Category: Wirenews
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 […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Add overtime to Marcus Paige’s area of expertise. After a series of games with second-half offensive bursts, the North Carolina Tar Heels guard did even more damage in overtime against a bitter in-state rival. Paige scored on a runner down the left side of the lane with 0.9 seconds left to give […]
SAN ANTONIO — Late in the first half of the San Antonio Spurs 120-110 win against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, Manu Ginobili fell to the ground, causing an anxious moment. Was Ginobili, the guard who missed eight games this season with a hamstring injury, injured again? As it turned out, the only damage was […]
VILLANOVA, Pa. — With 4 1/2 minutes to play, Villanova coach Jay Wright cleared his bench. A roaring applause ensued as the crowd cheered guard James Bell, who was one of three Wildcats seniors honored before the game. By that point, the damage was done. It wasn’t pretty early — as Wright noted — but […]
AUSTIN, Texas — After dropping a pair of games on a rough road trip to Iowa State and Kansas last week, the No. 24 Texas Longhorns returned home to wrestle one away from the pesky Baylor Bears. The Longhorns saw an 18-point lead dissolve to one, but Texas held on for a 74-69 victory over […]
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona guard Nick Johnson had 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the third-ranked Wildcats avenged their first loss of the season by beating Cal 87-59 at McKale Center on Wednesday night. Center Kaleb Tarczewski added 16 points, forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and forward Aaron Gordon […]
AMES, Iowa — No. 15 Iowa State kept attacking the rim. West Virginia couldn’t stop it. It was the perfect recipe for Iowa State’s 83-66 win Wednesday in a heated contest between Big 12 foes. “The difference in the game is they made shots and we didn’t,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. The Cyclones […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The son of Purdue basketball legend Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson came to Mackey Arena on Wednesday night and broke the heart of his father’s former team. Sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III’s layup at the overtime buzzer lifted the Big Ten Conference leading and 16th-ranked Wolverines to a 77-76 victory over the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Guard Kyrie Irving posted 31 points and nine assists to lead Cleveland to a 114-104 victory over Oklahoma City on Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The loss was the third straight at home for the Thunder (43-15), all since guard Russell Westbrook returned to the lineup. They had not lost that many […]
PHILADELPHIA — Jameer Nelson celebrated, of course, with a cheesesteak. Playing just miles from his hometown of Chester, Pa., the Orlando Magic’s veteran guard feasted on the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night, too. Nelson, who also played at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Magic […]
