Category: NCAA News Wire
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Michigan State was two men down at Iowa on Tuesday night, but quite frankly, the Spartans have been playing short-handed so much this season it hardly seemed like a big deal. “Next man up,” is the motto they adopted, following the lead of the Michigan State football team that saw a […]
Forward Cleanthony Early scored a game-high 23 points as No. 4 Wichita State beat Loyola (Chicago) 57-45 Tuesday at Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan., to maintain sole possession of the Missouri Valley Conference lead. It was the Ramblers’ inaugural MVC game against the Shockers (22-0, 9-0) and the teams’ first meeting since a 75-59 Wichita […]
TUCSON, Ariz. — Top-ranked Arizona is built on balance, but when the Wildcats absolutely have to have a basket, they turn to junior guard Nick Johnson. Johnson scored a team-high 22 points, including making multiple key baskets during a game-defining run, as Arizona finally put away Utah 65-56 Sunday night to set a […]
Basketball Hall of Famer Tom Gola, the leading rebounder in NCAA history, died Sunday at age 81. According to numerous media reports, he was in ill health since a fall more than 10 years ago, and he died at a care facility in Meadowbrook, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. Gola was a Philadelphia legend from his […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Tigers had suffered through some awful shooting games from 3-point range this season. But even after the worst of those times, including two games in which they were 2-for-17, they vowed they were better than that and would show it. For a day, No. 23 Memphis made good on that […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For a day, the No. 23-ranked Memphis Tigers literally shot down their reputation as a poor 3-point shooting team. The Tigers made a season-high 10 3-pointers Sunday afternoon at the FedExForum and defeated the South Florida Bulls 80-58 in an American Athletic Conference game. Coming into the game, Memphis ranked ninth in […]
AMHERST, Mass. — Massachusetts coach Clark Kellogg had to wonder how his 13th-ranked Minutemen would bounce back after losing at Richmond last Wednesday night. Then, when his team fell behind Fordham 7-0 in the first three minutes, there must have been at least a little doubt in the coach’s head. It all quickly went away […]
LOGAN, Utah — Xavier Thames did exactly what great players do in hostile arenas. The San Diego State senior point guard made plays at the right time. The Aztecs know they can count on their leading scorer to deliver the goods when one or two possessions stand between a win and a loss. That was […]
AMHERST, Mass. — No. 13 Massachusetts suffered a loss at Richmond last Wednesday night that will cost the Minutemen some ground when the new AP Top 25 comes out on Monday. But Sunday, in front of a packed house at the Mullins Center, Derek Kellogg’s team started a bit slow but then used a 20-0 […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — Andrew Wiggins wasn’t part of the Kansas team that endured one of the school’s most shocking upset losses a year ago. On Saturday, he made sure the Jayhawks redeemed themselves. Kansas’ star freshman guard scored a game-high 27 points for the eighth-ranked Jayhawks, who never gave TCU a chance in a […]
