Basketball Page 459 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Reports: Vandy hiring Mark Byington as new coach
Vanderbilt is set to hire James Madison's Mark Byington as its next head coach, multiple outlets reported Monday....
Bucks put home winning streak on the line vs. Lakers
Home is where the victories are for the Milwaukee Bucks, who will take a six-game winning streak inside their own building into a matchup Tuesday with the visiting Los Angeles Lakers....
Reports: Washington hiring Danny Sprinkle as head coach
Washington is finalizing a deal to lure Danny Sprinkle away from Utah State to be the new coach of the Huskies, multiple outlets reported Monday....
Stanford hires Washington State's Kyle Smith as coach
Kyle Smith left Washington State on Monday to become the head coach at Stanford....
Pacers have plenty of incentive headed into clash vs. Clippers
A pair of teams with an eye on a top-four spot in their respective conferences will do battle Monday night when the Los Angeles Clippers host the Indiana Pacers....
76ers aim to extend dominance vs. Kings
The Philadelphia 76ers will seek to continue their dominance over the Sacramento Kings when the teams meet Monday night in the capital city of California....
Aiming to keep moving up, Knicks face struggling Pistons
An afternoon game in the return from a challenging road trip occasionally develops into a trap game for playoff teams....
Cavs bid to bounce back from lopsided loss, host Hornets
Two teams that couldn't have had much more disappointing results in their most recent games will have a chance to make things right Monday night in Cleveland....
Women’s NCAA Tournament roundup: Stanford edges Iowa State in OT
Kiki Iriafen finished with a career-high 41 points to go with 16 rebounds and three blocks, and Brooke Demetre came up big in overtime as No. 2 seed Stanford outlasted No. 7 seed Iowa State 87-81 on Sunday in a second-round Women's NCAA Tournament clash in Palo Alto, Calif....
NCAA Tournament roundup: Houston outlasts Texas A&M in OT
Houston overcame crippling foul trouble and a dramatic comeback by Texas A&M to earn a 100-95 victory in overtime on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament's South Region in Memphis....
NBA roundup: Lakers score season-best 150 vs. Pacers
Anthony Davis posted 36 points and 16 rebounds and LeBron James added 26 points and 10 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the visiting Indiana Pacers 150-145 on Sunday....
Stanford's Kiki Iriafen scores 41 in win over Iowa State
Kiki Iriafen finished with a career-high 41 points to go with 16 rebounds and three blocks, and Brooke Demetre came up big in overtime as No. 2 seed Stanford outlasted No. 7 seed Iowa State 87-81 on Sunday in a second-round Women's NCAA Tournament clash in Palo Alto, Calif....
Iowa has sights set on Sweet 16, has to get through West Virginia first
Caitlin Clark and No. 1 seed Iowa will try to advance to the Sweet 16 of the Women's NCAA Tournament when they go up against No. 8 seed West Virginia on Monday night in Iowa City, Iowa....
Lakers score season-best 150 points in win over Pacers
Anthony Davis had 36 points and 16 rebounds and LeBron James added 26 points and 10 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to three games by holding on for a 150-145 victory Sunday over the visiting Indiana Pacers....
No. 5 San Diego St. blasts No. 13 Yale, 85-57
Jaedon LeDee recorded 26 points and nine rebounds and San Diego State never trailed while posting an easy 85-57 victory over Yale on Sunday night at Spokane, Wash., in second-round play in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament....
Houston gets through foul trouble, Texas A&M in OT thriller
MEMPHIS — Houston overcame crippling foul trouble and a dramatic comeback by Texas A&M to earn a 100-95 victory in overtime on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament's South Region....
UNLV pulls away from Boston College in NIT 2nd-rounder
Keylan Boone had 19 points on five 3-pointers and grabbed eight rebounds as UNLV extended its first postseason in 11 years with a 79-70 win over visiting Boston College in Sunday's second round of the NIT....
Gabe Madsen pours in career-high 31 as Utah ousts Iowa
Gabe Madsen scored a career-high 31 points and Deivon Smith recorded a triple-double to lead No. 2 Utah to a 91-82 win over No. 3 Iowa in Salt Lake City on Sunday night in the second round of the NIT....
Jada Walker steps up to lead 5th-seeded Baylor past 4th-seeded Va. Tech
Jada Walker scored 11 of No. 5 seed Baylor's final 13 points en route to a career-high 28, and the Bears knocked off host No. 4 seed Virginia Tech in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Portland 3 Region on Sunday in Blacksburg, Va....
Donovan Clingan powers UConn to rout of Northwestern
NEW YORK - Donovan Clingan finished two blocks shy of a triple-double Sunday night as defending national champion and top-seeded UConn posted another wire-to-wire win by beating ninth-seeded Northwestern 75-58 in an East Regional second-round game at Barclays Center....