Basketball Page 521 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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....
Free-throw edge carries Texas A&M past Ole Miss
Wade Taylor IV scored 20 points while leading Texas A&M to an 80-71 win over Ole Miss in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday in Nashville....
Providence stuns No. 8 Creighton in Big East quarters
NEW YORK — 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....
NC State stays hot, knocks off No. 11 Duke
DJ Horne scored 18 points and 10th-seeded North Carolina State continued its surprising run with a 74-69 victory over No. 11 Duke on Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at Washington....
Brother of Raptors wing RJ Barrett dies
The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that the younger brother of wing RJ Barrett died Tuesday....
Quin Snyder returns to Utah as Hawks take on Jazz
Friday's game between the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks will be a homecoming for Quin Snyder. It will be the first game in Salt Lake City for the former Jazz coach, who spent eight seasons as head coach in Utah....
Jamison Battle's big second half carries Ohio State past Iowa
Jamison Battle scored all of his 23 points in the second half when surging No. 10 seed Ohio State defeated seven-seed Iowa 90-78 in a second-round game of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday in Minneapolis, Minn....
N’Faly Dante scores late as Oregon holds off UCLA
LAS VEGAS — N'Faly Dante's basket and free throws by Jermaine Couisnard and Jackson Shelstad in the final 36 seconds of Thursday's Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal helped fourth-seeded Oregon survive a UCLA comeback attempt with a 68-66 win....
After long climb to top of West, Nuggets take on Spurs
It's taken a while but the Denver Nuggets have regained the top spot in the Western Conference standings and look to stay there when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas....
Fresno State's Justin Hutson says he's done as coach
Fresno State coach Justin Hutson said his six-year coaching stint at the school is over after the Bulldogs lost 87-75 in overtime to No. 18 Utah State on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament....
Reports: Florida coach Todd Golden extended through 2029-30 season
Florida coach Todd Golden agreed to a two-year extension that keeps him under contract through the 2029-30 season, according to multiple reports on Thursday....
DePaul hires former Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann
DePaul has hired former Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann as its new men's basketball coach, the university announced on Thursday afternoon....
No. 1 Houston uses defense to roll past TCU and reach Big 12 semis
Emanuel Sharp scored 14 points and Jamal Shead added 12 as top-ranked Houston put on a defensive display in a 60-45 win over TCU on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City. Mo....
South Carolina ousts Arkansas with strong second half
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 24 points on 11-for-15 shooting and No. 15 South Carolina pulled away for an 80-66 win over Arkansas on Thursday afternoon in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn....
Utah State survives scare from Fresno State, wins in OT
Great Osobor had 29 points and 17 rebounds to help top-seeded Utah State post a 87-75 overtime win against ninth-seeded Fresno State in a Mountain West Conference quarterfinal Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas....
Top-seeded Arizona takes down USC in Pac-12 tourney
LAS VEGAS — Oumar Ballo had a double-double, KJ Lewis scored a team-high 15 points off the bench and No. 6 Arizona put on an impressive defensive display in a 70-49 victory over Southern California in a Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday....
Pitt puts Wake Forest away, takes on UNC in ACC quarters
Ishmael Leggett poured in 30 points off the bench and Pitt fended off hard-charging Wake Forest to win 81-69 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at Washington, D.C....
Joel Soriano propels surging St. John's past Seton Hall
NEW YORK — Joel Soriano muscled his way to 14 points and 12 rebounds, and fifth-seeded St. John's took down fourth-seeded Seton Hall 91-72 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals on Thursday....