Basketball Page 914 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
History lingers over North Carolina-Villanova matchup
The last time Villanova and North Carolina met on a basketball court, the result was an indelible piece of NCAA Tournament history....
BC, Loyola Chicago meet in KC tourney consolation game
Loyola Chicago coach Drew Valentine isn't letting a hard-fought loss to a top-10 team make him question the faith he has in his group....
Texas Tech, UNI aim to bounce back in Bahamas
Northern Iowa struggled to stop North Carolina at the 3-point arc on Wednesday, while Texas Tech encountered difficulties preventing Villanova from scoring in the paint....
Tulane closes fast to down Cal in SoCal Challenge
Kevin Cross scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and Tulane shot 69 percent after halftime to stop California 84-81 for third place in the SoCal Challenge early Thursday morning in San Juan Capistrano, Calif....
Top 25 roundup: No. 2 Purdue beats No. 4 Marquette for Maui title
Zach Edey had 28 points and 15 rebounds as No. 2 Purdue defeated No. 4 Marquette 78-75 on Wednesday in the championship game of the Maui Invitational in Honolulu....
Anton Watson goes off for 32 as No. 11 Zags beat UCLA
Senior forward Anton Watson scored a career-high 32 points and No. 11 Gonzaga held off UCLA for a 69-65 win in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday in Honolulu....
NBA roundup: Warriors' Chris Paul ejected in loss at Phoenix
Kevin Durant had a game-high 32 points, Devin Booker added 25 and the host Phoenix Suns watched Chris Paul get a two-technical-foul ejection in his homecoming during the Golden State Warriors' 123-115 loss Wednesday night....
Chris Paul tossed in return to Phoenix as Suns sink Warriors
Kevin Durant had a game-high 32 points, Devin Booker added 25 and the host Phoenix Suns watched Chris Paul get a two-technical-foul ejection in his homecoming during the Golden State Warriors' 123-115 loss Wednesday night....
Mavs blow 20-point lead, recover to edge Lakers
Luka Doncic scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Kyrie Irving hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 21.6 seconds left and the visiting Dallas Mavericks held on for a 104-101 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday....
Behind Jerami Grant (30), Blazers blitz Jazz, end skid
Jerami Grant scored 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting and the Portland Trail Blazers halted an eight-game losing streak with a convincing 121-105 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Wednesday night....
Florida rallies, then pulls away to hand Pitt first loss
Having won its first four games by an average of 35 points, Pittsburgh rolled into its Wednesday night matchup with Florida in the NIT Tip-Off with a good measure of confidence....
From start to finish, Syracuse pounds Chaminade 105-56
Chris Bell scored a game-high 18 points as Syracuse placed seven players in double figures in a 105-56 pounding of Chaminade Wednesday night, winning the seventh-place game in the Maui Invitational in Honolulu....
Harrison Ingram fuels No. 14 North Carolina past UNI
Harrison Ingram totaled 16 points and 10 rebounds to lift No. 14 North Carolina to a 91-69 win over Northern Iowa on Wednesday in the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas....
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....