College Basketball

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) rolled to an 83-55 victory against Nebraska (12-8, 2-7 Big Ten) at the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon. Of all the blistering offensive starts Greg Gard’s group has orchestrated this season, the Badgers’ opening surge against the Cornhuskers was among their most impressive. Within the first five minutes of action, UW established a …

[ad_1] BLOOMINGTON, Ind (AP) — Rodney Rice knocked down a 3-pointer with seven seconds left to lift Maryland to a 79-78 win over Indiana on Sunday. The Terrapins (16-5, 6-4) earned their third straight Big Ten Conference win and their second straight on the road. Indiana (14-7, 5-5) has lost four of its last five. Maryland led by 10 in …

[ad_1] Syndication: Journal Sentinel MADISON, Wis. — John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while routing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss. Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) bounced back from an 85-83 loss at UCLA that snapped a seven-game winning streak. Wisconsin grabbed a 19-2 lead less than five minutes …

[ad_1] NCAA Basketball: Maryland at Indiana BLOOMINGTON, Ind — Rodney Rice knocked down a 3-pointer with seven seconds left to lift Maryland to a 79-78 win over Indiana on Sunday. The Terrapins (16-5, 6-4) earned their third straight Big Ten Conference win and their second straight on the road. Indiana (14-7, 5-5) has lost four of its last five. Maryland …

[ad_1] Abbie Aalsma stands for a photo during Drake women’s basketball media day at the Knapp Center, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Abbie Aalsma scored 20 points to lead the Drake women’s basketball team to a 93-66 victory at Southern Illinois. Aalsma was 6-of-12 from the 3-point line. The Bulldogs made 18 shots from 3-point range and improved to 12-8 overall …

[ad_1] DENTON, Texas (AP) — Brenen Lorient scored 17 points off of the bench to help lead North Texas past Florida Atlantic 77-64 on Sunday. Lorient shot 7 of 11 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line for the Mean Green (15-4, 6-1 American Athletic Conference). Atin Wright scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 13, including …

[ad_1] TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jared Garcia led Tulsa past Wichita State on Sunday with 22 points off of the bench in an 84-77 victory. Garcia shot 6 for 10 (5 for 6 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Golden Hurricane (9-11, 3-4 American Athletic Conference). Dwon Odom added 17 points while finishing …

[ad_1] Syndication: The Commercial Appeal PJ Haggerty scored 23 points, Dain Dainja had a season-high 21 points and eight rebounds and No. 24 Memphis shot 62% in a 100-77 victory over UAB on Sunday. Dainja was 10 of 12 from the field before fouling out as Memphis (16-4, 6-1 American Athletic Conference) won its third straight game and seventh in …

[ad_1] NCAA Womens Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Championship-Indiana vs North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Ta’niya Latson scored at the buzzer and finished with 25 points as Florida State continued to dominate North Carolina on its home floor with an 86-84 victory over the 13th-ranked Tar Heels on Sunday. Latson, who leads the nation with a 26.6 scoring average, sank …

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE — Kim English offered a rather important piece of breaking news on the season debut of his televised coaches show Sunday night. Providence College will be without Bryce Hopkins (left knee) for the remainder of the 2024-25 men’s basketball season. English told WPRI-TV that Hopkins will continue to rest and rehabilitate with the Friars, but he won’t appear …

[ad_1] Jan. 26—PORTLAND — Gonzaga coach Mark Few weighed a question about a pair of changes in the starting lineup and if he got what he wanted from those adjustments. “Listen, two totally separate things,” explained Few, shortly after the Zags dismantled Portland 105-62 Saturday at the Chiles Center to snap a two-game West Coast Conference losing streak. Sophomore forward …

[ad_1] BYU guard Egor Demin shoots a 3-pointer against Cincinnati at the Marriott Center in Provo on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Jaren Wilkey/BYU In the midst of BYU’s three-game losing skid earlier this month, and especially after those highly discouraging losses at TCU and Utah, first-year Cougars basketball coach Kevin Young has preached patience. He said they were executing …

[ad_1] Syndication: The Tennessean BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Vanderbilt was fined $500,000 by the Southeastern Conference on Sunday for allowing fans to storm the court Saturday after the Commodores’ 74-69 victory over No. 9 Kentucky. Vanderbilt was penalized for a third offense under the conference’s revised access to competition area policy. The fine will be paid to the University of Kentucky. …

[ad_1] CHAMPAIGN — When No. 17 Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood considered how “bullish” he is on his team Sunday at State Farm Center, he didn’t play down his expectations. “I’m not afraid to say it — we can be Final Four good,” Underwood said. “But we need to be whole to do that. And we played half a …

[ad_1] Jan. 26—MITCHELL — The scoring dried up in the second half on Sunday afternoon for the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team. But with a lot of luck, as their coach put it, the Tigers managed to pull out a victory in the final minutes of its 58-54 win over Doane in a Great Plains Athletic Conference matchup at …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball cruised to an 83-55 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sunday afternoon. Backed by another stellar scoring performance from star wing John Tonje, the Badgers controlled the score for virtually all 40 minutes. Eleven different playmakers scored for Greg Gard, and Wisconsin led by as many as 31 points late in the second half. Tonje dropped 27 …

[ad_1] RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aziaha James scored 25 points and Saniya Rivers added 17 on 7-of-11 shooting on Sunday night to help No. 20 North Carolina State beat Virginia Tech 85-57 for the Wolfpack’s fifth consecutive win. Madison Hayes and Zoe Brooks scored 12 points apiece for N.C. State (16-4, 8-1 ACC), has won 12 of its last 13 …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team has earned No. 2 seedings in the last two NCAA Tournaments. Those are the highest seedings in program history. MU (17-3, 8-1 Big East) is on track to reach that again. Each Monday, the Journal Sentinel will take a look at Marquette’s previous week and assess how its  résumé has changed and stacks up …

[ad_1] The clock read 6.4 seconds, in a game that had never really been competitive, and the fans inside FedExForum were going as wild as they had all Sunday afternoon. PJ Carter had just connected on a 3-pointer, extending 20-point lead to 23. The cheer wasn’t for the impact the shot might have on Memphis’ standing in the NET — …

[ad_1] WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Pennick scored 20 points as Navy beat Army 66-53 on Sunday night. Pennick added five rebounds for the Midshipmen (7-14, 4-4 Patriot League). Austin Benigni scored 18 points and added six rebounds. Aidan Kehoe shot 6 of 10 from the field and 1 for 3 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 …

[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. (AP) — John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while routing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss. Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) bounced back from an 85-83 loss at UCLA that snapped a seven-game winning streak. Wisconsin grabbed a 19-2 lead less than five minutes into the …

[ad_1] CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74 on Sunday. Morez Johnson Jr. had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, Ben Humrichous had 14 points, Kasparas Jakucionis had 11 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Jake Davis added 11 points from the bench …

[ad_1] LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Chance McMillian scored 14 points to help Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State 64-54 on Sunday. Federiko Federiko added eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks for the Red Raiders. Texas Tech (15-4, 6-2 Big 12) has won four games in a row and six of its last seven. Bryce Thompson led Oklahoma State (10-9, 2-6) …

[ad_1] NEW YORK — Josh Rivera scored 16 points and secured the victory with a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left as Fordham defeated Duquesne 65-63 on Sunday. Rivera added six rebounds for the Rams (9-11, 1-6 Atlantic 10 Conference). Japhet Medor scored 14 points and added six rebounds and seven assists. Romad Dean had 12 points. The Rams ended a …

[ad_1] The thunderous dunk by Memphis basketball’s Dain Dainja over UAB star Yaxel Lendeborg in the opening minutes Sunday at FedExForum was not the play of the game. But it was the tonesetter. The two-handed jam — along with Dainja’s ensuing shoulder-ride — was symbolic of the fire-breathing to come from the 22nd-ranked Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) in their 100-77 …