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Just last week, the Houston Rockets were quietly creeping toward the top of the Southwest Division, winners in 9 of their previous 10 games.
Art Bernardi scored 19 points, including five straight during the final 72 seconds, to lead Houston Baptist to a 69-62 victory over North Dakota on Thursday night.
Cameron Moore scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Alabama-Birmingham to an 80-69 victory over Houston on Wednesday night.
Julian DeBose's only basket of the game, a jumper with two-tenths of a second to play, gave Rice a 77-75 win over UTEP on Wednesday night.
The Houston Astros have agreed to a minor league contract with former World Series MVP Livan Hernandez.
The Minnesota Wild have started the unofficial second half of the NHL season by summoning three players from their minor league affiliate.
Ivory White scored 21 points and Phillip Crawford added 17 as Alabama State rallied to beat Texas Southern in overtime on Monday night, snapping a 3-game losing streak.