tyneside his players showed their best face. Soucek's well-placed header after 10 minutes was protected at large by Lukasz Fabianski between the posts at the other end, with the veteran goalkeeper denying Anthony Gordon from point-blank range. Trending Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Newcastle - who drop a place to 10th on goal difference - had started well, denied the opener when Alexander Isak was fractionally ruled offside before producing a composed finish. The Sweden international then blasted wide, while Gordon flashed another opportunity off target after the restart when fed by substitute Harvey Barnes. It would prove a costly miss as, just two minutes later, Wan-Bissaka collected Jarrod Bowen's pass inside to arrow his low shot beyond Nick Pope via the far post. Also See: Stream the Premier League with NOW Watch Premier League highlights Live Premier League table Premier League fixtures A resurgent Arsenal are the next visitors to the London Stadium on November 30, which is swiftly followed by a midweek trip to Leicester and then successive Monday night fixtures against Wolves and at Bournemouth. With his side now six points clear of the relegation zone, Lopetegui will hope this is just the start of better things to come. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Carragher: Big result for Lopetegui Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher speaking on Monday Night Football: "It's a brilliant result for West Ham - but for any team going away to Newcastle on a Monday night, you know how tough it's going to be. "That would be a tough game for Man City and for Liverpool. The odds were stacked against them to win this game, but they've won it. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player "They've now got to use this as a springboard going forward. It's more important for the manager than for West Ham. "There's no doubt had they lost and then again against Arsenal, they'd have been closer to the bottom three. "There's no doubt about it, the situation with the crowd and the owners, it would have got very twitchy for the manager." West Ham lethal with Paqueta patrolling midfield Sky Sports' Ben Grounds: Crisis? What crisis? This is what West Ham fans have been crying out for this season: a team full of fight, grit and a cutting edge going forward. Soucek and Wan-Bissaka combined to burst Newcastle's bubble to hand Lopetegui breathing space with a priceless Premier League away win. Team news Eddie Howe's men were culpable for both goals, but also guilty of not using the wealth of possession they enjoyed effectively enough on a night when chances went begging and with it their hopes of climbing into the top six. By contrast, the visitors were lethal on the break and produced the most fluent passages of play. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Joe Willock whipped a shot just wide of Fabianski's left post but, with Carlos Soler linking well with player-of-the-match Lucas Paqueta in the centre of midfield and Bowen and Crysencio Summerville taking a direct approach from the flanks, the Hammers were a constant threat on the counter. The hosts were in disarray at the back and it took a series of blocks and Pope's saves from Soucek and Soler to preserve their hopes of a fightback. Callum Wilson's penalty appeals, to his astonishment, were waved away on his first appearance of the season following a clumsy challenge by fellow substitute Konstantinos Mavropanos. It was the slice of good fortune West Ham's performance deserved. Bowen: Big turning point in our season West Ham's Jarrod Bowen speaking to Sky Sports: "I said we needed a performance and we did that. Newcastle always score at home so to keep a clean sheet and score twice, it's a tough place to come to. "We did that perfectly. You always play to win the games. It was down to us to get the second goal, if you settle on a lead it can come back to haunt you. "That was the level it takes to play for this club. The desire, work rate and quality shown from everyone. It is important that we rest up. It's a massive game on Saturday [vs Arsenal]. "They are a top, top side. We can take a lot from this game. The group we have had are so good. There is a real togetherness but sometimes you can fall off with new players. "It's down to me to show what it means to play for this club. Every one understood the assignment. We have been disappointed with our standards this season but that was more like it. "We should be pushing for European football every season." Why West Ham love Mondays - Opta stats Story of the match in stats... What's coming up in the Premier League? 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Kobe Sanders tied a season high with 27 points as Nevada claimed fifth place in the Charleston Classic with a 90-78 victory over Oklahoma State Sunday afternoon in South Carolina. Sanders helped the Wolfpack (6-1) earn a second win following one-possession games against Vanderbilt and VCU. After hitting the decisive 3-pointer with five seconds left in Friday's 64-61 win over VCU, Sanders made 7 of 10 shots, hit three 3s and sank 10 of 13 free throws Sunday. Nick Davidson added 223 points as Nevada led by as many as 19 and shot 58.9 percent. Brandon Love contributed 11 on 5-of-5 shooting as the Wolfpack scored 46 points in the paint and scored at least 85 for the fourth time this season. Marchelus Avery led the Cowboys (4-2) with 15 points and Arturo Dean added 13. Robert Jennings and Abou Ousmane added 11 apiece but leading scorer Bryce Thompson was held to seven points on 1-of-9 shooting as Oklahoma State shot 42 percent and 73.2 percent (30-of-41) at the line. After Avery's 3 forged a 12-12 tie with 13:41 remaining, Nevada gradually gained separation. The Wolfpack took a 24-15 lead on Chuck Bailey's jumper in the paint with 8:28 left but the Cowboys inched back, getting within 33-31 on a dunk by Avery with 4:11 left. Another Bailey jumper staked Nevada to a 40-33 lead by halftime. Nevada began pulling away early in the second half as it scored eight in a row for a 52-40 lead on a basket by Love with 16:44 left. A 3 by Sanders opened a 62-43 lead with 14:06 remaining before Oklahoma State charged back. After Nevada made eight straight shots, the Cowboys countered with 11 straight points and trailed 62-54 with 11:19 left on a 3-pointer by Avery. Thompson made his first basket by sinking a jumper with 10:37 left to get Oklahoma State within 64-56 left, and Keller's triple cut the margin to 70-64 nearly three minutes later. The Cowboys were within 78-72 on a basket by Avery with 3:56 remaining, but he fouled out about a minute later and the Wolfpack outscored Oklahoma State 12-6 the rest of the way as Sanders sank five free throws. --Field Level Media