TORONTO -- By winning on the second night of a back-to-back, the Sacramento Kings avoided an empty road trip.DeMarcus Cousins had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 23 against his former team and Sacramento beat the Toronto Raptors 96-91 on Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 19,800 at Air Canada Centre.It was much needed, a confidence boost, a momentum boost, Cousins said.Its a good feeling. It would have been a pretty long flight if we went home off this road trip with no wins, so it makes it a bit better. But were still finding ourselves. Weve still got a lot of growing to do.Gay had nine points in the fourth quarter as the Kings (3-5) snapped a four-game losing streak by winning the finale of their five-game trip.Matt Barnes had eight points and 10 rebounds, and Kosta Koufos added 13 points and six rebounds.DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors (4-2) with 23 points, the first time this season hes been held under 30. Kyle Lowry added 15 points and 11 assists for Toronto, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.We were out of it the entire night offensively. We were off rhythm, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. They did a good job of sending bodies off of our young guys and onto DeMar, Kyle and our shooters.With center Jonas Valanciunas sidelined by a sore knee, rookie Jakob Poeltl started for Toronto. But he was in foul trouble all night and fouled out with six points and four rebounds in 18 minutes.Valanciunas injury and Poeltls foul trouble meant Lucas Nogueira, seeing his first action of the season, had to pick up the slack. He had seven points and five rebounds in 21 minutes.The teams swapped leads throughout the fourth quarter until Cousins layup with 2:55 to go gave the Kings a 90-88 advantage. They led the rest of the way.I think it shows what were capable of, Barnes said. Out of all the teams (on the road trip), we beat the best team after a back-to-back.We just need to stick together, start gelling and it wont be a problem.After DeRozan missed a pair of free throws that would have tied it, Gay hit two from the stripe at the other end to give the Kings a 92-88 lead with 1:54 remaining.We got a lot of great shots at the end of the game that we missed, DeRozan said. I missed two free throws. Norm (Powell) had two wide-open 3s that would have given us big momentum.It was one of those games that we are going to be able to look at and learn a lot going forward.Lowrys steal and three-point play put Toronto up 73-72 with 9:34 to go. But 3-pointers by Gay on consecutive trips staked the Kings to an 87-83 lead with 4:41 left.Lowrys 3 and DeRozans basket gave Toronto a short-lived 88-87 lead.It was a hard-fought game, Kings coach Dave Joerger said. Im really proud of our guys getting the win on a back-to-back, our third back-to-back of the season already.We played a team that was waiting for us and that is a very, very good team that I have a lot of respect for. Its been a tough road trip and its good to finish with a win.Sacramento led 68-66 going into the fourth quarter. The Kings, who trailed by 11 midway through the third, closed the period on a 7-2 run to take their first lead since early in the first.The Raptors led 50-44 at halftime.TIP-INSKings: Cousins had his 247th double-double, most in Sacramento history. ... The Kings dominated in the paint, outscoring the Raptors 52-30. ... Sacramento has defeated Toronto in three straight games.Raptors: Valanciunas was a late scratch. He bruised his left knee last week and it swelled up before the game. He is day to day. ... Toronto rookie Pascal Siakim set season highs for minutes (24) and points (10). ... The Raptors scored 13 points off 11 Kings turnovers, while Sacramento had two points off six Toronto turnovers.KINGS OF THE ROADSacramento has played an NBA-high six road games, going 2-4.SHUTDOWN DThe Kings limited the Raptors to a season-low 35.7 percent shooting from the field (30 for 84), holding them without a field goal over the final 6:42 of the third quarter.TWO-YEAR SELLOUT STREAKThe Air Canada Centre was sold out for the 96th straight game, including playoffs, dating to Nov. 11, 2014. Thats the longest streak in franchise history.HE SAID ITThey played as well as you can against a guy like DeMarcus Cousins. Hes one of the hardest matchups that you can have in the NBA. -- Casey on the play of rookies Poeltl and Siakam, who filled in for Valanciunas.UP NEXTKings: Host the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, starting a stretch with seven of their next eight games at the new Golden 1 Center. 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Conditioning has been tough, but I dont think (the game) is going to be anything like the practices that weve been having.Mendenhall promised the Cavaliers they would work harder than they ever have, and harder than they ever believed they could, when he was hired last December. The players say that has been the case, and getting a chance to see how that commitment pays off in a game has them eager to get started.Obviously youre always excited for the first game of the year, but I think we just want to show the fans just how much hard work has really gone into what weve been doing and that were trying to flip the culture here, said inside linebacker Micah Kiser, who was selected in a vote by the players as one of three team captains.Thats probably the biggest word -- culture -- from the entrance to what we wear to how we play. Most importantly how we play, Kiser said. Were definitely trying to change the culture here, come out play smart, tough, aggressive, and really not make a lot of mental mistakes or a lot of penalties that was holding us back in the past.The Spiders advanced to the semifinals of the FCS playoffs last season before losing to eventual national champion North Dakota State. They have lost 10 straight in the series, but are highly ranked again heading into tthis season.ddddddddddddI think this is a football team that is really well coached and they know how to win, Mendenhall said. That in and of itself is hard to earn, and they have done that.Mendenhall compiled a 99-43 record in 11 seasons at BYU. He talks of when, not if, Virginia will be a winning team again. The coach said hes anxious to see how his team performs as it begins that transformation.It will be a step-by-step process, he said. Were not going to launch right to the top of the ACC or the polls in Game One. Weve hardly practiced how to come out of the tunnel for heavens sakes to get onto the field, or where players come off the field for breaks. Theres a lot of new things happening here.The coaching staff saved one of the more memorable events of the new era for last Saturday night. Thats when the team gathered in the locker room at Scott Stadium and 61 of them were allowed to choose their jersey and number. The remaining players have not yet earned the right to make a selection, Mendenhall said.The players, broken up into task units, decided in what order their peers could select their number as the coaches looked on.That was probably one of the most special moments Ive had at UVA, center and offensive captain Jackson Matteo said. Its unexplainable, finally coming together as a team and being able to choose the jersey or, as coach Mendenhall calls it, `the treasure that youre going to be putting on your back for an entire season.---The APs college football page: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr ' ' '