Category: NCAA News Wire
Florida senior center Patric Young said the Gators were challenged to play harder after a lackluster first half against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Gators responded with more intensity the final 20 minutes to avoid an embarrassing upset on the road. Behind a team-high 16 points from senior forward Casey Prather, No. 3 Florida pulled […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a game of runs, No. 13 Cincinnati had the last one and beat No. 12 Louisville 69-66 Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Cincinnati (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) closed the game with an 8-2 run to stay atop the conference. It was Cincinnati’s 13th straight victory. Louisville fell to […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a game of runs, No. 13 Cincinnati had the last one and beat No. 12 Louisville 69-66 Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Cincinnati (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) closed the game with an 8-2 run to maintain its lead atop the conference. It was Cincinnati’s 13th straight victory. “Whenever […]
Senior forward Casey Prather scored 16 points, lifting No. 3 Florida to a 62-51 win over Mississippi State on Thursday night in Starkville, Miss. Florida (18-2, 7-0 SEC) won its 12th straight game, continuing its longest in-season winning streak since running off 17 victories in a row to start the 2005-06 season. Senior center Patric […]
Former Louisville forward Chane Behanan transferred to Colorado State. Behanan, a 6-foot-6 junior forward, was dismissed from Louisville in December. Colorado State announced Monday that Behanan is enrolled in classes for the spring semester. “I am extremely excited to have Chane enrolled at Colorado State,” coach Larry Eustachy said in a statement. “It is a […]
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma always seems to find an unlikely hero for Bedlam home games. So it was again Monday night, when reserve forward Tyler Neal pumped in a season-high 15 points, helping fuel the Sooners’ 88-76 win over rival Oklahoma State before a soldout crowd at Lloyd Noble Center. Forward Ryan Spangler dominated inside […]
WASHINGTON — Villanova guard-forward James Bell overcame foul trouble to score 16 points and the No. 9 Wildcats came back from a second-half deficit to beat Georgetown 65-60 on Monday night in the Big East. Villanova forward Daniel Ochefu, averaging just 4.9 points per game, made his first three shots and had 12 points. His […]
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma always seems to find an unlikely hero for Bedlam home games. So it was again Monday night, when reserve forward Tyler Neal pumped in a season-high 15 points, helping fuel the Sooners’ 88-76 win over rival Oklahoma State before a capacity crowd at Lloyd Noble Center. Forward Ryan Spangler dominated inside […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Villanova head coach Jay Wright called forward Daniel Ochefu “probably our best defensive player” after the Wildcats beat Georgetown 65-60 Monday in a physical Big East Conference game. And Wright said Ochefu, from nearby Baltimore, is also a standout passer. But Ochefu is adding another weapon to his arsenal, as he made […]
PITTSBURGH — Freshman forward Jabari Parker scored a game-high 21 points and senior guard Andre Dawkins came off the bench to score 20 points and spark a decisive second-half run as the No. 17 Duke Blue Devils beat the No. 18 Pittsburgh Panthers 80-65 on Monday night. Dawkins made seven of nine shots from the […]
