Steve Blake made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the third quarter Friday night for a 117-94 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings.
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder.
Ty Lawson led six players in double figures with 19 points, including Tyler Hansbrough who had 13 in his season debut, and No. 1 North Carolina defeated UC Santa Barbara 84-67 Friday night.
While the world's best competitive figure skaters were grinding through yet another competition, Irina Slutskaya was half a world away, snowboarding in the Rocky Mountains.
Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 8 Notre Dame staggered to a 65-54 victory over winless Loyola Marymount on Friday night.
President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday. The stock market soared on the news. Word of Geithner's likely selection emerged as New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in line to become secretary of state, said through a spokesman that discussions were on track for her appointment but no final arrangement had been made.
Trevon Hughes scored a game-high 21 points to lead No. 25 Wisconsin to a bruising 60-58 overtime victory over Iona on Friday in the Paradise Jam.
Jerrell Houston made a layup with five seconds remaining to give Tennessee State a 75-73 victory over Northern Illinois on Friday night. Houston led the Tigers with 27 points and 11 rebounds.
Lee Stempniak scored an unassisted goal with 2:21 left in overtime, giving the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over Anaheim and ending the Ducks' five-game road winning streak Friday night.
Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Jason Kidd contributed 18 points and 13 boards, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 91-76 on Friday night for their first home victory of the season.
Patrick Foley scored 20 points to lead Columbia to a 70-54 victory over Bryant in the first round of the Tyler Ugolyn-Columbia tournament Friday.
Coach Bruce Pearl made playing more instate games a goal when he came to Tennessee.
Roger Mason scored 29 points and the San Antonio Spurs made 15 of 25 3-pointers to beat the Utah Jazz 119-94 Friday night.
Charlie Villanueva tied a season high with 20 points in his return from injury, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the suddenly trade-depleted New York Knicks 104-87 on Friday night.
Second-ranked Connecticut got its leader back on the court Friday and stayed unbeaten with a hard-fought 89-81 victory over La Salle at the Paradise Jam.
Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down.
Greivis Vasquez scored 26 points, including a clutch 3-pointer to force overtime, and Maryland presented coach Gary Williams his 400th victory at the school with a harrowing 89-74 win over Vermont on Friday night.
Zac Swansey scored 12 points and Georgia used a second half run to beat Presbyterian 55-47 on Friday night.
Jason Flagler scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead South Carolina State to a 112-77 win over Carver Bible College Friday. The win gave the Bulldogs their first 3-0 start in 16 years.
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