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Reinhart scores twice as Panthers beat Capitals 5-3, giving Florida 9th win in 12 games

Sam Reinhart scored two goals, helping the Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Monday night and giving the back-to-back Stanley Cup champions nine wins in their past 12 games. The Capitals (20-14-5) have lost four of five. Florida came back from a third-period deficit to pull out the win, getting goals from Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad and Reinhart.

Nuggets suffer Jokic injury scare in Heat drubbing

Nikola Jokic suffered an apparent knee injury as the Denver Nuggets crashed to a 147-123 defeat to the Miami Heat on Monday.Jokic's absence for the second half of Monday's game was keenly felt, with Miami outscoring Denver 84-60 after the break to coast to victory. rcw/dh

Josh Hubbard scores 22 on 9-of-13 shooting, Mississippi State beats Alabama State 94-56

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard made four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting to help Mississippi State beat Alabama State 94-56 on Monday night for the Bulldogs' fourth win in a row.

Freshman King Grace scored a season-high 14 points, Achor Achor had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Ja’Borri McGhee added 10 points for Mississippi State (8-5). Quincy Ballard had a season-high 15 rebounds to go with eight points.

Hubbard hit three 3s in a 65-second span to break a 6-6 tie and give the Bulldogs the lead for good. His fourth and final 3-pointer made it 28-18 with 9:36 left until halftime and Alabama State trailed by double figures the rest of the way.

The Bulldogs shot a season-best 54% (37 of 69) from the field, 10 of 25 from 3-point range, and had a season-high 19 assists. Mississippi State outrebounded the Hornets 49-27 and outscored them 20-6 in second-chance points.

Asjon Anderson led the Hornets with 17 points, Micah Simpson scored 14 and Tyler Byrd 10.

Alabama State (3-10) has lost seven straight and nine of 10.

Hubbard has 1,517 points in 82 career games and moved past Jerry Jenkins (1,503 points from 1972-75) into 12th on the program’s all-time scoring list.

Up next

Mississippi State: Kicks off its SEC slate Saturday at Texas.

Alabama State: Opens Southwestern Conference play Saturday at Mississippi Valley State.

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