Category: Wirenews
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — SMU snapped No. 7 Cincinnati’s 15-game winning streak and handed the Bearcats their first conference loss, 76-55, on Saturday. SMU fans stormed the court to celebrate the Mustangs’ first on-campus win over a Top 10 team since SMU beat No. 3 Indiana in 1967. “It was crazy, man,” SMU center Cannen […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — They had trailed the entire second half and by as many as 12 points, but the No. 24 Memphis Tigers rallied to defeat No. 23 Gonzaga 60-54 on Saturday night at FedExForum. A jumper by guard Kevin Pangos gave the Zags a 54-50 lead with 3:20 to play. From there, the Memphis […]
PHOENIX — Guard Goran Dragic continued his offensive eruptions with a career-high 34 points, including six 3-pointers, and forward Gerald Green added 25 points as the Phoenix Suns used an 11-2 run midway through the fourth quarter to put away the Golden State Warriors 122-109 on Saturday night. Dragic made 10 of 13 shots from […]
Former Hampton University Pirates coach Kevin Nickelberry still hasn’t figured out a way to beat his former team. Nickelberry, who coached Hampton from 2006-09, dropped to 0-7 against the Pirates following the Howard University Bison’s 63-47 setback Saturday at the HU Convocation Center in Hampton, Va. Nickelberry, though, isn’t the only Howard head coach to […]
BOSTON — Duke forward Jabari Parker set career highs with 29 points and 16 rebounds to power the No. 11 Blue Devils to an 89-68 victory over the Boston College Eagles on Saturday. Parker scored 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the second half, propelling him to his 14th game of at least 20 points […]
PHILADELPHIA — With the shot clock off in a tie game, it wasn’t a surprise as to who had the ball in their hands. Saint Louis guard Jordair Jett dribbled out the clock with seven seconds left, drove left past a defender and hit the winning layup with 3.7 seconds left as the Billikens were […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — West Virginia guard Eron Harris had just made two free throws to trim Kansas’ once double-digit lead to four and flapped his arms toward the crowd as if to call for more noise. At that moment, with 5:14 to play, the once-deafening roar inside Allen Fieldhouse was more of a nervous rumble […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State forward Melvin Ejim put on quite a show Saturday. Ejim scored a career-high 48 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as the 16th-ranked Cyclones defeated TCU 84-69 in a Big 12 game. Ejim was ruthlessly efficient on offense, going 20 of 24 from the field. His 20 field goals were a […]
Navy opened the second half with a 20-6 run to build a quick 20-point lead and never relinquished command after that in a 79-57 upset of Army on Saturday afternoon in a Patriot League game in West Point, N.Y. Navy forward Worth Smith scored a game-high 23 points as the Midshipmen (8-15, 3-9) snapped a […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points and Kansas’ stable of forwards pummeled West Virginia’s interior defense in an 83-69 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. Wayne Selden finished with 17 points, Joel Embiid collected 11 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots, and Tarik Black chipped in 11 points off the bench as […]
