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Dylan Grant's career-high 28 points lead Rutgers past Lehigh
Dylan Grant had 18 of his career-high 28 points in the first half, and Rutgers held off a mild comeback for an 84-72 victory over Lehigh on Friday in Piscataway, N.J.,Emmanuel Ogbole had 15 of his career-high 16 points in the second half and added 10 rebounds for his first career double-double for t...
New-look Rutgers will continue to take shape vs. Lehigh
The first two games were hardly flawless for Rutgers, but they've provided a chance for coach Steve Pikiell to get a better look at the roster following the departures of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper to the NBA.,Rutgers gets another chance to evaluate its personnel and attempts to win a third straigh...
Brenen Lorient's big day leads West Virginia past Lehigh
Brenen Lorient scored a game-high 26 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead West Virginia to a 69-47 win over Lehigh on Sunday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Lorient made 11 of 15 field goal attempts and connected on 3 of 4 3-point attempts. ,Harlan Obioha added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Honor...
West Virginia hosts Lehigh looking for 3-0 start
West Virginia first-year coach Ross Hodge says a specific type of player is the most challenging to defend: smaller, creative guards who can shoot.,There will be players like that on both sides on Sunday afternoon when his Mountaineers (2-0) host Lehigh (1-1) in Morgantown, W.Va.,In a 91-52 win over...
Kelvin Sampson earns 800th win as No. 2 Houston bests Lehigh
On an opening night in which they unfurled a Final Four banner from the rafters of the Fertitta Center, Kelvin Sampson earned his 800th career win and second-ranked Houston handled visiting Lehigh 75-57 on Monday night.,Over a 36-year career coaching at Montana Tech, Washington State, Oklahoma, Indi...
No. 2 Houston eyes getting over the hump, opens with Lehigh
The word "almost" continues to hang over the Houston program.,The Cougars certainly are defined by that word, even though they have won four consecutive conference championships, including two straight in the top tier of the sport in the Big 12, while racking up 12 NCAA Tournament wins over that sam...
Patrick Mahomes enters high school HOF, partners with Texas schools
Three-time Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes was among nine people enshrined in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame on Saturday -- and he left a piece of himself in his home state.,Mahomes played at Whitehouse High School, near Tyler, Texas, and went on to Texas Tech before the Kansas City C...
Women's NCAA Birmingham 2 roundup: Top seed South Carolina crushes Tennessee Tech
No. 1 seed South Carolina began its pursuit of a third national championship in four seasons on Friday afternoon with a 108-48 rout of No. 16-seeded Tennessee Tech in Columbia, S.C.,The Gamecocks (31-3) allowed the game's first two points, then proceeded to outscore the Ohio Valley Conference champi...
21-0 run sends UCLA to demolition of Lehigh
UCLA exploded for 21 unanswered points in the first half and raced to an 85-45 blowout of Lehigh on Friday in Los Angeles.,The Bruins (3-1) had given up 10 consecutive points after building an early 15-3 lead, the Mountain Hawks' run punctuated by Keith Higgins Jr. hitting a 3-pointer and converting...
UCLA aims to curtail turnover issues against Lehigh
UCLA continues a six-game homestand in Los Angeles on Friday, hosting Lehigh for their first-ever meeting. ,The Bruins (2-1) fell out of the AP Top 25 poll after a 72-64 loss to New Mexico in Henderson, Nev., on Nov. 8, but rebounded emphatically with a 71-40 rout of Boston University on Monday. ,UC...
Georgetown outlasts Lehigh to secure season-opening win
Micah Peavy scored 18 of his 20 points in the first half for Georgetown as the Hoyas earned a hard-fought 85-77 victory in their season opener against visiting Lehigh on Wednesday night in Washington. ,Thomas Sorber paired 20 points with 13 rebounds for Georgetown (1-0), which shot 31-of-64 (48.4 pe...
Georgetown, looking for bounce-back year, open vs. Lehigh
Last month, Georgetown coach Ed Cooley dismissed rumors about taking over for Tony Bennett at Virginia.,Instead, Cooley is fully focused on helping the Hoyas recapture some of the glory they had under former coach John Thompson, who won the national championship in 1984 and guided Georgetown to thre...
Sharp-shooting Northwestern dominates Lehigh
Zack Martinelli scored 17 of his game-high 26 points before halftime and Luke Hunger chipped in 15 points to lift host Northwestern to a 90-46 rout of Lehigh on Monday in Evanston, Ill.,Northwestern led by as many as 50 points in the season opener for both teams. Martinelli grabbed 10 rebounds to no...
Northwestern doesn't mind doubters ahead of opener vs. Lehigh
Northwestern enters 2024-25 coming off consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in school history and returning 66 percent of its minutes.,Still, a preseason media poll tapped the Wildcats 16th out of 18 teams in the Big Ten, due largely to the graduation of top scorer and floor le...
OKC's Sam Presti is an overrated draft savant
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Soni...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Josh Hart is the hardest working man in the NBA
Work Hart, not smart, has been the New York Knicks blueprint since the end of January. While injuries to Julius Randle and OG Anunoby have kept their front court stars out of the rotation, Tom Thibodeau has turned to his tried-and-true method of working his blue collar contributors until they’re dog...
Jalen Green’s filthy jam over Anfernee Simons is Dunk of the Year Worthy
During the course of an NBA season, we get quite a few wow moments in many different ways. If it’s not a defender getting crossed up so badly he hits the canvas, it’s a rim-shattering dunk that makes folks rise up out of their seats. Sometimes it’s us watching in awe as players like Stephen Curry or...
Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....
Long live North Carolina—Duke
The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first outright regular season ACC title in seven years with an 84-79 win over archenemy Duke on Saturday. The annual season finale for the conference is one of the best things going in college basketball, yet there’s a sinking feeling that fans should relish th...