Category: Wirenews
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 25 points and reserve center Kevin Seraphin dominated the fourth quarter as the Washington Wizards snapped a 17-game losing streak to the San Antonio Spurs with a 101-93 win on Tuesday night. Seraphin scored 11 of his 17 points in the final period including nine straight for the Wizards […]
NEWARK, N.J. – Roosevelt Jones scored a season-high 23 points to lift Butler over No. 21 Seton Hall 79-75 in overtime Tuesday at the Prudential Center. The win was the second in four games over a ranked opponent for Butler (13-5, 3-2 Big East). The Bulldogs knocked off St. Johns, ranked 15th at the time […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas freshman guard Anton Beard missed three free throws with 5.1 second left and Tennessee used a much-improved offense to upset the No. 19 Razorbacks 74-69 Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Arkansas hit three three-pointers in the final 45 seconds of the game to help it rally from a big deficit to […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Sophomore guard Frank Mason scored 16 points, and freshman guard Kelly Oubre added 14 as No. 9 Kansas toppled No. 24 Oklahoma State 67-57 Tuesday in Allen Fieldhouse. The win was the fifth straight for the Jayhawks and the 13th in their past 14 games. Much of the offense came off free […]
PHILADELPHIA — The red-hot Atlanta Hawks rested three starters Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, but one of those who remained, center/forward Al Horford, more than made up for their absence. Horford had the first triple-double of his eight-year career, logging 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Hawks rolled to a 105-87 […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Behind a dominant performance from its bench, No. 16 West Virginia’s buried No. 18 Oklahoma, 86-65. Jevon Carter scored 14 of his 18 in the second half, Nathan Adrian added a season-high 11 and the Mountaineers reserves outscored the Sooners bench, 55-8. Devin Williams grabbed 11 rebounds and finished with 14 points, […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three days after a heartbreaking loss at North Carolina, No. 7 Louisville rebounded in a big way against Virginia Tech. The Cardinals had three runs of 10 points or more in a 78-63 victory over the Hokies at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville coach Rick Pitino played his bench for the final […]
NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett and Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard were disciplined by the NBA for their incident in Monday’s game. Garnett was suspended one game and plans to serve the suspension Wednesday when the Nets play the Orlando Magic. Howard was fined $15,000 “for pushing Garnett in the neck area,” […]
The Memphis Grizzlies completed a three-team trade with the Celtics and Pelicans on Monday, acquiring forward Jeff Green from Boston and guard Russ Smith from New Orleans. In exchange, Memphis traded forward Tayshaun Prince and a protected future first-round draft pick to Boston and traded guard/forward Quincy Pondexter and a 2015 second-round pick to New […]
Baseball legend Hank Aaron has joined a group that is interested in buying the Atlanta Hawks, ESPN.com reported. According to the report, the former home run king and Atlanta Braves icon has teamed with a group of current owners from the NBA, Major League Soccer and Italian soccer’s storied Serie A. Sources told ESPN.com that […]
