Category: Wirenews
DENVER — DeMar DeRozan’s injury was supposed to slow down the Toronto Raptors. Instead, they have thrived without their star guard. Even playing the second of a back-to-back at altitude. “We need him, we want him back and we can’t for him to get back,” guard Kyle Lowry said. “We know he’s getting closer but […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — It was another day at the office for the Portland Trail Blazers. “We took care of business,” guard Damian Lillard said after Portland methodically beat the depleted New York Knicks 101-79 Sunday at Moda Center. Wesley Matthews, Lillard’s backcourt mate, led all scorers with 28 points. He made 6 of 15 3-point […]
LOS ANGELES — Guard Goran Dragic scored 24 points, and the Phoenix Suns captured their sixth straight victory with a 116-107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night at Staples Center. Guard Eric Bledsoe added 22 points, eight assists and eight rebounds as the Suns (18-14) handed the Lakers their third consecutive loss. […]
The Lafayette Leopards took blow after blow from NJIT, but the Leopards survived to walk away with a 76-71 victory on Sunday afternoon on Lafayette’s home court in Easton, Pa. After entering halftime with a two-point advantage, Lafayette opened up its biggest lead at 54-44 midway through the second half. NJIT battled back to make […]
Evansville took advantage of a road-weary Coppin State squad Sunday and avoided a huge upset as the Purple Aces dropped the Eagles, 85-80, in Evansville, Ind., in the first meeting between the two programs. The Purple Aces (10-2) jumped out to a 45-30 lead during a high-scoring first half, but Coppin State — which came […]
In their non-conference finale, the Marquette Golden Eagles soared to their fourth straight win with an 81-53 victory over the Morgan State Bears on Sunday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee. This was a game Marquette (8-4) controlled from the start. The Golden Eagles made 10 of their first 16 shots from the […]
Mike Myers finished with a double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds, and teammate Devon Walker added 21 points as the visiting Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks defeated the Duquesne Dukes 78-69 on Sunday at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh. Myers had a big second half as UMES held off a Duquesne rally. The forward scored […]
Junior guard Ameen Tanksley had a career-high 32 points and eight rebounds, leading Hofstra to an 88-62 victory over LIU Brooklyn Sunday afternoon at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Tanksley made 12 of 20 field-goal attempts and 5 of 11 from 3-point range to lead four players who scored in double figures for Hofstra (8-4). […]
Justin Goldsborough scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and teammate Tim Kempton nearly matched him, adding 12 points and 11 boards as Lehigh rallied for a 58-55 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County on Sunday at the RAC Arena in Catonsville, Md. UMBC, again playing with a short bench, became even more short-handed when forward Will […]
Junior forward Franz Rassman scored with one second remaining in overtime to lift Loyola-Maryland to a 61-59 victory over Fairfield on Sunday evening at the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Junior guard Tyler Hubbard scored 21 points to lead Loyola (4-7), which had lost three in a row. Freshman guard […]
