Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9828)
A defensive Mike Woodson might have taken a little poke at critic Tyson Chandler before Wednesday’s loss, saying there was no complaints about the Knicks’ defense during their five-game winning streak earlier this month. Chandler missed those games due to bronchitis. But that didn’t stop Chandler from pointing out some more strategic miscues in the […]
Senior guard Cameron Ayers, who scored a game-high 22 points, hit a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left to give Bucknell a 55-53 win over host Loyola (Maryland) on Wednesday in a Patriot League game at the Reitz Arena in Baltimore. Guard Jarred Jones and forward Jordan Latham each had 13 points for Loyola, which stormed […]
After nearly earning a spot in the NBA last summer, Jack Cooley is improving his game in Turkey to make the most of his second shot.
Trade talk is picking up around the league after being relatively quiet on All-Star Weekend. Here are the latest NBA trade rumors.
CINCINNATI — Senior guard Sean Kilpatrick scored 34 points, and senior forward Titus Rubles added a career-high 24, lifting No. 15 Cincinnati to a 97-84 victory over No. 20 Memphis on Thursday. The Bearcats kept alive their hopes of winning the American Athletic Conference title in the league’s inaugural season. To earn the top seed […]
CHICAGO — Center Joakim Noah piled up 23 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots, leading the Chicago Bulls to a tough 94-87 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night at the United Center. Forward Taj Gibson added 19 points and nine rebounds, and forward Mike Dunleavy scored 16 points and guard […]
Ending the season’s first half against the NBA’s top team, the Suns authored a statement win with exclamation points Wednesday night when they made a league-leading defense look pedestrian in a 124-100 victory at US Airways Center. In half of a season, the Suns (24-17) are one victory off last season’s win total and showed […]
CINCINNATI — Senior forward Justin Martin scored a career-high 22 points while junior guard Dee Davis added 17 points and seven assists as Xavier blew out reeling DePaul 83-64 on Wednesday night at Cintas Center. Xavier (18-8, 8-5 Big East) shot a season-high 64.3 percent (27 of 42) as it surpassed its win total from […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion connected on 10 of its first 13 second-half field-goal attempts and roared past Marshall 70-63 Thursday night at the Constant Convocation Center. With the victory, the Monarchs (14-15, 8-6) assured themselves of finishing no worse than ninth in Conference USA. The top nine teams receive first-round byes in the conference […]
Matt Lojeski’s willingness to sacrifice his game overseas is serving as great preparation for a potential jump to the NBA this summer.