Thursday’s Sports

Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball is 5-0 / Photo Avi Mehta

NFL

The Dallas Cowboys still plans to have Brett Maher kick in Sunday’s divisional-round matchup against the San Francisco 49ers but signed Tristan Vizacino to the practice squad on Wednesday as insurance.

NBA

Wednesday

Hawks (23-22) 130 – Mavericks (24-22) 122

Hornets (12-34) 122 – Rockets (10-35) 117

Heat (25-21) 124 – Pelicans (26-19) 98

Thunder (22-23) 126 – Pacers (23-23) 106

NHL

Wednesday

Sharks (14-23-9) 5 – Stars (26-13-7) 3

Thursday

Stars at Los Angeles Kings at 9:30 pm ESPN+

COLLEGE

BASKETBALL

Houston and Kansas remained firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses. At the same time, Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for the first time in school history.

MEN

West Virginia (11-7) 74 – No. 14 TCU (14-4) 66

No. 16 Auburn (15-3) 67 – LSU (12-6) 49

Missouri (14-4) 79 – No 25 Arkansas (12-6) 76

WOMEN

No. 15 Oklahoma (15-2) 93 – TCU (6-11) 66

No. 18 Iowa St. (12-4) 69 – Oklahoma State (13-5) 64

Texas Tech (15-4) 68 – No. 25 Texas (13-6) 64

Following a win over Lamar on Saturday, the Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s basketball team is back on the road at New Orleans on Thursday evening.

The Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team is one of 32 in the country that is undefeated in conference play and looks to move to 6-0 against Southland Conference opponents on Thursday night when it faces New Orleans on the road at 5:00 pm.

HIGH SCHOOL

On Wednesday, Big Sandy High School’s football coach Larry Minter announced his retirement on his Facebook page. Minter served as head football coach and athletic director and is stepping down from both positions. He said he looks forward to new opportunities with the Big Sandy ISD.