Category: Wirenews
Forward Jalen Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating, desperation 3-point heave from about 75 feet away to give George Mason a stunning 64-63 victory over Manhattan on Saturday afternoon in Fairfax, Va. Jenkins’ shot came after a free-throw miss by Manhattan forward Shane Richards. The 6-foot-7 Jenkins grabbed the rebound and flung a Hail Mary that swished […]
BOSTON — The San Antonio Spurs got their coach back on the bench and celebrated by rolling to their seventh straight win, a 111-89 victory over the floundering Boston Celtics on Sunday. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who missed two games for a minor medical procedure, saw his team blow a nine-point first-quarter lead and then […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus Aldridge was errant from the field of late — hitting 10 of 37 shots in the previous two games — and Portland’s All-Star forward didn’t have a good feeling entering Sunday’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I felt like I was fighting a cold,” Aldridge said. “I did not shoot well […]
Mike Myers scored 20 points and helped the visiting Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks to a 72-66 victory over the Fordham Rams on Saturday at Rose Hill Gymnasium in New York. Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-6) never trailed in the game, but the Hawks needed to hold off late charges from Fordham. The Rams cut the lead to two […]
The William & Mary Tribe extended its winning streak to five straight and ended Wofford’s five-game winning streak in defeating the Terriers 66-62 on Saturday at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Va. After starting the game down 14-0 and trailing 38-28 at halftime, Wofford climbed back in the second half and cut its deficit to 64-62 […]
Junior guard Jeff Short scored 20 points to help Norfolk State rally for a 60-58 victory over host Saint Peter’s on Saturday in the championship game of the Barclays Center Classic at Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, N.J. Junior forward RaShid Gaston had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Norfolk State (4-3), which trailed by […]
After opening the season with four consecutive wins, Kent State dropped its second in a row Saturday at the MAC Center in Kent, Ohio. Loyola (Illinois) led by as many as 20 points in the first half and withstood a second-half rally for a 69-61 victory. Senior forward Christian Thomas led Loyola (4-1) with 16 […]
Virginia coach Tony Bennett joked after the Cavaliers’ 45-26 victory over Rutgers on Saturday night that they needed to repay the Barclays Center for paint that they had chipped off of the rims from missed shots. Fortunately for Bennett and his eighth-ranked Cavaliers, the only thing that needed to be done was to collect a […]
Brett Bisping led five Siena players in double figures with 16 points and the visiting Saints beat Loyola (Md.) 81-71 on Saturday night in Baltimore. Rob Poole had 15 points and Marquis Wright scored 14 for the Saints (2-2), who snapped a six-game losing streak to Loyola. Ryan Oliver also had 11 points for Siena […]
Neighboring South Florida schools separated by just 125 miles clashed for the second straight season Sunday, and it was Florida Atlantic that prevailed once again against Ave Maria University, this time by a 54-43 score in Boca Raton, Fla. Last year’s meeting was an 86-51 Owls romp, but this year the defense of Ave Maria […]
