Articles by Alan Draper (11371)
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks ran their winning streak to seven games, knocking off the Indiana Pacers 92-86 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. It was the Knicks’ first game with Phil Jackson as team president. Jackson, who was named to the position Tuesday, received a standing ovation from the Garden crowd […]
DENVER — Guard Aaron Brooks scored a season-high 27 points and dished out a career-high 17 assists, and the Denver Nuggets overcame the absence of two starters to beat the struggling Detroit Pistons 118-109 on Wednesday night. Guard Randy Foye scored 22 for the Nuggets, who won four of their last five. The Pistons, in […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Third-seeded Morgan State guard Justin Black made his first six second-half shots as the Golden Bears blitzed the No. 6 Florida A&M Rattlers 81-68 Thursday night in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals Thursday night at the Scope Arena. The Bears (14-15) will meet No. 7 Coppin State in a “Battle of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State does not do things the easy way. The defending Big Ten tournament champions survived another grinder on Thursday, escaping upset-minded Purdue for a 63-61 first-round tournament victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Boilermakers guard Terone Johnson’s bid for a game-winning 3-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired and the No. 24 […]
DAYTON, Ohio — Senior guard Jordan McRae scored 20 points, and junior forward Jarnell Stokes added 18, lifting Tennessee to a 78-65 overtime win over Iowa in a first-round NCAA Tournament game between two No. 11 seeds on Wednesday night at University of Dayton Arena. The Volunteers (22-12) overcame a cold shooting start, then outscored […]
Richmond left nothing to chance in its Atlantic 10 tournament opener, scoring the first nine points of the second half to break open a close game and advance past Duquesne 76-64 Thursday at the Barclays Center in New York. The seventh-seeded Spiders (19-13) snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the 17th in the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a game that befitted a matchup of the preseason favorites to win the Big 12 Conference more than a typical No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed in the conference quarterfinals, Kansas edged Oklahoma State 77-70 in overtime in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the Big 12 tournament in the […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Two significant streaks remained intact after the Houston Rockets inflicted a 107-89 beating on the host Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center Monday night. The Rockets, who had all five starters score at least 14 points, remained one of the NBA’s hottest teams by winning their sixth straight game. The Wolves, meanwhile, continued their […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers knew they let their guard down and suffered an unnecessary loss to an outmatched opponent Sunday. Given an immediate chance at redemption, forward David West and his teammates did not disappoint, riding a wave of anger and motivation to a bulge that made the fourth quarter irrelevant. West scored 21 […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Shooting guard Gordon Hayward flirted with his first triple-double, finishing with 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and seven Jazz players scored in double figures in Utah’s 109-86 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. Hayward showed signs of breaking out of his month-long shooting slump, hitting seven of 13 […]