Basketball Page 392 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 5 Vols aim to avenge loss to Mississippi State
The first quarterfinal of the Southeastern Conference tournament between top-seeded Tennessee and ninth-seeded Mississippi State on Friday in Nashville means vastly different things to each team....
No. 3 Purdue opens Big Ten tourney title defense vs. Michigan St.
No. 3 Purdue begins its pursuit of a second straight Big Ten tournament championship when it faces Michigan State in a quarterfinal matchup on Friday in Minneapolis....
Top 25 roundup: Friars topple No. 8 Creighton in Big East tourney
Big East Player of the Year Devin Carter had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead seventh-seeded Providence to a 78-73 victory over No. 8-ranked Creighton on Thursday in the Big East quarterfinals at New York....
Colorado pulls away from Utah, reaches Pac-12 semis
KJ Simpson stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists Thursday night as third-seeded Colorado advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament with a 72-58 win over sixth-seeded Utah in Las Vegas....
NBA roundup: Thunder take advantage of short-handed Mavs
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the visiting Dallas Mavericks 126-119 on Thursday....
Walter Clayton Jr. scores 22 to help Florida edge Georgia
Walter Clayton Jr. had 22 points and three steals to help sixth-seeded Florida escape with an 85-80 victory over 11th-seeded Georgia on Thursday night in Nashville to reach the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals....
Thunder ease past Luka Doncic-less Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the visiting Dallas Mavericks 126-119 on Thursday....
Jalen Brunson scores 45 as Knicks top Trail Blazers
Jalen Brunson scored 45 points and the New York Knicks cruised to a 105-93 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night....
No. 10 Marquette tops Villanova in OT, advances to Big East semis
NEW YORK — Kam Jones scored 18 points, David Joplin provided six of his 14 points in overtime and No. 10 Marquette survived a challenge from Villanova to prevail 71-65 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals on Thursday....
Virginia comes up big in OT to get by Boston College
WASHINGTON — Isaac McKneely and Reece Beekman each buried a crucial 3-pointer in overtime and Virginia bolstered its NCAA Tournament chances by outlasting pesky Boston College 66-60 in Thursday's Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal....
No. 14 Baylor bounces Cincinnati in Big 12 quarterfinal
RayJ Dennis scored 13 points and Jalen Bridges and Yves Missi added 12 each as No. 14 Baylor put it all together in the second half to defeat Cincinnati 68-56 on Thursday in the final quarterfinal in the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo....
Colorado State topples No. 23 Nevada in Mountain West tourney
LAS VEGAS — Jalen Lake scored 16 points and Isaiah Stevens added 15 as seventh-seed Colorado State upset second-seeded Nevada in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament Thursday night....
Indiana slips by Penn State in Big Ten tournament
Anthony Leal made a go-ahead basket with five seconds remaining to lift No. 6 seed Indiana to a 61-59 win over No. 11 seed Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament Thursday night in Minneapolis....
No. 22 Wazzu brushes asides Stanford in Pac-12 quarters
LAS VEGAS — Isaac Jones led a balanced scoring effort with 16 points in No. 22 Washington State's 79-62 victory over Stanford in a Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal on Thursday....
Duquesne dumps No. 24 Dayton in A-10 quarterfinals
Jimmy Clark III scored a team-high 16 points to help lead Duquesne to a 65-57 win over No. 24 Dayton in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic-10 tournament Thursday in Brooklyn, N.Y....
Giannis Antetokounmpo powers Bucks' win over Sixers
Giannis Antetokounmpo produced 32 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 114-105 win against the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night....
Rockets drill Wizards for 6th win in 7 games
Jalen Green scored a season-high 37 points as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 135-119 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Thursday for their sixth win in seven games....
Clippers' balanced attack keeps Bulls at bay
Paul George scored 28 points and Kawhi Leonard added 27 to lead five players in double figures and boost the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 126-111 win against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday....
Jaylen Brown fires in 37 as Celtics slam Suns
Jaylen Brown made five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 37 points to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games with a 127-112 decision against the visiting Phoenix Suns on Thursday....
No. 7 Iowa St. defeats Kansas St., moves to Big 12 semis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robert Jones led four Cyclones players in double figures with 18 points as No. 2 seed Iowa State defeated 10th-seeded Kansas State 76-57 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship....