Category: Wirenews
ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver found the ideal time to get his second wind following a two-week road trip. The veteran scored seven of his 15 points in the final two minutes to help the Hawks earn a 102-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday. “We’ll take all the wins we can […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue guard Terone Johnson’s bid for a game-winning 3-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired and No. 24 Ohio State escaped with a 63-61 Big Ten tournament victory on Thursday afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The fifth-seeded Buckeyes (24-8) struggled to put away a pesky Purdue team that trailed by just one […]
Third-seeded Middle Tennessee State smothered No. 6 Old Dominion with suffocating defense and rolled to a 62-48 victory in the Conference USA quarterfinals on Thursday at the Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The Blue Raiders (24-8) will face No. 4 Tulsa in Friday’s first semifinal. Tulsa advanced with a 70-49 victory over No. 7 […]
LAS VEGAS — Fourth-ranked Arizona began its postseason run with one of the most dominant defensive performances in Pac-12 tournament history. The Wildcats stuffed Utah 71-39 as the Utes set tournament records for fewest points, fewest field goals (12) and worst shooting percentage (25.5). “We got punched in the mouth by a really good basketball […]
LAS VEGAS — Eighth-ranked San Diego State already has a trophy and has cut down the nets after claiming the regular-season Mountain West Conference championship. Now the Aztecs want to add to their collection. “We’re what everybody wants to be,” coach Steve Fisher said after the top-seeded Aztecs crushed No. 8 seed Utah State 73-39 […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Even as the game’s leading scorer, Louisville guard Chris Jones did not have a lot to say about the No. 5 Cardinals’ 92-31 victory over Rutgers on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference at FedEx Forum. But there was a lot to be said about coming back to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a game that befitted a matchup of the preseason favorites to win the Big 12 Conference more than a typical No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed in the conference quarterfinals, Kansas edged Oklahoma State 77-70 in overtime in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the Big 12 tournament in the […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Third-seeded Morgan State guard Justin Black made his first six second-half shots as the Golden Bears blitzed the No. 6 Florida A&M Rattlers 81-68 Thursday night in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals Thursday night at the Scope Arena. The Bears (14-15) will meet No. 7 Coppin State in a “Battle of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State does not do things the easy way. The defending Big Ten tournament champions survived another grinder on Thursday, escaping upset-minded Purdue for a 63-61 first-round tournament victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Boilermakers guard Terone Johnson’s bid for a game-winning 3-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired and the No. 24 […]
Once again, Middle Tennessee State’s defense proved to be too much for Old Dominion. The third-seeded Blue Raiders suffocated the sixth-seeded Monarchs for the second time this season, limiting Old Dominion to 32 percent shooting in a 62-48 victory in the Conference USA quarterfinals Thursday at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The […]
