Category: NCAA News Wire
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky forward Willie Cauley-Stein struggled so much lately that he came off the bench and played only seven minutes Saturday against Missouri. He forced his way out of the slump, at least for one game, with a memorable performance Tuesday against Ole Miss. Cauley-Stein had 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks […]
WACO, Texas — No. 8 Kansas bounced back to earn a split in its Big 12 two-step through Texas. After the Jayhawks fell to No. 25 Texas on Saturday, guard Naadir Tharpe led a rejuvenated Kansas team to a 69-52 win over Baylor on Tuesday at the Ferrell Center. Tharpe tallied 22 points, four assists […]
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said before Tuesday night’s game that Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft isn’t hard to scout. “You know where he’s going to be,” McCaffery said. “He’ll be after the ball, and he’s good at it.” Turned out Craft was also good at scoring, too. Craft’s crucial three-point play with 1:17 remaining […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sometimes, it doesn’t take long for one team to establish dominance over another. Tuesday night at the FedExForum, it took only a few minutes. Or maybe just a few seconds. Sophomore forward Shaq Goodwin won the tip for the Memphis Tigers. Senior guard Geron Johnson grabbed the ball and passed to freshman […]
WACO, Texas — No. 8 Kansas bounced back to earn a split in its Big 12 two-step through Texas. After the Jayhawks fell to No. 25 Texas on Saturday, guard Naadir Tharpe led a rejuvenated Kansas team to a 69-52 win over Baylor on Tuesday at the Ferrell Center. Tharpe tallied 22 points, four assists […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Freshman forward Austin Nichols scored 18 points and the No. 24 Memphis Tigers made a season-high 12 shots from 3-point range in a 101-69 rout of Rutgers Tuesday night at the FedExForum. Memphis (17-5, 7-3 in the American Athletic Conference) shot 59 percent (36-for-61). The Tigers shot 63.2 percent on 3-pointers (12-for-19). […]
If the last two games are any indication, Ohio State might be out of its January funk. Guard Aaron Craft scored 17 points and had six steals on Tuesday night to lead the balanced Buckeyes to their second road win over a ranked Big Ten team in four days, a 76-69 decision at No. 17 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — No. 18 Kentucky had one of its best defensive performances of the season after two notably subpar performances last week, and the Wildcats pulled away from the Ole Miss Rebels in the second half Tuesday for an 80-64 win at Rupp Arena. Kentucky (17-5, 7-2) separated itself from Ole Miss (15-7, 6-3) […]
STILLWATER, Okla. — Iowa State doesn’t win in Stillwater. Well, not this millennium. And not since well before current coach Fred Hoiberg was a Cyclones player in the mid-1990s. The program’s last win at Gallagher-Iba Arena — 1988. Until Monday night. But even then, it didn’t come easy, requiring three overtimes before the No. 16-ranked […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The No. 1 college basketball team in the country was a one-man show Monday. Hours after Syracuse ascended to the top ranking in the Associated Press poll, guard Trevor Cooney dropped in a career-high 33 points to carry the Orange past Notre Dame 61-55 in front of 25,850 fans in the Carrier […]
