Category: Wirenews
CHICAGO — It was another chance for the Chicago Bulls to fix something that’s plagued them all season when the Sacramento Kings visited Monday for a game at the United Center. The Bulls were 7-6 at home this season when playing teams with sub-.500 records, like the Kings, but it wasn’t a problem this time. […]
PHOENIX — Shaking off a third-quarter elbow stinger, Houston Rockets guard James Harden scored 40 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out nine assists, leading the Rockets to a 127-118 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Houston blew an 18-point first-quarter lead, fell behind eight in the third and still rallied. Forward Josh Smith […]
LOS ANGELES — Point guard Ty Lawson scored a season-high 32 points and handed out 16 assists, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 106-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Backup forward Darrell Arthur added 15 points for the Nuggets (20-33), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Forwards Wilson […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — No. 1 Kentucky had chastened the sellout crowd at LSU’s Maravich Center by seemingly burying the upset-minded Tigers in a 13-point, second-half hole. Then Kentucky freshman forward Karl-Anthony Towns went off the John Calipari reservation, like freshmen sometimes do. With 10:39 left, Towns hung on the rim following a dunk attempt […]
CLEMSON, S.C. — Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant was a preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. Now he’s playing like that might not be enough. Grant’s latest highlight-reel performance came Tuesday night in Notre Dame’s come-from-behind 60-58 victory at Clemson as the senior guard scored 22 points and had five assists. “You saw him at his best, […]
Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian was hospitalized in Las Vegas after experiencing breathing difficulties and an infection on Monday. The Naismith Hall of Famer was transported by ambulance to Valley Hospital Medical Center from his home after his blood oxygen levels dropped. His son, Danny, called his condition minute by minute and said doctors were […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas Tech Red Raiders’ struggles in Big 12 play during Tubby Smith’s first two seasons as head coach have been well documented, but on their home floor they have been a snare for ranked opponents. The eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks avoided that trap as they distanced themselves from Texas Tech in the […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Freshman forward Karl-Anthony Towns, berated by coach John Calipari for drawing a technical foul by hanging on the rim, made a go-ahead baby hook shot in the lane with 1:29 left to lead top-ranked Kentucky to a 71-69 comeback victory over LSU on Tuesday night at the Maravich Center. Kentucky (24-0, […]
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State put on its best shooting display of the season in a 75-62 victory over Nevada on Tuesday night. The Aggies shot a season-high 59.5 percent from the field and hit 9-of-16 3-pointers as they pulled away right before halftime and never looked back behind a barrage of 3-point hits. Four […]
AUBURN, Ala. — Arkansas coach Mike Anderson considered Tuesday night’s 101-87 victory at Auburn a “total team win.” Why? Five of his players scored in double-figures, and the team combined for 23 assists as the No. 24 Razorbacks (19-5, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) beat Auburn (11-13, 3-8) for the eighth consecutive time. “It was poetry in […]
