Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9824)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With Iowa State’s starters in deep foul trouble, reserve forward Abdel Nader matched a season high with 19 points and the No. 17 Cyclones edged No. 14 West Virginia 74-72. “We needed every one of those points,” said Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg, whose team has won each of its first two […]
Guard Peter Hooley scored 26 points and fourth-seeded Albany used its home-court advantage to end the 11-game winning streak of top-seeded Vermont, 67-58, in the semifinals of the America East Conference Tournament Sunday at in Guilderland, N.Y. Albany (17-14), the defending champion in the America East, advances to the title game Saturday at second-seeded Stony […]
A preview of the Round of 32 matchup between San Diego State and North Dakota State.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Senior point guard Xavier Thames scored 30 points to carry San Diego State to a 63-44 victory over North Dakota State in third-round action Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs (31-4), seeded fourth in the West Regional, advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in school history. San […]
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State put on its best shooting display of the season in a 75-62 victory over Nevada on Tuesday night. The Aggies shot a season-high 59.5 percent from the field and hit 9-of-16 3-pointers as they pulled away right before halftime and never looked back behind a barrage of 3-point hits. Four […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — Bo Ryan didn’t come out and say it to his team, but he knew Nebraska’s run was coming. Ryan, the Wisconsin coach, was happy to see the Badgers persevere. Forward Sam Dekker scored a season-high 21 points, and fifth-ranked Wisconsin held off a ferocious Nebraska rally for a 65-55 victory before 15,701 […]
The Timberwolves are still a Western Conference bottom feeder, but Matt John explains why they should be more optimistic now than in past years.
The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Georgia Tech’s Josh Okogie with the 20th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. At the NBA level, Okogie probably projects as a shooting guard. Despite being 6-foot-4, Okogie has the physical tools and the ability to guard taller shooting guards. He was a pretty good defensive player in college and […]
Hampton University jumped out to a six-point halftime lead and held on to beat South Carolina State, 67-56, in the key MEAC tilt in Orangeburg, S.C., on Monday night. The Pirates, who were led by forward Jervon Pressley with 14 points and six rebounds, improved to 20-17 all-time in the series, including four straight wins […]
Freshman guard Elvar Fridriksson had 17 points and seven assists, helping visiting LIU-Brooklyn earn its first win of the season with an 83-70 victory over Maine on Tuesday evening at Cross Insurance Center in Orono, Maine. Senior forward Landon Atterberry added 14 points and six rebounds for LIU-Brooklyn (1-6), which made all seven of its […]