Basketball Page 765 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 8 Creighton holds off Alabama, 85-82
Trey Alexander scored 22 points and Baylor Scheierman added 20 points, nine assists and six rebounds to help No. 8 Creighton post an 85-82 victory over Alabama on Saturday night at Omaha, Neb....
Heat dump Bulls on Jimmy Butler buzzer beater
Jimmy Butler hit a step-back jumper over Coby White at the buzzer, leading the host Miami Heat to a 118-116 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night....
Without Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers routed by Wolves
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 40 points on 15-for-25 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 127-109 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday night in Minneapolis....
Jarrett Allen leads Cavaliers past Hawks
Jarrett Allen had team highs of 25 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 127-119 win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night....
Ole Miss remains perfect, beating Cal
Hot-shooting Jaemyn Brakefield notched a career-high 27 points, and the Ole Miss Rebels remained perfect Saturday night in an 88-78 win over the California Golden Bears in the Hall of Fame Series in San Antonio, Texas....
Texas Tech zips past Vanderbilt
Pop Isaacs scored 19 points and keyed a crucial surge early in the second half that helped carry Texas Tech to a 76-54 victory over struggling Vanderbilt on Saturday in the USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas....
Xavier ends Winthrop's four-game winning streak
Quincy Olivari scored 22 points and Desmond Claude added 15 as Xavier defeated Winthrop 75-59 Saturday in the Skip Prosser Classic in Cincinnati....
DaRon Holmes II carries Dayton past Cincinnati
DaRon Holmes II scored 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting and Dayton pulled away for an 82-68 win over host Cincinnati on Saturday evening....
76ers blow out Hornets for sixth straight win
Joel Embiid scored 42 points in just three quarters as the Philadelphia 76ers blew out the host Charlotte Hornets 135-82 on Saturday night....
UMass recovers to topple West Virginia, 87-79
Josh Cohen scored 19 points and Robert Davis finished with 18 to lead UMass to an 87-79 victory over West Virginia on Saturday at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass....
Wooga Poplar paces No. 24 Miami past La Salle
Wooga Poplar shook off an injury scare to score a career-high 25 points as No. 24 Miami posted an 84-77 win over visiting La Salle on Saturday afternoon....
Hot-shooting Bucks destroy Pistons, 146-114
Damian Lillard scored 33 points, Bobby Portis recorded a double-double on a season-high 31 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks extended the visiting Detroit Pistons' franchise-long losing streak to 23 games with a 146-114 rout on Saturday....
Coming off Top 10 win, Washington takes on Seattle
Washington got a signature victory last Saturday, defeating then-No. 7 Gonzaga 78-73....
Rob Dillingham helps No. 14 Kentucky top No. 9 North Carolina
Rob Dillingham scored 17 points off the bench and No. 14 Kentucky led almost the entire game but had a tussle down the stretch to defeat No. 9 North Carolina 87-83 on Saturday at Atlanta....
Up 20, Arkansas hangs on to beat Lipscomb 69-66
Tramon Mark scored a game-high 17 points Saturday and Arkansas nearly blew a 20-point, second-half lead before holding off Lipscomb 69-66 in a nonconference matchup in North Little Rock, Ark....
No. 22 Virginia barely avoids upset at hands of Northeastern
Reece Beekman banked a short jump shot off the glass with five seconds left to propel No. 22 Virginia to a come-from-behind 56-54 victory over Northeastern on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va....
South Carolina holds off Charleston Southern
Meechie Johnson's three free throws with 1:39 left in the game gave South Carolina the breathing room it needed to hang on for a 73-69 victory over spunky Charleston Southern on Saturday night in Columbia, S.C....
No. 25 Northwestern rebounds for 56-46 win over DePaul
Nick Martinelli scored 16 points and Ryan Langborg chipped in 14 to boost No. 25 Northwestern to a 56-46 win against host DePaul on Saturday in Chicago....
Down at half, Georgia rallies past High Point
Silas Dmary Jr. scored 12 points, RJ Melendez added 11 points and six rebounds and Georgia rallied for a 66-58 win over visiting High Point Saturday in Athens, Ga....
Report: Suns G Bradley Beal (ankle) to miss weeks
Phoenix Suns shooting guard Bradley Beal will miss a few weeks with the ankle injury he sustained Friday night, The Athletic reported Saturday....