Basketball Page 880 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No. 20 Arkansas survives Stanford in double OT
Tramon Mark saved six of his 25 points for the final 1:50 of the second overtime and No. 20 Arkansas held on to defeat Stanford 77-74 on Wednesday in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas....
No. 22 James Madison blitzes Fresno State, claims Cancun title
Noah Freidel hit six 3-pointers on his way to 26 points as No. 22 James Madison dominated Fresno State 95-64 to capture the Cancun Challenge's Riviera Division championship on Wednesday night in Cancun, Mexico....
Wisconsin recovers to beat SMU in Fort Myers final
Chucky Hepburn scored all 10 of his points in the final 4:36 to revive slumbering Wisconsin and help the Badgers post a 69-61 victory over SMU on Wednesday in the championship game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off's Beach Division in Florida....
Clippers take second straight from struggling Spurs
Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and Paul George added 24 as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers used a huge third-quarter surge to put away the struggling San Antonio Spurs 109-102 on Wednesday in the second of two games between the teams in three nights....
Pelicans complete two-game sweep of Kings
Zion Williamson scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram added 23 and the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 117-112 on Wednesday night....
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder top Bulls for 6th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and 12 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-102 win over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night....
Trae Young erupts for 43 as Hawks clip Nets in OT
Trae Young scored 14 of his season-high 43 points in overtime to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 147-145 on Wednesday and end their three-game losing streak....
Jalen Green uses strong second half to push Rockets past Grizzlies
Jalen Green scored 26 of his season-high 34 points in the second half to lead the Houston Rockets to a 111-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzles, extending their homecourt winning streak to seven games....
Anthony Edwards pours in 31 as Wolves dump 76ers
Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 31 points and added six rebounds and six assists as the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 112-99 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in Minneapolis....
Nebraska rallies past Duquesne to win Cornhusker Classic
Juwan Gary had a career-high 20 points and Nebraska scored on its first 16 possessions of the second half to beat Duquesne 89-79 on Wednesday night in a nonconference game in Lincoln, Neb....
Pascal Siakam, Raptors top Pacers in high-scoring affair
Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, and the visiting Toronto Raptors defeated the Indiana Pacers 132-131 Wednesday night at Indianapolis....
Celtics produce wire-to-wire win over Bucks
Jaylen Brown scored a team-high 26 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 119-116 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday....
Heat pummel Cavs behind balanced effort
Kyle Lowry scored 28 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. led four bench scorers in double figures with 22 points and the Miami Heat rolled past the host Cleveland Cavaliers 129-96 on Wednesday....
Arthur Kaluma, Kansas State cruise past Central Arkansas
Arthur Kaluma had a season-high 20 points as Kansas State defeated visiting Central Arkansas 100-56 Wednesday night. Kaluma was one of four Wildcats to reach double figures....
Paolo Banchero heroics vault Magic past Nuggets
Paolo Banchero sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:49 remaining in the fourth quarter, lifting the host Orlando Magic to a 124-119 victory over the Denver Nuggets....
Another clutch Miles Bridges trey lifts Hornets over Wizards
Miles Bridges made a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute for the second game in a row as the Charlotte Hornets rallied for a 117-114 victory against the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night....
Freshmen lead No. 13 Baylor over Oregon State in NIT Season Tipoff
Ja'Kobe Walter poured in 24 points and fellow freshman Yves Missi added 14 points and 14 rebounds as No. 13 Baylor rolled to an 88-72 win over Oregon State on Wednesday in the semifinal of the NIT Season Tipoff in Brooklyn, New York....
Cincinnati uses massive second-half run to blast Georgia Tech
Viktor Lakhin drained his first five 3-point attempts and finished with a team-leading 15 points to lead unbeaten Cincinnati to an 89-54 rout of visiting Georgia Tech on Wednesday night....
Missouri explodes in second half to comeback against South Carolina State
Sean East II scored 21 points as Missouri rallied to defeat South Carolina State 82-59 Wednesday in Columbia, Mo....
Coach's son leads Notre Dame in blowout of UMES
Braeden Shrewsberry — the son of coach Micah Shrewsberry — led a balanced attack with a career-high 13 points as Notre Dame rolled to a 75-55 nonconference victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday in South Bend, Ind....