Basketball Page 874 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Rockets protect home court against cold-shooting Nuggets
Jalen Green scored a team-high 25 points while Alperen Sengun added a double-double as the Houston Rockets extended their homecourt winning streak to eight consecutive contests with a 105-86 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday in an NBA in-season tournament game....
De'Aaron Fox puts up 36 as Kings dump Wolves
De'Aaron Fox scored 36 points and dished 12 assists as the Sacramento Kings pulled away for a 124-111 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in an NBA in-season tournament game Friday night in Minneapolis....
Pacers' strong finish turns game with Pistons into rout
Tyrese Haliburton had 26 points and 10 assists and Indiana finished the game on a 19-1 run to hand the Detroit Pistons their 13th consecutive loss, 136-113, in Indianapolis on Friday night....
Knicks pull off late comeback for win over Heat
RJ Barrett converted a go-ahead, three-point play with 1:59 left Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who stormed back from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Miami Heat 100-98 and stave off elimination in the NBA in-season tournament....
Raptors down Bulls in in-season tournament game
OG Anunoby scored 26 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Chicago Bulls 121-108 Friday night in an NBA in-season tournament game....
First-half spurt sends LSU on way past North Florida
Will Baker scored 18 points to lead four scorers in double figures, and LSU defeated North Florida 75-63 on Friday night in Baton Rouge, La....
PJ Hall (29 points), Clemson cruise past Alcorn State
PJ Hall recorded a career-high 29 points to go along with nine rebounds on Friday, lifting host Clemson to a 90-69 victory over Alcorn State....
ASU's offense returns in win over Vanderbilt
With a renewed sense of offensive prowess, Arizona State took third place at the Vegas Showdown with an 82-67 win over Vanderbilt on Friday night in Las Vegas....
Oklahoma State turns it on, routs Houston Christian
Though challenged early, Oklahoma State pulled away late in the first half and emerged with a 92-65 victory over Houston Christian on Friday night in Stillwater, Okla....
Backcourt boosts Ohio State to upset of No. 17 Alabama
The backcourt duo of Roddy Gayle Jr. and Bruce Thornton combined for 52 points as Ohio State upset No. 17 Alabama 92-81 in the first round of the Emerald Coast Classic on Friday in Niceville, Fla....
Josh Oduro stars in Providence win over Lehigh
Josh Oduro scored a game-high 29 points and Bryce Hopkins finished with 25 to help Providence College improve its record to 5-1 with a 78-64 victory over visiting Lehigh on Friday night....
Record first half leads No. 16 Kentucky past Marshall
D.J. Wagner scored a season-high 28 points and Antonio Reeves added 23 to lift No. 16 Kentucky to a 118-82 victory over Marshall on Friday in Lexington, Ky....
Texas Tech gets ahead early, suffocates Michigan wire-to-wire
Devan Cambridge and Joe Toussaint scored 17 points each as Texas Tech hustled to a 73-57 victory over Michigan in the Battle 4 Atlantis fifth-place game Friday night in Paradise Island, Bahamas....
Arkansas G Tramon Mark released from hospital after late-game scare
Tramon Mark was released from a local hospital after taking a scary fall near the end of No. 20 Arkansas' game against No. 14 North Carolina, the school said Friday evening....
Iowa staves off Seton Hall for third place in San Diego tourney
Payton Sandfort netted 22 points to lead four scorers in double figures as Iowa defeated Seton Hall 85-72 on Friday night in the third-place game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego....
No. 9 Duke struggles early, gets by Southern Indiana
Kyle Filipowski produced his first double-double of the season with 21 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 6 Duke scored the first 11 second-half points to overcome surprising Southern Indiana in a deceiving 80-62 victory Friday night at Durham, N.C....
RayJ Dennis pushes No. 13 Baylor past Florida 95-91
RayJ Dennis scored 22 of his 24 points in the second half to carry No. 13 Baylor past Florida 95-91 to win the NIT Season Tip-Off championship on Friday at New York....
Virginia Tech keeps distance, downs Iowa State with balanced attack
Hunter Cattoor scored a team-high 18 points to help lead Virginia Tech to a 71-62 win over Iowa State in the semifinals of the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida on Friday....
Georgia pulls out victory over pesky Winthrop
Noah Thomasson scored 24 points to lead a trio of double-figure scorers as Georgia outlasted Winthrop 78-69 on Friday at Athens, Ga....
Devin Booker's 40 points propels Suns past Grizzlies
Devin Booker scored a season-high 40 points to fuel the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 110-89 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday in an NBA in-season tournament game....