Basketball Page 777 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 14 Arkansas overcomes slow start, downs Gardner-Webb
Arkansas newcomer Khalif Battle netted a game-high 21 points and added four rebounds off the bench to lead the No. 14 Razorbacks to an 86-68 win over Gardner-Webb on Friday night in Fayetteville, Ark....
Oklahoma overwhelms MVSU on glass in blowout win
Otega Oweh scored 20 points to lead Oklahoma to an 82-43 win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday in Norman, Okla....
Oregon State edges Troy in double OT
Jordan Pope was fouled when scoring a driving layup with six seconds left in double overtime and made the free throw to give Oregon State an 81-80 victory Friday night over Troy at Corvallis, Ore....
Johni Broome paces Auburn to first win over Southeastern Louisiana
Johni Broome scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and collected 11 rebounds as Auburn shook off a sluggish start and extended its nonconference home winning streak to 46 games with an 86-71 victory over Southeastern Louisiana Friday night....
Allen Flanigan, Ole Miss put away Eastern Washington
Allen Flanigan scored a game-high 29 points and Ole Miss shook off Eastern Washington for a 75-64 victory Friday night in Oxford, Miss....
Late 16-0 run lifts No. 25 Illinois over Oakland
Locked in a tie with 7:30 to play, No. 25 Illinois reeled off 16 points in a row and ran away to a 64-53 nonconference victory over visiting Oakland on Friday night in Champaign....
Jaylen Brown lifts Celtics to in-season tournament win vs. Nets
Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 28 points to help the Boston Celtics end a two-game losing streak by beating the visiting Brooklyn Nets 121-107 on Friday night....
Mark Williams' big night propels Hornets past Wizards
Mark Williams scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, including 12 offensive rebounds, as the Charlotte Hornets opened their pool competition for the NBA in-season tournament on Friday with a 124-117 defeat of the host Washington Wizards....
Tylor Perry, three double-digit Kansas State scorers down Bellarmine
Tylor Perry was one of four Wildcats in double figures with 17 points as Kansas State defeated the visiting Bellarmine Knights 83-75 Friday night in Manhattan, Kan....
Patrick McCaffery, Iowa clobber Alabama State
Patrick McCaffery poured in 22 points and Payton Sandfort recorded a double-double as Iowa beat Alabama State 98-67 on Friday night in Iowa City, Iowa....
No. 1 Kansas steam rolls Manhattan for second win
Hunter Dickinson had 18 points and eight rebounds to help top-ranked Kansas roll to a 99-61 victory over Manhattan Friday night in Lawrence, Kan....
Tristan da Silva puts up 21 Colorado crushes Grambling
Tristan da Silva scored 21 points, J'Vonne Hadley chipped in with 17 points and Colorado beat Grambling 95-63 in Boulder, Colo., on Friday night....
Joel Embiid powers 76ers past Pistons for 7th straight win
Joel Embiid had 33 points and 16 rebounds and the streaking Philadelphia 76ers won their opener in the NBA's in-season tournament by powering past the slumping Detroit Pistons 114-106 on Friday night....
Cam Christie leads Minnesota to easy win in college debut
True freshman Cam Christie scored 18 points off the bench in his collegiate debut and Minnesota cruised to a 102-77 win over visiting UTSA on Friday night in Minneapolis....
Wooga Poplar guides No. 13 Miami to win over UCF
Wooga Poplar scored a career-high 23 points to lead 13th-ranked Miami to an 88-72 win over UCF on Friday night in Coral Gables, Fla....
Chattanooga slips past Louisville
Honor Huff scored 25 points and Myles Che added 22 and Sam Alexis had 16 points and 11 rebounds as Chattanooga beat host Louisville 81-71 on Friday night....
Kanye Clary, Penn State pull away from Lehigh
Kanye Clary registered 20 points to fuel Penn State to a 74-65 home win over Lehigh in Friday's nonleague action from University Park, Pa....
Gavin Griffiths powers Rutgers past Boston U 69-45
Rutgers received 25 points from freshman guard Gavin Griffiths and picked up its first victory of the season by beating visiting Boston University 69-45 on Friday night....
Caleb Love's late free throws send No. 12 Arizona over No. 2 Duke
Arizona's Keshad Johnson scored 14 points, and Caleb Love helped clinch another outcome against Duke with two free throws at the 4.3-second mark as the No. 12 Wildcats beat the second-ranked Blue Devils 78-73 Friday night in Durham, N.C....
Bobby Durkin's 3 lifts Davidson past Maryland
Bobby Durkin scored 16 points, including a 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining, as Davidson turned a scoring burst to open the second half into a 64-61 victory over Maryland on Friday in the opening game of the Ashville Championship at Asheville, N.C....