College Basketball

[ad_1] RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Tre Johnson scored 18 points shooting 4 for 6 from 3-point range and Texas beat North Carolina State 63-59 in an SEC/ACC Challenge contest on Wednesday night. Johnson finished 7-of-15 shooting overall. Jordan Pope scored 13 points, Tramon Mark 10 and Arthur Kaluma grabbed 15 rebounds; one shy of tying a career high for …

[ad_1] FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Magoon Gwath had career highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds and No. 24 San Diego State beat Fresno State 84-62 on Wednesday night in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams. The Aztecs (5-2) have won 11 straight against the Bulldogs (3-5), including seven in a row in Fresno. Gwath, a 7-foot 0 …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackson Shelstad scored 21 of his career-high 24 points after halftime and No. 12 Oregon beat USC 68-60 in the Big Ten Conference debut for both teams Wednesday night. Shelstad made 12 of 14 free throws and reserve Keeshawn Barthelemey added 18 points on 4-for-5 shooting from 3-point range. Oregon’s leading scorers, Nate Bittle and …

[ad_1] After trailing for almost the entire game, the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team secured a 68-60 win against the USC Trojans, preserving their undefeated record and moving to 9-0 on the season. Two minutes in, USC scored the game’s first points and Oregon quickly responded. After that, the Trojans pulled in front, and they led until the score was …

[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — John Christofilis scored 22 points as Seattle beat Portland State 91-74 on Wednesday. Christofilis shot 7 for 13 (4 for 6 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Redhawks (3-5). Paris Dawson shot 6 for 7 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line …

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Isaiah Walker scored 24 points, Carter Whitt made a jumper at the buzzer in overtime and Belmont beat Illinois State 99-97 on Wednesday night. Belmont’s Jonathan Pierre hit a jumper to tie it 97-all with 21 seconds left. Whitt forced a turnover on the next possession and then hit a fade-away jumper in the lane …

[ad_1] DURHAM, N.C. — Duke played as tough an opponent as it’ll face all season Wednesday night against Auburn, an opponent it could very well face again at the Final Four in San Antonio. The ninth-ranked Blue Devils took the second-ranked Tigers’ best punch and responded each time with the toughness necessary to take down previously-unbeaten Auburn in a 84-78 …

[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donovan Dent had 20 points in New Mexico’s 83-77 win over San Jose State on Wednesday night. Dent added five assists for the Lobos (7-2, 1-0 Mountain West Conference). Mustapha Amzil scored 19 points while shooting 6 for 12 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 6 of 9 from the free-throw line and added …

[ad_1] OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton has played eight No. 1 teams in its basketball history, and the first six of those games weren’t close. All were losses. The last two? Bluejays blowouts at the CHI Health Center. Creighton took down top-ranked Kansas 76-63 on Wednesday night in a game the unranked Bluejays never trailed and led by 17 points. …

[ad_1] Duke at least let the ACC end the ACC-SEC Challenge on a high note. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) No. 9 Duke picked up its biggest win of the season on Wednesday, handing No. 2 Auburn its first loss. That was the extent of the good for the ACC. The Blue Devils emerged victorious 84-78 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, …

[ad_1] Kansas entered Wednesday’s road game against Creighton as the No. 1 team in the nation, and an undefeated one at that. However, the Jayhawks suffered a 76-63 defeat against the Bluejays (6-3). Though there were times Kansas (7-1) made things close, KU never led in its first true road test. Here are a few reasons why the Jayhawks lost: …

[ad_1] NEWARK – Since he arrived on campus in June, Prince Aligbe has been a leader off the court for Seton Hall basketball. On Wednesday, with the young season as a low point, he finally took charge on the court. The Boston College transfer put together his best game as a Pirate to push the Hall past NJIT 67-56 before …

[ad_1] OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Pop Isaacs helped unranked Creighton upset No. 1 Kansas 76-63 on Wednesday night, scoring a season-high 27 points and matching his career high with six 3-pointers. Kansas cut a 13-point deficit to one early in the second half, but Isaacs hit back-to-back 3s to rebuild the lead as the Bluejays (6-3) pulled away for their …

[ad_1] AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Devin Haid had 18 points in Central Connecticut State 73-69 victory over UMass on Wednesday night. Haid added seven rebounds for the Blue Devils (5-3). Jayden Brown added 12 points while going 5 of 11 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) while he also had six rebounds. Joe Ostrowsky shot 4 for 9, including 2 …

[ad_1] UNC basketball changed its starting lineup, but it didn’t change the Tar Heels’ fate against Alabama on Wednesday in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Hubert Davis’ club faced another double-digit deficit in the first half, struggled with turnovers and saw the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide rain 3-pointers in a 94-79 win against No. 20 UNC at the Dean E. Smith Center. For …

[ad_1] STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Liam McNeeley scored 17 points and No. 25 UConn came back from an early deficit to beat No. 15 Baylor 76-72 on Wednesday night in the Big 12-Big East Battle. Solo Ball made two late free throws and finished with 11 points as the Huskies iced the game from the foul line. Samson Johnson had …

[ad_1] STORRS — Liam McNeeley announced himself in college basketball on Wednesday night, leading the No. 25 UConn men’s basketball team past No. 15 Baylor, 76-72, in a sold-out Gampel Pavilion. Without three-year starter and leading scorer Alex Karaban (concussion protocol), coach Dan Hurley said the team would need the type of performance it got from McNeeley — 17 points, …

[ad_1] COLLEGE PARK – That was about as easy as Big Ten openers get for Maryland men’s basketball. The Terps drained their first three 3-pointers, took a double-digit lead before the game was seven minutes old and owned a 33-point advantage at halftime before putting the car in cruise control and sailing to an 83-59 rout of visiting Ohio State …

[ad_1] Milan Momcilovic appears poised to take his game to the next level in 2024-25 at Iowa State. The former Pewaukee High School basketball standout enters a huge non-conference showdown against Marquette on Wednesday night on the heels of an impressive showing in the Maui Invitational. The former Wisconsin Mr. Basketball and three-time state champion scored a career-high in Iowa …

[ad_1] LAHAINA, HAWAII – NOVEMBER 27: Drake Powell #9 of the North Carolina Tar Heels takes a jump shot during the first half of the Maui Invitational against the Michigan State Spartans at the Lahaina Civic Center on November 27, 2024 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images) The North Carolina Tar Heels will have a slight change to …

[ad_1] Alabama basketball is still in the running for the nation’s No. 1 basketball recruit AJ Dybantsa. The blue-chip small forward out of Utah Prep was previously also considering the likes of Auburn and Kansas State, but Alabama (6-2), North Carolina, Kansas and BYU are Dybantsa’s final four, per On3’s Joe Tipton. In April, coach Nate Oats and the Crimson …

[ad_1] Alabama basketball guard Houston Mallette has made his debut for Alabama basketball. Despite questions of whether the Pepperdine transfer would make his first appearance as a Crimson Tide player in light of a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture for starter Latrell Wrightsell, Jr., the transfer portal addition was seen warming up alongside former USF guard Chris Youngblood in Dean E. …

[ad_1] Nov 26, 2024; Lahaina, Hawaii, USA; Auburn Tigers forward Chaney Johnson (31) and North Carolina Tar Heels forward Jae’Lyn Withers (24) chase a loose ball during the first half at Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Marco Garcia-Imagn Images Auburn basketball returns to the hardwood on Wednesday, one week after defeating No. 15 Memphis to claim the Maui Invitational championship. …

[ad_1] Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway wants FedExForum full and loud for Wednesday’s game against Louisiana Tech. He’s looking for every edge he can find, because the Bulldogs pose a particularly tricky challenge. “We need that extra energy. And we need to come in well prepared to play a tough game,” Hardaway said Monday on his weekly coach’s radio show. …

[ad_1] Dec 3, 2024; Clemson, South Carolina, USA; Clemson celebrates a 70-66 win over Kentucky at Littlejohn Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images Clemson is getting pretty good at beating some of the blue blood programs and top-five college basketball teams. Brad Brownell’s Tigers (8-1 overall) did it again on Tuesday night inside a raucous Littlejohn Coliseum …