Category: Wirenews
NORFOLK, Va. — For Old Dominion, the plan was for defense to set up the offense. The strategy worked perfectly Thursday night. On one end, the Monarchs harassed East Carolina into its worst shooting performance of the season, 29.8 percent. On the other, Old Dominion shot a season-high 59.2 percent. Not surprisingly, the result was […]
SAN ANTONIO – One day after Miami Heat forward LeBron James said he did not believe that the San Antonio Spurs are too old to contend for another spot in the NBA Finals, the Spurs seemed to confirm that assessment. The oldest of the Spurs, 37-year-old forward Tim Duncan, produced 23 points and 11 rebounds […]
Sophomore guard Deron Powers scored 20 points to help Hampton conclude the regular season with an 89-71 victory over North Carolina A&T on Thursday at the Hampton Convocation Center in Hampton, Va. Powers led four players who scored in double figures for Hampton (18-11, 13-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), which has won seven in a row […]
CINCINNATI — Junior guard Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points and No. 6 Villanova held off a late Xavier rally to beat the Musketeers 77-70 Thursday night at the Cintas Center. The win clinches the Wildcats’ first Big East regular-season title in eight years and their first outright league title in 32 years. Xavier cut a […]
CINCINNATI — Senior guard Sean Kilpatrick scored 34 points, and senior forward Titus Rubles added a career-high 24, lifting No. 15 Cincinnati to a 97-84 victory over No. 20 Memphis on Thursday. The Bearcats kept alive their hopes of winning the American Athletic Conference title in the league’s inaugural season. To earn the top seed […]
BOSTON — After they pulled out a dramatic, last-second win at the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors could have been excused for being a bit flat Wednesday night. Forget it. “I thought we did a great job against a team that, in all honesty, we are better than,” Golden State coach […]
MILWAUKEE — Sacramento guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected late in the game but scored 25 points to lead the Kings to a 116-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Thomas got the boot after drawing a pair of technical fouls while tied up with Bucks forward Khris Middleton with 4:19 left but was […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats finished up the roughest stretch of their schedule with one of their most-impressive performances of the season Wednesday night. Center Al Jefferson scored 34 points, including 20 in the first half, and the Bobcats routed the Eastern Conference-leading Indiana Pacers 109-87. The win came after the Bobcats lost at […]
DENVER — Forward Wilson Chandler scored 21 points, guard Ty Lawson had 20 and the Denver Nuggets used a fast start and strong finish to beat the Dallas Mavericks 115-110 on Wednesday night. Forward J.J. Hickson had 12 of his 16 points in the fourth and also tied a career high with five blocks for […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Turns out Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman had good reason to worry before Wednesday night’s 118-106 loss to the New York Knicks at Target Center. The Timberwolves had just won four of five games on the season’s longest road trip and six of their last seven overall before coming home to begin a […]
