Category: NCAA News Wire
WACO, Texas — Baylor guard Kenny Chery hit a jumper from just outside the lane with four seconds left to lift the 22nd-ranked Bears to a thrilling, 74-73 win over the 11th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center. Seconds earlier, Cyclones guard Bryce Dejean-Jones nailed a 3-pointer from the left side […]
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State won its 23rd straight regular-season Missouri Valley Conference game to set a modern-era record. No other team since World War II can claim such a dominant stretch. Sounds like a big deal. “Cool,” Wichita State junior guard Ron Baker said. “Coach didn’t mention that to us.” Well, maybe not such […]
WACO, Texas — Baylor flashed the look of a Big 12 contender for the first time this season as the 22nd-ranked Bears claimed a thrilling 74-73 victory over 11th-ranked Iowa State on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center. Bears guard Kenny Chery hit a jumper from just outside the lane with four seconds left to […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Miami guard Angel Rodriguez scored 24 points as the Hurricanes used a sterling second half to stun fourth-ranked Duke 90-74 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since February 2009. The Blue Devils’ home-court winning streak ended at […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Miami guard Angel Rodriguez scored 24 points as the Hurricanes used a sterling second half to stun fourth-ranked Duke 90-74 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke has lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since February 2009. Duke’s homecourt winning streak ended at 41 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — No. 1-ranked and undefeated Kentucky made sure the third time was not the charm for Southeastern Conference teams as the Wildcats dismantled Missouri 86-37 Tuesday night at Rupp Arena. After having been pushed to overtime by Ole Miss and to double overtime at Texas A&M, winning by three and six points, respectively, […]
KINGSTON, R.I. — Virginia Commonwealth had only trailed for 36 seconds in its last 315 minutes of play, but on Tuesday night it spent most of the night playing from behind. Thanks to a second-half outburst by Treveon Graham VCU wasn’t it behind when it counted the most — at the end of the game. […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Guard Malcolm Brogdon had 13 of his 16 points in the second half and guard Justin Anderson had 11 of his 15 points in the first half as No. 2 Virginia pulled away from Clemson 65-42 on Tuesday to remain unbeaten. Virginia, who led by just six at halftime, went on a […]
NEWARK, N.J. – Roosevelt Jones scored a season-high 23 points to lift Butler over No. 21 Seton Hall 79-75 in overtime Tuesday at the Prudential Center. The win was the second in four games over a ranked opponent for Butler (13-5, 3-2 Big East). The Bulldogs knocked off St. Johns, ranked 15th at the time […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas freshman guard Anton Beard missed three free throws with 5.1 second left and Tennessee used a much-improved offense to upset the No. 19 Razorbacks 74-69 Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Arkansas hit three three-pointers in the final 45 seconds of the game to help it rally from a big deficit to […]
