Category: Wirenews
Georgia Southern stretched a four-point halftime lead into a 13-point advantage 10 minutes into the second half, then rode that cushion to a 78-72 victory over Florida International on Monday night in Statesboro, Ga. After trailing 60-47 at the midpoint of the second period, the visiting Panthers managed to close the gap to 72-70 on […]
Trey Freeman led all scorers with 22 points Monday night as Old Dominion took third place in the 15th Paradise Jam, knocking off Gardner-Webb 58-46 at the UVI Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. But it might have been what Freeman did defensively that made the difference between the Monarchs heading back […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — VCU prides itself on wreaking havoc, but it was the Villanova Wildcats who played a helter-skelter brand of basketball in the semifinals of the Progressive Legends Classic Monday at the Barclays Center. Villanova used a massive second-half blitz to turn back VCU 77-53 The loss was the worst for VCU since a […]
NEW YORK — Sophomore guard Caris LeVert was clutch down the stretch for Michigan, helping the Wolverines secure a 70-63 win over Oregon on Monday in the semifinals of the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclays Center. With the Wolverines (4-0) holding onto a 56-53 lead with 4:51 to play, Levert scored the next five […]
NEW YORK — It was not the havoc the VCU Rams are accustomed to. Coach Shaka Smart has built the Rams into a fast-paced get-after-it team, but in Monday’s semifinal of the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclays Center it was the Villanova Wildcats who created the mayhem. No. 12 Villanova (4-0) overwhelmed No. 14 […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Forward Anthony Davis scored a career-high 43 points and pulled down 14 rebounds Saturday night as the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 106-94. Davis hit 16 of 23 shots, and point guard Jrue Holiday tallied 19 points and eight assists for New Orleans (7-5), which had been blown out […]
HOUSTON — Faced with the specter of blowing a second-half lead on their home court for the second time in as many games, the Houston Rockets unearthed something that had been missing throughout the two collapses defining their miserable work week: an attacking mentality. Rockets guard James Harden converted a decisive three-point play with 28.2 […]
MILWAUKEE — Starting the week with a three-game winning streak that opened eyes around the league, the Milwaukee Bucks have quickly fallen back to reality — and to .500. One night after suffering a 42-point drubbing at the hands of the Eastern Conference’s best team, the Bucks let one slip away against the East’s second-best […]
MIAMI — The Miami Heat snapped its three-game home losing streak — barely. Miami survived a tip-in try by center Al Jefferson that went in and out just before the buzzer, beating the Charlotte Hornets 94-93 on Sunday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. The win came just in time for the Heat (8-6) because the high-powered […]
BOSTON — Damian Lillard’s ice-cold start wasn’t enough to freeze up the red-hot Portland Trail Blazers. Lillard, one of the league’s hottest guards entering Sunday night’s contest, didn’t hit a shot until the 4:59 mark in the second quarter, but his teammates picked up the slack in the second half en route to a 94-88 […]
