Category: NCAA News Wire
OXFORD, Miss — Senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin finished with 18 points and seven assists, lifting No. 2 Florida to a 75-71 victory over Mississippi at Tad Smith Coliseum. Sophomore guard Michael Frazier added 17 points for the Gators (25-2, 14-0 in the SEC), who posted their 19th straight win. Marshall Henderson led Ole Miss […]
OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi senior guard Marshall Henderson couldn’t shoot the Rebels all the way to an upset over No. 2 Florida. Henderson scored all of his team-high 22 points in the first half, but ran out of gas in the second half Florida’s 75-71 win over the Rebels. Henderson went 0-of-6 from the floor […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa–Frank Kaminsky poured in 21 points to lead four Wisconsin players in double figures during the Badgers’ 79-74 victory over Iowa on Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game was back-and-forth during the final five minutes. The Hawkeyes (19-7, in the 8-5 Big Ten) didn’t hit a field goal in the final minute, going […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa — No player wants to cop to a “most improved” player campaign because it means he was not so great the previous year. Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky was OK last season. As a role player who made just two starts, he averaged 1.75 rebounds a game. He also was poked in the […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion guard Ambrose Mosley made his team’s only 3-pointer of the second half at just the right time, and the Monarchs held off Rice 55-51 Thursday night at the Constant Convocation Center. The Monarchs led 38-31 midway through the second half before Rice used a 15-2 spurt to vault in front. […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris, whose mother, Joy Holmes-Harris, was a women’s basketball standout at Purdue, led the 13th-ranked Spartans’ 3-point shooting barrage Thursday night in a 94-79 victory against his parents’ alma mater. Harris made a career-best six 3-pointers — his previous best was five last season against the […]
Forward Rafriel Guthrie scored a game-high 21 points, and Towson posted a 79-70 win over Northeastern on Thursday in a Colonial Athletic Association game at Matthews Arena in Boston. Guard Mike Burwell added 19 points for the Tigers (19-9, 10-3 CAA), helping Towson earn its seventh win in eight games. Towson forwards Marcus Damas and […]
NORFOLK, Va. — What’s a team to do when it needs 3-pointers to fall but is experiencing a night when they are just not falling? If you are the Old Dominion Monarchs, you just keep pulling the trigger. Monarchs guard Ambrose Mosley made his team’s only 3-pointer of the second half at just the right […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The Memphis Tigers posted their 14th straight 20-win season after knocking off the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 64-59 Thursday at the Rutgers Athletic Center. The No. 22 Tigers (20-6, 8-5 American Athletic Conference) were led by guard Michael Dixon Jr., who scored 15 points. Guard Joe Jackson added 11 points and forwards Shaq […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With their top scorer, guard Joe Jackson, having an off night, the Memphis Tigers turned to a reserve for some much-needed offense against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Thursday. Guard Michael Dixon Jr. recorded 15 points, 13 coming in the second half, to help No. 22 Memphis turn back Rutgers 64-59 at […]
