Deadspin | Auburn blows 21-point lead, recovers to beat Tulsa for NIT title Auburn Tigers guard Keyshawn Hall (7) ball is tipped away by Tulsa Golden Hurricane guard Ade Popoola (0) on Sunday, April 5, 2026, during the NIT men’s basketball championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Kevin Overton netted 26 points, including a deep 3-pointer and a free throw in the final two minutes of overtime, and Auburn won its first NIT championship in a wild 92-86 win over Tulsa on Sunday night in Indianapolis. An NCAA Tournament Final Four team one year ago, the Tigers (22-16) wasted a 21-point first-half lead, but rallied in the final 10 seconds for overtime. They then outscored Tulsa 14-8 in the extra frame for the victory. Tahaad Pettiford had 24 points and eight assists and Sebastian Williams-Adams tallied 13 points for the Tigers. Elyjah Freeman had six points, including two free throws with 11 seconds left in OT, and 14 rebounds. Filip Jovic scored 12 points, while Keyshawn Hall had 11 and 12 boards, but both fouled out late in regulation. A two-time NIT champion, the Golden Hurricane (30-8) used a 22-2 run to take the lead with 10:26 left in regulation. Tulsa’s David Green had 25 points and six rebounds and Tylen Riley added 20 points. Ade Popoola scored 13 points. With Tulsa trailing 48-31 at halftime, Green’s three-point play at 14:10 put the squad back in the contest, as the group trailed 57-45. Riley’s spinning layup at 12:58 made it 57-49 and forced an Auburn timeout during a 10-0 Tulsa run. Miles Barnstable’s trey, Green’s two free throws and Riley’s pair from the line extended that run to 22-2 and put Tulsa ahead 61-59. After Auburn forced a five-second turnover on an inbounds play while down by three, Overton drilled a corner 3-pointer to force overtime at 78-all. With Auburn great Charles Barkley courtside, Jovic, a bruising 6-foot-8 freshman, started strong with back-to-back dunks as the Tigers used a 7-0 run for a 9-2 lead just over two minutes into the title game. Williams-Adams sank a 3-pointer at 13:58 to push it to a 16-4 advantage. The American Conference school went 8 1/2 minutes without a field goal until Popoola’s layup at 10:51 made it 23-9. Tulsa cut it to 39-26 on Tyler Behrend’s layup at 3:30, and Green’s 10 points led the way. However, the team shot only 38.5% (10 of 26) from the field. Pettiford and Overton scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, as Auburn made 16 of 31 (51.7%) shots overall and led by 17 at the break. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Auburn #blows #21point #lead #recovers #beat #Tulsa #NIT #title

Deadspin | Lauren Coughlin goes wire-to-wire to win Aramco Championship May 29, 2025; Erin, Wisconsin, USA; Lauren Coughlin during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire and captured the inaugural Aramco Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024. Coughlin fired an even-par 72 for her final round on the difficult Shadow Creek Golf Course layout and finished with a 7-under-par total of 281, five shots clear of Nelly Korda and Ireland’s Leona Maguire. One year ago, Coughlin lost the championship match to Madalene Sagstrom when the LPGA held the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek. “I just know I played really, really great all week,” Coughlin said. “Had a lot of fun. I’m just happy. You know, definitely left a sour taste in my mouth last year not getting the W given how well I played all week, so makes it extra special this week.” Coughlin opened with a 5-under 67 and shared the lead with Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita. She shot Friday’s low round of 69 in windy conditions and took a five-stroke lead, but Korda sliced three shots off the advantage and trailed by only two strokes heading into the final round. Coughlin made an early statement on Sunday, birdieing the par-4 first hole. There was a two-shot swing on the par-3 eighth, with Coughlin recording a birdie and Korda posting bogey, opening up an insurmountable six-shot lead. But she did not allow herself to think of victory until her final wedge shot from the 18th fairway. “Probably after I hit that wedge shot on 18 into it. I was like, all right, I think I got it now,” she said. Korda birdied the final hole, her only birdie of the round as she shot a 3-over 75. Maguire posted a final-round 71. “I just didn’t play good golf today,” Korda said. “I was hitting it pretty poorly off the tee and just finding myself in really tough positions going into the greens, and then hitting it in places where I shouldn’t be around the greens. “… Props to Lauren. She played some unbelievable golf. It was really fun to see today and it was fun to play alongside her.” Yamashita was the only other player to finish the week under par in the firm desert conditions, taking solo fourth place at 1 under after Sunday’s 74. Japan’s Akie Iwai and Australia’s Karis Davidson tied for fifth at even-par 288. Coughlin won her first two LPGA titles in 2024, capturing the CPKC Women’s Open and the Women’s Scottish Open, but went winless in 2025. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Lauren #Coughlin #wiretowire #win #Aramco #Championship

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May 29, 2025; Erin, Wisconsin, USA; Lauren Coughlin during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire and captured the inaugural Aramco Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024.

Coughlin fired an even-par 72 for her final round on the difficult Shadow Creek Golf Course layout and finished with a 7-under-par total of 281, five shots clear of Nelly Korda and Ireland’s Leona Maguire.

One year ago, Coughlin lost the championship match to Madalene Sagstrom when the LPGA held the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek.

“I just know I played really, really great all week,” Coughlin said. “Had a lot of fun. I’m just happy. You know, definitely left a sour taste in my mouth last year not getting the W given how well I played all week, so makes it extra special this week.”

Coughlin opened with a 5-under 67 and shared the lead with Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita. She shot Friday’s low round of 69 in windy conditions and took a five-stroke lead, but Korda sliced three shots off the advantage and trailed by only two strokes heading into the final round.

Coughlin made an early statement on Sunday, birdieing the par-4 first hole. There was a two-shot swing on the par-3 eighth, with Coughlin recording a birdie and Korda posting bogey, opening up an insurmountable six-shot lead.

But she did not allow herself to think of victory until her final wedge shot from the 18th fairway.

“Probably after I hit that wedge shot on 18 into it. I was like, all right, I think I got it now,” she said.

Korda birdied the final hole, her only birdie of the round as she shot a 3-over 75. Maguire posted a final-round 71.

“I just didn’t play good golf today,” Korda said. “I was hitting it pretty poorly off the tee and just finding myself in really tough positions going into the greens, and then hitting it in places where I shouldn’t be around the greens.

“… Props to Lauren. She played some unbelievable golf. It was really fun to see today and it was fun to play alongside her.”

Yamashita was the only other player to finish the week under par in the firm desert conditions, taking solo fourth place at 1 under after Sunday’s 74. Japan’s Akie Iwai and Australia’s Karis Davidson tied for fifth at even-par 288.

Coughlin won her first two LPGA titles in 2024, capturing the CPKC Women’s Open and the Women’s Scottish Open, but went winless in 2025.

–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Lauren #Coughlin #wiretowire #win #Aramco #Championship">Deadspin | Lauren Coughlin goes wire-to-wire to win Aramco Championship

May 29, 2025; Erin, Wisconsin, USA; Lauren Coughlin during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire and captured the inaugural Aramco Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024.

Coughlin fired an even-par 72 for her final round on the difficult Shadow Creek Golf Course layout and finished with a 7-under-par total of 281, five shots clear of Nelly Korda and Ireland’s Leona Maguire.

One year ago, Coughlin lost the championship match to Madalene Sagstrom when the LPGA held the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek.

“I just know I played really, really great all week,” Coughlin said. “Had a lot of fun. I’m just happy. You know, definitely left a sour taste in my mouth last year not getting the W given how well I played all week, so makes it extra special this week.”

Coughlin opened with a 5-under 67 and shared the lead with Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita. She shot Friday’s low round of 69 in windy conditions and took a five-stroke lead, but Korda sliced three shots off the advantage and trailed by only two strokes heading into the final round.

Coughlin made an early statement on Sunday, birdieing the par-4 first hole. There was a two-shot swing on the par-3 eighth, with Coughlin recording a birdie and Korda posting bogey, opening up an insurmountable six-shot lead.

But she did not allow herself to think of victory until her final wedge shot from the 18th fairway.

“Probably after I hit that wedge shot on 18 into it. I was like, all right, I think I got it now,” she said.

Korda birdied the final hole, her only birdie of the round as she shot a 3-over 75. Maguire posted a final-round 71.

“I just didn’t play good golf today,” Korda said. “I was hitting it pretty poorly off the tee and just finding myself in really tough positions going into the greens, and then hitting it in places where I shouldn’t be around the greens.

“… Props to Lauren. She played some unbelievable golf. It was really fun to see today and it was fun to play alongside her.”

Yamashita was the only other player to finish the week under par in the firm desert conditions, taking solo fourth place at 1 under after Sunday’s 74. Japan’s Akie Iwai and Australia’s Karis Davidson tied for fifth at even-par 288.

Coughlin won her first two LPGA titles in 2024, capturing the CPKC Women’s Open and the Women’s Scottish Open, but went winless in 2025.

–Field Level Media

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