College Basketball

For the first time in Darian Devries’ very brief tenure as Indiana head coach, his team was tested for forty minutes today. The Hoosiers passed the test, though, surviving an upset scare to beat Incarnate Word 69-61 to move to 4-0 on the season . Signs of the offensive struggle that was to come were there early for Indiana. After …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings scored 22 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 18 points and nine rebounds and top-ranked Houston held on for a 73-72 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Sunday. In a matchup of Final Four teams from last season, the Cougars (4-0) led throughout the second half, building multiple eight-point margins. Auburn (3-1) …

The Deacs picked up win number 3 today after blowing out UMass Lowell by 34 points. This is going to be a pretty quick recap, because this game was not close at all. Wake started the game a little sluggish, which is to be expected in a Sunday afternoon game. The River Hawks hung around for a good part of …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball will be without a frontcourt depth piece for Sunday’s game against Akron, and possibly longer. Forward Liam Murphy is listed as out on the Big Ten injury report. Per a team source, Murphy is dealing with a shoulder injury to his shooting shoulder (right) and could miss multiple games. It is not the same shoulder …

5-0 Start Not exactly an unexpected start for the Twister Sisters as they started the year with St. Thomas, Southern, Sacred Heart, Valparaiso, and Norfolk State, but it’s how the Cyclones have gone about this start that has everyone excited. There was maybe some question as to how this team and this offense would account for the loss of Emily …

PHILADELPHIA – “Shooting Turnovers” is a term that La Salle head coach Darris Nichols uses to describe poor shot selection that although won’t make it on the stat sheet, counts just as much as the turnovers that do. The Explorers logged 15 turnovers in Saturday’s 83-69 loss to Penn State at Xfinity Mobile Arena, but it was the early “shooting …

We are four games in now and can start to get a sense of this Duke team’s parameters. So let’s take a look at a few things as Kansas looms next week. First, Duke’s defense is already imposing. So far, Duke is giving up just 58.75 ppg. Texas had 60, Western Carolina 54, Army 59 and Indiana State 62. Advertisement …

Nebraska men’s basketball (4-0) faced its first big challenge of the season on Saturday night, taking on the Oklahoma Sooners (2-2). After entering the locker room down by seven, the Huskers stormed back in the second half, taking down the Sooners 105-99. Both teams shot well in all areas, combining for 67 made baskets, 29 three-pointers, and 41 successful free …

Teams making just 33.3% of their shots at halftime usually face an uphill climb in the second half. Yet New Mexico State was not only still in the game, it was tied. In fact, the Aggies led for most of the first half against New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 15, at home. That was because of defense. Advertisement As is …

BOSTON — Win or lose, Saturday night’s wild game between No. 3 UConn and No. 7 BYU at TD Garden in Boston was always going to be the AJ Dybantsa Game. Without him, the game wouldn’t have been scheduled. The teams wouldn’t have met unless it was in the NCAA Tournament next spring. And the Cougars never would have run …

With an almost entirely new group alongside a brand new coach in Alex Jensen, this season is bound to be a learning process, especially in the early going, for the University of Utah basketball team. For the Runnin’ Utes, who improved to 4-0 with an 85-79 victory over Sam Houston Saturday at the Huntsman Center, the night’s lesson was “How …

No. 3 UConn holds off No. 7 BYU 86-84 in Boston originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tarris Reed Jr., Alex Karaban and Silas Demary Jr. scored 21 points each as No. 3 UConn held off No. 7 BYU 86-84 on Saturday night in Boston. Demary had a game-sealing …

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Hopkins and Joson Sanon scored 15 points apiece, and No. 13 St. John’s pulled away early in the second half for a 93-60 victory over William & Mary on Saturday night. Hopkins and Sanon combined to make 11 of 23 shots for the Red Storm (2-1), who dropped eight spots in this week’s AP Top …

PHILADELPHIA — Freshman Kiyan Anthony scored 18 points, Donnie Freeman and Naithan George each added 13 points, and Syracuse went on the road for the first time this season to earn an 80-50 victory over Drexel on Saturday. Syracuse (3-0) entered holding opponents to a combined 90 points in the opening two games — its fewest allowed to begin a …

One of the core tenets of what head coach Shaka Smart is doing with his Marquette men’s basketball teams is getting 32 deflections in a game. Another core tenet is getting eight kills — coming up with a defensive stop three times in a row on eight different occasions — in a game. Marquette finished their 89-82 loss to Maryland …

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The United States Mint of Philadelphia officially halted minting pennies this week, and in the second half of the Syracuse-Drexel game the Orange defense stopped Drexel from dropping dimes. After a tightly contested first half, Syracuse dug in defensively and pulled away to win 80-50 inside Xfinity Mobile Arena. Syracuse senior guard JJ Starling did not play …

WASHINGTON — KJ Lewis scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half, Malik Mack had 16 points and seven assists, and Georgetown beat Clemson 79-74 on Saturday. Georgetown (4-0) improved to 2-0 in the series with Clemson (3-1) and 175-153 against the ACC. The other meeting in the series came in the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii when the …

With just over 12 minutes left in the contest against Marquette, Maryland men’s basketball’s Pharrel Payne drove in for an extremely routine but powerful dunk. But his landing was far from routine. The senior hit the court painfully, accidentally falling into a splits position and yelling in pain while grabbing his right hip. Payne was carried out on a stretcher, …

The Virginia Cavaliers moved to 4-0 with a dominant offensive performance against the Marshall Thundering Herd on Saturday afternoon. The Wahoos put up 104 points, the most the program has scored in a single game since November 16, 2008. The last time UVA hit the 100-point mark came against Marshall nearly seven years ago when the eventual 2018-19 national champions …

Heading into Saturday’s matchup against the Kansas City Roos at the Moody Center, first-year Texas Longhorns head coach Sean Miller emphasized respecting the game and maintaining the team’s effort level, regardless of opponent quality. Facing a bad Kansas City team, Texas failed to impress in a 71-55 victory — projected to win by 28 points, the Horns never led by …

Upon first look at Friday night’s box score, you might think UNC dominated NC Central throughout its 97-53 blowout. In the end, yes. North Carolina (4-0) rode a controlling second half towards victory, scoring 58 points to surpass NCCU’s (1-4) full game point total. Advertisement The visiting Eagles made things interest late in the first half, though, closing their gap …

Georgetown off to its best start since the 2017-18 season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For the first time since the 2017-18 season, the Georgetown Hoyas are off to a 4-0 start with their second win of the season against a power conference school with a 79-74 win …

Louisville basketball’s 106-81 win over Ohio on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center showed why the Cardinals don’t have to have a stifling defense like they did last season. The Cards can overwhelm opponents with offense to the point where, as was the case with the Bobcats, they just can’t keep up. Advertisement With eight minutes left, Ohio, metrically speaking, …

It’s some Saturday Afternoon hoops from the city that gave us Scoop Jardine as the Syracuse Orange (2-0) hope to continue their strong start to the season. The Orange will face the Drexel Dragons (1-2) at 3:30 on Peacock. Syracuse is a 14.5 point favorite according to FanDuel. This will be the second game of a double header in Philly …

Carolina’s 44-point win over NC Central wasn’t particularly memorable, but it did give us another chance to see one of college basketball’s fastest-rising stars put on a show. After an off night (by his standards) against Radford on Tuesday, Caleb Wilson nearly put up a double-double in the first half on Friday, amassing 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting, 9 rebounds, …