Category: Wirenews
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a game of runs, No. 13 Cincinnati had the last one and beat No. 12 Louisville 69-66 Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Cincinnati (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) closed the game with an 8-2 run to maintain its lead atop the conference. It was Cincinnati’s 13th straight victory. “Whenever […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a game of runs, No. 13 Cincinnati had the last one and beat No. 12 Louisville 69-66 Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Cincinnati (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) closed the game with an 8-2 run to stay atop the conference. It was Cincinnati’s 13th straight victory. Louisville fell to […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Goran Dragic and the Phoenix Suns don’t mind skeptics who wait for the clock to strike midnight on a Cinderella season. After their latest win, it’s getting more and more difficult to cast the Suns’ stunning success as a mirage. Left off the All-Star team, Dragic, a dynamic point guard playing the best […]
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony poured in 29 points and became the 50th player in NBA history to accumulate 19,000 career points, leading the New York Knicks to a 117-86 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks forward accomplished the feat in the first quarter with his 15th point. […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Point guard Goran Dragic had 28 points and seven assists to lead the high-flying Phoenix Suns to a 102-94 win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Phoenix (28-18) swept a four-game road trip against the Eastern Conference and beat the league-leading Pacers for the second time in eight days. Indiana (35-10) fell […]
NEW YORK — After reaching a milestone, Carmelo Anthony got to enjoy a fourth-quarter rest Thursday. The Knicks forward poured in 29 points and became the 50th player in NBA history to accumulate 19,000 career points, leading New York to a 117-86 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Anthony accomplished the feat […]
Senior forward Casey Prather scored 16 points, lifting No. 3 Florida to a 62-51 win over Mississippi State on Thursday night in Starkville, Miss. Florida (18-2, 7-0 SEC) won its 12th straight game, continuing its longest in-season winning streak since running off 17 victories in a row to start the 2005-06 season. Senior center Patric […]
With no centers in the starting lineups for this year’s NBA All-Star Game, three big men were among the reserves named to the team on Thursday. Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard was added to the Western Conference roster and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert and Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah to the Eastern Conference bench […]
Former Louisville forward Chane Behanan transferred to Colorado State. Behanan, a 6-foot-6 junior forward, was dismissed from Louisville in December. Colorado State announced Monday that Behanan is enrolled in classes for the spring semester. “I am extremely excited to have Chane enrolled at Colorado State,” coach Larry Eustachy said in a statement. “It is a […]
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma always seems to find an unlikely hero for Bedlam home games. So it was again Monday night, when reserve forward Tyler Neal pumped in a season-high 15 points, helping fuel the Sooners’ 88-76 win over rival Oklahoma State before a soldout crowd at Lloyd Noble Center. Forward Ryan Spangler dominated inside […]
