Basketball Page 791 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Marquette blows out No. 12 Texas
Tyler Kolek scored a season-high 28 points and Kam Jones added 17 as No. 8 Marquette bounced back from an in-state-rivalry loss to rout No. 12 Texas 86-65 in a Big East-Big 12 Battle game on Wednesday in Milwaukee....
Stephen Curry, Warriors close door on Blazers in final seconds
Stephen Curry saved 22 of his game-high 31 points for the second half, capped by a clinching 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining, and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 110-106 on Wednesday night....
Bulls' Zach LaVine (foot) out through Christmas
An inflamed right foot will sideline Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine for another three to four weeks....
Paul George helps Clippers take revenge game against Nuggets
Paul George scored 25 points with eight rebounds and James Harden added 20 points with 11 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers got a bit of revenge against the visiting Denver Nuggets with a 111-102 victory Wednesday....
Arizona State escapes second-half hole, edges SMU
Jose Perez scored 20 points and Frankie Collins added 17 as Arizona State came back for a 76-74 win over SMU on Wednesday night at Tempe, Ariz....
Washington State pummels UC Riverside 86-49
Jaylen Wells posted season highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds as Washington State clobbered UC Riverside 86-49 in a nonconference game Wednesday night in Pullman, Wash....
Down 17, Minnesota comes back to beat Nebraska
Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting, Elijah Hawkins collected 12 points and 11 assists, and Minnesota stormed back for a 76-65 win over visiting Nebraska in a Big Ten Conference matchup Wednesday night in Minneapolis....
Blake Hinson leads Pitt past West Virginia
Entering the 190th installment of the Backyard Brawl, West Virginia coach Josh Eilert reminded his team about the scoring ability of Pitt's Blake Hinson....
Strong first half propels No. 21 Texas A&M past DePaul
Jace Carter scored 14 points and Henry Coleman III collected 13 points and nine rebounds to lift No. 21 Texas A&M to an 89-64 victory over visiting DePaul on Wednesday in College Station, Texas....
Hot finish propels No. 13 Colorado State past Denver
Patrick Cartier finished with 19 points and No. 13 Colorado State canned 72 percent of its second-half shots to rally for a 90-80 nonconference win over Denver on Wednesday in Fort Collins, Colo....
Luka Doncic's triple-double sends Mavs to rout of Jazz
Luka Doncic recorded a 29-point triple-double in the first half and finished with 40 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks demolished the visiting Utah Jazz 147-97 on Wednesday....
Bulls use strong third quarter to get past Hornets
DeMar DeRozan scored a game-high 29 points, Nikola Vucevic recorded a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls rode third quarter runs to their third consecutive win with a 111-100 defeat of the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday....
Chauncey Wiggins helps No. 24 Clemson rally past rival South Carolina
Chauncey Wiggins gave No. 24 Clemson a big boost of offense with 15 points and the Tigers overcame an 11-point second-half deficit to remain undefeated by topping visiting South Carolina 72-67 on Wednesday night....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Iowa's Caitlin Clark tops 3,000 points
Caitlin Clark scored 35 points, becoming the 15th Division I women's basketball player to pass the 3,000 career points mark, as No. 4 Iowa beat rival Iowa State 67-58 on the road in Ames on Wednesday night....
Rockets finish off Thunder, extend home win streak to 9
Dillon Brooks scored 23 points, Alperen Sengun tallied 21 and Aaron Holiday added 22 points off the bench as the Houston Rockets extended their homecourt winning streak to nine games with a 110-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday....
Mikal Bridges hits game-winner, Nets get revenge over Hawks
Mikal Bridges capped a 32-point performance by hitting the game-winning jumper with 4.5 seconds left as the visiting Brooklyn Nets outlasted the Atlanta Hawks for a 114-113 victory Wednesday night in another close game between the teams....
Caleb Martin's 24 points lead Heat past Raptors
Caleb Martin scored a season-best 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the visiting Miami Heat defeated the Toronto Raptors 112-103 Wednesday night....
Texas Tech uses 3-point barrage to blow by Omaha
Kerwin Walton scored a career-high 22 points and Texas Tech hit a red-hot shooting stretch from beyond the arc in the first half to build a comfortable lead and never looked back in an 87-58 victory over Omaha in Lubbock, Texas....
San Francisco goes wire to wire to beat Vanderbilt
Ndewedo Newbury scored 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting as San Francisco scored a 73-60 win over host Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday....
Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert lead Timberwolves past reeling Spurs
Mike Conley poured in a team-high 18 points, and Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 20 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves were at their best late in a 102-94 win over the hapless San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday in Minneapolis....