Category: Wirenews
Still fuming from its 17-point blowout loss three weeks at home to Morgan State, Norfolk State took out its frustrations in the rematch with a 64-53 win Saturday in Baltimore. The two teams came into the game tied for second place in the MEAC standings, but the victory by the Spartans (13-10 overall, 7-2) moved […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State forward Melvin Ejim put on quite a show Saturday. Ejim set a Big 12 record by scoring 48 points as the 16th-ranked Cyclones defeated TCU 84-69 in a Big 12 game. “This will get a lot of national attention obviously because it’s a Big 12 record and there have been […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Saint Louis Billikens were able to get the most out of their trip to Philadelphia. After topping the Saint Joseph’s Hawks by 16 points on Wednesday, the Billikens defeated the La Salle Explorers 65-63 Saturday night. Billikens guard Jordair Jett scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half, including the […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa guard Devyn Marble wanted to prove he’s worthy of discussion as a Big Ten player of the year candidate. By scoring 26 points to lead No. 17 Iowa in a rout past No. 10 Michigan 85-67 on Saturday, he may have put his name in the discussion. A 6-foot-6 senior, […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There might be some argument, especially 90 miles to the east in Lawrence, Kan., but Kansas State coach Bruce Weber believes he has the most valuable freshman in the Big 12 Conference — Marcus Foster. “If he plays like that he is,” Weber said after Foster scored a career-high 34 points […]
STARKVILLE, Miss. — No. 18 Kentucky topped Mississippi State 69-59 on Saturday at Humphrey Coliseum, but that was almost beside the point to Wildcats coach John Calipari. The young Wildcats (18-5, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) seem to be squarely in the NCAA tournament field, so with about a month until Selection Sunday, Calipari doesn’t care much […]
Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul will return to action Sunday against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Doc Rivers said after practice Saturday. Paul has been out since Jan. 3 with a separated right shoulder. After Paul made it through his first practice with the team since the injury, Rivers declared he was ready. “He […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Turn a bunch of athletes loose and let them do some damage. That was North Carolina’s plan against Notre Dame Saturday. The Tar Heels (16-7, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) did not let a nine-point first-half deficit bother them. They held the Irish (12-12, 3-8) scoreless in the last 3:49 of the […]
Point guard Akeem Williams scored a season-high 30 points as Massachusetts-Lowell completed a regular-season sweep of Maryland-Baltimore County with a 71-61 win Saturday in Catonsville, Md. The River Hawks hit nine of 14 shots from beyond the 3-point arc to topple the Retrievers. In its first season in Division I, Mass-Lowell (8-15, 6-5 America East) […]
STARKVILLE, Miss. — No. 18 Kentucky struggled to pull away from Mississippi State on Saturday, but the Wildcats eventually took advantage of the Bulldogs’ lack of depth and wore them down, coming away with a 69-59 win. The Bulldogs were playing without starting guard I.J. Ready, who had the flu, and were down to seven […]
