Basketball Page 810 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Trail Blazers look to ride momentum, face struggling Wizards
The Portland Trail Blazers ended a seven-game slide and now look for back-to-back victories for the first time since Nov. 27 and 30....
High-scoring Iowa State prepares for Eastern Illinois
Iowa State has been racking up points and notching blowout victories....
Bulls overwhelm Lakers with 8 double-figure scorers
DeMar DeRozan finished with a game-high 27 points and Coby White followed with 17 to lead eight scorers in double figures and lift the host Chicago Bulls to a 124-108 win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday....
Minnesota eyes fourth straight win, hosts Ball State
Minnesota will go for its fourth win in a row when it hosts Ball State on Thursday night in a nonconference matchup in Minneapolis....
Knicks end road woes vs. Nets, win 121-102
Julius Randle scored 19 of his 26 points in the first half as the New York Knicks led for almost the entire way in a 121-102 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night in New York....
Balanced attack helps Iowa cruise past UMBC
Tony Perkins scored 23 points and Brock Harding, Ben Krikke, and Payton Sandfort each notched double-doubles to help Iowa cruise past visiting Maryland, Baltimore County 103-81 on Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa....
Nikola Jokic stars, Nuggets handle Raptors
Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 15 rebounds as the visiting Denver Nuggets defeated the Toronto Raptors 113-104 Wednesday night....
Joel Embiid adds to scoring rampage as Sixers top Wolves
Joel Embiid had 51 points and 12 rebounds to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers over the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-113 on Wednesday....
Heat put together balanced effort in topping Magic
Tyler Herro had 28 points to lead seven scorers in double figures as the visiting Miami Heat hit 15 3-pointers in a 115-106 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday....
Sam Merrill's career night lifts Cavaliers past Jazz
Sam Merrill drained eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 27 points to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 124-116 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night....
Nebraska comes from behind to top North Dakota
C.J. Wilcher came off the bench to score 16 points and Juwan Gary had his second consecutive double-double as Nebraska overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat North Dakota 83-75 in a nonconference game on Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb....
Buddy Hield's third quarter burst sends Pacers over Hornets
Buddy Hield scored 19 of his 25 points in the third quarter, and the Indiana Pacers used a sterling long-range shooting display to snap a four-game losing streak by routing the visiting Charlotte Hornets 144-113 Wednesday night in Indianapolis....
Casey Morsell helps NC State pull away from Saint Louis
Casey Morsell scored 21 points to help North Carolina State get an 82-70 win over visiting Saint Louis on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C....
Radford stuns West Virginia in final seconds
RaeQuan Battle's West Virginia debut was spoiled by a hanging jumper in the dying seconds, as DaQuan Smith's late basket gave Radford a 66-65 win over the Mountaineers on Wednesday night in Morgantown, W.Va....
Late run leads No. 21 Duke past No. 10 Baylor
Jared McCain scored 21 points and Jeremy Roach added 18 for No. 21 Duke, which was at its best in the final six minutes of a 78-70 win over No. 10 Baylor on Wednesday in New York....
No. 5 UConn gets overwhelmed by Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall
Kadary Richmond racked up 23 points, six rebounds, five assists and a career-high eight steals as host Seton Hall toppled No. 5 UConn 75-60 in the rivals' conference opener Wednesday in Newark, N.J....
Jabri Abdur-Rahim, Georgia run over Mount St. Mary's
Senior Jabri Abdur-Rahim scored 21 of his career-high 23 points in the first half and Georgia overcame a slow start to defeat Mount St. Mary's 94-82 at Athens, Ga., on Wednesday to extend its winning streak to six games....
Pitt pulls off win over Purdue Fort Wayne despite sloppy shooting
Guillermo Graham Diaz finished with a game-high 13 points as Pittsburgh never trailed en route to a 62-48 victory over visiting Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday night....
Joel Soriano, St. John's dispatch Xavier in Big East opener
Joel Soriano posted another double-double and added a career-high six blocks Wednesday night for host St. John's, which never trailed in an 81-66 win over Xavier in the Big East opener for both schools in Queens, N.Y....
Hot-shooting Miami aims to remain on target vs. Stonehill
Miami leads the Atlantic Coast Conference and rank in the top-15 nationally in 3-point percentage (41.2), field-goal percentage (50.8) and effective field-goal percentage (58.2)....