Basketball Page 898 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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....
Angel Reese not with LSU on Cayman Islands trip
Angel Reese missed her third consecutive game Friday as No. 7 LSU opened the Cayman Islands Classic with a 99-65 win over Niagara....
After latest milestone, LeBron James returns to Cleveland with Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James recently became the first NBA player to reach 39,000 points....
LJ Cryer, No. 6 Houston dismantle Montana
LJ Cryer had more points than visiting Montana for parts of the game as No. 6 Houston dominated the visiting Grizzlies in a 79-44 romp Friday afternoon....
Washington State on target, cruises past Utah Tech
Andrej Jakimovski scored 17 of his game-high 20 points in the first half and grabbed six rebounds as Washington State cruised to a 93-53 victory against Utah Tech on Friday afternoon in Pullman, Wash....
Villanova topples Memphis, wins Battle 4 Atlantis title
TJ Bamba scored 13 points to lift Villanova to a 79-63 victory over Memphis on Friday in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas....
Thunder host 76ers in battle of two of league's hotter teams
The Philadelphia 76ers were expected to be among the top teams in the NBA....
Oklahoma beats No. 23 USC in final second to win San Diego tourney
Otega Oweh's tip-in just before time expired elevated Oklahoma to a 72-70 defeat of No. 23 Southern California in the championship game of the inaugural Rady Children's Invitational on Friday in San Diego....
Reports: Lakers F Rui Hachimura out after nose surgery
Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura underwent surgery to repair a broken nose and will be re-evaluated in one week, multiple outlets reported Friday....
Pitt blows past Oregon State for third place in NIT Season Tip-Off
Pitt didn't allow Oregon State to hang around for long in Friday afternoon's NIT Season Tip-Off third-place contest, leading for all but the first 1:04 of the clash in a 76-51 win in New York....
Magic catch, surge past Celtics in second half
The Orlando Magic turned in a dominant second half and extended their winning streak to six games by beating the visiting Boston Celtics 113-96 on Friday in an NBA in-season tournament game....