Category: Wirenews
LOS ANGELES — The year ended with what has become routine for the New York Knicks: another loss. Guard J.J. Redick scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Clippers romped past the Knicks 99-78 on Wednesday at the Staples Center. Forward Blake Griffin had 13 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Clippers (22-11) […]
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio needed overtime to pick up its first win against New Orleans this season. The Spurs defeated the Pelicans 95-93 on Wednesday night at the AT&T Center in the fifth overtime game for the Spurs in December. Guard Manu Ginobili hit a lay-up with just under 25 seconds remaining to turn […]
HOUSTON — James Harden paced a breakout third quarter as the Houston Rockets recorded their eighth consecutive victory over the Charlotte Hornets, 102-83, on Wednesday night at Toyota Center. Harden finished with 36 points on 12-for-19 shooting, his fifth consecutive game with at least 25 points while hitting better than half of his field-goal attempts. […]
Forward Christian Thomas scored 20 points and guard Devon Turk added 19 as Loyola (Ill.) ran its winning streak to seven with a 64-49 victory over Bradley in a Missouri Valley season opener for both on Wednesday at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Loyola (11-2, 1-0) has now surpassed its win total from 2013-14. Forward Auston […]
MADISON, Wis. — As bad as the Kohl Center has been for opposing teams during the Bo Ryan era at Wisconsin, nobody dislikes the trip to Madison more than the Penn State Nittany Lions. Penn State has never won in the facility, which opened in 1998, and the Nittany Lions’ streak of Kohl Center futility […]
NEWARK, N.J. — St. John’s coach Steve Lavin called the performance of Seton Hall’s Sterling Gibbs “as close to a masterpiece for a leader and a point guard that you can have.” Gibbs, a junior, had 25 points and eight assists and didn’t commit a turnover in Seton Hall’s 78-67 win over No. 15 St. […]
Richmond suffered its second consecutive last-minute loss when Northeastern ended the game with an 11-2 run to stun the Spiders 58-57 on Wednesday at the Robins Center in Richmond Va. The Spiders (7-6) took a 55-47 lead on a 3-pointer by guard ShawnDre’ Jones with 4:44 to play but went 0 of 5 from the […]
Lafayette will have a lot to celebrate on New Year’s Eve after picking up a 92-78 road win on Wednesday afternoon in its Patriot League opener at Army to close 2014 on a high note in West Point, N.Y. The Leopards (9-3, 1-0) handed the Black Knights (9-3, 0-1) just their second at home this […]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — With a seemingly comfortable 13-point lead and less than 12 minutes to play, Marquette appeared poised to close out a win over DePaul on Wednesday. Instead, the Blue Demons jumped on Golden Eagles turnovers and missed shots to chip away, then pulled ahead down the stretch to snap a six-game skid with […]
Junior guard Buddy Hield scored a game-high 17 points, leading No. 22 Oklahoma to a 61-43 victory over George Mason on Wednesday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. Hield made 7 of 13 shots from the field and 3 of 7 from 3-point range for Oklahoma (9-3), which has won five of its […]
