Basketball Page 642 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sam Merrill's career night lifts Cavaliers past Jazz
Sam Merrill drained eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 27 points to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 124-116 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night....
Nebraska comes from behind to top North Dakota
C.J. Wilcher came off the bench to score 16 points and Juwan Gary had his second consecutive double-double as Nebraska overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat North Dakota 83-75 in a nonconference game on Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb....
Buddy Hield's third quarter burst sends Pacers over Hornets
Buddy Hield scored 19 of his 25 points in the third quarter, and the Indiana Pacers used a sterling long-range shooting display to snap a four-game losing streak by routing the visiting Charlotte Hornets 144-113 Wednesday night in Indianapolis....
Casey Morsell helps NC State pull away from Saint Louis
Casey Morsell scored 21 points to help North Carolina State get an 82-70 win over visiting Saint Louis on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C....
Radford stuns West Virginia in final seconds
RaeQuan Battle's West Virginia debut was spoiled by a hanging jumper in the dying seconds, as DaQuan Smith's late basket gave Radford a 66-65 win over the Mountaineers on Wednesday night in Morgantown, W.Va....
Late run leads No. 21 Duke past No. 10 Baylor
Jared McCain scored 21 points and Jeremy Roach added 18 for No. 21 Duke, which was at its best in the final six minutes of a 78-70 win over No. 10 Baylor on Wednesday in New York....
No. 5 UConn gets overwhelmed by Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall
Kadary Richmond racked up 23 points, six rebounds, five assists and a career-high eight steals as host Seton Hall toppled No. 5 UConn 75-60 in the rivals' conference opener Wednesday in Newark, N.J....
Jabri Abdur-Rahim, Georgia run over Mount St. Mary's
Senior Jabri Abdur-Rahim scored 21 of his career-high 23 points in the first half and Georgia overcame a slow start to defeat Mount St. Mary's 94-82 at Athens, Ga., on Wednesday to extend its winning streak to six games....
Pitt pulls off win over Purdue Fort Wayne despite sloppy shooting
Guillermo Graham Diaz finished with a game-high 13 points as Pittsburgh never trailed en route to a 62-48 victory over visiting Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday night....
Joel Soriano, St. John's dispatch Xavier in Big East opener
Joel Soriano posted another double-double and added a career-high six blocks Wednesday night for host St. John's, which never trailed in an 81-66 win over Xavier in the Big East opener for both schools in Queens, N.Y....
Hot-shooting Miami aims to remain on target vs. Stonehill
Miami leads the Atlantic Coast Conference and rank in the top-15 nationally in 3-point percentage (41.2), field-goal percentage (50.8) and effective field-goal percentage (58.2)....
K-State eager to turn page, takes on Wichita State
Kansas State, which scored its second-fewest second-half points in school history in its last game, will try to get back on track Thursday night when it faces in-state rival Wichita State at Kansas City, Mo....
Cal blows 26-point lead, still clips UC San Diego
Fardaws Aimaq capped a double-double performance with a bucket off a Jaylon Tyson feed with 1:49 remaining and California survived blowing a 26-point lead before edging UC San Diego 71-67 on Wednesday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif....
Top 25 Roundup: No. 10 Baylor annihilates Providence
No. 10 Baylor blew the doors off of Providence from the opening tip and sprinted to a 61-36 victory on Wednesday in the first of two games for the Lady Bears at the West Palm Beach Classic....
Colorado aims to stymie defensive-challenged Utah Tech
The preseason part of the schedule is wrapping up for Colorado but the Buffaloes can't overlook their next opponent before beginning Pac-12 play next week....
Oregon St. puts unbeaten home mark on line vs. Idaho St.
Oregon State has been unbeatable at home this season....
Skidding Old Dominion off to Honolulu for meeting with TCU
Old Dominion will be out to snap a three-game skid when it travels to Honolulu to face TCU on Thursday night in the opening round of the Diamond Head Classic....
Arkansas looks to keep guard up against Abilene Christian
Arkansas will try to win for the fourth time in its past five games Thursday night when it matches up against visiting Abilene Christian in Fayetteville, Ark....
Long-range scoring carries Oklahoma St. past Wofford
Bryce Thompson scored 19 points that included five 3-pointers to help lift Oklahoma State over visiting Wofford on Wednesday afternoon in a toe-to-toe battle in Stillwater, Okla....
UCF hosts Florida A&M next in long homestand
UCF continues its long homestand by hosting Florida A&M on Thursday night in Orlando with an eye toward conference play....