Category: NCAA News Wire
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Texas Tech became the latest Big 12 team with the misfortune of getting scheduled for Senior Night at Kansas. The Jayhawks extended their string of consecutive Senior Night victories to 30 by drilling the Red Raiders 82-57 Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse. No. 8 Kansas, which clinched the Big 12 title outright before […]
DALLAS — Louisville guard Russ Smith was a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point range in an 84-71 win over No. 18 SMU on Wednesday. Smith led a barrage of 3-pointers in the second half as Louisville (No. 11 AP/No. 9 USA Today) handed SMU its first loss at home this season. Smith scored 26 points to […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Forward Tyler Cavanaugh scored six points during Wake Forest’s 17-0 run late in the game and the Demon Deacons shocked No. 4 Duke 82-72 on Wednesday night at Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Five players scored in double figures for Wake Forest, which topped a ranked team at home for the second time this […]
The Holy Cross Crusaders are headed to the Patriot League Tournament semifinals after downing the Lehigh Mountain Hawks for the third time this season Wednesday night, this time 54-48 in the conference quarterfinals at Hart International in Worchester, Mass. Holy Cross, which improved to 6-0 all-time against Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament, grabbed a […]
STORRS, Conn. — Playing his final home game in a Connecticut uniform, senior guard Shabazz Napier gave the sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion one final, special memory on Wednesday night. Napier hit a career high seven 3-pointers and missed only five shots from the field on the way to a 26-point effort that led No. […]
Boston University shot the lights out in the first half to end any notion of an upset by Lafayette, earning a 91-54 victory Wednesday in the Patriot League tournament quarterfinals at Case Gym in Boston. The top-seeded Terriers (23-9) shot 68 percent over the first 20 minutes, going 17-for-25 from the field and making seven […]
WASHINGTON — Don’t count Georgetown out this year’s NCAA Tournament just yet. Guards D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera and Markel Starks each posted double-doubles, and a hot-shooting first half propelled the Hoyas to a 75-63 victory over No. 13 Creighton on Tuesday night. Creighton forward Doug McDermott led all scorers with 22 points, but Georgetown had more weapons […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Georgia Tech guard Trae Golden looked at the Carrier Dome rim from the foul line six crucial times in Tuesday night’s 67-62 Yellow Jackets’ win over the No. 7 Syracuse Orangemen and saw a place and time many miles and years away. He locked in on how his dad, Robert, practiced pressure […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — If the Maryland Terrapins were to still have a shot at postseason play, they had to find their shooting touch in a hurry. Maryland did just that in the second half of a 64-47 Atlantic Coast Conference win over the Virginia Tech Hockies on Tuesday night at the Comcast Center, snapping […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Power forward Julius Randle had his 17th double-double of the season and No. 25 Kentucky survived its poorest offensive half of the season to top Alabama 55-48 at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night. Randle finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. His two free throws with 3:10 to play gave Kentucky a […]
