Basketball Page 754 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M outlast No. 6 Kentucky in OT
Wade Taylor IV scored 31 points, Tyrece Radford added 28 and Texas A&M held on for a 97-92 overtime win against No. 6 Kentucky in a Southeastern Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas....

Utah following up historic rout with trip to Stanford
How will Utah follow up a historic 90-44 rout of UCLA?...

Primo Spears comes through late as Florida State clips Notre Dame
Primo Spears hit two important, late baskets and scored a team-high 13 points as Florida State beat Notre Dame 67-58 on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind., for its fourth straight victory....

Jaelen House powers New Mexico to win over No. 19 San Diego State
Jaelen House scored 26 points to lead the New Mexico men's basketball team to an 88-70 win against No. 19 San Diego State in a Mountain West Conference game on Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque, N.M....

No. 1 Purdue trounces Penn St. behind Zach Edey’s 30
Center Zach Edey collected 30 points and 20 rebounds as top-ranked Purdue avoided back-to-back losses by beating visiting Penn State 95-78 Saturday....

No. 3 Kansas too strong for No. 9 Oklahoma
Hunter Dickinson had 24 points and 14 rebounds and Kevin McCullar Jr. added 21 points as No. 3 Kansas beat No. 9 Oklahoma 78-66 on Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas....

Xavier uses late first-half surge to cruise past Providence
Trey Green scored a game-high 23 points with five 3-pointers and Desmond Claude added 21 points as visiting Xavier beat Providence 85-65 on Saturday afternoon....

Bam Adebayo lifting Heat, who next take on struggling Hornets
The Miami Heat are relying on Bam Adebayo more than ever....

No. 22 Creighton holds off St. John's in tight finish
Trey Alexander sank a pair of free throws with 12.3 seconds remaining to lift No. 22 Creighton to a 66-65 victory over St. John's on Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb....

Ole Miss takes over down stretch, knocks off Vanderbilt
Matthew Murrell scored 18 of his 24 points in a near-perfect first half as Ole Miss knocked off visiting Vanderbilt 69-56 in an SEC game Saturday at Oxford, Miss....

No. 5 Tennessee makes late run to surge past Georgia
Dalton Knecht scored 36 points, one off his career high, and No. 5 Tennessee rallied from an eight-point deficit with a game-ending 15-1 run Saturday that led to an 85-79 win over Georgia in Athens, Ga....

NC State survives late surge from Louisville in win
DJ Horne scored a game-high 27 points, helped by six 3-pointers, as visiting North Carolina State held off Louisville to capture an 89-83 victory on Saturday in Louisville, Ky....

No. 15 Wisconsin holds off Northwestern, stays perfect in Big Ten
Max Klesmit had a season-high 24 points and No. 15 Wisconsin scored the final eight points to hold off visiting Northwestern 71-63 in a showdown between Big Ten leaders on Saturday at Madison, Wisc....

No. 7 North Carolina crushes Syracuse
RJ Davis racked up 22 points and No. 7 North Carolina rolled again, routing visiting Syracuse 103-67 on Saturday afternoon at Chapel Hill, N.C....

Seton Hall does enough down stretch, slips past Butler
Kadary Richmond converted the go-ahead layup to cap a 24-point, 12-rebound performance, guiding Seton Hall to a 78-72 victory over host Butler on Saturday in Indianapolis....

Nuggets to see old friend in matchup with Pacers
From the moment the Denver Nuggets won the NBA title in June, they hoped they could bring back Bruce Brown, an unrestricted free agent who had been an integral piece to their championship puzzle....

No. 10 Illinois welcomes Maryland, resumes mission to validate 'team' theme
By now Illinois has erased doubts about whether the suspension of leading scorer Terrence Shannon Jr. might damage the Fighting Illini goal of making a run to the NCAA Tournament....

No. 24 FAU aims to build off momentum in clash vs. UAB
No. 24 Florida Atlantic has not been winning all of the close games like it seemingly did last season, but the team's most recent victory was a throwback to that magical campaign....

Rutgers looking for a faster start vs. struggling Michigan State
Rutgers collected its first Big Ten victory this season on Tuesday. The Scarlet Knights next will seek their first victory ever at Michigan State's Breslin Center on Sunday afternoon....

No. 4 UConn bids to avoid misstep vs. Georgetown
It's been a treacherous week for college basketball's top teams....