Category: NCAA News Wire
BATON ROUGE, La. — No. 1 Kentucky had chastened the sellout crowd at LSU’s Maravich Center by seemingly burying the upset-minded Tigers in a 13-point, second-half hole. Then Kentucky freshman forward Karl-Anthony Towns went off the John Calipari reservation, like freshmen sometimes do. With 10:39 left, Towns hung on the rim following a dunk attempt […]
CLEMSON, S.C. — Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant was a preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. Now he’s playing like that might not be enough. Grant’s latest highlight-reel performance came Tuesday night in Notre Dame’s come-from-behind 60-58 victory at Clemson as the senior guard scored 22 points and had five assists. “You saw him at his best, […]
Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian was hospitalized in Las Vegas after experiencing breathing difficulties and an infection on Monday. The Naismith Hall of Famer was transported by ambulance to Valley Hospital Medical Center from his home after his blood oxygen levels dropped. His son, Danny, called his condition minute by minute and said doctors were […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas Tech Red Raiders’ struggles in Big 12 play during Tubby Smith’s first two seasons as head coach have been well documented, but on their home floor they have been a snare for ranked opponents. The eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks avoided that trap as they distanced themselves from Texas Tech in the […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Freshman forward Karl-Anthony Towns, berated by coach John Calipari for drawing a technical foul by hanging on the rim, made a go-ahead baby hook shot in the lane with 1:29 left to lead top-ranked Kentucky to a 71-69 comeback victory over LSU on Tuesday night at the Maravich Center. Kentucky (24-0, […]
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State put on its best shooting display of the season in a 75-62 victory over Nevada on Tuesday night. The Aggies shot a season-high 59.5 percent from the field and hit 9-of-16 3-pointers as they pulled away right before halftime and never looked back behind a barrage of 3-point hits. Four […]
Senior forward J.J. Avila scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds, leading Colorado State to a 70-59 victory over New Mexico on Tuesday night at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo. Junior guard Joe De Ciman scored 14 points and senior guard Daniel Bejarano added 12 for Colorado State (21-4, 8-4 Mountain West Conference), which […]
AUBURN, Ala. — Arkansas coach Mike Anderson considered Tuesday night’s 101-87 victory at Auburn a “total team win.” Why? Five of his players scored in double-figures, and the team combined for 23 assists as the No. 24 Razorbacks (19-5, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) beat Auburn (11-13, 3-8) for the eighth consecutive time. “It was poetry in […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — Bo Ryan didn’t come out and say it to his team, but he knew Nebraska’s run was coming. Ryan, the Wisconsin coach, was happy to see the Badgers persevere. Forward Sam Dekker scored a season-high 21 points, and fifth-ranked Wisconsin held off a ferocious Nebraska rally for a 65-55 victory before 15,701 […]
GAINESVILLE — Top-ranked Kentucky has done just about everything imaginable in the last few years but one thing the Wildcats hadn’t done was win at Florida, unable to beat the Gators in Gainesville since March 4, 2012. UK rallied in the second half for a 68-61 win on Saturday night, after trailing at the break […]
