College Basketball

The No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers suffered a shock 83-80 double-overtime defeat against Valparaiso on Friday night at Mackey Arena. Matt Painter’s Purdue suffered its second straight defeat after losing the season-opener to No. 15 Gonzaga. Despite entering the matchup as a 17.5-point favorite, Purdue couldn’t stop Valparaiso from pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the opening week of …

The strong start to the season continued Friday night for the Oregon State men’s basketball team with a 96-68 win over the visiting Cal Baptist Lancers. Legend Smiley led the Beavers in scoring with 21 points, though several members of the team delivered strong, all-around performances. Josiah Lake scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds, with four assists and three steals. …

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State men’s basketball put its offensive depth and unselfish play on full display Friday night, cruising to a 118-68 victory over Queens behind a barrage of three-pointers and contributions throughout the lineup. The Cowboys (2-0) finished with 30 assists on 44 made field goals, shot 62% from the field and connected on 16 of 28 three-point …

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Shelton Henderson scored 19 points and No. 14 Miami rebounded from a season-opening loss against top-ranked Florida to beat Wagner 83-57 on Friday night. Malik Reneau finished with 12 points and Caleb Gaskins added 11 for the Hurricanes (1-1), who outscored Wagner 24-3 in fast-break points and had 18 assists. Miami made 16 of 18 …

When Silas Demary Jr. walked off the court on April 6 after his UConn Huskies lost the national championship game 69-63 to Michigan, he had to have carried thoughts of “what if” with him. What if he had not been in foul trouble? What if he could have played more than 21 minutes? What if he had managed to score …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Kusturica hit his first basket of the game off a turnover by North Florida, and the UCLA freshman kept on going. He made every one of his shots in the first half for 26 of his 29 points. The 22nd-ranked Bruins (2-0) won 114-63 on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion. Advertisement “Seeing the ball go …

LOS ANGELES – Freshman forward Nikola Kusturica stepped onto the court of Pauley Pavilion for the first time Monday night and gave the Bruins faithful their newest hero.  The Serbian sensation wasted no time introducing himself with a display of near-otherworldly dominance that left the crowd and his No. 22 UCLA (2-0) teammates amazed, the UNF Ospreys exhausted and head …

Sunday’s game for St. John’s will be much more emotional than usual non-conference matchups. The Red Storm will welcome back former two-time captain Sadiku Ibine Ayo as he returns to Madison Square Garden with the Iona Gaels. Before this season, Ibine Ayo had known only one head coach in college basketball: Rick Pitino. He began his career playing for the …

Texas A&M men’s basketball continued its strong start to the 2026-27 season Friday night, defeating Northern Kentucky 104-67 at Reed Arena with an efficient offense and relentless defensive pressure. The Aggies (2-0) had six players score in double figures, led by Jordan Pope’s 18 points. Pope shot 7-of-9 from the field, including three 3-pointers, setting the tone early as Texas …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Kusturica scored 26 of his 29 points in the first half on perfect shooting, and No. 22 UCLA routed North Florida 114-63 in its home opener Friday night. The 17-year-old freshman from Serbia shot 9 of 9 from the floor, 4 of 4 from 3-point range and hit all four of his free throws as …

LAS VEGAS — The UNLV Lady Rebels defeated the UTSA Roadrunners, 69-51, in a college basketball game at the Cox Pavilion on Friday, November 6, 2026, and The Sporting Tribune’s Paige Kuwata was there to capture the following images. UNLV Lady Rebels forward Trystan James (21) charges to keep the ball in bounds during the first half of a college …

Little Rock went six minutes and 28 seconds of the fourth quarter without scoring. By then, Missouri had already made sure it wouldn’t matter. Grace Slaughter scored 23 points, Natalya Hodge added 15 and the Tigers held the Trojans to 29.9% shooting in a 73-50 win Friday night. The Trojans came in having scored 108 points in their opener. Missouri …

The Virginia Tech Hokies improved to 2-0 on the season with a 96-67 win over the Mercer Bears at Cassell Coliseum on Thursday night. Senior forward Amani Hansberry led the way for the Hokies, scoring a game-high 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbing five rebounds. Junior point guard Ben Hammond scored 16 points and finished with five steals and …

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 17 points in 18 minutes and led No. 17 Kansas to an 89-45 rout of Middle Tennessee on Friday night. Kaufman-Renn, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Purdue, shot 7 for 8 from the field and grabbed four rebounds. Through two games with Kansas (2-0), he is 11 for 13 from the field. …

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Rob Wright III scored 19 points and Tyler Betsey added 18 on six 3-pointers to lead No. 25 BYU to a 108-67 victory over Omaha on Friday night. Colin Chandler had 18 points and five assists for the Cougars in a wire-to-wire win. Bruce Branch III added 17 points and six rebounds, and Jaxon Kohler finished …

BOSTON −The game didn’t matter nearly as much as the last time the two teams met, but the atmosphere was rocking for a November basketball game. Michigan basketball and UConn gave a capacity TD Garden crowd their money’s worth in a national championship game rematch seven months to the day. This time, however, the Huskies prevailed in an 85-77 victory, …

Friday’s meeting between No. 16 Michigan and No. 4 UConn appeared to be a rematch of last season’s NCAA tournament national championship game, a 69-63 win for the Wolverines. However, two different teams took the floor at Boston’s TD Garden, presumably a neutral-site game but with a very pro-Huskies crowd cheering UConn on to an 85-77 win in the championship …

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Amari Allen had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for the fifth triple-double in program history as No. 20 Alabama beat Arkansas State 101-86 on Friday night. Allen got his 10th assist on Brandon Garrison’s layup with just over six minutes left. Before the final media timeout, Allen landed awkwardly, grabbed his right ankle and …

It might be November, but it already feels a bit like March. On Friday, Purdue was stunned by Valparaiso men’s basketball in a Madness-worthy upset off a three-pointer that barely beat the buzzer. The Beacons’ 83-80 win came after the team forced overtime, and then double overtime, off late shots. In double OT, with the game still tied with four …

The first UNC basketball game of the season may have felt like uneasy dental work with a happy ending after the Tar Heels managed to do just enough to beat Western Carolina. Friday night against Wofford was a different story. As in their first game, the Tar Heels never trailed. What was different, though, was that the Tar Heels looked …

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Zoom Diallo and Alex Wilkins each scored 16 points to lead No. 23 Kentucky to an 89-80 win over James Madison on Friday night. The Wildcats (2-0) overcame 18 lead changes and five ties before pulling way with a 15-3 run that turned a 56-54 deficit into a 69-59 lead with 10 minutes remaining. Advertisement Former …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Sam Lewis and Chance Mallory each scored 20 points as No. 9 Virginia shrugged off a sluggish start and pulled away for a 97-72 win over Northeastern on Friday night. Thijs De Ridder had 16 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Johann Grunloh, playing on an injured right ankle, added 13 points for the Cavaliers. Advertisement …

The Oregon Ducks were far from perfect, but they still managed to take care of business at home against the Eastern Washington Eagles, winning 98-71 to improve to 2-0 on the season. Wei Lin took over in the second half and wound up leading the Ducks with 20 points off the bench on 7-of-9 shooting from the field with a …

Iowa (1-0) returns to the floor on Friday night as the Hawkeyes play host to Eastern Illinois (0-1). First-year guard and forward Jaidyn Coon stole the show in Iowa’s opener, showcasing his athleticism on multiple dunks and alley-oops. Coon scored 12 points on 5 of 8 shooting in the Hawkeyes’ 76-54 season-opening victory over Lipscomb, adding six rebounds, one assist, …

Indiana women’s basketball (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Southern Illinois (0-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley) in its second game of the 2026-27 season. The Hoosiers are 1-0 following this past Tuesday’s 79-50 win over Florida Gulf Coast in the season opener. Teri Moren went deeper into her bench than usual for that one, which is something worth …