College Basketball

[ad_1] NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jalon Moore scored 22 points and Oklahoma pulled away in the second half to beat South Carolina 82-62 on Saturday. Moore made 6 of 10 shots from the floor and 10 of 11 at the free-throw line for the Sooners (14-4, 1-4 Southeastern Conference). He added eight rebounds. Jeremiah Fears totaled 16 points, nine rebounds …

[ad_1] OMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Jamond Vincent scored 28 points as New Orleans beat East Texas A&M 82-73 on Saturday night. Vincent added seven rebounds and four steals for the Privateers (4-14, 2-5 Southland Conference). Kohen Rowbatham scored 24 points while going 7 of 10 from the floor, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and 9 for 11 from …

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jason Edwards scored 18 points as Vanderbilt held off No. 6 Tennessee 76-75 on Saturday for the Commodores’ second straight win. Fans stormed the court for the first sellout at Memorial Gym since 2019 after the Commodores (15-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) won for only the second time in the last 14 games of this series. …

[ad_1] FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Keeshawn Kellman had 21 points in Florida Gulf Coast’s 60-47 win against Queens on Saturday. Kellman added five rebounds and three blocks for the Eagles (10-9, 5-1 Atlantic Sun Conference). Jevin Muniz scored 16 points while going 5 of 10 from the floor, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range, and 3 for 3 …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Blackwell scored 28 points and No. 24 Wisconsin defeated Southern California 84-69 Saturday afternoon to extend its winning streak to seven games. Max Klesmit added 18 points and Nolan Winter 13 for the Badgers (15-3, 5-2 Big Ten), who have an average margin of victory of 16.1 points during their win streak. Saint Thomas …

[ad_1] KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — David Green scored 22 points to lead Rhode Island and Sebastian Thomas knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with one second left as the Rams beat Davidson 92-90 on Saturday. Green shot 7 of 16 from the field, including 4 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 6 from the line for the Rams …

[ad_1] With Selection Sunday still eight weeks away, UConn’s dream of winning a third-consecutive NCAA men’s basketball championship remains firmly alive. At least one statistical marker of the Huskies’ dominance over the past several years, however, has now vanished. Behind a career-high 24 points from guard Jamiya Neal, Creighton defeated UConn 68-63 Saturday at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut to …

[ad_1] Jan. 18—The East Central University men’s basketball team lit up the scoreboard with a red-hot 3-point shooting performance on Thursday night, hitting 14 triples in a thrilling 77-57 win over Arkansas Tech at the Kerr Activities Center. The Tigers improved to 6-9 overall and 3-6 in Great American Conference play, while Arkansas Tech left town with identical records of …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 25 points and Zeke Mayo scored 24 to lead No. 9 Kansas over Kansas State 84-74 on Saturday. Kansas (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) built a big lead to start the game and then kept K-State at arm’s length. The Wildcats (7-10, 1-5) never got closer than six points. Mayo had 14 points …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top offensive teams in the country. Nelson was 7 for 13 from the field and 9 for 10 at the line. He scored a total of 21 points in …

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Bowen scored 20 points, Malique Ewin added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Florida State defeated Georgia Tech 91-78 on Saturday. Lance Terry hit a 3-pointer and Georgia Tech, which had not led, was within 70-66 with 5 minutes remaining. The Seminoles answered with seven points in the next minute. Ewin hit a jumper, …

[ad_1] Creighton guard Jamiya Neal (5) led both teams with 24 points. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Just after climbing back into the Top 25, No. 14 UConn suffered another upset on Saturday, falling to unranked Creighton after a failed comeback attempt. The Huskies, who were down 35-28 at the half, scraped through the second half to retake the lead with less …

[ad_1] Louisville basketball’s Aboubacar Traore skipped across Denny Crum Court — mean mugging, flexing; a swagger befitting his Dirt Bowl-inspired uniform. The 6-foot-5 senior forward had just picked Isaac McKneely’s pocket, trotted nearly the length of the floor and threw down a one-handed slam dunk that pushed the Cardinals’ lead over Virginia to 24-12 at the 10:11 mark of the …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team faces Xavier for the second time this season at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. The seventh-ranked Golden Eagles (15-2, 6-0 Big East) beat the Musketeers (11-7, 3-4) on Dec. 21 in Cincinnati. More: Shaka Smart has made Marquette a mainstay in the top 10, but this coach re-ignited program Refresh the browser …

[ad_1] Mick Cronin’s UCLA men’s basketball team has spent the first two months of the 2024-25 season racking up frequent-flyer miles, with trips to New York, Nebraska and Maryland already completed. When it comes to other teams’ potential travel woes, Cronin isn’t exactly sympathetic. In a news conference Friday night following the Bruins’ 94-70 thumping of Iowa, Cronin was asked …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team faces Xavier for the second time this season at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. The seventh-ranked Golden Eagles (15-2, 6-0 Big East) beat the Musketeers (11-7, 3-4) on Dec. 21 in Cincinnati. More: Shaka Smart has made Marquette a mainstay in the top 10, but this coach re-ignited program Refresh the browser …

[ad_1] It’s a huge matchup this afternoon at 3pm ET on NBC and Peacock as the No. 17 Purdue Boilermakers take on the No. 13 Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon. Purdue enters today’s game on a six-game win streak, tied for the second-longest active streak in the conference. Meanwhile, Oregon has made a habit of close …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — It is an intense and yet introspective crossroad for Tom Izzo. His frustration over three straight second-half defensive letdowns, he admitted, overshadowed just how well No. 12 Michigan State basketball performed offensively in Wednesday’s 90-85 win over Penn State. It comes from the perspective the 30-year dean of Big Ten coaches sees a bigger picture with …

[ad_1] Jan. 18—Men’s college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament. This week? A mix of Big Ten and SEC teams at the top. ➜ 1. Iowa State ➜ 2. Tennessee ➜ 3. Michigan State ➜ 4. Oregon The predictive metrics don’t exactly love Oregon. Mostly because of …

[ad_1] Jan. 18—PULLMAN — This may be David Riley’s first year as Washington State’s head coach, but it’s hardly his first rodeo in the region. A Seattle native, he spent the first decade-plus of his coaching career at Eastern Washington, giving him some awareness of WSU throughout the years. That provided Riley with chances to check out Cougars teams led …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — It is an intense and yet introspective crossroad for Tom Izzo. His frustration over three straight second-half defensive letdowns, he admitted, overshadowed just how well No. 12 Michigan State basketball performed offensively in Wednesday’s 90-85 win over Penn State. It comes from the perspective the 30-year dean of Big Ten coaches sees a bigger picture with …

[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio — IU basketball coach Mike Woodson had little patience for a question about the “noise” surrounding the program after Friday night’s 77-76 win over Ohio State. The speculation over Woodson’s future reached a fever pitch after the Hoosiers (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten) lost back-to-back conference games by 25 points and fans expressed their frustration at Assembly Hall with “Fire Woodson” …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE — Kansas State’s basketball team is looking for something, anything, to turn its season around, and what better way to do that than knocking off rival Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse? Trouble is, the Wildcats go into Saturday’s first leg of the 2025 Sunflower Showdown having dropped four straight games and 13 in a row on the road dating …

[ad_1] Wisconsin’s game against the UCLA Bruins on Tuesday looks like a tougher test after Friday’s action. That result: UCLA demolished Iowa 94 to 70. The game was over by the time the Bruins built a 57-24 halftime lead. Related: Updated win-loss predictions for Wisconsin basketball schedule entering West Coast road trip The victory is an important step forward for a …

[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA – Next time they’ll fix it. Next time the inbounds pass won’t be intercepted. Next time the ensuing play won’t get blown up resulting in a hurried shot that never had a chance. Next time they’ll do a better job boxing out on the defensive boards so that they don’t give up an uncontested layup with the game …