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SAN ANTONIO — Power forward Zach Randolph scored 21 points, including all six of the Grizzlies’ points in the third overtime, and Memphis emerged with a 117-116 win at the AT&T Center on Wednesday. Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley rebounded a final shot from Spurs guard Manu Ginobili and threw the ball to the other […]
SAN ANTONIO — Power forward Zach Randolph scored 21 points, including all six of the Grizzlies’ points in the third overtime, and Memphis emerged with a 117-116 win at the AT&T Center on Wednesday. A 3-point barrage in the second half allowed the Spurs to erase a big early deficit and put themselves in a […]
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 […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Center Marc Gasol scored 24 points, and power forward Zach Randolph added 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Golden State Warriors 105-98 Tuesday night at FedExForum, ending the Warriors’ 16-game winning streak. This was a matchup of the teams with the two best records in the NBA, […]
WASHINGTON — Having coached the rookie version of John Wall, Flip Saunders recognizes the point guard’s growth. Sadly for the Minnesota Timberwolves coach, the latest example of the Washington Wizards star’s improvement sent his scuffling team to yet another loss. Wall had 21 points and matched his career high with 17 assists, and swingman Rasual […]
