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Milos Uzan helps No. 8 Houston rally in 2nd half to beat Cincinnati 67-60 in Big 12 opener

Milos Uzan helps No. 8 Houston rally in 2nd half to beat Cincinnati 67-60 in Big 12 opener

CINCINNATI — Milos Uzan scored 18 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:48 remaining, and No. 8 Houston rallied in the second half for a 67-60 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams. Kingston Flemings led Houston with 19 points as it won its seventh straight. The Cougars extended Division I’s longest active road winning streak to 15 games. Day Day Thomas led Cincinnati with 15 points, 12 in the first half, and Moustapha Thiam scored 13. The Bearcats have lost four of six and have dropped 13 straight to the Cougars, dating to when both were members of the American Conference. The game was tied at 60-all when Uzan hit his fourth 3-pointer to put Houston on top for good. Joseph Tugler’s jumper with 54 seconds left made it a two-possession game. The Cougars scored the final seven points as the Bearcats were held scoreless for the last 3:52. Cincinnati committed four turnovers and missed both of its shots after Thiam’s dunk made it 60-60. Houston started …

Jannik Sinner In Rotterdam Semi-Finals As Injury-Plagued Milos Raonic Quits

Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner reached the Rotterdam semi-finals on Friday when injury-plagued Milos Raonic was forced to retire at 1-1 in the second set of their last-eight clash. Top seed Sinner took the first set 7-6 (7/4) before the big-hitting 33-year-old Canadian called it quits after two more games. Sinner goes on to face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, who defeated Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) for a place in Sunday’s final. “Obviously this is not the way you want to win the match,” said Sinner. “I wish him a speedy recovery. I was actually playing and I was not realising that he was about to retire but he knows his body really well and he knows his limits so, for sure, it’s the right choice for him.” Sinner, 22, can take the world number three ranking if he wins the title on Sunday. If that happens, he would become the highest-ever ranked Italian man. Raonic saw two set points come and go in the opener on Friday before he retired as …