Basketball Page 822 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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....
Xander Rice goes for 30 as Monmouth upsets West Virginia
Xander Rice scored 20 of his career-high 30 points after halftime as visiting Monmouth pulled away for a 73-65 victory over West Virginia Friday night in Morgantown, W.Va....
Balanced NC State attack sinks Abilene Christian
Jayden Taylor scored 22 points — just two off his career high — to lead four double-figure scorers as North Carolina State cruised past Abilene Christian 84-64 Friday night in Raleigh, N.C....
Georgia holds on for tight victory over Wake Forest
Noah Thomasson scored 21 points and Jabri Abdur-Rahim poured in 17 points as Georgia won its home opener, defeating Wake Forest 80-77 courtesy of a late defensive stand Friday night in Athens, Ga....
No. 15 Texas A&M scoots past Ohio State
Tyrece Radford and Wade Taylor IV each scored 21 points when No. 15 Texas A&M defeated Ohio State 73-66 in Columbus on Friday....
Blake Hinson leads Pitt to second-half rout of Binghamton
Blake Hinson scored a game-high 26 points to lead Pittsburgh to an 89-60 home win over Binghamton Friday....
Blake Buchanan helps Virginia get by Florida
True freshman Blake Buchanan scored 18 points and made a late steal as Virginia held off Florida for a 73-70 victory on Friday night in Charlotte, N.C....
Vanderbilt finds rhythm, turns back South Carolina Upstate
Vanderbilt found the win column after an opening-night loss, defeating South Carolina Upstate 74-67 Friday night in Nashville, Tenn....