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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Madina Okot had 23 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 South Carolina outlasted No. 22 Louisville 79-77 on Thursday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
After blowing a second-half lead a week ago against Texas in the Players Era Championship, the Gamecocks (8-1) found themselves in a fight against the Cardinals (7-3).
Okot, a 6-foot-6 senior, had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the second half. Her layup with 1:33 left put the Gamecocks up for good, 76-75.
Okot hit the first of two free throws with eight seconds left to put the Gamecocks up two.

The Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys in a 44-30 shootout on Thursday Night Football to open Week 14. The Lions took a 10-3 lead late in the first quarter on a Jahmyr Gibbs touchdown run, and that was the lowest scoring quarter of the game. Detroit took a 27-9 lead early in the third quarter, but the Cowboys fought back and had their chances. They cut the lead to as little as three points, but couldn’t get a stop when they needed it late.
Both teams entered this game on the outside looking in for the wild card race.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli tied it with 1:31 left in the regulation with his second goal of the game, Kirill Marchenko had the shootout winner and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday night.
Marchenko also scored in the second period when the teams combined for six goals. Five of them were on the power play, the most in an NHL period since 2018.
Ivan Provorov and Kent Johnson also scored for Columbus.

LeBron James had a chance to extend his record double-digit scoring streak but opted to pass the ball, setting up Rui Hachimura’s winning 3-pointer at the buzzer Thursday night against the Raptors.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Julius Randle had 28 points and nine rebounds, carrying Minnesota on a quiet night from Anthony Edwards, and the Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-116 on Thursday night.
Edwards finished with just 11 points in 31 minutes. He scored a season-high 44 points on Tuesday in Minnesota’s 146-142 overtime victory in the opener of the two-game set.
Naz Reid added 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Timberwolves, who won their fourth straight. Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Donte DiVincenzo also had 15 points.

Tennessee volleyball looked like a shell of itself for the first two sets of the most important game of the season.
The No. 7 seed Lady Vols fell behind by two sets to Utah State before mustering the effort necessary to save their season, but by then it was too late.
Tennessee (20-8) made it a five-set thriller, but it lost 3-2 to the Aggies (24-7) in a stunning upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona, on Dec. 4.
“They were the better team today,” Tennessee coach Eve Rackham Watt said.

ST. IGNACE – The Cheboygan Chiefs and St. Ignace Saints might not be in the same conference anymore, but on the basketball court, it still looks very much like a rivalry.  
On Thursday, Dec. 4, the two longtime rivals went toe to toe in a thrilling matchup in St. Ignace.
SCOTT HANCOCK COURT: Cheboygan to name court after longtime coach Scott Hancock on Dec.

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ uneven start to the season continued on Wednesday. They struggled to keep pace with a mediocre Portland Trail Blazers team and paid the price. We’ll see if they learned anything as they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday.
The Spurs are a good team, even without their all-world center. Vicktor Wembanyama will be missing his team’s annual trip to Cleveland for the second season in a row. He last played on Nov. 16. The Spurs have done well in his absence as they’re 6-2 since he last played.

Thursday Night Football has a playoff feel between the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions, as both teams are fighting for their playoff lives.
But for the Cowboys, that fight has become a little bit harder.
Standout wide receiver CeeDee Lamb exited the game early in the third quarter after landing awkwardly on a play in the end zone. Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott targeted Lamb on a throw along the right sideline and Lamb attempted a twisting catch, but crashed to the turf awkwardly on his left arm, while also hitting his head.

TORONTO (AP) — LeBron James’ NBA-record streak of 1,297 consecutive double-digit scoring games in the regular season ends.