Top 25 roundup: Kentucky needs OT to edge Ole Miss

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s perfect record remains intact. Just barely. Mississippi shot better than it had all season long but came up short in an 89-86 overtime loss to the top-ranked Wildcats. Guard Jarvis Summers had a chance to win the game for the Rebels (9-5), but the shot didn’t fall with four seconds left […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Wright earns 300th win as No. 8 Villanova defeats No. 24 St. John’s

NEW YORK — Villanova coach Jay Wright considers himself a “Philly guy,” but New York City has always been good to him. On Tuesday, Wright earned his 300th win at Villanova, guiding the eighth-ranked Wildcats to a 90-72 win over No. 24 St. John’s in a battle of two original Big East Conference teams at […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Loving’s OT hoop lifts Ohio State past Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — With the way he played in the first half Tuesday against Minnesota, Ohio State freshman guard D’Angelo Williams was the favorite to hit a big shot late. Instead, it was his teammate, forward Marc Loving, who knocked down the biggest shot of the game. Loving hit a go-ahead jumper with five seconds to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Grizzlies roll over shorthanded Knicks

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As the losses piled up on the New York Knicks, so did the possibility of major change. Players didn’t believe it was a matter of if team president Phil Jackson would make moves, but a matter of when. “We knew something was coming,” guard Jose Calderon said after the Memphis Grizzlies dealt […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Afflalo scores 34 in Nuggets’ win

MINNEAPOLIS — Some extra time in the film room is starting to pay off for Denver Nuggets guard Arron Afflalo. On Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Afflalo put together his own personal highlight tape. Afflalo scored a season-high 34 points on 11-of-18 shooting, including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc, leading the Nuggets to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Thunder, Cavs, Knicks swing trade

The New York Knicks are mired in one their worst seasons ever. No one in Cleveland is making plans for a Cavaliers championship parade, and the Oklahoma City Thunder just got back to the .500 mark. On Monday, the three teams were involved in a trade they hope will solve some of their problems. The […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Trail Blazers 98, Lakers 94

PORTLAND — Guard Damian Lillard scored 14 of his 39 points in the final six minutes as the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit to down the Los Angeles Lakers 98-94 Monday night at the Moda Center. Forward LaMarcus Aldridge added 21 points with eight rebounds as the Trail Blazers (27-8) won […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bulls pull away from Rockets

CHICAGO — The Houston Rockets on Monday night became the latest team from the Western Conference to learn just how deep in talent the Chicago Bulls are this season. After three high-scoring quarters of back-and-forth basketball, it was the Bulls who pulled away down the stretch in the fourth for a 114-105 victory at the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Wizards back on track with win over Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS — It was a Washington, D.C., kind of game — just about everyone got a piece of the pie. Guard John Wall scored 15 points and dished out 12 assists, and four teammates scored in double figures as the Washington Wizards snapped a three-game road losing streak with a 92-85 victory over the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021