Category: NCAA
ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Cincinnati has the stats to back claims that it’s one of the best defensive teams in the country, and it padded those Wednesday night against Central Florida. The No. 7 Bearcats limited the Knights to 29.6 percent shooting, forced 16 turnovers and were never threatened in a 77-49 victory. […]
CHICAGO — Guard Fred VanVleet had a perfect night as he scored 22 points while No. 3 Wichita State ran its season-long winning streak to 28 with a 88-74 Missouri Valley victory over Loyola-Chicago on Wednesday night at Gentile Arena. The Shockers (28-0, 15-0) are now the nation’s sole unbeaten major team and could move […]
MILWAUKEE — Forward Doug McDermott scored 25 as the No. 11 Creighton Bluejays finished up a season sweep of Marquette with an 85-70 victory over the Golden Eagles on Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. McDermott went 9 of 12 from the field and scored 19 in the second half to lead the […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After trailing for much of the game, Florida mounted a tense rally that concluded with five foul shots by center Patric Young and guard Scottie Wilbekin in the final 20 seconds, and the Gators held off Auburn’s upset bid, 71-66, on Wednesday night. “We’ve been in situations like this before,” Young said. […]
SYRACUSE, NY — Boston College coach Steve Donahue preached to his team all season that it should keep believing in itself, and in a clutch second half and overtime Wednesday, the Eagles turned that sermon into reality. Eagles guard Lonnie Jackson coolly sank four foul shots in the final 26 seconds of overtime as the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The No. 24 Ohio State Buckeyes were struggling to find their way in the first 10 minutes against Northwestern on Wednesday night before they dialed up the intensity and left the Northwestern Wildcats in the dust. Defense and rebounding led to offense as the Buckeyes caught fire and never cooled off en […]
CINCINNATI — Xavier is used to winning basketball games. DePaul isn’t. It didn’t take long to figure out how Wednesday night’s game was going to finish. 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 at Cintas […]
FAIRFAX, Va. — No. 10 Saint Louis will have little reason to overlook any opponent in next month’s Atlantic 10 tournament. For a dose of humility, the first-place Billikens can look back to an overtime escape act against the last-place George Mason Patriots. Wednesday night at George Mason, Saint Louis needed heroic work from guard […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes won their first Atlantic Coast Conference home game of the season, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 71-64 Wednesday night at the BankUnited Center. The Hurricanes, who were led by guard Rion Brown’s 21 points and 11 rebounds, went eight for eight from the foul line in the […]
CHICAGO — Fred VanVleet put on a perfect show for at least some of the home folks Wednesday. The Wichita State sophomore guard did not miss a shot while leading the No. 3 Shockers to an 88-74 Missouri Valley Conference victory over the Loyola Ramblers at Gentile Arena. “I had a lot of family and […]
