Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Guard Bryce Cotton scored a game-high 28 points as Providence held off a late DePaul surge for a 77-72 Big East victory on Saturday at Allstate Arena. The Friars (16-6, 6-3 in the Big East) hit 8-of-10 free throws in the final 3:23, including seven from Cotton, to keep DePaul at bay. […]
SAN ANTONIO — Iowa State is beaten up, but the Cyclones aren’t going away. Guard DeAndre Kane went into the lane and threw in a floater off the glass for the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left, sending third-seeded Iowa State past sixth-seeded North Carolina 85-83 Sunday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament […]
Road woes, immaturity and disrupted team chemistry. Whatever the case, the Pacers are struggling mightily down the stretch
INDIANAPOLIS — The Central Division leading Indiana Pacers appear to have no plans to yield the Eastern Conference No. 1 seed to the defending NBA champion Miami Heat. Fueled by a 17-0 third-quarter run Friday night, the Pacers improved to 51-18 with a 91-79 victory against the division rival Chicago Bulls in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. […]
The Los Angeles Clippers made a big trade deadline move last month when they shipped out locker room favorite and perennial Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Rajon Rondo.
Former Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun is interested in the vacant Boston College coaching job, ESPN reported Friday. Calhoun, 71, stepped down from coaching the Huskies before the 2012-13 season after sustaining a broken hip in a bike-riding accident. Calhoun has ties to the Boston area. He is from Braintree, Mass., attended American International College in […]
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets continued their dominant play at home with a 114-98 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night. It is the 11th consecutive home win for the Nets in a streak that dates to Feb. 3. Brooklyn has the fifth-best record (26-10) in the NBA since New Year’s Day. The […]
NEW YORK — A career-high 34 points from forward Mirza Teletovic was just enough to ensure the Brooklyn Nets are still the hottest team in January. A 107-106 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night to improve the Nets to 9-1 in 10 games this month. Trailing from the second quarter on, the Mavericks […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Not much was expected from the Cincinnati Bearcats in their first season in the American Athletic Conference. Coach Mick Cronin’s team received only one vote in a preseason poll and was picked to finish fourth in the conference. However, a 70-66 victory over Rutgers on Saturday before 6,650 at the Rutgers Athletic […]
ST. LOUIS — Another win, another slice of history for Wichita State. Forward Cleanthony Early poured in a game-high 23 points Friday night as the top-seeded Shockers became the first men’s team in NCAA history to start a season 35-0 with a 64-37 second-round pounding of overmatched Cal Poly in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Regional […]