FAYETTEVILLE — One stretch loomed larger than any other in the eyes of Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari following his first home loss of the season against his former school. The No. 16 Razorbacks (16-6, 6-3 SEC) fell to Kentucky 85-77 on Saturday, Jan. 31. The Wildcats (15-7, 6-3) took the lead for good by scoring five points with zero …
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Braylon Mullins scored 16 points and Alex Karaban and Silas Demary Jr. had 15 apiece to lead No. 2 UConn in an 85-58 rout of Creighton on Saturday night. The Huskies (21-1, 11-0 Big East) won their 17th straight game and posted their biggest winning margin in a conference road game in two years. Advertisement Creighton …
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Hannes Steinbach, Zoom Diallo and Wesley Yates III combined for 65 points as Washington beat Northwestern 76-62 on Saturday. Steinbach notched 22 points and 14 rebounds for his fourth-straight double-double, and 14th of the season, tying Isaiah Stewart’s freshman record for the Huskies (12-10, 4-7 Big Ten). Diallo added 22 points on 10-of-19 shooting, six rebounds …
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Police handcuffed and escorted Tuskegee basketball coach Benjy Taylor off the court after a loss to Morehouse on Saturday, Jan. 31, following a Division II HBCU game. According to HBCU GameDay, Taylor was attempting to ensure conference-mandated security protocols were followed after Morehouse’s 77-69 win over the Golden Tigers in Atlanta. Football players from Morehouse intermingled with players during the …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was fined $50,000 by the NBA for “aggressively pursuing, berating, and making inadvertent contact with a game official” during a game on Friday night. The NBA’s head of basketball operations James Jones made the announcement on Saturday. Advertisement The incident happened after Atkinson was called for his second technical foul and …
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR — As if concocted by a screenwriter, Mark Pope and John Calipari entered Saturday with the same overall record — 38-19 — in Year 2 at their respective schools: Kentucky basketball for the former, Arkansas for the latter. If Saturday’s game was supposed to be a duel of sorts, pushing one coach an ever-so-slight step in front of the other, onlookers got everything they …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freshman Trent Sisley made the first of two free throws with less than a second remaining in a second overtime and Indiana outlasted UCLA 98-97 on Saturday. Nick Dorn hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points for the Hoosiers (15-7, 6-5 Big Ten Conference) in a third straight victory following a four-game losing streak. …
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With around 13 minutes to go in this game, I sent my brother a picture of the scoreboard and had to apologize to him for my previous comment, as I was just projecting my feelings about the game onto him. He doesn’t follow Xavier with the same unrelenting loyalty that we here at Banners do, but even he responded and …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyler Tanner scored 24 points and No. 18 Vanderbilt survived a late scare to beat Mississippi 68-71 on Saturday at Memorial Gymnasium. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Oxford, Mississippi, but due to severe winter weather this week, the university has closed its campus until Feb. 8. Ole Miss and Vanderbilt switched home …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Saturday. Roberts said it was Ohtani’s decision to focus solely on being the designated hitter for his native country. Advertisement He said the team “absolutely” would have supported Ohtani if he had wanted to …
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ehis Etute scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Oregon in a 68-61 win over No. 16 Maryland on Saturday night. Etute shot 10 of 15 from the field and 6 of 8 from the line. Sofia Bell added 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Advertisement The Ducks (17-7, 5-6 Big Ten) pulled …
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Darryn Peterson scored 18 points in 20 minutes and No. 14 Kansas beat No. 13 BYU 90-82 on Saturday in the 1,000th game played at historic Allen Fieldhouse. Bryson Tiller had career-high 21 points and seven rebounds for Kansas (16-5, 6-2 Big 12). Advertisement Although the Jayhawks led by as many as 21 points, BYU stayed within …
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lamine Yamal put on another show as he scored Barcelona’s opener and tormented defenders all game long to spearhead the La Liga leader to a 3-1 win at Elche on Saturday. Yamal scored in the sixth minute and passed for Marcus Rashford to put the victory beyond doubt late in the second half. Elche pulled level …
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How many NBA executives are in Kansas to watch Darryn Peterson vs. AJ Dybantsa? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kansas shooting guard Darryn Peterson and BYU forward AJ Dybantsa are widely viewed as the projected top two picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. Advertisement The duo have turned …
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Louisville played perhaps its best half of the season to come from behind and take down SMU, 88-74, Saturday afternoon inside the KFC Yum Center. After trailing 47-44 at halftime, the Cards limited their guests to 11-of-30 shooting and just 27 points over the game’s second 20 minutes. Advertisement Mikel Brown Jr., who did not start because of an illness, …
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ATLANTA (AP) — Caleb Wilson dominated in the return to his hometown, scoring 22 points as No. 16 North Carolina cruised past Georgia Tech for a 91-75 victory on Saturday. The 6-foot-10 Atlanta native set a school record by scoring 20 points for the 15th time as a freshman. He had been tied with Tyler Hansbrough, who had 14 games …
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The West Indies got a consolation win off South Africa after rain reduced their Twenty20 match to a shootout at the Wanderers on Saturday. South Africa won the series 2-1 and the West Indies won the last match by six runs on the DLS method in a thrilling finish. Advertisement Rain delayed the start of the match …
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BOSTON (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 17 points, Malik Thomas had 14 and No. 17 Virginia held off Boston College 73-66 on Saturday. Chance Mallory added 11 points for the Cavaliers (18-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Advertisement Donald Hand Jr., son of former Cavaliers’ star Donald Hand (1998-01), led the Eagles (9-12, 2-6) with 20 points. Fred Payne added …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mike Nwoko scored 21 points as LSU outlasted South Carolina 92-87 in overtime on Saturday. LSU (14-8, 2-7 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Gamecocks 14-9 in overtime and went 21 of 25 from the free-throw line. Rashad King finished with 18 points for LSU, while Marquel Sutton added 16 points and eight rebounds. Max Mackinnon scored 15 …
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Darryn Peterson’s NBA comparison pushes Kansas star into generational talent conversation originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Darryn Peterson’s name is starting to surface in conversations usually reserved for the rarest prospects. Advertisement The Kansas shooting guard has been pushed into the generational talent debate after an NBA comparison …
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NEWARK, N.J. — Adam Clark’s 19 points helped Seton Hall defeat Marquette 69-64 on Saturday. Clark also contributed six assists for the Pirates (16-6, 6-5 Big East Conference). A.J. Staton-McCray scored 11 points while shooting 4 for 9, including 3 for 4 from beyond the arc. Stephon Payne III shot 4 of 6 from the field to finish with nine …
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are teetering. A quick hot streak could push them into position for homecourt advantage in the first round. A stumble could doom them toward the Play-In Tournament. Luckily, the Memphis Grizzlies should be a matchup that helps Minnesota stay on its current hot streak. Advertisement My Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies predictions recognize which starter is hottest these days. …
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With 2:29 left in the first half, Royce Parham hit a three-pointer for YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles. It was the team’s eighth three-point make on 11 attempts to that point of the game, and combine that with Seton Hall shooting just 43% from the field heading into Parham’s make, Marquette found themselves up 37-28 at the Prudential Center. A nice …
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