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West Virginia holds on despite late charge from UMass
Tucker DeVries scored a team-high 17 points and Amani Hansberry finished with 16 to help West Virginia defeat UMass 75-69 on Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va., ,DeVries made three 3-pointers and was 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. He also led his team in scoring Monday, when West Virginia (2-0) op...
No. 1 Kansas squanders lead, still tops No. 9 North Carolina
Hunter Dickinson made a tiebreaking layup with 1:17 left and No. 1 Kansas beat No. 9 North Carolina 92-89 in Lawrence, Kan., on Friday despite blowing a 20-point lead.,After Dickinson split a pair of free throws with 12.1 seconds left, the Tar Heels' Elliot Cadeau had his 3-point attempt from the ri...
Jaylen Murray's late free throws push No. 24 Ole Miss past Grambling
Dre Davis scored 13 points and Jalen Murray hit a pair of key free throws with 3.3 seconds to play as Ole Miss rallied from a double-digit second half deficit and held on to beat visiting Grambling State 66-64 on Friday in Oxford, Miss.,The Rebels (2-0) trailed by eight points at halftime but roared...
Gamecocks easily handle Bulldogs
Jacobi Wright scored 20 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 19 to go along with 16 rebounds, lifting host South Carolina to an 86-64 victory over South Carolina State on Friday in Columbia, S.C.,Wright sank four 3-pointers to highlight his performance and help the Gamecocks (1-1) improve to 23-0 a...
Pittsburgh uses late run to pull away from Murray State
Jaland Lowe scored a team-high 20 points and Pittsburgh took control for good in the final eight minutes to defeat visiting Murray State 83-68 on Friday night., ,Pitt used an extended 18-2 run, ending with 14 straight points, to put away a pesky Murray State group that went cold after a decent shoot...
Virginia Tech escapes 14-point hole, gets past USC Upstate
Senior Mylyjael Poteat powered inside for a career-high 19 points to propel slow-starting Virginia Tech to a 93-74 victory over South Carolina Upstate on Friday in Blacksburg, Va.,Brandon Rechsteiner, a sophomore, also notched his career high with 19 points while Tyler Johnson contributed 16 points ...
UCF fends off visiting Purdue Fort Wayne
UCF's Jordan Ivy-Curry scored five of his game-high 18 points in the final 3:45 Friday as the Knights staved off an upset after pulling off one earlier in the week, beating the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons 75-68 in Orlando.,The Knights (2-0), whose fans stormed the court Monday after a 64-61 shocker ...
No. 20 Cincinnati shuts down Morehead State at home, 83-56
No. 20 Cincinnati played shorthanded but still earned an 83-56 win at home against Morehead State on Friday night in Cincinnati.,Day Day Thomas and Dan Skillings Jr. sat out with injuries but the Bearcats' (2-0) balanced scoring featured five players in double figure and a stifling defense which was...
Hot-shooting Clemson too much for Saint Francis
Ian Schieffelin recorded 16 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, helping lead the Clemson Tigers to an 88-62 win over visiting Saint Francis on Friday.,Jaeden Zackery also scored 16 points and Chase Hunter added 13 for Clemson (2-0). The Tigers made 33 of their 56 field-goal attempts (58.9 percent)...
Hot-shooting NC State powers past Presbyterian
Jayden Taylor scored 19 points and Ben Middlebrooks added 16 as North Carolina State shook off Presbyterian in the second half and finished off an 81-72 nonconference victory Friday at Raleigh, N.C.,Brandon Huntley-Hatfield and Michael O'Connell each scored 11 points as the Wolfpack (2-0) shot 55.4 ...
No. 14 Purdue leaves Northern Kentucky in dust, 72-50
Fletcher Loyer scored a game-high 16 points Friday night and No. 14 Purdue put the clamps on Northern Kentucky in a 72-50 nonconference win in West Lafayette, Ind.,Trey Kaufman-Renn added 14 for the Boilermakers (2-0), while Braden Smith chipped in 11 points and seven assists, going 3 of 7 from the ...
LJ Thomas scores 29, helps Austin Peay edge Butler
LJ Thomas scored a game-high 29 points, including a layup with 46 seconds to play, to help Austin Peay hang on for a 68-66 road victory over Butler on Friday night in Indianapolis.,Thomas also grabbed eight rebounds and was the only player to score in double figures for the Governors (2-0). His shot...
VCU clamps down on Boston College in lopsided win
Joe Bamisile collected 18 points and nine rebounds to help VCU down Boston College 80-55 on Friday night as part of the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Md.,Phillip Russell posted a team-high 20 points for the Rams (2-0), who dominated on the glass for most of the game and outrebounded the Eagles 46-4...
Penn State steamrolls UMBC, 103-54
Yanic Konan Niederhauser had 18 points and nine rebounds to help lead Penn State to a 103-54 win over UMBC at State College, Penn. on Friday.,D'Marco Dunn scored 16 points, Zach Hicks and Jahvin Carter each had 12 points and Nick Kern added 10 points for Penn State (2-0), which reached 100 points sc...
Bernhard Langer beats his age, Stewart Cink still leads in Phoenix
Stewart Cink remains on top at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, but Friday's second round at Phoenix (Ariz.) Country Club brought with it a few notable shifts on the leaderboard.,Cink followed his opening 64 with a 5-under-par 66 to move to 12-under 130 at the halfway mark of the season finale. ...
No. 7 Duke uses balanced attack to roll past Army
Kon Knueppel's 15 points led six Duke players in double-figure scoring as the No. 7 Blue Devils blew out visiting Army 100-58 on Friday night at Durham, N.C., ,Tyrese Proctor, who matched Knueppel's four 3-point field goals, had 14 points, Cooper Flagg tallied 13 points, reserve Sion James added 12 ...
Xavier's torrid second half enough to beat IU Indianapolis
Dayvion McKnight was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field, including 4-for-4 from 3-point range, and finished with 17 points to rally Xavier past visiting IU Indianapolis 94-80 on Friday night in Cincinnati.,Indiana State transfer Ryan Conwell scored a game-high 19 points and Zach Freemantle added 17 fo...
Nico Echavarria, Max Greyserman tied for lead in Cabo
Colombia's Nico Echavarria moved into position for his second win of the FedEx Cup Fall series, as he tied Max Greyserman for the second-round lead at the World Wide Technology Championship on Friday in Los Cabos, Mexico.,Echavarria fired a bogey-free, 9-under-par 63 at El Cardonal at Diamante, and ...
Benny Gealer, Jaylen Blakes help Stanford get past Fullerton
Benny Gealer hit a career-best six 3-pointers in a 20-point performance, Maxime Raynaud recorded his second straight double-double and Stanford pulled away from visiting Cal State Fullerton for an 80-53 nonconference victory Friday afternoon.,Raynaud totaled 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds whi...
ATP roundup: Denis Shapovalov ends drought by reaching Belgrade final
Canadian qualifier Denis Shapovalov blew past Czech fourth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-1 in 56 minutes to advance to the final of the Belgrade Open on Friday in the Serbian capital.,Shapovalov, once ranked as highly as No. 10 in the world, had not reached an ATP Tour final since October 2022. His only ...