Category: NCAA News Wire
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Sophomore guard Frank Mason scored 16 points, and freshman guard Kelly Oubre added 14 as No. 9 Kansas toppled No. 24 Oklahoma State 67-57 Tuesday in Allen Fieldhouse. The win was the fifth straight for the Jayhawks and the 13th in their past 14 games. Much of the offense came off free […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Behind a dominant performance from its bench, No. 16 West Virginia’s buried No. 18 Oklahoma, 86-65. Jevon Carter scored 14 of his 18 in the second half, Nathan Adrian added a season-high 11 and the Mountaineers reserves outscored the Sooners bench, 55-8. Devin Williams grabbed 11 rebounds and finished with 14 points, […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three days after a heartbreaking loss at North Carolina, No. 7 Louisville rebounded in a big way against Virginia Tech. The Cardinals had three runs of 10 points or more in a 78-63 victory over the Hokies at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville coach Rick Pitino played his bench for the final […]
Oregon State guard Langston Morris-Walker drove for the winning points with 26 seconds left as the Beavers upset No. 7 Arizona 58-56 in Corvallis for the program’s first win over a top 10 team in nearly 15 years. Arizona point guard T.J. McConnell attempted to tie the game on the final possession, but his leaning […]
NORMAN, Okla. — Marcus Foster’s time in the doghouse is over. Kansas State’s sophomore guard had been pulled from the starting lineup for the first two games of Big 12 play but returned in a big way at No. 16 Oklahoma on Saturday night. Foster hit a runner in the closing seconds of regulation to […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 3 Virginia did what championship-caliber teams do — seize command with the game on the line — and the Cavaliers turned back an upset bid by No. 13 Notre Dame with a 62-56 victory on Saturday. Virginia outscored Notre Dame 21-11 in the final 8:13. The Cavaliers trailed by eight […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With Iowa State’s starters in deep foul trouble, reserve forward Abdel Nader matched a season high with 19 points and the No. 17 Cyclones edged No. 14 West Virginia 74-72. “We needed every one of those points,” said Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg, whose team has won each of its first two […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga’s 79-57 victory over Santa Clara was strictly an inside job. Led by monstrous center Przemek Karnowski, the sixth-ranked Bulldogs outscored Santa Clara 44-14 in the paint and outrebounded the Broncos 41-26 on Saturday night in the West Coast Conference game at the McCarthey Athletic Center. “There’s only so much you can […]
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kentucky might remain the No. 1 team in America, but it needed two overtimes to do it Saturday in a 70-64 victory over Texas A&M. Kentucky (15-0, 2-0 SEC) trailed for much of the game but finally punched through for good when freshman guard Tyler Ulis drilled a 3-pointer to make […]
CHICAGO — Wichita State Shockers guard Fred VanVleet shook his head as he tried to explain his perfect record at Gentile Arena, a two-hour trip from his hometown of Rockford, Ill. VanVleet shot 5-for-5 from the field to lead No. 15 Wichita State to a 67-53 win against the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers on Sunday. That followed […]
