Category: NCAA News Wire
INDIANAPOLIS — If all goes according to plan for Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State and Kansas, this won’t be the only visit to central Indiana this season. The four teams converge on Bankers Life Fieldhouse for Tuesday’s Champions Classic, an annual showcase that gives college basketball fans an early glimpse of the perennial powers while offering […]
North Carolina State broke out to a 19-5 lead and never looked back in knocking off Hofstra 76-64 on Monday in Raleigh, N.C. The Pride (1-1), coming off a 33-point win over Jacksonville in the season opener, had a nightmare of a first half, shooting 32.3 percent from the field and turning the ball over […]
Saint Joseph’s continued its recent run of dominance over city rival Drexel, winning its fourth straight in the series between the two schools, 52-49, in a “road” game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia on Monday night. Drexel took its biggest lead of the game at 36-29 with 12:24 remaining following back-to-back buckets by […]
After leading by just four points at halftime, Florida Atlantic pulled away in the second half for a 74-49 victory over Warner University on Monday night in Boca Raton, Fla. Florida Atlantic and Warner were tied 29-29 late in the first half, but the Owls scored four points in the final minute to go to […]
The Loyola (Ill.) Ramblers defeated a Division II opponent for the second straight game on Monday night at the Gentile Arena, but the Ramblers’ schedule will take a giant leap in their next contest. Sophomore guard Milton Doyle scored 21 points and added eight assists, and senior forward Christian Thomas added 21 points as Loyola […]
Junior forward Jake Wiegand recorded a double-double to lead Illinois-Chicago to a 67-64 victory over visiting Western Illinois on Monday night at UIC Pavilion. Wiegand had 28 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois-Chicago (1-1). Junior guard Paris Burns added 13 points and five rebounds. Junior guard J.C. Fuller came off the bench to score a […]
Guard Four McGlynn scored 13 points as Towson earned its first victory of the season with a 51-46 road victory over Morgan State Monday night. McGlynn, the only member of the Tigers (1-1) to score in double figures, made all eight of his free throws in the offensively challenged game, including four in the final […]
A dominant rebounding performance powered West Virginia to an 83-56 win over Lafayette on Sunday afternoon in Morgantown, W.Va. Led by senior forward Jonathan Holton’s 18-point, 15-rebound effort, the Mountaineers (2-0) outrebounded the Leopards 50-31, with sophomore forward Devin Williams chipping in a double-double of his own (15 points, 11 rebounds). Guards Jaysean Paige (16 […]
After falling behind early to Cornell in its season-opening loss, host George Mason made sure to make no such mistakes against Princeton. The Patriots went wire-to-wire against the Tigers, jumping out to a 15-point first half lead and riding that to a 63-60 win. Guard Patrick Holloway led the way for George Mason (1-1) for […]
A hot start to the second half propelled the Massachusetts Minutemen to a 71-62 win over Boston College on Sunday as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer tripleheader at the TD Garden in Boston. UMass senior forward Maxie Esho poured in a career-high 23 points and junior guard Derrick Gordon scored all 15 of his […]
