Category: Wirenews
HONOLULU — An early morning Christmas wake-up call snapped Loyola Marymount out of its recent funk. Evan Payne’s five quick points stopped a 9-2 DePaul run and catapulted the Lions to a 72-69 win over the Blue Demons on Thursday in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center. Payne […]
Senior forward Christian Thomas scored 17 points to lead Loyola (Chicago) to a 48-45 victory over Boise State in the championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic on Tuesday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Junior forward Montel James scored 10 points for Loyola, which earned its sixth win in a row. Sophomore […]
LOS ANGELES — One of the worst clubs in the Western Conference beat the NBA team with the best record. Despite playing without guard and leading scorer Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 115-105 on Tuesday night at Staples Center. The Lakers (9-19), who trail only the Minnesota Timberwolves (5-22) […]
LAS VEGAS — For the second time in five nights, the third-ranked Arizona Wildcats found themselves in a dogfight on the road. But unlike their five-point victory at UTEP on Friday, the Wildcats couldn’t escape with a win this time. Forward Christian Wood scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and forward Rashad […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — This was a victory that came with a sigh of relief. The Orlando Magic hung on to beat the Boston Celtics 100-95 on Tuesday night, but not before letting a 27-point, fourth-quarter lead shrink to three in the closing minutes of a horrid final period. Forward Tobias Harris scored 19 points for […]
WASHINGTON — Presents arrived early for NBA fans waiting for the long-overdue rematch between Derrick Rose and John Wall. Like the previous head-to-head matchups, Rose’s Chicago Bulls received their desired wish at the expense of Wall’s Washington Wizards on Tuesday, and Rose came out on top in his first head-to-head meeting with Wall in nearly […]
NEW YORK — When things were not going well for Mason Plumlee, the second-year center could have grown frustrated every time Brooklyn Nets coach Lionel Hollins criticized him. Instead Plumlee made a conscious decision to just go with the flow through praise and criticism. Hollins and the rest of the Nets had much to praise […]
CLEVELAND — In their first meeting since headlining one of the NBA’s most talked-about offseason trades, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins outshined Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love on Tuesday, scoring 27 points, dunking on Love, swatting Tristan Thompson and drawing a foul as he tried to go through LeBron James in transition. But, as has […]
MIAMI — Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra insists his team wasn’t looking ahead to its much hyped Christmas Day game against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Regardless, his Heat suffered a major breakdown in the second half on Tuesday night, blowing a 23-point lead and allowing the Philadelphia 76ers, owners of the worst record […]
ATLANTA — DeMarre Carroll is best known for his ability to turn up the heat on defense for the Atlanta Hawks. But on Tuesday night the muscular forward showed that his offensive skills aren’t lacking either. Carroll scored 17 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead the Hawks to a 107-104 […]
