Basketball Page 697 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Pitt crushes Louisville behind 41 points from Blake Hinson
Blake Hinson scored a career-high 41 points to surpass 1,000 for his career and help lead Pitt to an 86-59 rout of visiting Louisville on Saturday night....
No. 12 Baylor stays hot, tops West Virginia
Ja'Kobe Walter scored 23 points and Jayden Nunn added 20 to lead No. 12 Baylor to a 94-81 victory over West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va....
Washington St. runs win streak to 7 by knocking off Stanford
Isaac Jones and Jaylen Wells led a balanced attack with 15 points apiece as Washington State won its seventh consecutive game, defeating Stanford 72-59 in Pac-12 Conference action on Saturday afternoon in Pullman, Wash....
No. 14 Illinois takes down Maryland, 85-80
Terrence Shannon Jr. totaled 27 points and four blocks and Marcus Domask had 19 points and 12 rebounds as No. 14 Illinois pulled out an 85-80 win over host Maryland on Saturday in College Park, Md....
No. 8 Tennessee rolls to blowout win over Vanderbilt
All five starters scored in double figures Saturday night as No. 8 Tennessee never trailed in an 88-53 Southeastern Conference rout of Vanderbilt in Knoxville, Tenn....
Georgia Tech holds off Syracuse, 65-60
Kyle Sturdivant scored a team-high 17 points off the bench, helping Georgia Tech grab a 65-60 win over Syracuse on Saturday in Atlanta....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Texas trounces Iowa State
Shaylee Gonzales and Madison Booker each scored 18 points as the No. 5 Texas Longhorns raced past the Iowa State Cyclones 81-60 on Saturday in Austin, Texas....
Rutgers eyes fifth straight win, visits Minnesota
Rutgers will go for its fifth win in a row when it visits Minnesota on Sunday evening for a Big Ten Conference matchup in Minneapolis....
Cincinnati holds off UCF, snaps two-game skid
Dan Skillings Jr. scored 15 points and collected eight rebounds to help Cincinnati end a two-game losing streak by defeating UCF 76-74 in Orlando, Fla....
No. 6 Kansas ends road woes with win over No. 25 Oklahoma
Hunter Dickinson scored 20 points and added 16 rebounds to lead No. 6 Kansas to a 67-57 win over No. 25 Oklahoma on Saturday in Big 12 play at Norman, Okla....
BC sinks 15 treys in 85-77 win over Miami
Mason Madsen made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points to help Boston College defeat visiting Miami 85-77 Saturday in Chestnut Hill, Mass....
LSU rallies from 16 down, stuns No. 11 South Carolina late
Jordan Wright scored LSU's final four points as the visitors erased a 16-point second-half deficit and stunned No. 11 South Carolina 64-63 Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C....
Top-ranked UConn drubs No. 4 Marquette, 81-53
Donovan Clingan scored 17 points as part of a double-double as No. 1 UConn cruised to an 81-53 victory over No. 4 Marquette on Saturday afternoon in Hartford, Conn....
Surging UCLA better equipped for rematch with Utah
UCLA is on a much different trajectory when it hosts Utah on Sunday in Pac-12 play in Los Angeles compared to the teams' last meeting, which resulted in the Bruins' worst loss in 27 years....
Iowa outlasts No. 20 Wisconsin in OT, 88-86
Tony Perkins made a layup with 1.3 seconds to go in overtime, and Iowa held on for an 88-86 overtime win over No. 20 Wisconsin in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa....
Reece Beekman helps No. 21 Virginia edge Wake Forest
Reece Beekman scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half to lead No. 21 Virginia to a 49-47 win over Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va....
Josh Hubbard helps Mississippi State slide past Arkansas
Freshman Josh Hubbard scored 19 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and Mississippi State held off Arkansas 71-67 on Saturday afternoon in Southeastern Conference play at Starkville, Miss....
Jared McCain (35 points) powers No. 9 Duke past Florida St.
Jared McCain quieted a sellout crowd at Florida State with a sensational shooting performance as he scored 35 points to lead No. 9 Duke to a 76-67 victory Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla....
Jamyron Keller, Oklahoma State turn back No. 19 BYU
Jamyron Keller scored a career-high 22 points on 8-of-8 shooting to lead Oklahoma State to a 93-83 victory over No. 19 BYU in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday....
No. 7 North Carolina manhandles Va. Tech, 96-81
Armando Bacot had 25 points and 12 rebounds as No. 7 North Carolina used relentless offense and rebounding to defeat visiting Virginia Tech 96-81 on Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C....