College Basketball

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Braden Smith had 24 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals to help No. 11 Purdue rout No. 21 Michigan 91-64 on Friday night. Smith was 10 of 17 from the field and had only one turnover in 37 minutes to nearly join Joe Barry Carroll as the only Purdue players with a triple-double. …

[ad_1] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Bamisile’s 18 points helped VCU defeat Saint Bonaventure 75-61 on Friday night. Bamisile had six rebounds and six assists for the Rams (16-4, 6-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Phillip Russell shot 5 for 11, including 4 for 7 from beyond the arc to add 16 points. Max Shulga had 13 points and shot 4 for …

[ad_1] IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Owen Freeman and Drew Thelwell each scored 16 points and Iowa held off a late Penn State comeback to earn a 76-75 win on Friday night. The Hawkeyes (13-7, 4-5 Big Ten) took the lead for good on Payton Sandfort’s 3-pointer with 13:36 left in the first half gave them a 16-14 lead and …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith had 24 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals to help No. 11 Purdue rout No. 21 Michigan 91-64 on Friday night. Smith was 10 of 17 from the field and had only one turnover in 37 minutes to nearly join Joe Barry Carroll as the only Purdue players with a …

[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Nate Santos’ 24 points helped Dayton defeat Saint Joseph’s (PA) 77-72 on Friday night. Santos added eight rebounds for the Flyers (14-6, 4-3 Atlantic 10 Conference). Amael L’Etang added 14 points while shooting 5 for 12 (3 for 9 from 3-point range) and 1 of 3 from the free-throw line while they also had six …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith had 24 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals to help No. 11 Purdue rout No. 21 Michigan 91-64 on Friday night. Smith was 10 of 17 from the field and had only one turnover in 37 minutes to nearly join Joe Barry Carroll as the only Purdue players with a …

[ad_1] ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Aidan Reichert had 23 points in Mercyhurst’s 71-66 win against Wagner on Friday night. Reichert went 9 of 12 from the field (3 for 3 from 3-point range) for the Lakers (9-13, 3-4 Northeast Conference). Jeff Planutis shot 3 for 6 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line …

[ad_1] MILWAUKEE (AP) — Stevie Mitchell matched a career high with 21 points and No. 10 Marquette continued its recent domination of Villanova by beating the Wildcats 87-74 on Friday night. Chase Ross added 18 points and Kam Jones had 16 to help Marquette (17-3, 8-1 Big East) beat Villanova for an eighth consecutive time and tie No. 20 St. …

[ad_1] And then there was one. Kansas State is the only unbeaten team left in Big 12 play. It earned that honor thanks to Oklahoma State, which secured a 60-59 home win over No. 9 TCU on Wednesday. The eighth-ranked Wildcats continue to look like the top team in the conference. But with plenty of time between now and the …

[ad_1] AUBURN — John Cohen has much to say about Bruce Pearl. When Cohen came to Auburn in October 2022, Pearl was one the few coaches in place on the Plains who looked likely to be around for the entirety of his new athletics director’s tenure. Through a little more than two years, that’s proven to be true, as Pearl’s …

[ad_1] Finding a slice of sarcasm during another frustrating postgame press conference Wednesday night in the bowels of Madison Square Garden, Xavier head coach Sean Miller addressed Xavier’s tough stretch to end January. “We play UConn Saturday; we play at Creighton (Jan. 29). I don’t know if the Lakers are next,” Miller said. “We may petition to see if we …

[ad_1] There’s one sure-fire way for basketball players to etch their names into their school’s record books and high-school sports immortality: scoring 1,000 points. One of high school hoops’ most desirable milestones has been achieved more than a dozen times already in Northern Kentucky this season. The Enquirer brings you a list of players who have surpassed 1,000 career points …

[ad_1] MANHATTAN — Kansas State basketball is back home after two straight road games when No. 23-ranked West Virginia visits Bramlage Coliseum at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Wildcats (7-11, 1-6 Big 12) have dropped six straight games since beating Cincinnati in their Big 12 opener on Dec. 30. On Wednesday they blew a 12-point second-half lead in a 70-62 loss …

[ad_1] Auburn has a great coach in Bruce Pearl, an extremely sound team, one of the deepest teams Pearl has ever had, and enough firepower to overcome being without the likely national player of the year in Johni Broome. Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes said all that about the No. 1 Tigers (17-1, 5-0 SEC) on Friday before the No. …

[ad_1] One of the biggest SEC games of the college basketball takes place Saturday, and at its forefront are two of the league’s best examples in coaching. No. 1 Auburn basketball and No. 6 Tennessee will go toe-to-toe at 7:30 p.m. CST Saturday at Neville Arena. Helming the Tigers is Bruce Pearl, and in command of the Volunteers is Rick …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team returns to Fiserv Forum on Friday night to face Villanova (12-8, 5-4 Big East). MU (16-3, 7-1) is coming off a 76-59 victory at Seton Hall on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles are looking to keep pace with St. John’s atop the league’s standings. More: Ben Gold’s family visited from New Zealand. That helped the …

[ad_1] After front-loading its 2024-25 schedule with a slew of highly touted nonconference opponents, Auburn basketball is positioned for the same next season, announcing Friday that it’ll play in the Players Era Men’s Championship in Las Vegas the next three years. That means the Tigers will head to the City of Sin for the 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons. “Auburn …

[ad_1] Georgetown (13-6 overall, 4-4 in Big East) at Providence (9-10, 3-5) Providence College will be trying to get back on track after two straight road losses, with the most recent one coming on Jan. 17 — a 75-73 decision versus Villanova. Bensley Joseph led the Friars with 20 points and seven rebounds while Corey Floyd Jr. chipped in 18 …

[ad_1] PISCATAWAY — Rutgers basketball’s quest to upset eighth-ranked Michigan State Saturday and jump-start a last-ditch push into the NCAA Tournament picture just got harder. Junior center Emmanuel Ogbole will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a meniscus injury during Monday’s loss at Penn State, head coach Steve Pikiell informed the team at the end of Friday’s practice. …

[ad_1] Nate Oats says Alabama basketball isn’t going to “overlook” Cam Carter and the Tigers. A near seamless first half of defense fell apart for the No. 3 Crimson Tide in the last 20 minutes against Vanderbilt, and Oats expressed his disappointment in the second half again on Friday before LSU. He knows for certain that Alabama (16-3, 5-1 SEC) …

[ad_1] It has been an up and down year for the UConn men’s basketball team in its quest for a third-straight NCAA title under Dan Hurley. After a difficult start to the season, the Huskies currently sit at 19th in the latest AP Top 25 poll released on Monday, with an overall record of 14-5 (6-2 in Big East play). …

[ad_1] New Mexico State entered halftime on Thursday against Kennesaw State with momentum. It made five of its last eight shots, held the Owls to only one 3-pointer and led 34-24. Twenty minutes later, it all fell apart. The Aggies (11-8, 4-2 Conference USA) completely collapsed in the second half against the Owls (12-7, 4-2) at home. NM State was …

[ad_1] There’s one sure-fire way for basketball players to etch their names into their school’s record books and high-school sports immortality: scoring 1,000 points. One of high school hoops’ most desirable milestones has been achieved more than a dozen times already in Northern Kentucky this season. The Enquirer brings you a list of players who have surpassed 1,000 career points …

[ad_1] Just three weeks after a disappointing SEC debut at Texas A&M, Texas basketball will try and garner some vengeance against its bitter in-state rival Saturday at Moody Center. The Longhorns (13-6, 2-4 SEC) picked up their first win over a ranked opponent with a hard-fought 61-53 win Tuesday over No. 24 Missouri. But No. 13 Texas A&M (15-4, 4-2) …

[ad_1] After pulling out an 80-78 overtime win over Butler Tuesday, the UConn men’s basketball team is back in action Saturday. Solo Ball led all UConn scorers in Tuesday’s game against Butler with 23 points. UConn now turns its attention to its next opponent: Big East Conference foe Xavier. The UConn men defeated Xavier at the XL Center Dec. 18 …