Category: Wirenews
ST. LOUIS — Tark’s Sharks have company in the NCAA record books. Point guard Fred VanVleet scored a game-high 22 points as No. 2 Wichita State became only the second team in Division I history to start a season 34-0, defeating Indiana State 83-69 Sunday at Scottrade Center to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mired in one of its worst slumps in years, No. 7 Syracuse broke out in a big way Sunday afternoon with a much-needed road win at Florida State, 74-58, that may very well push the Seminoles off the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Orange (27-4 overall, 14-4 in ACC), whose four biggest stars […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Northwestern still has a long road ahead to climb into Big Ten Conference championship discussion moving forward, but the improving Wildcats made another statement Sunday afternoon in Purdue’s Mackey Arena. Getting 27 points from senior forward Drew Crawford, Northwestern defeated slumping Purdue 74-65 to avoid a last-place Big Ten Conference finish […]
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls took full advantage of the biggest advantage they have against the Miami Heat — rebounding. Chicago dominated the second-chance points 27-6 and started the overtime period with seven of them, leading to a 95-88 victory over the Heat on Sunday afternoon at the United Center. Miami (43-17) lost its third […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland coach Mark Turgeon knew his team was close and on the brink of doing something special after playing in close games all season. After loses earlier in the year to three ranked teams — Pittsburgh, Duke and Syracuse — by a combined eight points, Saturday afternoon’s matchup with No. 5-ranked […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Playing in its last home game as a member of the ACC, Maryland upset No. 5 Virginia 75-69 in overtime Saturday afternoon at Comcast Center. After Virginia forward Anthony Gill tied the game with 0.5 seconds left in regulation, Maryland outscored the Cavaliers 11-5 in the extra session to come away […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Northwestern still has a long road ahead to climb into Big Ten Conference championship discussion moving forward, but the improving Wildcats made another statement Sunday afternoon in Purdue’s Mackey Arena. Getting 27 points from senior forward Drew Crawford, Northwestern defeated slumping Purdue 74-65 to avoid a last-place Big Ten Conference finish […]
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon senior guard Jason Calliste was going to go down shooting. Calliste scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half as Oregon upset No. 3 Arizona 64-57 Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena. Calliste was 4-for-5 from three-point range off the bench, including […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Oklahoma Sooners locked down the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament by taking care of business at last-place TCU. Sooners guard Buddy Hield scored 24 points to lead the way as No. 23 Oklahoma stomped the Horned Frogs 97-67 on Saturday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Hield hit a 3-pointer […]
EUGENE, Ore. — Senior guard Jason Calliste scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half as Oregon upset No. 3 Arizona 64-57 on Saturday afternoon at Matthew Knight Arena. Guard Johnathan Loyd added 16 points and forward Mike Moser had 10 points and 10 rebounds as Oregon finished the regular season with seven […]
