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  • Oklahoma State, West Virginia each need a win to keep postseason chance

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    Oklahoma State’s road map to the NCAA Tournament is pretty easy to follow. The team needs to win its last four regular-season games to have any chance at an at-large bid.

    The Cowboys (16-11, 4-10 Big 12), who have lost five straight including three by double digits, will start this quest Tuesday when they take on West Virginia (16-11, 7-7) in Stillwater, Okla.

    Oklahoma State’s last three games are Saturday at Cincinnati, at UCF (March 3) and at home against No. 5 Houston on March 7.

    After beating then-No. 16 BYU on Feb. 4 to get back into the tournament picture, the Cowboys have struggled to get anything right.

    Saturday’s game was the latest example, an 83-69 loss at Colorado in which the Cowboys had 15 turnovers and made only 5 of 23 3-point attempts.

    ‘They had good defense, but we did some things to shoot ourselves in the foot,’ Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz said. ‘Stuff that is uncharacteristic and not good basketball plays. Maybe we tried to make the hard pass when we had a chance to make the easy pass. It came back to bite us.’

    Anthony Roy, who leads the Cowboys with 17.0 points per game, had an off night hitting only 3 of 10 shots from the field and going 0-for-7 from the 3-point line, to finish with six points.

    The Mountaineers are in a similar situation. They won at UCF on Feb. 14 to get back into the bubble picture but then lost at home to a Utah team that had only one Big 12 win and gave up a late lead in Saturday’s 60-54 loss at TCU.

    After West Virginia took a 52-48 lead with 5:42 to play, the Horned Frogs ended the game on a 12-2 run.

    ‘For large stretches of the game, for both teams it kind of felt like, ‘Ok, who actually wants to win this game today?” West Virginia coach Ross Hodge said. ‘I didn’t think either team played very well for most of the night, but I think the other team deserves credit for making the other play poorly. Whichever team ultimately decided they wanted to win the game, I thought would.’

    Honor Huff continues to lead the Mountaineers, averaging 15.4 points after scoring 13 in the loss to TCU.

    –Field Level Media

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  • India’s Yuki Bhambri breaks ATP Doubles Top 20, making history after Bopanna

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    New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Roundglass Tennis Academy athlete Yuki Bhambri has climbed to a career-high ranking of World No. 20 in the latest ATP Rankings, making him the first Indian men’s doubles player to break into the Top 20 after Rohan Bopanna, cementing his status as India’s top-ranked doubles player.

    With a significant jump from his previous rank of 22, Yuki has officially broken into the elite Top 20 of the ATP doubles standings for the first time in his career, according to a release.

    This ranking leap comes on the back of an impressive run of form for the 33-year-old, who has featured in multiple ATP Tour finals and made deep runs at Grand Slam tournaments.

    Partnering with Sweden’s Andre Goransson, Yuki produced an excellent showing at the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne, reaching the third round to collect the ranking points necessary to push him past the threshold.

    After dismissing local wildcards James Duckworth and Cruz Hewitt in the opener, Yuki and Goransson staged a dramatic comeback against Santiago Gonzalez and David Pel in the second round, winning 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. They narrowly lost to the Brazilian duo Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos in a tightly contested match in the next round, 6-7(7), 3-6.

    Yuki has been steadily progressing since the 2025 season, when he reached the US Open semifinals with New Zealand’s Michael Venus, who were narrowly edged out by the fourth-seeded British duo of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski after holding a set and break advantage.

    In March 2025, Bhambri claimed his first ATP 500 title at the Dubai Tennis Championships, partnering Australia’s Alexei Popyrin. The pair came from a set down and saved four match points to defeat reigning US Open and Australian Open doubles champions Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 3-6, 7-6(12), 10-8 in a thrilling final.

    Earlier in the season, Bhambri also became India’s No. 1 doubles player, ending veteran Rohan Bopanna’s remarkable 286-week reign at the top.

    He is currently scheduled to play the ATP 500 swing in the Middle East, using these higher-tier tournaments to push toward further ATP ranking gains and later join the Indian squad for the Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands. (ANI)

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  • No rest, no problem for Victor Wembanyama, Spurs in win over Magic

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    Victor Wembanyama filled up the stat sheet with 25 points, eight rebounds, four steals and five blocks to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 112-103 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.

    The game was originally scheduled to begin at 3:12 p.m. CST but was delayed twice, first to 6 p.m. and finally to 8:12 local time, because of delays on the Spurs’ charter flight out of snowbound Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday and then a mechanical issue on Sunday morning. The Spurs did not arrive in San Antonio until 3:25 p.m. Sunday.

    The Spurs were none the worse for the wear in the second part of a road-home back-to-back that opened with a loss Saturday to the host Hornets. San Antonio was up 86-79 after three quarters on Sunday and never let Orlando back into the game. The Spurs’ advantage was 100-87 after Devin Vassell’s jumper with 6:30 to play and then to 17 points, 110-93, on Wembanyama’s alley-oop dunk with 2:10 left.

    Vassell contributed 16 points for San Antonio while Dylan Harper added 15 off the bench, Keldon Johnson and De’Aaron Fox hit for 14 points each and Julian Champagnie tallied 11. Fox also had 10 assists for the Spurs, who continued a recent trend of alternating between losses and wins in their last seven games.

    Desmond Bane led Orlando with 25 points. Paolo Banchero added 19 points and 10 rebounds and Anthony Black hit for 11 points for the Magic.

    San Antonio played without Stephon Castle (adductor tightness) while Franz Wagner missed the game for the Magic to rest his sprained left ankle.

    Once the game did get underway, the Spurs rushed to the front, going up 33-15 when Harper canned a runner with 2 minutes to play in the first quarter. San Antonio led 37-21 after one period.

    The Magic responded in a big way, closing their deficit 40-38 when Tristan da Silva’s floater at the 8:22 mark of the second period capped a 17-3 run. Orlando took the lead when Black hit a 3-pointer with 6:03 to play until halftime and eventually carried a 61-60 advantage into the break.

    Fox’s 14 points before halftime led all scorers while Wembanyama and Harper had 10 points each for San Antonio. Banchero paced the Magic with 10 points in the half.

    The Spurs quickly swept back to the front early in the third quarter, with Wembanyama’s dunk at the 8:29 mark giving San Antonio a 70-63 lead.

    –Field Level Media

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  • Own goal in 90th minute hands Thorns victory over Louisville

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    An own goal in the 90th minute snapped a tie and allowed the Portland Thorns to post a 2-1 victory over Racing Louisville on Friday night in Louisville, Ky.

    The sequence began with Portland’s Mallie McKenzie having possession on the right side and delivering a cross toward the net. Jessie Fleming then sent a close-range left-footed shot on net that was deflected by Louisville goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer, but the ball caromed off the leg of teammate Ellie Jean and into the net.

    Julie Dufour scored in the first half and Mackenzie Arnold made five saves for Portland (8-6-5, 29 points), which halted a three-match winless stretch (0-2-1).

    Katie O’Kane had a first-half goal for Louisville (7-7-5, 26 points), which had a four-match unbeaten run (1-0-3) snapped. Bloomer made seven saves, including her third-penalty kick stop in 27 days.

    Louisville struck first on O’Kane’s goal in the 22nd minute. Sarah Weber had the ball close to the end line and passed it back to O’Kane, who booted a close-range right-footer into the net.

    The Thorns knotted the score nine minutes later. Reilyn Turner’s left-footed blast was stopped by Bloomer and the rebound went to Dufour, who headed the ball off the right goalpost and into the net.

    The score was still tied when Thorns captain Sam Coffey stood at the spot for a penalty kick in the 48th minute. However, Coffey’s right-footed shot to the bottom left corner was easily stopped by Bloomer, who blocked two penalty kicks in one match on Aug. 9 against the Orlando Pride.

    Louisville’s Emma Sears had a chance to break the tie in the 76th minute but her right-footed shot hit the left goalpost.

    –Field Level Media

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