Alcorn State to a 93-48 win against Selma on Friday night.Maurice Howard scored 12 points and Yalen Reed and Marquis Vance each added 11. Vance, a s

The Los Angeles Kings have made a habit of collecting wins after regulation recently. The Nashville Predators know all too well what its like to be on the losing end of such a contest when facing the Kings.Seeking their fourth straight win, the Kings welcome the struggling Predators to Staples Center on Thursday night.After opening the season with three consecutive losses, the Kings (3-3-0) have bounced back to win three in a row -- all after the score was knotted at the end of regulation. They began their run by winning 4-3 at Dallas in overtime on Thursday, then returned home to top Vancouver by the same score in a shootout on Saturday.Los Angeles continued its winning ways after regulation Tuesday. Alec Martinez scored 74 seconds in overtime to lift the Kings to a 3-2 victory over Columbus.The Kings went 2-1-0 vs. the Predators in 2015-16 with both wins secured in overtime.Jeff Carter scored with 18 seconds to play in the extra session in a 4-3 victory at Staples Center on Oct. 31. Tanner Pearson lit the lamp 1:18 into OT to give the Kings a 2-1 on Feb. 20 in Nashville.Pearson, a left wing, leads the Kings this season with four goals and six points, with all of his points recorded during a career-best four-game points streak. His lone goal and assist vs. the Predators have come in the last two matchups.A completely unexpected key to Los Angeles resurgence has been veteran goaltender Peter Budaj, who was again expected to see the bulk of his playing time this season in the American Hockey League.But Jonathan Quick, the teams all-time wins leader, suffered a lower-body injury in the season opener and is expected to miss up to three months. Backup Jeff Zatkoff strained a groin hours before the win over the Canucks, opening the door for the Budaj, whos surrendered eight goals on 75 shots over the last three contests.Winning is fun, the 34-year-old Budaj told the Kings official website after practice on Wednesday. When you win the games, youre very excited, very happy. Everything comes easier. You work hard easier because your mind is a little looser because youre winning, but you cannot focus on what happened yesterday ... Yesterday was yesterday.Budaj is 7-5-0 with 2.31 goals-against average and one shutout in 12 career games against Nashville. However, hes not faced the Predators since Montreal posted a 2-1 win -- in overtime -- on Nov. 12, 2011.The Kings signed former Predators goaltender Anders Lindback on Wednesday and assigned him to Ontario of the AHL. Lindback has also played for Tampa Bay, Dallas, Buffalo and Arizona, posting a 45-58-8 record with a 2.87 GAA.Nashville dropped to 0-3-0 on the road after being drubbed 6-1 by Anaheim on Wednesday night in the opener of a five-game road trip. 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LORMAN, Miss. -- A.J. Mosby, Reginal Johnson and Avery Patterson each scored 14 points to lead Alcorn State to a 93-48 win against Selma on Friday night.Maurice Howard scored 12 points and Yalen Reed and Marquis Vance each added 11. Vance, a senior, needs five points to reach 1,000 for his career.Alcorn State has won six straight home openers.The Braves scored the games first 13 points before Selma cut into the lead and trailed 25-16. Alcorn State then pulled away, and a tip-in by Johnson off a lob at the halftime buzzer made the score 42-22.ddddddddddddReed got Alcorn States crowd off its feet early in the second half with a thunderous dunk over a Selma defender. The Braves controlled the interior, outscoring Selma 42-20, and had a 64-37 rebounding advantage.Devante Brown led Selma with 17 points.Selma is a Division I-member of the NCCAA and lists an enrollment of 600 students. ' ' '