Category: NCAA News Wire
Georgia forward Marcus Thornton scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Bulldogs beat Florida Atlantic 74-61 Sunday at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs (3-1) grabbed a 35-27 halftime lead and extended the margin quickly after intermission. The lead grew as high as 18 points with less than three minutes to play, […]
Towson came back in both regulation time and overtime to earn a 79-75 victory at Monmouth on Sunday in West Long Branch, N.J. The Tigers (4-1) trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half, and were down 41-29 at the break. The Hawks led 66-58 with 2:26 to play, but Towson scored […]
According to guard DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, the Illinois State Red Birds’ success Sunday night was easy to explain. “Everybody played their role,” he said. “As long as everybody plays their role, we get good results.” With four players scoring in double figures and the team’s defense stifling Old Dominion at nearly every turn, the Redbirds registered […]
James Daniel scored 11 of his 14 points in the first four minutes as the Howard Bison quickly took command and cruised to a 78-51 victory over the visiting Hood Blazers Sunday night at the Burr Gymnasium. Daniel made three 3-pointers and a dunk as Howard scored the game’s first 13 points. The Bison didn’t […]
Dion Nesmith made a jumper from the lane with three seconds left to give the Hofstra Pride a 66-65 victory over the visiting Stony Brook Seawolves on Friday night at the Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, N.Y. Nesmith, a senior guard, got the ball near the left sideline but quickly cut toward the lane. He […]
A bad start segued into an even worse ending for Loyola (Ill.) on Friday night at No. 19 Michigan State. Trailing 17-2 before the game was nine minutes old, the Ramblers never came close to threatening the Spartans, absorbing an 87-52 loss at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. Five players reached double figures […]
Playing for the first time since losing by 50 to Duke, the Fairfield Stags opened the home portion of their schedule on Friday night with a 54-36 loss to the Wofford Terriers at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The first half left plenty to be desired from both sides. Wofford (2-1) went to its […]
NEW YORK — Entering every game, the unranked Stanford Cardinal have the mentality to leave their mark just like they did last year when they made a surprising run to the Sweet 16. Given plenty of room to shoot 3-pointers, the Cardinal made a good impression on Friday. Senior guards Chasson Randle and Anthony Brown […]
When Lehigh needed baskets down the stretch, Teddy Okereafor provided them. Okereafor scored a game-high 29 points and corralled six rebounds as Rider (2-1) held off Lehigh (0-3) 78-74 on Friday night in Lawrenceville, N.J. Leading by just four with 3:55 to play, Lehigh’s Okereafor converted eight free throws and added a layup to seal […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three games to start the season, three 20-plus point wins. That described the Virginia Cavaliers’ season entering Friday night’s tussle with the George Washington Colonials. The Cavaliers coasted into what was expected to be a challenge from a good Colonials team that had won their first two games of the year. What […]
