Category: NCAA News Wire
NEWARK, N.J. — St. John’s coach Steve Lavin called the performance of Seton Hall’s Sterling Gibbs “as close to a masterpiece for a leader and a point guard that you can have.” Gibbs, a junior, had 25 points and eight assists and didn’t commit a turnover in Seton Hall’s 78-67 win over No. 15 St. […]
Richmond suffered its second consecutive last-minute loss when Northeastern ended the game with an 11-2 run to stun the Spiders 58-57 on Wednesday at the Robins Center in Richmond Va. The Spiders (7-6) took a 55-47 lead on a 3-pointer by guard ShawnDre’ Jones with 4:44 to play but went 0 of 5 from the […]
Lafayette will have a lot to celebrate on New Year’s Eve after picking up a 92-78 road win on Wednesday afternoon in its Patriot League opener at Army to close 2014 on a high note in West Point, N.Y. The Leopards (9-3, 1-0) handed the Black Knights (9-3, 0-1) just their second at home this […]
Hofstra had five players score in double figures, led by 19 points from junior guard Juan’ya Green, in a 84-56 win over Central Connecticut State in a nonconference game on Wednesday afternoon in New Britain, Conn. Junior wing Ameen Tanksley added 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Also reaching double figures were senior center […]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — With a seemingly comfortable 13-point lead and less than 12 minutes to play, Marquette appeared poised to close out a win over DePaul on Wednesday. Instead, the Blue Demons jumped on Golden Eagles turnovers and missed shots to chip away, then pulled ahead down the stretch to snap a six-game skid with […]
Junior guard Buddy Hield scored a game-high 17 points, leading No. 22 Oklahoma to a 61-43 victory over George Mason on Wednesday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. Hield made 7 of 13 shots from the field and 3 of 7 from 3-point range for Oklahoma (9-3), which has won five of its […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Seton Hall ended St. John’s seven-game winning streak, knocking off the 15th-ranked Red Storm 78-67 in the Big East opener at the Prudential Center on Wednesday. Junior guard Sterling Gibbs poured in 25 points and added eight assists to lead Seton Hall. Guard Jared Sina scored 14 points, forward Angel Delgado added […]
Florida Atlantic took command in the second half to post a 68-50 victory over Jacksonville in an intrastate nonconference matchup Tuesday night in Jacksonville. The Owls led 28-27 at the intermission but began to pull away early in the second half, building their first double-digit lead at 41-31 just over six minutes into the period. […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — You know that pesky fly that keeps irritating you, yet you can’t seem to swat it in time? Davidson represented that pest to Virginia on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. In the end, the Cavaliers would smack aside the annoyance. Third-ranked Virginia fought off Davidson’s valiant effort to move to […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Every time the Maryland Terrapins needed a big play in their Big Ten debut, Dez Wells answered the call. Wells hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds remaining in regulation. He made two free throws in the final minute of the first overtime session to tie it again. He then punctuated […]
