Griffen and Sears lift Alabama over Auburn

Rylan Griffen and Mark Sears were the only Alabama players hitting their 3-point shots, and it was just enough.

Griffen scored 16 points, Sears added 15 and No. 3 Alabama held off a big challenge from its in-state rival, beating Auburn 77-69 on Saturday. The Crimson Tide (22-3, 12-0 Southeastern Conference) remained the only Power-5 team without a league loss, but it was iffy most of the way with Auburn putting the defensive clamps on star Brandon Miller.

“I thought our guys showed some resilience to weather a bad shooting night from Brandon,” Tide coach Nate Oats said. “We had some other guys step up.”

The Tigers (17-8, 7-5) missed nine straight shots in the final minutes. They have dropped five of their last six.

„ Jalen Wilson scored 18 points to help No. 9 Kansas roll past Oklahoma 78-55 . ... Kam Jones, Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek each scored 14 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and No. 10 Marquette beat Georgetown 89-75. Marquette moved into first place in the Big East Conference . ... Maddy Siegrist scored a careerhigh 50 points to become the Big East Conference’s career regular-season scoring leader and No. 15 Villanova defeated Seton Hall 99-65 on Saturday.

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NHL: Mike Matheson scored in overtime to lift the Canadiens over the Islanders 4-3. Nick Suzuki broke a nine-game scoring drought, while Justin Barron and Kirby Dach added third-period goals.

Soccer: Vinicius Junior and Federico Valverde each scored twice as Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup for a record-extending fifth time after a 5-3 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in Saturday’s final in Rabat, Morocco.