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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Turn a bunch of athletes loose and let them do some damage. That was North Carolina’s plan against Notre Dame Saturday. The Tar Heels (16-7, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) did not let a nine-point first-half deficit bother them. They held the Irish (12-12, 3-8) scoreless in the last 3:49 of the […]
Point guard Akeem Williams scored a season-high 30 points as Massachusetts-Lowell completed a regular-season sweep of Maryland-Baltimore County with a 71-61 win Saturday in Catonsville, Md. The River Hawks hit nine of 14 shots from beyond the 3-point arc to topple the Retrievers. In its first season in Division I, Mass-Lowell (8-15, 6-5 America East) […]
STARKVILLE, Miss. — No. 18 Kentucky struggled to pull away from Mississippi State on Saturday, but the Wildcats eventually took advantage of the Bulldogs’ lack of depth and wore them down, coming away with a 69-59 win. The Bulldogs were playing without starting guard I.J. Ready, who had the flu, and were down to seven […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa guard Devyn Marble scored 26 points to lead No. 17 Iowa in a rout past No. 10 Michigan 85-67 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday. Marble, a 6-foot-6 senior, scored Iowa’s first nine points and had 22 by halftime on 8-of-13 shooting. Marble, a 6-foot-6 Southfield, Mich., native scored Iowa’s first […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — North Carolina grabbed a four-point lead at halftime, then pulled away with a spurt to start the second half in a 73-62 victory over host Notre Dame Saturday. Forward James McAdoo (18 points), guard Marcus Paige (16), forward J.P. Tokoto (13) and forward Brice Johnson (10) teamed up to give the […]
ATLANTA — Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon had 14 points and 11 rebounds in the return to his hometown to help the No. 20 Cavaliers defeat host Georgia Tech 64-45 Saturday for their seventh straight win. Brogdon, a redshirt-sophomore from suburban Norcross, was only 3-for-12 from the field, but his steal and slam midway in the […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida let a 10-point first half lead slip away, but opened the second half with a big run to put away Alabama, 78-69, in a Southeastern Conference game on Saturday. The third-ranked Gators extended their home winning streak to 29 games, including 14 SEC wins in a row at the O’Connell Center […]
PITTSBURGH — Junior guard Cameron Wright scored a game-high 18 points, including four decisive free throws in the second overtime, and the No. 25 Pittsburgh escaped with a 62-57 victory over ACC cellar-dwelling Virginia Tech. Pitt (20-4, 8-3 in the ACC) barely avoided its third consecutive home loss by upstart Virginia Tech (8-15, 1-10), which […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida let a 10-point first half lead slip away, but opened the second half with a big run to put away Alabama, 78-69, in a Southeastern Conference game on Saturday. The third-ranked Gators extended their home winning streak to 29 games, including 14 SEC wins in a row at the O’Connell Center […]
ATLANTA — On the next visit to town, Virginia coach Tony Bennett may take the entire team to Malcolm Brogdon’s house for a meal. The redshirt-sophomore guard, who grew up in the northern suburbs, hosted several of his teammates at his house on Friday for a little home-cooked meal. And on Saturday Brogdon posted his […]
