Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9824)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The No. 22 Memphis Tigers survived a scare from lowly Temple on Saturday night in an American Athletic Conference game and held on to defeat the Owls 82-79 in overtime. Forward Shaq Goodwin led the Tigers (21-6, 10-4) with 20 points and forward Austin Nichols added 17 points and 12 rebounds. Temple […]
MINNEAPOLIS – This time the Timberwolves came out hot. This time they established the tone. This time they left nothing to question. Better late than never? The final weeks of the season will decide that. Two days after an inexcusable home loss to the slumping Knicks, the Wolves came out on fire Friday, taking a […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The basketball gods aren’t always kind to the Charlotte Bobcats, but they were on Wednesday night. The Bobcats got some fortunate bounces down the stretch and used them to pull out a 116-111 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets. Forward Chris Douglas-Roberts hit a long jumper at the shot-clock buzzer with 10.1 […]
NEWARK, N.J. — When healthy, the DePaul Blue Demons have found it difficult to win on the road in the Big East Conference this season. Securing a victory against Seton Hall on Saturday night at the Prudential Center without three of its key players proved to be an impossible task. DePaul slipped to 1-4 away […]
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall never likes to see an opponent shoot 51 percent from the field. However, if his team compensates by creating a slew of turnovers and converting most of them into points, it is a tradeoff he can accept. The fourth-ranked Shockers turned 18 Evansville turnovers into 23 points, […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Something got into the Portland Trail Blazers at halftime, or so it seemed. Portland came out of the locker room smoking, sinking three 3-pointers in the first two minutes of the third quarter to break open a tight game en route to a 116-103 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Point guard Goran Dragic had 28 points and seven assists to lead the high-flying Phoenix Suns to a 102-94 win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Phoenix (28-18) swept a four-game road trip against the Eastern Conference and beat the league-leading Pacers for the second time in eight days. Indiana (35-10) fell […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Lobos used a suffocating defense to overwhelm No. 6-ranked San Diego State 58-44 at The Pit on Saturday night. Forward Cameron Bairstow led all players with 26 points and also pulled down nine rebounds to pace the Lobos (21-5, 12-2 Mountain West). “I just went out and played. We […]
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors felt they owed the Sacramento Kings something after their previous meeting, a 109-101 loss in February. They delivered with a resounding 99-87 win Friday night, a game they led by 21 at one point. Following Sunday’s 104-98 victory over the Golden State Warriors, Raptors coach, Dwane Casey, remarked, “Sacramento took […]
HOUSTON — The Philadelphia 76ers etched their name in the NBA record book ignominiously, dropping their 26th consecutive game in a 120-98 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night at Toyota Center. The 76ers (15-57) matched the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the longest losing skid in the four major American professional sports leagues. They […]