Category: Wirenews
MIAMI — For the Utah Jazz, it was a rare win, especially on the road. For the Miami Heat, who have made the NBA Finals in each of the past four seasons, it was all part of their alarming new reality. In fact, not even Dwyane Wade’s vintage 42-point performance could save the Heat on […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chandler Parsons did not let a sore elbow and an achy back prevent him from scoring a season high Wednesday. Parsons poured in 32 points, including 21 in the second half, and led the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-106 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday at The Palace. Parsons finished […]
PORTLAND, Ore.– Guard Damian Lillard and forward LaMarcus Aldridge combined for 52 points to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to a 104-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night at the Moda Center. Lillard scored 29 points and Aldridge collected 23 points along with 15 rebounds for the Trail Blazers (20-6), who won their third […]
SAN ANTONIO — Power forward Zach Randolph scored 21 points, including all six of the Grizzlies’ points in the third overtime, and Memphis emerged with a 117-116 win at the AT&T Center on Wednesday. Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley rebounded a final shot from Spurs guard Manu Ginobili and threw the ball to the other […]
SAN ANTONIO — Power forward Zach Randolph scored 21 points, including all six of the Grizzlies’ points in the third overtime, and Memphis emerged with a 117-116 win at the AT&T Center on Wednesday. A 3-point barrage in the second half allowed the Spurs to erase a big early deficit and put themselves in a […]
SMU earned its fifth consecutive win, defeating Illinois-Chicago 67-46 Wednesday in a nonconference game at Moody Coliseum in Dallas. The Mustangs jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never relinquished control. They pressured Illinois-Chicago into difficult shots, and the Flames hit just 26.6 percent from the floor, including 6-of-32 shooting, 18.8 percent, in the first […]
Hampton struggled to make shots Wednesday night and never really had a shot to upset Illinois. Converting only 34.8 percent of its field-goal attempts, the Pirates absorbed a 73-55 nonconference beating from the Fighting Illini at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Illinois (8-3) led wire-to-wire in snapping a two-game losing streak. Illini guard Kendrick […]
NORFOLK, Va. — After spending the first half settling for long jumpers that weren’t falling, Old Dominion guard Trey Freeman was instructed to be more aggressive. With the game slipping away late in the second half, Freeman began turning those words into action. Freeman scored 10 of his 21 points inside the final four minutes […]
Forward Montel James and guard Devon Turk each scored 13 points, and Loyola-Chicago blew past Abilene Christian in the second half for a 83-44 victory Wednesday in a Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic game at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Guard Earl Peterson added 11 points as Loyola (7-2) won its third straight and fifth in […]
Junior forward Stacy Davis recorded a double-double to lead the Pepperdine Waves to a 53-45 victory over the Howard Bison in the second round of the Gotham Classic on Wednesday evening at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif. Davis had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Pepperdine (7-2), which is off to its best start through […]
