Basketball Page 693 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 18 Dayton dumps Saint Joseph's, extends hot streak
Nate Santos and Kobe Elvis each scored 21 points, helping No. 18 Dayton register a 94-79 victory over Saint Joseph's on Tuesday in Philadelphia....
No. 14 Iowa State fends off comeback bid, defeats Texas
Milan Momcilovic scored 13 points and Tamin Lipsey hit a clutch 3-pointer as No. 14 Iowa State held off Texas 70-65 on Tuesday in their Big 12 matchup in Austin, Texas....
Bucks' Damian Lillard (ankle) misses game at Phoenix
Milwaukee guard Damian Lillard is sitting out the Bucks' Tuesday road game against the Phoenix Suns due to a sprained left ankle....
Knicks rough up injury-ridden Grizzlies
Donte DiVincenzo poured in a game-high 32 points to lift the host New York Knicks to a 123-113 victory over the depleted Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night....
Jimmy Butler puts up 23 as Heat down Magic
Jimmy Butler scored 23 points to lead seven Miami players in double figures, and he hit back-to-back 3-pointers that held off a late Magic rally in the Heat's 121-95 win over visiting Orlando on Tuesday....
Kyrie Irving drops 36 on old team as Mavericks handle Nets
Kyrie Irving scored 36 points in his return to Brooklyn as the Dallas Mavericks took control in the second quarter, survived some shaky moments in the fourth and earned a 119-107 win over the Nets on Tuesday in New York....
Indiana's second-half rally extends Ohio State's skid
Anthony Leal's only shot of the game, a 3-pointer, put Indiana ahead to stay with 22 seconds remaining as the Hoosiers erased an 18-point, second half deficit to stun spiraling Ohio State 76-73 in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday....
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....