Category: NCAA News Wire
The William & Mary Tribe extended its winning streak to five straight and ended Wofford’s five-game winning streak in defeating the Terriers 66-62 on Saturday at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Va. After starting the game down 14-0 and trailing 38-28 at halftime, Wofford climbed back in the second half and cut its deficit to 64-62 […]
Junior guard Jeff Short scored 20 points to help Norfolk State rally for a 60-58 victory over host Saint Peter’s on Saturday in the championship game of the Barclays Center Classic at Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, N.J. Junior forward RaShid Gaston had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Norfolk State (4-3), which trailed by […]
After opening the season with four consecutive wins, Kent State dropped its second in a row Saturday at the MAC Center in Kent, Ohio. Loyola (Illinois) led by as many as 20 points in the first half and withstood a second-half rally for a 69-61 victory. Senior forward Christian Thomas led Loyola (4-1) with 16 […]
Neighboring South Florida schools separated by just 125 miles clashed for the second straight season Sunday, and it was Florida Atlantic that prevailed once again against Ave Maria University, this time by a 54-43 score in Boca Raton, Fla. Last year’s meeting was an 86-51 Owls romp, but this year the defense of Ave Maria […]
Virginia coach Tony Bennett joked after the Cavaliers’ 45-26 victory over Rutgers on Saturday night that they needed to repay the Barclays Center for paint that they had chipped off of the rims from missed shots. Fortunately for Bennett and his eighth-ranked Cavaliers, the only thing that needed to be done was to collect a […]
Brett Bisping led five Siena players in double figures with 16 points and the visiting Saints beat Loyola (Md.) 81-71 on Saturday night in Baltimore. Rob Poole had 15 points and Marquis Wright scored 14 for the Saints (2-2), who snapped a six-game losing streak to Loyola. Ryan Oliver also had 11 points for Siena […]
The Lafayette Leopards broke open a close game midway through the first half on its way to knocking off the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 82-61 at the Rothman Center, in Teaneck, N.J., on Sunday. The Knights (2-3) led 15-13 on forward Myles Mann’s jumper with 8:38 gone in the game, but the Leopards (4-2) scored the […]
A pair of one-loss teams clashed Thanksgiving during the first round of the Spartanburg Marriott Upstate Classic, and South Carolina-Upstate emerged with a 68-53 victory over Florida International in Spartanburg, S.C. It was the first meeting between the two programs, and the Spartans (4-1) pulled away after halftime. USC Upstate turned a close game into […]
LAS VEGAS — Illinois coach John Groce said getting games off to a strong start is a major emphasis for his squad. A 30-8 lead after just 11 1/2 minutes meets that description nicely. The Fighting Illini connected on five of their first six 3-point attempts while building the early 22-point lead en route to […]
Forward Jameel Warney made eight of nine shots from the floor en route to 18 points, leading Stony Brook to a 73-54 victory over LIU Brooklyn on Thursday in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden in New York. Guard Roland Nyama added 16 points for the Seawolves (4-2), and forward Rayshaun McGrew finished […]
