Category: NCAA News Wire
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Forward Victor Robbins scored a career-high 27 points, and forward Olaf Schaftenaar added a career-high 21 points in Oregon State’s 90-59 rout of DePaul on Thursday night at Gill Coliseum. Guard Gary Payton II contributed 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Beavers, who never trailed and led […]
SMU earned its fifth consecutive win, defeating Illinois-Chicago 67-46 Wednesday in a nonconference game at Moody Coliseum in Dallas. The Mustangs jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never relinquished control. They pressured Illinois-Chicago into difficult shots, and the Flames hit just 26.6 percent from the floor, including 6-of-32 shooting, 18.8 percent, in the first […]
Hampton struggled to make shots Wednesday night and never really had a shot to upset Illinois. Converting only 34.8 percent of its field-goal attempts, the Pirates absorbed a 73-55 nonconference beating from the Fighting Illini at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Illinois (8-3) led wire-to-wire in snapping a two-game losing streak. Illini guard Kendrick […]
NORFOLK, Va. — After spending the first half settling for long jumpers that weren’t falling, Old Dominion guard Trey Freeman was instructed to be more aggressive. With the game slipping away late in the second half, Freeman began turning those words into action. Freeman scored 10 of his 21 points inside the final four minutes […]
Forward Montel James and guard Devon Turk each scored 13 points, and Loyola-Chicago blew past Abilene Christian in the second half for a 83-44 victory Wednesday in a Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic game at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Guard Earl Peterson added 11 points as Loyola (7-2) won its third straight and fifth in […]
Junior forward Stacy Davis recorded a double-double to lead the Pepperdine Waves to a 53-45 victory over the Howard Bison in the second round of the Gotham Classic on Wednesday evening at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif. Davis had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Pepperdine (7-2), which is off to its best start through […]
The Cincinnati Bearcats upset the No. 19 San Diego State Aztecs 71-62 at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Guards Troy Caupain and Farad Cobb led the way with 12 points each for the Bearcats, who are a perfect 7-0 at home this season. Forward Gary Clark also contributed 10 points. Forward Winston Shepard […]
Meeting for the first time in four years, the red-hot Lafayette Leopards took down the Susquehanna University Crusaders on Tuesday night, 91-66, in Easton, Pa., for its fourth straight win. The game stayed close for the first 10 minutes, but Leopards used a 29-9 run during the final part of the first half and raced […]
Guard Donte Pretlow’s basket with three seconds left gave Morgan State a 63-62 nonconference victory over visiting UC Irvine Tuesday night. Forward Cedric Blossom scored 22 points for Morgan State, and Pretlow added 10 points for the Bears (2-8), who shot 23 of 48 (47.9 percent) from the field Guard Alex Young had 16 points […]
Florida Atlantic jumped out to an early 22-point lead and led by 20 at the half, then nearly blew it in the second half before surviving for a 79-69 victory over Stetson on Tuesday night in Boca Raton, Fla. Guard Solomon Poole scored a team-high 23 points in his Florida Atlantic debut. A transfer from […]
