Virginia Tech's trip to Old Dominion on Friday just keeps getting worse.

After the Hokies lost 20-17 in Brent Pry's debut as head coach, players returned to the visiting locker room to find items were stolen from their lockers during the game.

Former Virginia Tech player Eric Kumah tweeted a reference to the theft shortly after midnight Saturday morning, and the school responded Sunday, saying police were investigating the matter.

"The Virginia Tech athletic department confirmed there were items missing from the Virginia Tech locker room following the football game against Old Dominion in Norfolk Friday night," the statement read. "The university is working with law enforcement and Old Dominion University on the matter, and will have no further comment."

The Hokies' trip to Old Dominion was a comedy of errors. ODU took a 10-7 lead into the half, and Virginia Tech's coaches were delayed in returning for the second half after being trapped in a malfunctioning elevator.

When the game resumed, the Hokies performed better, mounting a comeback to take a 17-13 lead into the final three minutes of action. But Hokies quarterback Grant Wells tossed his third interception of the day with 2:58 remaining, and the Monarchs marched 59 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.

Virginia Tech outgained Old Dominion by 95 yards and had 20 first downs to ODU's 13, but five Hokies turnovers led to the upset win for the Monarchs.

"They wanted to make plays, they wanted to play hard, but I definitely think they pressed and were sloppy," Pry said. "You want to make people earn it, and we didn't do that."

It was the second embarrassing loss at ODU for the Hokies, who also lost 49-35 there in 2018.

Virginia Tech is scheduled to play at Old Dominion in 2024, 2027, 2029 and 2031.

NEW YORK -- Coco Gauff raised a fist then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming. Gauff's US Open opponent, Shuai Zhang, covered both ears with her hands to shield them from what she described later as a "boom'' of sound.

Gauff and her fans were reacting excitedly to quite a point, one in which the 18-year-old Floridian raced to her right for a defensive forehand then changed directions to sprint and slide into a backhand that drew a netted volley from Zhang. Just four points later, Gauff was a quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows for the first time.

Gauff, the French Open runner-up in June, came back in each set to beat China's Zhang 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday and become the youngest American to make it this far at the US Open since Melanie Oudin was 17 in 2009.

"Here, I can't hear myself scream. Makes me want to do it more. I think I'm feeding off the momentum a lot. I enjoy it,'' said No. 12 seed Gauff, who will meet No. 17 Caroline Garcia of France on Tuesday. "New York is bringing out a side of me that I haven't had since I was 15, so it's nice.''

After trailing 5-4 in the opening set then 5-3 in the second -- which she was a point from losing -- Gauff was buoyed by spectators who cheered her every point and chanted, "Let's go, Coco," as the end neared. She improved to 4-0 at Arthur Ashe Stadium this year after having never previously won a match at the biggest arena in Grand Slam tennis.

How loud was it?

"It got so raucous in there that I got a headache. I had to take an Advil,'' said Gauff's father, Corey. "I kept pinching myself. I'm like, 'My gosh, all of these people here for my daughter.' You dream about this, but you never know if you're going to realize that. She was pumping herself up, and they responded to her. It sent chills up my spine.''

Zhang, at 33 the oldest woman to reach the fourth round, said it was more noise than she has ever heard at a match.

She praised Gauff's play, calling her "a superstar'' and adding, "Everything is very good. She's so much younger than me. Her energy is so much better. She's faster. She's powerful.''

They competed mostly from the baseline, and the longer the exchanges, the more success Gauff found. She claimed a 45-26 edge in points that lasted five or more strokes.

Garcia is coming off a hard-court title at Cincinnati, and she stretched her winning streak to 12 matches by eliminating No. 29 Alison Riske-Amritraj of the U.S. 6-4, 6-1

"I'm super excited, actually, to play Coco -- in U.S., in New York, quarterfinal of a Slam. It's great,'' Garcia said.

The other quarterfinal on that half of the women's field will be between Ajla Tomljanovic, the player who beat Serena Williams in the third round, and No. 5 Ons Jabeur, who was the runner-up at Wimbledon. Tomljanovic got past Liudmila Samsonova 7-6 (8), 6-1 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in a matchup between unseeded players, while Jabeur defeated No. 18 Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Tomljanovic is a 29-year-old Australian player who is now into her third Grand Slam quarterfinal after making it that far at Wimbledon the past two years. On Wednesday, Tomljanovic beat Williams in three sets in what is expected to be the last match of the 23-time Grand Slam champion's career.

In Gauff-Zhang, the whirring of the Ashe retractable roof being pulled shut accompanied the start of the second set because of showers that started soon after, and it took a while for the artificial lights to reach full strength. The match proceeded, even though it was rather dark -- and quite humid -- indoors.

Zhang started getting a bit better in the back-and-forth midway through the second set, and when she hit a backhand winner of her own, she broke to lead 5-3.

Last year's US Open doubles champion -- she and Samantha Stosur beat Gauff and Catherine McNally in the final -- served to force a third set and was a point away from getting there, but Gauff steeled herself and stood her ground.

That set point was frittered away when Zhang sent a backhand long. Gauff smacked -- what else? -- a down-the-line backhand winner for her third break point of that game, and she then delivered a good return to a corner that drew a long backhand to make it 5-4 and start a four-game, match-closing run.

Everyone has known how talented Gauff is for a while now. After all, at 15, she became the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history in 2019, beat Venus Williams in the first round of the main draw and made it all the way to the fourth. There have been more steps along the way, more achievements (last month, she became the second-youngest doubles No. 1 in WTA history) and her ever-developing game (the most notable recent improvements were to her forehand and second serve) keeps carrying her closer to the top of the singles rankings and closer to a Grand Slam title.

And at this point, having the full support of more than 20,000 folks at Ashe doesn't hurt, either.

"She's found a home there,'' Corey Gauff said. "I hope she's going to play there for the rest of the tournament.''

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NEW YORK -- Nick Kyrgios sat in the Arthur Ashe Stadium locker room after ending Daniil Medvedev's US Open title defense and stay at No. 1 in the rankings, and felt a mix of pride and relief.

Pride at the big-serving, solid-returning performance that resulted in a 7-6 (11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Medvedev on Sunday night, the latest in a series of career-altering results that carried Kyrgios to his first quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows on the heels of his run to his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon.

Pride, he said, at lifting himself out of "some really tough situations, mentally" and "some really scary places" off the court, which he first revealed in February. Pride, he went on, at succeeding in distancing himself from "feeling so depressed all the time, so feeling sorry for myself."

And relief, Kyrgios explained, as he fiddled with the gray Boston Celtics cap he wore to his postmatch news conference, at being able to come through when the lights are the brightest and stakes the highest, "because there's just so much pressure every time I go out on court, so much expectation, so much unpredictability of what I can do."

The 23rd-seeded Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia, had never managed to make it past the third round of the US Open until now, going 0-4 at that stage in the past. He also never had managed to parlay his unquestioned skill into terrific play with any semblance of the consistency he is displaying lately.

"I'm just glad I'm finally able to show New York my talent," Kyrgios said after delivering 21 aces and employing his typical go-for-broke style against Medvedev. "I haven't had too many great trips here."

He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, then first Grand Slam final, at the All England Club in July, before losing to Novak Djokovic in the title match. Then Kyrgios won his first ATP title in three years at Washington in August. He followed that up with a victory over Medvedev at a hard-court tournament in Montreal soon after. He leads the ATP Tour in match wins since June.

Medvedev likened the way Kyrgios played Sunday to the level regularly reached by Rafael Nadal, who owns 22 Grand Slam titles and plays his fourth-round match Monday against American Frances Tiafoe, and Djokovic, who has 20 majors but is not at the US Open because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and so was not allowed to travel to the United States.

"Didn't miss a lot. Didn't really surprise me," Medvedev said. "If he plays like this 'til end of the tournament, he has all the chances to win it."

Kyrgios is still Kyrgios during the course of a match, and was again Sunday evening.

Unsure of the relevant rule, he lost a point by running around the net to hit a ball that was going to land way out, then celebrated what he thought was a terrific play by raising a finger to make an "I'm No. 1" gesture.

During his on-court interview, Kyrgios sheepishly told the crowd: "I still can't believe the bonehead play I made over here. I thought it was legal. That's going to be all over SportsCenter, so I'm going to [look] like an idiot."

He yelled at his guest box. He argued with the chair umpire and drew a warning for cursing. He smacked a ball in anger that ricocheted off a blue wall behind a baseline, coming close to flying over and landing amid spectators.

Medvedev, meanwhile, had been playing well enough to win all nine sets he played in Week 1 and looked ready to give himself a shot at becoming the first man to win consecutive trophies in New York since Roger Federer grabbed the last of his five in a row from 2004 to 2008.

But the 26-year-old Russian said he was bothered by a sore throat and generally "felt a little bit sick," which he attributed to too-powerful air conditioning in the U.S. that he finds "just crazy."

Now Medvedev -- whose victory over Djokovic in the 2021 US Open final ended Djokovic's bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men's tennis since 1969 -- will relinquish the top ranking. Three players have a chance to replace him there: Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud.

"I feel like tonight was another message that rankings don't matter," said Kyrgios, who will meet No. 27 seed Karen Khachanov for a spot in the semifinals.

Earlier Sunday, Ruud continued his bid to become the first No. 1-ranked player out of Norway, posting a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory over Corentin Moutet.

Ruud, a 23-year-old from Oslo, who also reached the US Open quarterfinals for the first time in his career, already was the first Norwegian man to appear in the third and fourth rounds at the Open. The No. 5 seed must reach the championship final for at least the opportunity to become the top-ranked player in men's tennis.

Ruud, currently the No. 7 player in the world, will face Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals. Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up, advanced via a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Kyrgios has said that had he won Wimbledon, he might not have shown up at the US Open at all. If he managed to win a Grand Slam title, he figured, the motivation to earn one would dissipate.

Right before this tournament began, Kyrgios sat down with a small group of reporters and talked about missing home -- his brother recently had a child; his mother was ill -- and how much he can't wait to return to Australia after months away. So his first-round match would be a "win-win," he said: "If I win, it's more money and another great result. If I lose, I get to go home."

On Sunday night, Kyrgios was asked whether he still thought that way.

"Three more matches, potentially, then we never have to play tennis again," came the reply.

And then Kyrgios smiled a wide smile.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NEW ORLEANS -- Brian Kelly's debut as LSU's head football coach didn't lack for drama.

After rallying from 14 points down in the fourth quarter Sunday night against Florida State -- and needing only an extra point to send the game into overtime -- the Tigers saw their comeback bid come to an abrupt halt when Seminoles defensive back Shyheim Brown blocked Damian Ramos' kick to secure the 24-23 victory for Florida State.

It was the second blocked kick of the night for Florida State, which blocked an LSU field goal attempt in the first half.

But the Tigers' struggles on special teams weren't limited to the kicking game. They also failed to field a pair of punts, both of which the Seminoles recovered.

"Mistake after mistake for us, particularly in the first half," Kelly said in offering his assessment of the game. "And, you know, obviously more mistakes in the second half."

Kelly said he was proud of the way his team competed but also made it clear that "I'm not here to say we take any solace in a loss."

"The reality is we've got some learning to do," he added. "We've got to coach better, and we've got to play better."

It was an inauspicious start to Kelly's tenure at LSU. He became the first Tigers coach to lose his debut since Gerry DiNardo in 1995.

Kelly -- who spent the previous 12 seasons at Notre Dame, posting a record of 113-40 -- signed a 10-year, $95 million contract to join LSU in late November, replacing Ed Orgeron, who was out less than three years after winning the national championship.

Kelly remade the roster during the offseason, adding a number of transfers, including starting quarterback Jayden Daniels from Arizona State.

Down seven points on the 2-yard line with only 1 second remaining, Daniels threw what appeared to be the game-tying touchdown to Jaray Jenkins, before the blocked extra point. Playing behind a struggling offensive line, Daniels was 26-of-35 passing for 209 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. He also ran the ball 16 times for 114 yards.

Florida State sacked Daniels four times.

"Their front is very good," Kelly said. "They brought a lot of pressure. Their defensive ends were a challenge for a true freshman [left tackle Will Campbell] and our right tackle [Cam Wire]. They battled."

LSU star wide receiver Kayshon Boutte -- a possible first-round pick in next year's NFL draft -- had a pair of drops and was held to two catches for 20 yards.

Boutte appeared to be visibly frustrated at points during the game.

"Here's a great player trying to make plays, maybe trying to do a little too much and trying to catch the ball before he had it," Kelly said. "I wouldn't read too much into it. I think he learned tonight that he's just got to let the game come to him."

In the first quarter, LSU lost its standout defensive tackle, Maason Smith, to a knee injury. The former Freshman All-SEC selection returned to the sideline after halftime wearing a leg brace and was walking with the assistance of crutches.

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis evaded the LSU rush for most of the night, completing 20 of 32 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. He finished second on the team in rushing with 31 yards on eight carries.

It was the Seminoles' first win against an SEC team since beating Florida in 2017.

"What we learned is we've got to coach better," Kelly said. "We've got to have our kids coached in a manner where they're ready. And I'm accountable for that."

COLOGNE, Germany -- Lithuania unsuccessfully protested its double-overtime loss to Germany at the EuroBasket tournament on Sunday because referees did not award it a free throw following a technical foul in regulation.

FIBA denied the protest.

For now, it's a German win -- and a huge one for the hosts. Franz Wagner scored 32 points, Dennis Schroder added 25 and Germany held off Lithuania 109-107 in a game that was tight throughout, with neither team ever leading by more than nine points.

"We are not happy," Lithuania coach Kazys Maksvytis said.

According to FIBA, Germany coach Gordie Herbert was called for a technical with 1:26 left in the third quarter, after a personal foul was whistled against his team. Jonas Valanciunas shot two free throws for Lithuania for the personal foul, but no free throw for the technical was awarded.

Herbert said he was told by one of the referees with 7 seconds left in regulation that there was "a situation" regarding the technical and what should have happened.

"That was the first time I heard about it," Herbert said.

FIBA said the protest was "inadmissible as the protest reasons were delivered outside the designated time of 60 minutes after the game." But FIBA added that the protest, even if filed in a timely manner, would have been rejected "as the reason presented is not one of the reasons under which a protest can be filed."

Arnas Butkevicius' 3-pointer from the left wing for Lithuania -- the potential game winner -- bounced off the rim as the clock ran out in the second extra session.

Maodo Lo scored 21 points for Germany (3-0), and Daniel Theis added 11.

Valanciunas had game highs of 34 points and 14 rebounds for Lithuania (0-3), while Marius Grigonis scored 17, Domantas Sabonis finished with 13, Ignas Brazdeikis scored 12 and Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 11.

Lithuania's three losses have been by seven, four and two points.

"It was a tough game," Valanciunas said. "They played well. I thought we responded for most of the time. ... Congrats to them."

Valanciunas scored the final four points of regulation as Lithuania rallied from down 89-85 in the final 42 seconds. Schroder missed a step-back jumper at the buzzer of the fourth, and Wagner missed one at the end of the first overtime.

But in the second OT, the Germans scored the first five points and never trailed. Valanciunas was subbed out with 2:29 left, Lo made a 3-pointer 17 seconds later for a 106-102 lead and Germany held on.

"To come out on top, after all of that, I think it's definitely a sign of our character and togetherness as a team," Lo said.

GROUP A

GEORGIA 88, TURKEY 83, 2OT

The host nation in Group A rallied from an early 10-point deficit and handed Turkey (2-1) its first loss, though there was even more drama following the game.

Turkey alleged that one of its players -- local media said it was Furkan Korkmaz -- got into an altercation in the locker room area following the game. It was unclear who else was involved in the incident.

Turkey assistant coach Hakan Demir said his national federation wants to review security footage. Turkey was also upset that 22 seconds ran off the clock during a fourth-quarter on-court altercation between Korkmaz and Georgia's Duda Sanadze.

"We will watch the cameras," Demir said. "This kind of thing, unfortunately, is a big disappointment. We are here to play basketball. ... On the court, Georgia won the game. We congratulate them. It's no problem. We lost in two overtimes. Does not matter."

Korkmaz and Sanadze were both ejected.

Alexander Mamukelashvili had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Georgia (1-2), while Thaddus McFadden scored 17, Rati Andronikashvili and Giorgi Shermadini each scored 15 and Sanadze added 13.

Alperen Sengun led Turkey with 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting. Sertac Sanli scored 15, Cedi Osman added 14 and Melih Mahmutoglu had 11. Shane Larkin finished with nine points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals.

Turkey's loss created a four-way tie with Montenegro, Spain and Belgium joining it atop Group A. The top four teams in each group advance to the knockout stage.

BELGIUM 83, SPAIN 73

At Tbilisi, Georgia, Manu Lecomte scored 20 points and Belgium ended the game on a 12-0 run to surprise Spain.

Pierre-Antoine Gillet scored 14 points for Belgium (2-1), which got 11 from Retin Obasohan and 10 from Ismael Bako.

Willy Hernangomez scored 18 for Spain (2-1), while Juancho Hernangomez and Lorenzo Brown each had 11.

MONTENEGRO 91, BULGARIA 81

Vladimir Mihailovic scored 23 points and Montenegro (2-1) ended the game on an 18-6 run to rally past Bulgaria (0-3).

Igor Drobnjak and Bojan Dubljevic each had 17 points for Montenegro, Nemanja Radovic added 16 and Kendrick Perry scored 12.

Aleksandar Vezenkov led all scorers with 26 for Bulgaria, which led 75-73 in the fourth before missing eight of its last 10 shots. Andrey Ivanov finished with 17 and Chavdar Kostov added 10 for Bulgaria, which tried 64 shots in the game -- 40 of them from 3-point range.

GROUP B

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 97, SLOVENIA 93

Also at Cologne, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-1) surprised Luka Doncic and defending EuroBasket winner Slovenia (2-1) behind 23 points from John Roberson and 22 from Dzanan Musa.

Miralem Halilovic scored 13, while Jusuf Nurkic and Edin Atic each had 12 for the winners.

Doncic had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Slovenia but went 0--or 8 from 3-point range. Vlatko Cancar led Slovenia with 22 points, Goran Dragic added 20, Klemen Prepelic scored 12 and Mike Tobey finished with 11.

FRANCE 78, HUNGARY 74

Guerschon Yabusele scored 17 points and France (2-1) wasted most of a 15-point lead before hanging on late to defeat Hungary (1-2).

Adam Hanga's 3-pointer with 1:04 left got Hungary within 74-72. Hungary got a stop on the next France possession and had a shot at what would have been its first lead, but David Vojvoda's 3-point try bounced off the rim with 23 seconds remaining.

Rudy Gobert scored 15 points, Evan Fournier added 12 and Vincent Poirier had 10 for France.

Hanga scored 18 for Hungary, and Mikael Hopkins added 10.

MONDAY'S SCHEDULE

Group C and Group D return to the floor. Group A and Group B get a rest day.

In Group C, at Milan, Ukraine (2-0) will look to remain unbeaten when it faces host Italy (1-1). Also in Milan on Monday: Greece (2-0), which has won its two games by a combined eight points, takes on Great Britain (0-2) and Croatia (1-1) faces Estonia (0-2).

In Group D, at Prague, Serbia (2-0) plays Finland (1-1), Israel (2-0) takes on Poland (1-1) and the Czech Republic (0-2) meets the Netherlands (0-2).

All four groups are in action Tuesday, with 12 games on the schedule. Group play continues through Thursday, and the round of 16 starts in Berlin on Saturday.

RECIFE, Brazil -- USA Basketball needed a win Sunday at the AmeriCup tournament and was well on the way to making that happen.

That is, until it rained.

The Americans' game against Venezuela was postponed at halftime with the U.S. leading 48-21. Heavy rain caused multiple leaks inside the Geraldo Magalhães Sports Gymnasium, prompting officials to determine that the game could not be resumed safely.

It'll resume Tuesday afternoon, FIBA said, which means the Americans will have to play on three consecutive days as they try to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Venezuela and the U.S. both have what were to be their final group-stage games scheduled for Monday.

FIBA allowed Sunday's later Group B games at the same arena to be played as scheduled. The Dominican Republic (1-1) beat the Virgin Islands (0-2), and Argentina (2-0) downed Puerto Rico (1-1).

The Venezuela game is crucial for the U.S., which entered Group C play Sunday with an 0-1 mark after falling to Mexico in Friday's opener. The Americans will need at least one win in their three group games, and possibly two victories, to make the quarterfinal round that starts later this week.

Mexico (2-0) likely clinched a quarterfinal berth earlier Sunday by topping Panama (0-2).

The Americans gave up the game's first basket then went on an 18-2 run and only kept adding to the lead. The U.S. shot 56% in the first half, compared with 33% for Venezuela, and held a 24-0 lead in points from 3-point range.

Craig Sword had 12 points in the first half for the U.S., and 11 of the 12 Americans had scored by the time play was halted.