Basketball Page 482 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Lakers roll past Pistons to stay hot
LeBron James had 25 points and eight assists and Anthony Davis finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers continued their improved play with a 125-111 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Tuesday....
Suns outlast Kings following wild finish
Devin Booker hit a go-ahead 17-footer with 2:37 remaining, Royce O'Neal extended the lead on a 3-pointer with 47.2 seconds to go and the Phoenix Suns survived a frantic finish to defeat the visiting Sacramento Kings 130-125 on Tuesday....
Anthony Edwards scores 41 as Wolves top Blazers
Anthony Edwards poured in 41 points on 16-of-27 shooting from the floor to lead the Minnesota Trail Blazers to a 121-109 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night....
Virginia Tech pulls away from Florida State
Hunter Cattoor scored 20 points to lead four Virginia Tech players in double figures as the Hokies beat Florida State 83-75 in a foul-plagued Atlantic Coast Conference game Tuesday night in Blacksburg, Va....
No. 19 BYU opens big lead, holds off UCF
Jaxson Robinson scored 21 points and Noah Waterman added 17 points and nine rebounds as No. 19 BYU held on for a 90-88 victory over UCF on Tuesday to finish off the season sweep between two new Big 12 Conference rivals....
Jayden Nunn’s 27 points carry No. 12 Baylor over No. 25 Oklahoma
Jayden Nunn poured in a season-high 27 points, 18 of them in a hot-shooting first half, as No. 12 Baylor roared to a big halftime lead and rolled to a 79-62 win over No. 25 Oklahoma on Tuesday in a key Big 12 Conference game in Waco, Texas....
BC uses 20-1, second-half run to sink Louisville
Claudell Harris Jr. scored 20 points and Devin McGlockton finished with 19 to help Boston College end a two-game losing streak by beating Louisville 89-77 on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass....
Balanced attack helps No. 22 Kentucky beat Mississippi
Antonio Reeves scored 15 points to lead four Kentucky scorers in double figures and the No. 22 Wildcats defeated visiting Ole Miss 75-63 on Tuesday night....
Steven Crowl scores 16 to help No. 20 Wisconsin defeat Ohio State
Steven Crowl had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 20 Wisconsin to a 62-54 home win over Ohio State on Tuesday in a Big Ten contest in Madison, Wis....
Jordan Harrison, No. 24 West Virginia cruise past TCU
Jordan Harrison collected 19 points and four steals as No. 24 West Virginia defeated TCU 77-52 on Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas....
Nikola Jovic leads undermanned Heat past Bucks
Nikola Jovic set career highs with five 3-pointers and 24 points as the short-handed Miami Heat led wire to wire in a 123-97 win over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday....
Jalen Williams, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander power Thunder past Magic
Jalen Williams scored 33 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 32 as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the host Orlando Magic 127-113 on Tuesday night....
Florida emerges from tight finish to hold off LSU
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 21 points and surging Florida held on to defeat LSU 82-80 on Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla....
Jayson Tatum pours in 41 as Celtics dump Nets
Jayson Tatum scored 31 of his 41 points in the first half and collected 14 rebounds as the Boston Celtics continued their recent dominance over the Brooklyn Nets with a 118-110 victory Tuesday night in New York....
Josh Oduro leads Providence past St. John's
Led by a dominant second-half performance by Josh Oduro, the Providence Friars beat St. John 75-72 at home on Tuesday....
Syracuse pulls away late to stun No. 7 North Carolina
Judah Mintz scored 25 points and JJ Starling added 23 as host Syracuse upset No. 7 North Carolina 86-79 in Atlantic Coast Conference action on Tuesday....
Ezra Manjon's buzzer-beater lifts Vanderbilt over Texas A&M
Ezra Manjon swished a game-winning fallaway jumper at the buzzer and Ven-Allen Lubin scored a career-high 25 points to send Vanderbilt to a 74-73 victory over visiting Texas A&M on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn....
Johnny Kinziger, Illinois State stun No. 23 Indiana State
Freshman Johnny Kinziger pumped in a career-high 31 points and Illinois State ruined Indiana State's first game as a ranked team in 45 years, upsetting the No. 23 Sycamores 80-67 in Terre Haute, Ind., on Tuesday night....
No. 10 Iowa State's defense shuts down Cincinnati
Curtis Jones scored 15 points off the bench, Tamin Lipsey also had 15 points and No. 10 Iowa State used dominating defense to beat host Cincinnati 68-59 on Tuesday night....
DaRon Holmes II powers No. 16 Dayton past Duquesne
DaRon Holmes II tallied game highs of 24 points and 11 rebounds, helping No.16 Dayton beat visiting Duquesne 75-59 in conference play Tuesday....