Category: NCAA News Wire
DURHAM, N.C. — Forward Jabari Parker scored 19 points and No. 5 Duke held on to beat top-ranked Syracuse 66-60 after a potential tying basket was waved off with 10.4 seconds remaining on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. With Syracuse trailing 60-58, Orange coach Jim Boeheim was ejected when he was called for two […]
Badly needing a win to stay in the hunt for a spot in the field of the upcoming America East tournament, Binghamton got one Saturday night in a 72-70 upset over Maryland Baltimore County in Baltimore. Bearcats guard Yosef Yacob led the way with 20 points and four assists as Binghamton (7-20, 4-10 America East) […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Louisiana Tech guard Jaron Johnson scored seven points down the stretch to help the Bulldogs pull away from the Old Dominion Monarchs 71-66 on Saturday night at the Constant Center. With the game tied at 51 and 5:18 left, Johnson made one of two free throws to give the Bulldogs the lead […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Freshman guard Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points Saturday to help No. 8 Kansas avenge its first Big 12 defeat as the Jayhawks drilled Texas 85-54 at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas (21-6) gained a three-game lead in the conference chase by improving to 12-2 in the Big 12. The Jayhawks can clinch at least […]
STANFORD, Calif. — UCLA’s chance of winning a second straight Pac-12 regular-season title may have been shot down by Stanford on Saturday. Guard Chasson Randle went 7-for-10 from 3-point range and collected 26 points for Stanford, which shot 62.2 percent from the field and beat the No. 23 Bruins 83-74 at Maples Pavilion. Forward Josh […]
ST. LOUIS — Make it 19 in a row for the Atlantic 10 Conference’s runaway front-runner. Guard Jordair Jett scored 16 points and No. 10 Saint Louis clamped down on George Washington during the last nine minutes on Saturday night for a 66-59 win. Center Rob Loe tacked on 12 points for the Billikens (25-2, […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke had enough energy to respond from a difficult defeat, while top-ranked Syracuse simply boiled over by the end Saturday night. Forward Jabari Parker scored 19 points and No. 5 Duke held on to beat Syracuse 66-60 after a potential tying basket was waved off with 10.4 seconds remaining at Cameron Indoor […]
WICHITA, Kan. — Heading into its game against Drake, Wichita State was ranked 17th nationally in team defense. After the Shockers’ defensive performance Saturday night, that ranking is bound to climb. No. 3 Wichita State held Drake to 42.5 percent shooting and forced 20 turnovers in an 83-54 victory at Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — With Kansas fielding a young team, not everything sinks in quite the way Bill Self would like. Defense, in particular, has troubled the Kansas coach. On Saturday, however, the Jayhawks dug in during the first half and took out Texas by establishing a 28-point lead at the break before winning 85-54 in […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Lousiana Tech started out shooting poorly and never really got much better. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, there’s more to winning games than good marksmanship and Louisiana Tech got enough of the other things right to hold off Old Dominion 71-66 on Saturday night at the Constant Convocation Center. The Bulldogs shot just […]
