Basketball Page 470 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Hot-shooting Pacers fend off Rockets
Pascal Siakam scored a team-high 29 points while Myles Turner added 21 points as the Indiana Pacers held on for a 132-129 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Tuesday in Indianapolis....
Wake Forest uses roaring start to club Georgia Tech
Cameron Hildreth led six scorers in double figures with 17 points and Wake Forest held Georgia Tech without a field goal for nearly 15 minutes in the first half en route to an 80-51 win in Atlanta on Tuesday night....
Clemson pulls off rare road upset of No. 3 UNC
PJ Hall scored 25 points and Joseph Girard III had 21 as Clemson upset No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C....
Florida State ekes out win at Boston College to end losing streak
Jamir Watkins had 10 points and six rebounds and visiting Florida State ended a two-game losing streak by beating Boston College 63-62 on Tuesday night....
No. 5 Houston clamps down on Oklahoma State
No. 5 Houston's Division I-leading defense swarmed over visiting Oklahoma State on Tuesday night to take a 79-63 victory in a Big 12 matchup....
Dylan Andrews, UCLA test recent surge vs. Stanford
UCLA head coach Mick Cronin says the overall attitude of his streaking Bruins is no different than earlier in the season when wins were hard to come by as the team heads into Wednesday's Pac-12 road matchup with Stanford....
Rutgers ekes out low-scoring win over Maryland
Mawot Mag scored 15 points and hit two key free throws with 17 seconds left as Rutgers fended off Maryland 56-53 on Tuesday in College Park, Md....
St. John's delivers DePaul another Big East blowout
Jordan Dingle and Daniss Jenkins each made four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points apiece as host St. John's extended DePaul's misery with an 85-57 Big East victory Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y....
Georgia, Mississippi State aim to end SEC skids
Georgia and Mississippi State are looking for the same thing: a bounce-back effort to snap a string of Southeastern Conference losses and get back on track toward a potential NCAA Tournament at-large berth....
No. 15 South Carolina stays hot, edges Ole Miss
Collin Murray-Bowles scored 16 points to lead a balanced offense and No. 15 South Carolina held off Ole Miss 68-65 on Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C....
Nearing end of homestand, Celtics ready to handle Hawks
The Boston Celtics will attempt to improve to 4-2 on their current seven-game homestand when they face the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night....
Hornets, Raptors trying to end extended funks
The Toronto Raptors will come across a team that's in a similarly miserable shape when they take on the host Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night....
Pitt, NC State aim to improve standing in bids for NCAA berths
To boost their resumes for the NCAA Tournament, Pitt and North Carolina State obviously need to stack up as many wins as they can....
Texas A&M focuses on free throws vs. skidding Missouri
When Texas A&M defeated Missouri earlier this season, the Aggies outscored the Tigers 27-7 at the free-throw line....
'We gotta figure it out': Slumping Sixers host Warriors
The Philadelphia 76ers just aren't the same team without reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid....
Sparks, G Lexie Brown agree on 2-year contract extension
Coming off the best scoring season of her career, guard Lexie Brown on Tuesday agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Sparks....
Xavier, Villanova meet fresh off easy victories
Two teams hoping to make a late-season push for an NCAA Tournament bid meet will Wednesday night at Cincinnati when Xavier hosts Villanova in a Big East showdown....
Happy to be home, Northwestern seeks revenge on Nebraska
The Big Ten Conference's two biggest giant killers will face off Wednesday night when Northwestern hosts Nebraska in Evanston, Ill....
Red-hot Cavaliers put win streak up against Wizards
Just about everything has gone right for the Cleveland Cavaliers since the calendar flipped to 2024....
Syracuse meets Louisville, aims to get back into win column
Louisville got a much-needed victory in its most recent game, and Syracuse would love to do the same Wednesday night when the Orange host the Cardinals in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup....