Basketball Page 820 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Down 21, Celtics rally to deal Pistons their 28th straight loss
The Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit and raised their home record to 15-0 by beating the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime Thursday night....
Pop Isaacs' career night lifts Texas Tech over Sam Houston
Pop Isaacs broke out of a season-long slump to score a career-high 28 points to key Texas Tech's 96-60 blowout against visiting Sam Houston State on Thursday....
Brandon Ingram, Pelicans hang on for win over Jazz
Brandon Ingram scored 26 points to lead three New Orleans players with 20-plus points as the host Pelicans held off the Utah Jazz 112-105 on Thursday night....
Arizona State, Stanford hope fortunes change in Pac-12 play
Arizona State and Stanford enter Friday's Pac-12 opener at Palo Alto, Calif., struggling with a combined 10 losses in the nonconference portion of their schedules....
Northwestern finishes nonconference play vs. Jackson St.
Northwestern has won back-to-back games since a stunning home loss to Chicago State on Dec. 13....
Colorado, Washington surge toward Pac-12 opener
Colorado coach Tad Boyle stresses the importance of getting better throughout the season....
Streaking Utah tips off Pac-12 play vs. Wazzu
Utah can keep its momentum going when it opens Pac-12 Conference play by hosting Washington State on Friday in Salt Lake City....
Top scorer Isaiah Stevens leads No. 15 Colorado State vs. Adams State
There is a new scoring king at Colorado State and Isaiah Stevens will wear his crown proudly when the Rams return home Friday to play host to Division II Adams State at Fort Collins, Colo....
No. 12 Oklahoma fends off pesky Central Arkansas
Javian McCollum scored a season-high 23 points to lead No. 12 Oklahoma to an 88-72 win over Central Arkansas on Thursday in Norman, Okla....
Short-handed Maryland rolls past Coppin State
Julian Reese scored a team-high 18 points to lead the Maryland Terrapins to a 75-53 victory over Coppin State on Thursday night in College Park, Md....
Grizzlies star Ja Morant (illness) scratched vs. Nuggets
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will not play in Friday's game at the Denver Nuggets due to illness, the team said....
Injury issues lingering as 76ers face Rockets
As the NBA's leading scorer in pursuit of a third consecutive scoring title, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is such a force that his absence causes reverberations throughout the team's rotation....
LSU improving its defense ahead of Northwestern St. clash
After alternating wins with losses over the past seven games, LSU will try to find some consistency in its nonconference finale against visiting Northwestern State on Friday night in Baton Rouge, La....
Nebraska prepares for South Carolina State with Rienk Mast still out
Nebraska has been building momentum heading toward January, and the Cornhuskers have a good chance to continue that trend Friday night in Lincoln, Neb....
With Big 12 play approaching, Cincinnati faces Evansville
Cincinnati gets one last chance to prepare for a rigorous Big 12 schedule and enter conference action with momentum when it plays host to Evansville on Friday night....
Iowa finding a flow as Northern Illinois arrives
Iowa will look to notch its first three-game winning streak of the season when it faces Northern Illinois on Friday night at Iowa City, Iowa....
With Dawson Garcia set to return, streaking Minnesota meets Maine
Minnesota will go for its fifth win in a row when it hosts Maine in a nonconference matchup Friday night in Minneapolis....
Michigan on high alert vs. surging McNeese State
Before heading into the thick of its Big Ten schedule, Michigan will face another tricky matchup when McNeese State visits for a nonconference game Friday night in Ann Arbor, Mich....
With No. 2 Kansas looming, UCF faces Bethune-Cookman
UCF has a mammoth home matchup looming early in 2024, but the Knights still have one bit of business left in 2023....
Heat's Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin out vs. Warriors
Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the host Golden State Warriors due to a calf injury....