Category: Wirenews
Lafayette will have a lot to celebrate on New Year’s Eve after picking up a 92-78 road win on Wednesday afternoon in its Patriot League opener at Army to close 2014 on a high note in West Point, N.Y. The Leopards (9-3, 1-0) handed the Black Knights (9-3, 0-1) just their second at home this […]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — With a seemingly comfortable 13-point lead and less than 12 minutes to play, Marquette appeared poised to close out a win over DePaul on Wednesday. Instead, the Blue Demons jumped on Golden Eagles turnovers and missed shots to chip away, then pulled ahead down the stretch to snap a six-game skid with […]
Junior guard Buddy Hield scored a game-high 17 points, leading No. 22 Oklahoma to a 61-43 victory over George Mason on Wednesday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. Hield made 7 of 13 shots from the field and 3 of 7 from 3-point range for Oklahoma (9-3), which has won five of its […]
Hofstra had five players score in double figures, led by 19 points from junior guard Juan’ya Green, in a 84-56 win over Central Connecticut State in a nonconference game on Wednesday afternoon in New Britain, Conn. Junior wing Ameen Tanksley added 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Also reaching double figures were senior center […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Seton Hall ended St. John’s seven-game winning streak, knocking off the 15th-ranked Red Storm 78-67 in the Big East opener at the Prudential Center on Wednesday. Junior guard Sterling Gibbs poured in 25 points and added eight assists to lead Seton Hall. Guard Jared Sina scored 14 points, forward Angel Delgado added […]
CHICAGO — Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez received a pleasant surprise when he arrived to the United Center on Tuesday night. For the first time since Dec. 5, his name was in the starting lineup. “I didn’t know I was going to start tonight,” said Lopez, whose playing time was limited since he returned from […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks expected a challenge from one of the Eastern Conference’s top teams Tuesday night. Instead, the Washington Wizards were quickly run out of the American Airlines Center in a 114-87 Dallas cakewalk. The Mavs’ highly efficient offense didn’t get much from forward Dirk Nowitzki, but it continued to spread the wealth […]
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Mike Conley carried Memphis early, then buried San Antonio late Tuesday in the Grizzlies’ 95-87 victory over the Spurs before a sellout crowd of 18,119 at FedExForum. Hoping to earn his first NBA All-Star nod this season, the Grizzlies’ veteran point guard scored a game-high 30 points and hit a key 3-pointer […]
NEW ORLEANS — Like a doting father, Kentucky coach John Calipari scarcely could contain his pride Tuesday night watching some of his finest young thoroughbreds show the strides they have made as NBA players. Calipari had just witnessed Tyreke Evans, his pedal-to-the-metal guard from his coaching days at Memphis, and forward Anthony Davis, his prized […]
SALT LAKE CITY — After watching his team surrender 10 unanswered points to the Minnesota Timberwolves to open the fourth quarter, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder had seen enough. He quickly called timeout and his players came back to the bench expecting to get an earful. Snyder said nothing. He gave his team the silent […]
