College Basketball

[ad_1] TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Zek Montgomery led Bradley with 26 points and Duke Deen hit the game-winning layup with 4.3 seconds left in the overtime as the Braves beat Indiana State 90-89 on Wednesday night. The Braves forced a turnover with 20 seconds left and worked the ball around until Deen dribbled to the left wing thrn worked …

[ad_1] Jan. 1—Austin Rapp leads Portland in, well, just about every statistical category. That’s unusual, but even more so considering Rapp is 19 years old, a true freshman and stands 6-foot-10 and 230 pounds. Rapp, one of three Australians in the Pilots’ starting lineup, is a candidate for West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and his stats compare favorably …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eric Dixon’s 28 points helped Villanova defeat Butler 73-65 on Wednesday night. Dixon shot 10 for 20 (5 for 10 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (9-5, 2-1 Big East Conference). Wooga Poplar scored 18 points while going 7 of 13 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and …

[ad_1] Jan 1, 2025; Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Louisville Cardinals forward James Scott (0) dunks against North Carolina Tar Heels forward Jae’Lyn Withers (24) and forward Jalen Washington (13) during the second half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-Imagn Images The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program doesn’t appear to have the “new year, new me” mindset as the …

[ad_1] Butler suffered a complete meltdown, squandering a 13-point second-half lead, losing to Villanova 73-65. The loss is the Bulldogs’ sixth in a row. Jahmyl Telfort led Butler with 25 points. How ex-Butler players are doing: Breakout seasons, Final Four run, shooting slumps Butler suffers complete meltdown in second half Butler (7-7, 0-3) led 64-51 with 6:03 left in the …

[ad_1] CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Hunter scored 22 points, Chauncey Wiggins had a season-high 17 points and Clemson beat Stanford 85-71 on Wednesday. It was tied at 52-all with 14:37 remaining before Clemson went on a 10-0 run with scoring from four different players. Myles Foster scored the next six Clemson points to make it 68-57 and Stanford did …

[ad_1] The wait was worth it. Pat Kelsey on Wednesday scored Louisville basketball’s first commitment of the 2025 recruiting cycle, and it was a big one. Mikel Brown Jr., a consensus top-three point guard in the country, pledged to the Cardinals during their game against North Carolina at the KFC Yum! Center. With a 247Sports Composite rating of 0.9962, the …

[ad_1] CHICAGO (AP) — Solo Ball made seven 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, helping No. 11 UConn beat DePaul 81-68 on Wednesday for its seventh straight win. Alex Karaban had 18 points for the Huskies (11-3, 3-0 Big East), who have recovered nicely after losing three in a row at the Maui Invitational. UConn closed out the road win …

[ad_1] CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Tayshawn Comer scored 26 points as Evansville beat Southern Illinois 68-53 on Wednesday. Comer had three steals for the Purple Aces (5-9, 2-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Cameron Haffner scored 20 points and added nine rebounds. The Salukis (5-9, 0-3) were led by Kennard Davis, who recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds. Ali Abdou Dibba added …

[ad_1] CHICAGO (AP) — Solo Ball made seven 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, helping No. 11 UConn beat DePaul 81-68 on Wednesday for its seventh straight win. Alex Karaban had 18 points for the Huskies (11-3, 3-0 Big East), who have recovered nicely after losing three in a row at the Maui Invitational. UConn closed out the road win …

[ad_1] Solo Ball started 2025 with the best game of his career as his hot shooting from deep led the UConn men’s basketball team to an 81-68 win over DePaul on New Year’s Day in Chicago. Ball – part of the sophomore class coach Dan Hurley bet on in the offseason, rather than seeking out older players in the transfer …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jocelyn Tate scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Julia Ayrault also had a double-double and No. 21 Michigan State dominated the first half for a 77-59 win on Wednesday afternoon. Ayrault had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten Conference), who had 18 steals and scored 23 points …

[ad_1] JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — John Buggs III scored a career-high 33 points and made 10 of East Tennessee State’s program-record 17 3-pointers as the Buccaneers beat VMI 84-69 on Wednesday. Buggs connected on 10 of his 16 3-point attempts for the Buccaneers (8-6, 1-0 Southern Conference) to finish one shy of Patrick Good’s school-record 11 makes. Jaden Seymour …

[ad_1] NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Samson Aletan scored 19 points to help Yale defeat Howard 93-65 on Wednesday. Aletan had five rebounds for the Bulldogs (7-6). John Poulakidas scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 13, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc and added seven rebounds. Nick Townsend had 14 points and shot 4 for 10 (2 …

[ad_1] Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (11-2) at UTEP Miners (10-3) El Paso, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana Tech plays UTEP after Daniel Batcho scored 27 points in Louisiana Tech’s 108-60 victory against the Rust Bearcats. The Miners have gone 7-0 in home games. UTEP ranks ninth in the CUSA with 7.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Otis …

[ad_1] Ben Johnson wants to remind doubters of his scuffling Gophers men’s basketball team that No. 2 scoring option and starting point guard Mike Mitchell Jr. missed seven games earlier this season with a high ankle sprain. And Minnesota lost three of them. Plus, Mitchell was still not 100 percent in his first two games back, both December losses to …

[ad_1] North Carolina Tar Heels (8-5, 1-0 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (8-5, 1-1 ACC) Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -1.5; over/under is 164.5 BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina visits Louisville after Ian Jackson scored 26 points in North Carolina’s 97-81 win over the Campbell Fighting Camels. The Cardinals are 5-3 in home games. Louisville scores 78.0 …

[ad_1] Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (7-6, 2-0 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (4-9, 0-2 OVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee State hosts Southeast Missouri State after Travis Harper II scored 22 points in Tennessee State’s 74-68 loss to the Morehead State Eagles. The Tigers have gone 4-1 in home games. Tennessee State averages 80.4 points while …

[ad_1] BYU Cougars guard Egor Demin (3) lays the ball up while guarded by Arizona State Sun Devils forward Jayden Quaintance (21) during an NCAA men’s basketball game held at the Marriott Center in Provo on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News In the middle of the BYU basketball team’s 10-2 start is a trend that might …

[ad_1] Villanova Wildcats (8-5, 1-1 Big East) at Butler Bulldogs (7-6, 0-2 Big East) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -2.5; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: Villanova visits Butler after Eric Dixon scored 27 points in Villanova’s 86-79 loss to the Creighton Bluejays. The Bulldogs have gone 5-3 at home. Butler is ninth in the Big East …

[ad_1] Monmouth head coach King Rice has been suspended for Thursday’s Coastal Athletic Association opener against Stony Brook. The CAA handed Rice the one-game suspension for violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy in making derogatory post-game comments about a referee following Monmouth’s season-ending loss to Charleston on March 10, 2024 at the CAA Tournament in Washington, D.C. League play gets underway …

[ad_1] Former Wisconsin star A.J. Storr had a quiet showing in Kansas’ 62-61 loss to West Virginia on Tuesday. Storr, who played 15 minutes in the contest, finished with zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists and zero steals on 0-for-2 shooting and 0-for-1 from three. Related: Updated game-by-game predictions for Wisconsin basketball entering 2025 Big Ten schedule Both Storr and K.J. …

[ad_1] Purdue basketball’s nonconference schedule may have prepared it for the impending challenge of winning a third consecutive Big Ten championship. Scheduling those games was the easy part. Applying what it learned across a league schedule which allows for little margin for error will be much more difficult. Over the past two months we’ve also learned a lot about the …

[ad_1] The Wisconsin Badgers enter the New Year after a strong start to the 2024-25 season. The team is 10-3 overall and 0-2 in Big Ten play, with resume-building wins over Arizona, Pittsburgh, UCF and Butler. While losses to Michigan, Illinois and Marquette currently hold it back from a top 25 ranking, its 8-0 start flashed potential as a top-end …

[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 29: Jalen Washington #13 of the North Carolina Tar Heels dunks against the Campbell Fighting Camels during the first half of the game at the Dean E. Smith Center on December 29, 2024 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) The North Carolina Tar Heels are jumping right into the …