Category: Wirenews
TORONTO — Forward Kevin Durant called it the craziest game he’s ever been a part of. The Thunder star hit a deep 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining in double-overtime, capping a game-high 51-point outing as Oklahoma City stretched its winning streak to three games with a 119-118 win over the Toronto Raptors Friday night. The […]
ST. LOUIS — It was not the most stylish victory, but Kentucky won this battle of Wildcats on Friday night and now takes aim at college basketball’s only unbeaten team. Forward Julius Randle supplied an 19-point, 15-rebound double-double and guard Aaron Harrison scored 17 points as No. 8 Kentucky bounced No. 9 Kansas State 56-49 […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Reserves Anthony Gill and Evan Nolte combined for 18 second-half points off the bench and top-seeded Virginia avoided a piece of history it wanted no part of, overcoming 16th-seeded Coastal Carolina 70-59 in an NCAA Tournament East Regional second-round game on Friday night at PNC Arena. Gill finished with 17 points and […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Iowa State put to rest any threat of a North Carolina Central upset with a heavy dose of forward Georges Niang. The No. 3-seeded Cyclones rode Niang’s hot hand in the second half to a 93-75 victory over the No. 14-seeded Eagles in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament on […]
ST. LOUIS — Another win, another slice of history for Wichita State. Forward Cleanthony Early poured in a game-high 23 points Friday night as the top-seeded Shockers became the first men’s team in NCAA history to start a season 35-0 with a 64-37 second-round pounding of overmatched Cal Poly in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Regional […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks got an important rebound victory Friday night over a team that has been a thorn in their side. Guard Monta Ellis scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter as Dallas beat the Denver Nuggets for the first time in four tries this season, 122-106 at the […]
MIAMI — The stifling Memphis Grizzlies defense held each of the Miami Heat’s Big 3 under 20 points, but the Heat were able overcome that with a late run. With Grizzlies center Marc Gasol making an early exit because of a sprained ankle, the smaller Miami Heat took advantage and pulled out a 91-86 win […]
SAN DIEGO — Stephen F. Austin put a little madness in March with its 77-75 overtime upset of Virginia Commonwealth in Friday night’s NCAA South Regional second-round game in San Diego. “Miracles really do happen,” Stephen F. Austin coach Brad Underwood said. “What a game.” Forward Jacob Parker hit a jumper with a minute let […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks got an important rebound victory Friday night over a team that has been a thorn in their side. Guard Monta Ellis scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter as Dallas beat the Denver Nuggets for the first time in four tries this season, 122-106 at the […]
ATLANTA — New Orleans forward Anthony Davis returned from a one-game absence with another big performance, lifting the Pelicans to a 111-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday at Philips Arena. Davis, who missed Wednesday’s game with an upper respiratory infection, scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help snap the Hawks’ five-game […]
