Category: Wirenews
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Junior guard Jordan Sibert made a 3-pointer with 49 seconds left to put 11th-seeded Dayton up by six, and the Flyers held on to beat third-seeded Syracuse 55-53 in a third-round game Saturday night at First Niagara Center. Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis missed a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer, as […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Center Al Jefferson, guard Kemba Walker and guard Gerald Henderson combined for 77 points in basically three quarters as the Charlotte Bobcats snapped a two-game losing streak and routed the Portland Trail Blazers 124-94 on Saturday night. Jefferson finished with 28 points and did not play at all in the fourth quarter […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Senior point guard Xavier Thames scored 30 points to carry San Diego State to a 63-44 victory over North Dakota State in third-round action Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs (31-4), seeded fourth in the West Regional, advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in school history. San […]
MILWAUKEE — Surviving and advancing, as is the March adage in college hoops, is a whole lot easier when a team has senior leadership. And fortunately for the Michigan Wolverines, they had just that in guard Nik Stauskas. Stauskas made four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points Saturday as No. 2 Michigan knocked off the […]
MILWAUKEE — Guard Nik Stauskas made four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points Saturday as Michigan knocked off Texas, 79-65, in a third round Midwest Regional game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Michigan came out firing, making 15-of-28 shots in the first half, but cooled off considerably and finished at only 44 percent for […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rick Pitino built his coaching reputation on taking advantage of the 3-point shot, but in a bit of irony, the Louisville Cardinals advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament by shutting down that shot. Louisville defeated Saint Louis 66-51 on Saturday in a Midwest Regional game, in large part, by […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Luke Hancock led four scorers in double figures with 21 points to lift No. 4-seed Louisville to a 66-51 victory over Saint Louis in a South Region third-round game in the NCAA Tournament at the Amway Center. Guards Chris Jones and Russ Smith added 11 points each and forward Montrezl Harrell scored […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Wilbekin is still looking for some respect nationally and if he continues to carry the top-seeded Florida Gators through the NCAA Tournament, he’s going to get it. Wilbekin scored 13 of his 21 points in the last eight minutes to help the Gators put away a 61-45 victory over No. 9-seeded […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Wilbekin scored 13 of his 21 points in the last eight minutes to help the top-seeded Florida Gators pull away to a 61-45 victory over Pittsburgh in the third round of the NCAA Tournament at Amway Arena. Guard Michael Frazier II added 10 points for the Gators, who advance to the […]
PHOENIX — The Detroit Pistons had not won a road game in two months, had not won a game in Arizona in six years and missed free throws at an almost historic rate against the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. But the struggling Suns still had to work down the stretch to secure their 40th […]
