Category: Wirenews
When Lehigh needed baskets down the stretch, Teddy Okereafor provided them. Okereafor scored a game-high 29 points and corralled six rebounds as Rider (2-1) held off Lehigh (0-3) 78-74 on Friday night in Lawrenceville, N.J. Leading by just four with 3:55 to play, Lehigh’s Okereafor converted eight free throws and added a layup to seal […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three games to start the season, three 20-plus point wins. That described the Virginia Cavaliers’ season entering Friday night’s tussle with the George Washington Colonials. The Cavaliers coasted into what was expected to be a challenge from a good Colonials team that had won their first two games of the year. What […]
MIAMI — Florida International led from start to finish and posted its third victory in three outings, defeating Florida Memorial 74-48 on Friday night. Guard Dennis Mavin scored 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field and forward Adrian Diaz, a transfer from Kansas State, posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds to […]
NEW YORK — Senior guard Quinn Cook scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and fourth-ranked Duke pulled away for a 74-54 victory over Temple on Friday night in the semifinals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Barclays Center. Freshman center Jahil Okafor added 16 points and eight rebounds and […]
NEW YORK — Running the Texas Longhorns offense is not a heavy lift for Javan Felix, so it wasn’t a surprise to see the junior point guard seamlessly fit in for the injured Isaiah Taylor in Friday’s championship game of the 2K Classic. Felix contributed nine points in 35 minutes to help No. 10 Texas […]
Junior forward Jordan Goodman scored 19 points, leading New Mexico to a 69-58 victory over George Mason in the second round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Friday night at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Senior guard Deshawn Delaney added 16 points and eight rebounds for New Mexico (3-1). Freshman center Shevon […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Center DeMarcus Cousins had 22 points and 14 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double and the Sacramento Kings ended the Chicago Bulls’ road dominance with a 103-88 victory at Sleep Train Arena on Thursday night. Forward Rudy Gay scored 20 points and added seven rebounds despite playing with a painful left Achilles’ […]
MIAMI — The Los Angeles Clippers, who left home earlier this week with a mediocre 5-4 record, might be starting to find their game. That was certainly the case on Thursday night when point guard Chris Paul had 26 points and a game-high 12 assists to help the Clippers dominate the Miami Heat 110-93 at […]
It was pretty easy to analyze how George Mason lost Thursday night. The Patriots kept turning the ball over and West Virginia kept converting their mistakes into points. Forcing 24 turnovers and cashing them in for 31 points, the Mountaineers led by 26 at the half and cruised to an 90-65 rout in the first […]
Senior guard R.J. Price scored 14 points, and three of his Radford teammates scored in double figures as the Highlanders defeated Howard 61-52 Thursday at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Va. Radford (1-2) fought off Howard (1-3) in the second half to win in its home opener. The Highlanders scored the game’s final five points […]
