COLLEGE PARK, Md. 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. (More)

RICHMOND, Va. 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. (More)

ORANGEBURG, S.C. 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. (More)

ATHENS, Ga. Zac Swansey scored 12 points and Georgia used a second half run to beat Presbyterian 55-47 on Friday night. (More)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Doneal Mack scored 16 points to lead No. 13 Memphis to an 84-70 victory over Seton Hall in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Friday night. (More)

MINNEAPOLIS Make no mistake: Kevin Garnett still owns Target Center. (More)

TORONTO Vince Carter scored 39 points against his former team, Devin Harris added 30 and the New Jersey Nets rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 129-127 in overtime on Friday night. (More)

ATLANTA Joe Johnson scored 30 points, Marvin Williams added 22 and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away in the closing minutes for a sloppy 88-83 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night. (More)

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Tyler Hansbrough made his season debut for North Carolina on Friday night, joining the top-ranked Tar Heels' starting lineup against UC Santa Barbara. (More)

BUFFALO, N.Y. Martin Biron made the Buffalo Sabres pay for plenty of missed opportunities. (More)

TAMPA, Fla. Vincent Lecavalier had two goals to help Tampa Bay interim coach Rick Tocchet get his first NHL victory in the Lightning's 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. (More)

INDIANAPOLIS Dwight Howard had 24 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks, and the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 100-98 in overtime on Friday night. (More)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Freshman Syvlen Landesberg scored 22 points and made two free throws with 29 seconds left to help Virginia edge Radford 68-66 Friday night. (More)

WASHINGTON Tracy McGrady scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming added 18 to win a battle of awesome wingspans, and the Houston Rockets added to the Washington Wizards' misery with a 103-91 victory Friday night. (More)

BOSTON Marc Savard and Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist each to lead Boston to its eighth victory in nine games, a 4-2 decision over Florida on Friday night that moved the Bruins into a tie for the Eastern Conference lead. The Bruins, 11-1-1 in their last 13 games and the winners of seven straight at home, matched the idle New York Rangers with 30 points in the conference race. (More)

PHILADELPHIA Elton Brand beat his former team with his biggest basket for his new one. Brand hit a 15-footer with 57 seconds left and finished with 17 points in his first game against Los Angeles, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to an 89-88 victory over the short-handed Clippers on Friday night. (More)

RALEIGH, N.C. Eric Staal scored three goals in less than 24 minutes to lead the Carolina Hurricanes past the Phoenix Coyotes, 5-2 on Friday night. Busting out of an eight-game scoring drought in a big way, Staal completed his fifth career hat trick in the final minute of the second period to lead the Hurricanes to their season-high third straight victory. (More)

NEW YORK Mike Krzyzewski roused the Duke Blue Devils on Friday and headed for Madison Square Garden, long before they were set to play Michigan in the 2K Sports Classic. (More)

NEWARK, N.J. David Clarkson and Travis Zajac scored 10 seconds apart late in the first period, and Kevin Weekes made 25 saves for his 100th career victory in the New Jersey Devils' 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night. (More)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Glory Johnson scored 19 points, Vicki Baugh made a tiebreaking free throw with 53.7 seconds remaining and No. 5 Tennessee beat Chattanooga 66-63 on Friday night to avoid a major upset. (More)

HARRISONBURG, Va. Abdulai Jalloh scored 16 points to lead James Madison to an 82-69 win over Kennesaw State in its home opener on Friday. Jalloh also grabbed five rebounds, and led five players in double-figure scoring. (More)

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Jeff Adrien added 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a hard-fought 89-81 victory over La Salle on Friday in the Paradise Jam. (More)

TORONTO Raptors forward Jermaine O'Neal strained his left knee when he was pulled down on a flagrant foul by New Jersey's Sean Williams in the fourth quarter Friday night. (More)

PITTSBURGH Sam Young was chosen as the Big East's most improved player last season, and what impresses Akron coach Keith Dambrot is Young is even better this season. (More)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Shaun Green and Lawrence Borha had 19 points apiece to lead Utah to an 83-72 victory over Mississippi on Friday night in the Glenn Wilkes Classic. (More)