Utah had its seven-game winning streak come to a crashing

Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Brandon Taylor made four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points and seven assists as No. 12 Utah bounced back with a thorough 86-64 victory over Washington State on Wednesday. Utah had its seven-game winning streak come to a crashing halt in an 18-point loss to Arizona last Saturday, but the Utes (15-3, 5-1 Pac-12) recovered quite nicely by making 48.3 percent of their shots and 19-of-22 from the foul line. They also coughed it up only four times while forcing 17 turnovers. Delon Wright totaled 17 points and eight assists, and Jordan Loveridge netted 14 points with six rebounds in the rout. DaVonte Lacy led the Cougars (9-9, 3-3) with 15 points, while Josh Hawkinson and Jordan Railey each scored 12 points and combined for 18 rebounds. Final Score: (14) Wichita State 76, Missouri State 53 Springfield, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Ron Baker, Fred VanVleet and Tekele Cotton each scored 15 points and No. 14 Wichita State pulled away in the second half for a 76-53 win over Missouri State in a Missouri Valley Conference game. Darius Carter added 14 points for the Shockers (17-2, 7-0 MVC), who remained unbeaten since losing to George Washington in their last non-conference game on Christmas. Dorrian Williams and Chris Kendrix had 10 points apiece to lead the Bears (8-11, 2-5), who have dropped five in a row. Final Score: (15) North Carolina 87, Wake Forest 71 Winston-Salem, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - The Wake Forest Demon Deacons had no answer for No. 15 North Carolina in the Tar Heels 87-71 win on Wednesday. North Carolina (15-4, 5-1 ACC) shot 60.3 percent from the field, led by Brice Johnsons 19-point effort on 8-of-11 shooting. The Tar Heels dominated Wake Forest in the paint by a 50-26 margin. Justin Jackson chipped in 17 points for North Carolina, while Kennedy Meeks added 16 points and eight rebounds. Marcus Paige facilitated the offense with 12 points and eight assists. The Demon Deacons (9-10, 1-5) led for only 50 seconds in the first half. Wake Forest had four players reach double figures, led by Codi Miller-McIntyre with 20 points. Devin Thomas contributed 12 points and a game-high 12 boards. Final Score: (20) Northern Iowa 66, Indiana State 60 Cedar Falls, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - Matt Bohannon hit five 3s and led No. 20 Northern Iowa with 17 points as the Panthers held off Indiana State 66-60 on Wednesday. Seth Tuttle scored eight of his 16 points in the games final two minutes for UNI (17-2, 6-1 MVC), which moved into second place in the conference with its sixth straight win. The Panthers lone conference loss came in Evansville on New Years Day. Jeremy Morgan and Deon Mitchell added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Justin Gant and Brenton Scott both scored 13 points for Indiana State (9-10, 5-2). Final Score: (21) Baylor 81, Huston-Tillotson 61 Waco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Rico Gathers monster outing helped No. 21 Baylor pull away to beat NAIA Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday night. Gathers finished with 25 points and ripped down a career-high 28 rebounds in the Bears 81-61 win over the Rams. Gathers set the school record as well as the Big-12 record for rebounds in a game. Taurean Prince and Al Freeman added 13 and 10 points, respectively, for Baylor (14-4), which trailed for a majority of the first half before establishing itself as the dominant team over the final 20 minutes. Shai Fields scored 21 of his 27 points in a spirited first 20 minutes for the Rams (3-14), who have dropped five straight games. Eric Lindros Flyers Jersey . -- The San Francisco 49ers have re-signed cornerback Perrish Cox to a one-year contract. Michael Raffl Flyers Jersey . 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The Toronto Blue Jays will try to escape their latest trip to Fenway Park with at least one victory when they visit the Boston Red Sox for the finale of a three-game weekend series. Toronto has lost four of its last five games against Boston, helping a plummet thats seen them drop six games out of the second American League wild card position in the seasons final month. Three other teams sit between the Blue Jays and the wild card place-holder, Seattle. "Were still in this thing. Were hanging on by a thread," manager John Gibbons said. "Theyve been two close ballgames, they could have gone either way, but we just came up short." Toronto starts knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who returns after being struck in the head with a ball off the bat of Tampa Bays Evan Longoria during Wednesday batting practice. A day earlier, hed allowed two hits in seven innings of an 8-2 win. One week prior, hed beaten the Red Sox in Toronto, 11-7, after allowing an earned run in six innings. Hes 3-0 against Boston iin 2014 with a win in his lone Fenway outing in July.dddddddddddd Boston turns to Rubby De La Rosa, whos winless in his last four starts with a 6.10 earned run average and has faced the Blue Jays three times this season while compiling an uglier 7.36 ERA. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings of a matchup with Dickey on Aug. 26. In his last start, on Monday, he surrendered three runs in 5 1/3 innings of the Red Sox 4-3 win over Tampa Bay in 10 innings. On Saturday, Yoenis Cespedes and Christian Vazquez both hit RBI doubles and the Red Sox defeated Toronto, 4-3. Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks each drove in a run and David Ortiz supplied two hits and a run scored for the Red Sox. Clay Buchholz (7-8) earned the win after surrendering just two runs on four hits with five strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. Colby Rasmus hit a two-run homer and Dioner Navarro brought in a run for Toronto, which had starter J.A. 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