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Joyce Edwards piled up 18 points off the bench as one of five South Carolina scorers in double figures as the second-ranked Gamecocks topped No. 18 Tennessee 70-63 on Monday night in Knoxville, Tenn.

Edwards went 8-for-13 from the field and also hauled in five rebounds for South Carolina (20-1, 8-0 Southeastern Conference), which won its 15th game in a row. MiLaysia Fulwiley finished with 11 points, while Raven Johnson, Chloe Kitts and Te-Hina Paopao each added 10.

 

Ruby Whitehorn collected 12 points and Talaysia Cooper flirted with a double-double (11 points, eight boards), but the Lady Volunteers (15-5, 3-5) went just 3-for-26 from 3-point range and shot 30.7 percent overall.

Tennessee led by three, 20-17, with 6:50 left in the second quarter before the Gamecocks took over. They scored 18 of the next 19 points to go up 35-21, then led by at least nine until garbage time, where the Volunteers got as close as six.

Jan 25, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; LA Clippers guard James Harden (1) reacts against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second half at Intuit Dome. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
The Western Conference race is going to be a tight battle down the stretch of the NBA season with 12 teams worthy of playing after the regular season. The coveted spots in the top six are what the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns have their eyes on as they aim to bypass the play-in round.

The Clippers currently stand sixth, and the Suns are eighth as the two teams battle in Phoenix on Monday night. The Suns beat the Clippers twice in October, and another win would give Phoenix the tiebreaker edge.

Connor McDavid is after a three-game suspension for cross-checking. Hopefully, McDavid will decide to just use that stick for clobbering pucks this time around.

Iowa State-Arizona isn’t usually a January showdown, but it is now with both teams in the Big 12. We will look at that game as well the NBA game mentioned above and the Oilers’ game against the Seattle Kraken.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS AT PHOENIX SUNS

Phoenix has won seven of its last nine games, and Los Angeles has victories in six of its last eight contests. It helps that Kawhi Leonard’s knee has calmed down and his availability has made the Clippers extra potent.

James Harden (40 points, nine assists) and Norman Powell (33) were the mainstays in Los Angeles’ 127-117 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Leonard (18 points) played just 24 minutes and he will again be limited on Monday.

Kevin Durant has 20 or more points in 21 straight appearances, and that includes a 29-point effort in Saturday’s 119-109 home win over the Washington Wizards. The 36-year-old continues to play like 26 during his 17th NBA campaign.

Demoted big man Jusuf Nurkic hasn’t played since Jan. 7 and he ripped coach Mike Budenholzer on Saturday. Bad news for Nurk—Nick Richards, the guy they acquired to replace him, had 20 points and a career-best 19 boards against the Wizards.

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