Mogbo becomes 1st NBA rookie with a triple-double this season, helps Raptors beat Hornets

TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan Mogbo had 17 points, a career-high 11 assists and 10 rebounds for the first triple-double by a rookie in the NBA this season, helping the Toronto Raptors beat the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 126-96 on Wednesday night.

Jared Rhoden scored 23 points in the Raptors' ninth straight home victory over the Hornets. Scottie Barnes added 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors finished 18-23 at home.

AJ Lawson scored 14 points and the Raptors matched their biggest margin of victory this season. Toronto also had a 30-point win at Brooklyn on March 26.

Nick Smith Jr. had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Jusuf Nurkic added 26 points for Charlotte. The Hornets have lost five straight and seven in a row in the road.

Charlotte’s Taj Gibson had two points and five rebounds in the 1,00th game of his NBA career. Gibson started with Chicago in the 2009-10 season.

Toronto’s RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley both played 14 minutes in the first half before sitting out the second half. Barrett scored 11 points, and Quickley added eight.

Hornets: Miles Bridges (left hip) was one of nine Charlotte absentees, a list that also included Josh Okogie (left hamstring) and Mark Williams (left foot).

Raptors: Forward Brandon Ingram has been shut down for the season after receiving an injection in his injured left ankle, head coach Darko Rajakovic said. Ingram visited a specialist in New York City last week and received a platelet-rich plasma injection on Tuesday.

Barnes and Rhoden combined for 18 points in the third quarter as Toronto outscored Charlotte 35-23 to take a 20-point lead.

The Raptors scored 64 bench points — 44 more than the Hornets.

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Charlotte Hornets' Nick Smith Jr., right, falls as Toronto Raptors' Cole Swider (12) defends during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Charlotte Hornets' Tidjane Salaun (31) makes a pass as Toronto Raptors' Orlando Robinson (21) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Charlotte Hornets' Nick Smith Jr. (8) protects the ball from Toronto Raptors' Jamison Battle (77) during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Charlotte Hornets' Jusuf Nurkic (11) protects the ball as Toronto Raptors' Orlando Robinson (21) defends during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Charlotte Hornets' KJ Simpson (25) protects the ball from Toronto Raptors' Orlando Robinson (21) during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (/Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Charlotte Hornets' Jusuf Nurkic (11) drives as Toronto Raptors' RJ Barrett (9) defends during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors' A.J. Lawson (0) shoots over Charlotte Hornets' Wendell Moore Jr. (9) during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)