Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
PHILADELPHIA — The game appeared over. The New York Knicks, lead the Philadelphia 76ers 91-74 with 5:15 left on Friday night, had inserted their reserves. Two streaks — the Knicks’ winning spree and the Sixers’ history-threatening skid — seemed on the verge of continuing. But the Sixers surged and the Knicks sagged. The game remained […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Wilbekin is still looking for some respect nationally and if he continues to carry the top-seeded Florida Gators through the NCAA Tournament, he’s going to get it. Wilbekin scored 13 of his 21 points in the last eight minutes to help the Gators put away a 61-45 victory over No. 9-seeded […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris, whose mother, Joy Holmes-Harris, was a women’s basketball standout at Purdue, led the 13th-ranked Spartans’ 3-point shooting barrage Thursday night in a 94-79 victory against his parents’ alma mater. Harris made a career-best six 3-pointers — his previous best was five last season against the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Senior guard Vee Sanford’s layup with 3.8 seconds remaining lifted the Dayton Flyers, the No. 11 seed in the South Region, to a 60-59 victory over No. 6 Ohio State at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Dayton (24-10) emerges from the Battle of Ohio second round victory to face No. 3 […]
MILWAUKEE — Point guard Traevon Jackson scored 18 points as Wisconsin beat American, 75-35, Thursday in a second round NCAA Tournament game played at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Riding a 19-3 run into intermission, the second-seeded Badgers (27-7), playing just under an hour from their Madison, Wis. home arena, shot 57.7 percent in the […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Junior guard Travis Trice scored 17 points off the bench and No. 22 Michigan State snapped a two-game losing streak by defeating No. 24 Iowa 86-76 on Thursday night at Breslin Center. Forward Adreian Payne had 14 points and point guard Keith Appling supplied 12 to make their Senior Night a […]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Guard Alex Barlow scored 19 points and the Butler Bulldogs ended their seven-game losing streak with a 79-46 win on Thursday night over the DePaul Blue Demons. Forward Khyle Marshall added 18 for Butler (13-16, 3-14 Big East), which had not won since a 64-57 victory at Seton Hall on Jan. 29. […]
2014 NCAA Tournament Preview: Oregon (7) vs. BYU (10)
LeBron James said in an interview on NBA TV that “at this point” he cannot imagine leaving the Miami Heat after this season when he can choose to become a free agent by exercising an option in his contract. “At this point, I can’t,” James said in the NBA TV interview on Monday night. “We […]
NORFOLK, Va. — What’s a team to do when it needs 3-pointers to fall but is experiencing a night when they are just not falling? If you are the Old Dominion Monarchs, you just keep pulling the trigger. Monarchs guard Ambrose Mosley made his team’s only 3-pointer of the second half at just the right […]