WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jaykwon Walton and Jahvon Quinerly scored 23 points apiece to lead No. 13 Memphis past Wichita State 112-86 for its tenth consecutive win. Walton and Quinerly were two of six players to finish in double-digit scoring for Memphis, which improved to 15-2. The Tigers recorded their most points this season, set a program record with 19 three-pointers and shot a season-high 65% from the floor. Colby Rogers had 20 points to lead Wichita State, which fell to 8-8.
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a game-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams 24-23. The Lions ended a nine-game postseason losing streak — the longest in NFL history — that dated to a victory over Dallas on Jan. 5, 1992. Detroit will have two home playoff games for the first time in franchise history, hosting either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia in the divisional round next Sunday. Stafford threw for 367 yards for the Rams.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns, Aaron Jones ran for three more, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Green Bay Packers handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner. Romeo Doubs had a career-high 151 yards receiving a week after being hospitalized with a chest injury. The Packers won Love’s postseason debut after finishing the regular season 6-2 to grab the NFC’s final playoff spot. They will visit top-seeded San Francisco in the divisional round. Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. 2 seed Cowboys.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he isn't ready to discuss the future of coach Mike McCarthy, quarterback Dak Prescott or anything else after a stunning playoff loss to Green Bay. Jones says the 48-32 wild-card loss at home is one of biggest surprises since he has been involved in sports. Dallas is looking at 29 years since the franchise’s last trip to the NFC championship game. It was the 1995 season, when the Cowboys won their fifth Super Bowl title. Prescott supports his coach and says his play should be part of the question about the future as well.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With snow falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour, a group of about 85 people tried to dig out the Buffalo Bills' stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday. The Bills' playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was postponed to Monday because of a lake-effect storm that was expected to drop 1 to 3 feet of snow in the area. The Bills paid snow shovelers $20 an hour, but one person who participated, Logan Eschrich, says the work at Highmark Stadium was nearly impossible. The storm was expected to taper off Sunday night, allowing time to clear roads and prepare the stadium for the game.
UNDATED (AP) — Jim Harbaugh is set to meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coaching vacancy. That's according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn't at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Word of Harbaugh's plans comes one week after he led the University of Michigan to a national title. A person familiar with Harbaugh's thinking tells the AP that Harbaugh is also considering staying at Michigan. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
UNDATED (AP) — Washington hired Arizona’s Jedd Fisch to succeed Kalen DeBoer as the next coach of the Huskies. A person familiar with the deal said that Fisch had agreed to a seven-year deal that will pay an average of $7.75 million annually. Less than a week after playing for the national championship, the Huskies moved quickly to fill the vacancy created when DeBoer left for Alabama. Washington athletic director Troy Dannen targeted Fisch quickly and flew to Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday to complete the deal, flying back to Seattle later in the day with the Huskies new head coach.
UNDATED (AP) — Some of the great programs in college basketball have called some of the sport's iconic venues home. There is Allen Fieldhouse at Kansas, where opponents are warned to “Beware the Phog.” There is Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke, Rupp Arena at Kentucky and the Palestra, the home to Philadelphia's venerable Big Five. Some of the great stadiums, such as Barnhill Arena at Arkansas, are no longer around, while others are used for other purposes. But all of them have a place in college basketball history.
HONOLULU (AP) — Grayson Murray is the Sony Open winner after two birdies on the 18th hole. He stuffed a wedge to 3 feet in regulation for a 67 to join a three-way playoff with Keegan Bradley and Byeong Hun An. And then he made a 40-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to become a winner for the first time in more than six years. Murray has struggled with alcoholism. He says he has been sober for eight months. He's going to the Masters for the first time and is in all the $20 million events the rest of the season.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff is through to the second round of the Australian Open following a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. The 19-year-old U.S. Open champion needed exactly 60 minutes for the victory. Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova is out after being beaten 6-1, 6-2 by Dayana Yastremska in the first round. Seventh-seeded Vondrousova had seven double faults as she was knocked out by the world No. 93-ranked player. In other play 19th-seeded Elina Svitolina advanced to the second round after beating Taylah Preston 6-2, 6-2. Naomi Osaka begins her campaign later in the day.
SUNDAY SCORES
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Green Bay 48 Dallas 32
Final Detroit 24 L.A. Rams 23
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS MONDAY
Pittsburgh at Buffalo 3:30 p.m. CST
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay 7:15 p.m. CST
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (4)UConn 80 Georgetown 67
Final Maryland 76 (10)Illinois 67
Final (13)Memphis 112 Wichita St. 86
Final (24)FAU 86 UAB 73
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Denver 117 Indiana 109
Final Miami 104 Charlotte 87
Final Minnesota 109 L.A. Clippers 105
Final OT Milwaukee 143 Sacramento 142
Final Phoenix 127 Portland 116
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final N-Y Rangers 2 Washington 1