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Charlotte 49ers (13-10, 7-3 AAC) at Memphis Tigers (11-11, 6-4 AAC)

Memphis, Tennessee; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Memphis faces Charlotte after Sincere Parker scored 40 points in Memphis' 90-80 win over the UAB Blazers.

The Tigers are 9-3 on their home court. Memphis is 6-5 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The 49ers are 7-3 in AAC play. Charlotte is 6-9 against opponents over .500.

Memphis scores 75.0 points per game, 1.7 more points than the 73.3 Charlotte allows. Charlotte has shot at a 46.1% rate from the field this season, 5.1 percentage points higher than the 41.0% shooting opponents of Memphis have averaged.

The Tigers and 49ers meet Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dug McDaniel is averaging 13.5 points, 4.8 assists and 2.3 steals for the Tigers. Parker is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games.

Ben Bradford is averaging 13 points for the 49ers. Dezayne Mingo is averaging 15.8 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, averaging 74.4 points, 33.1 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 9.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.9 points per game.

49ers: 7-3, averaging 76.9 points, 29.6 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 4.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

UCF Knights (17-5, 6-4 Big 12) at Cincinnati Bearcats (11-12, 3-7 Big 12)

Cincinnati; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Themus Fulks and UCF take on Baba and Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Bearcats have gone 11-3 in home games. Cincinnati scores 70.7 points while outscoring opponents by 3.7 points per game.

The Knights are 6-4 against Big 12 opponents. UCF scores 82.9 points while outscoring opponents by 5.7 points per game.

Cincinnati scores 70.7 points per game, 6.5 fewer points than the 77.2 UCF gives up. UCF averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 more makes per game than Cincinnati allows.

The Bearcats and Knights face off Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Miller is averaging 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds for the Bearcats. Moustapha Thiam is averaging 9.7 points over the last 10 games.

Riley Kugel is averaging 14.5 points for the Knights. Fulks is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bearcats: 3-7, averaging 64.2 points, 30.5 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 40.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.1 points per game.

Knights: 6-4, averaging 76.3 points, 31.1 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 4.7 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

MILAN (AP) — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially started on Friday, with the opening ceremony and the lighting of the cauldrons.

And these Games are particularly supersized.

These are the first Olympics to fully embrace cost-cutting reforms installed by the International Olympic Committee, and use mostly existing venues — which has meant scattering the Games all over northern Italy.

Here’s a look at some of the key numbers ahead of the opening ceremony:

The number of new sports at these Games. Ski mountaineering — also know as skimo — is making its Olympic debut. The sport combines uphill sprinting (on boots and on skis) and downhill skiing.

That's how many times Italy has hosted the Winter Olympics previously: in Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956 and Turin in 2006. Italy has held the Summer Games once, in Rome in 1960.

The number of locations for events in the most spread-out Winter Games ever. Ice sports will take place in Milan and women’s Alpine skiing, curling and sliding events in Cortina — the two main hubs. But there will also be competition in Bormio, Livigno, Predazzo, Tesero and Anterselva, and the closing ceremony will take place in Verona.

Number of Russian athletes set to compete as neutral individuals along with seven Belarusians. They are not allowed to compete under their national flag or anthem and cannot take part in the opening ceremony athlete parades.

The number of days of competition.

The age difference (in years) between Team USA's oldest athlete at the Games and its youngest. Curler Rich Ruohonen will set a Team USA Winter Olympic record at age 54, while the youngest member of the team is 15-year-old freeskier Abby Winterberger.

Lindsey Vonn's age at her fifth Olympics after making a sensational return to ski racing. If she wins what would be a fourth Olympics medal she would edge France’s Johan Clarey — who was also 41 when he claimed downhill silver in 2022 — to become the oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medalist ever.

How old San Siro turns this year. The stadium that will host the opening ceremony will be knocked down in the next few years after a new arena is built next to it.

The number of medal events at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. If that sounds like a lot, it's not even close to the Summer Games. There will be more than 350 medal events at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The number of athletes competing at the Milan Cortina Games. The United States will have the largest presence with 235 athletes — the largest ever U.S. Winter Olympics team. Host nation Italy will have 196.

That's how many volunteers will be helping out at the Games. About 900 of them will be working behind the scenes at the opening ceremony.

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AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics