Category: NCAA News Wire
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Two teams heading in opposite directions, in more ways than one, tangled in Comcast Center, and 20th ranked Pittsburgh came away with an 83-79 victory over Maryland in the second and probably last meeting of the two teams as ACC rivals. Guard Lamar Patterson scored 28 points for the Panthers (18-2, […]
NEWARK, N.J. — When healthy, the DePaul Blue Demons have found it difficult to win on the road in the Big East Conference this season. Securing a victory against Seton Hall on Saturday night at the Prudential Center without three of its key players proved to be an impossible task. DePaul slipped to 1-4 away […]
North Carolina A&T got the go-ahead basket from guard Richard Pauk with five seconds left to knock off Morgan State 68-67 in overtime on Saturday night and send the Bears to their first loss in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Aggies (7-13, 3-2 MEAC) trailed 11-2 early in the game but got back into it […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The No. 5 Wichita State Shockers faced another packed house and a frenzied student section hoping to see an upset when they took on the Drake Bulldogs at the Knapp Center on Saturday. And the Shockers sent another crowd home disappointed, handling Drake 78-61. Forward Cleanthony Early led the way with […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The last time the Michigan Wolverines set foot in the Breslin Center, they were overwhelmed by the atmosphere. They showed a lot more poise in their annual visit on Saturday night and left with sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. Freshman guard Derrick Walton Jr. and sophomore guard […]
NORFOLK, Va. — On a night when the offense came in fits and starts, Old Dominion relied on a defensive sequence to separate from pesky Tulane. Spurred by a lineup featuring three reserves, the Monarchs clamped down on the Green Wave during a pivotal 9-2 second-half run and held on for a 70-64 victory on […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Road game, home game — it doesn’t seem to matter much to the No. 5 Wichita State Shockers. The Shockers handled the Drake Bulldogs 78-61 on Saturday at the Knapp Center in front of a season-high crowd of 6,127. The WSU fans, outnumbered by at least 5,000 or so, made more […]
Old Dominion guard Aaron Bacote led a balanced attack with 16 points as the Monarchs held off Tulane 70-64 Saturday night at the Constant Center. Guard Dimitri Batten added 15 points, guard Keenan Palmore 14 and forward Richard Ross 10 for the Monarchs (10-10, 4-1 Conference USA), who won for the fifth time in six […]
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 25 points for eighth-ranked Kansas, which never gave TCU a chance in a 91-69 […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Freshman guard Derrick Walton Jr. and sophomore guard Nik Stauskas scored 19 points apiece to lead No. 21 Michigan to an 80-75 upset of No. 3 Michigan State on Saturday night at the Breslin Center. Walton’s point total was a career high. Sophomore guard Caris LeVert supplied 17 points for Michigan […]
