Category: Wirenews
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 12-ranked Notre Dame, the nation’s top field-goal shooting team, flipped the switch from frigid to torrid and sprinted past Miami (Fla.), 75-70, on Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game. Notre Dame trailed, 43-31, with 15:06 left in the second half, and had hit only 2-of-16 shots from 3-point […]
PITTSBURGH — Virginia Commonwealth were missing leading scorer and rebounder Treveon Graham on Saturday against Duquesne, but the Rams didn’t need him in the long run. With the 6-foot-6 senior guard on the bench nursing an ankle sprain, his teammates picked up the slack. Sophomore guard JeQuan Lewis scored 16 points and junior guard Melvin […]
BOSTON — Junior guard Malcolm Brogdon reached double figures for the 10th time in his last 12 games, scoring a team-leading 20 points to keep No. 2-ranked Virginia perfect this season with a 66-51 win victory over Boston College at Conte Forum on Saturday. Virginia (17-0, 5-0 in the ACC) and top-ranked Kentucky (16-0) were […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fourth-ranked Duke bounced back from a two-game losing streak to overpower No. 6 Louisville 63-52 in Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. The Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2 ACC) gave coach Mike Krzyzewski the 998th victory of his career. “Obviously we are ecstatic about the win,” Krzyzewski said. […]
TORONTO — The Atlanta Hawks are under no illusions. They are surging right now and after dominating the Toronto Raptors 110-89 on Friday have won 11 in a row. They also have won 10 straight on the road, extending a team record. “We’ve still got a long way to go,” coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We’ve […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Guard Brandon Jennings put the Detroit Pistons in a position to win Friday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and then center Andre Drummond put the game against the Indiana Pacers in the victory column. Drummond’s tip-in of a missed Jennings shot with 0.3 seconds remaining lifted the Pistons to a 98-96 victory against […]
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have used 23 different starting lineups during an injury-plagued season. On Friday night, they had, for just the second time, the one that they prefer. Forward Kawhi Leonard was back after missing 15 games, and 17 of the last 19, with ligament damage in his right hand. He […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks avenged a loss two days earlier in Denver with a wire-to-wire, 97-89 victory over the overmatched Nuggets on Friday night. The difference from Wednesday to Friday came down to three rested Mavs players — forward Dirk Nowitzki, point guard Rajon Rondo and center Tyson Chandler — who were given the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant did not like what people saw from his team in the new year. He hadn’t seen the same attitude the Oklahoma City Thunder normally plays with. But with the Thunder reeling and in need of a victory, Durant saw his squad return to form for at least one night as […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 36 points and Russell Westbrook notched his ninth career triple-double to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-115 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The win pushed the Thunder’s record to 19-20 and the Warriors’ NBA-best record fell to 31-6. However, […]
