Category: Wirenews
PHOENIX — With his infant son at a basketball game for the first time, Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic showed him that daddy does not need a lot of shots to score a lot of points. The red-hot Dragic continued his offensive eruptions with a career-high 34 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field, including […]
An Arizona State student spat on Oregon staff members after the Ducks’ 74-72 loss on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz., but assistant coach Brian Fish and athletic trainer Clay Jamieson decided not to press charges. The incident occurred as the Ducks were walking from the bench to the locker room up a […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart’s frustration over the Cowboys’ current four-game losing streak apparently boiled over on Saturday night when he pushed a Texas Tech fan. In the waning seconds of Texas Tech’s 65-61 victory over Oklahoma State, Smart fouled Red Raiders forward Jaye Crockett as Crockett was attempting a dunk. Smart […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Forward Marvin Williams tied his season high with 23 points and rookie point guard Trey Burke hit a late clutch jumper as the Utah Jazz stunned the Miami Heat 94-89 on Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena. Williams hit 5 of 8 3-pointers, including back-to-back shots late in the fourth quarter to […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — SMU snapped No. 7 Cincinnati’s 15-game winning streak and handed the Bearcats their first conference loss, 76-55, on Saturday. SMU fans stormed the court to celebrate the Mustangs’ first on-campus win over a Top 10 team since SMU beat No. 3 Indiana in 1967. “It was crazy, man,” SMU center Cannen […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — They had trailed the entire second half and by as many as 12 points, but the No. 24 Memphis Tigers rallied to defeat No. 23 Gonzaga 60-54 on Saturday night at FedExForum. A jumper by guard Kevin Pangos gave the Zags a 54-50 lead with 3:20 to play. From there, the Memphis […]
PHOENIX — Guard Goran Dragic continued his offensive eruptions with a career-high 34 points, including six 3-pointers, and forward Gerald Green added 25 points as the Phoenix Suns used an 11-2 run midway through the fourth quarter to put away the Golden State Warriors 122-109 on Saturday night. Dragic made 10 of 13 shots from […]
Former Hampton University Pirates coach Kevin Nickelberry still hasn’t figured out a way to beat his former team. Nickelberry, who coached Hampton from 2006-09, dropped to 0-7 against the Pirates following the Howard University Bison’s 63-47 setback Saturday at the HU Convocation Center in Hampton, Va. Nickelberry, though, isn’t the only Howard head coach to […]
BOSTON — Duke forward Jabari Parker set career highs with 29 points and 16 rebounds to power the No. 11 Blue Devils to an 89-68 victory over the Boston College Eagles on Saturday. Parker scored 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the second half, propelling him to his 14th game of at least 20 points […]
PHILADELPHIA — With the shot clock off in a tie game, it wasn’t a surprise as to who had the ball in their hands. Saint Louis guard Jordair Jett dribbled out the clock with seven seconds left, drove left past a defender and hit the winning layup with 3.7 seconds left as the Billikens were […]
