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Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points as No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 10 Oklahoma 102-86 on Monday night. After getting outscored in the first half of their last four games, the Commodores (23-2, 9-2 Southeastern) scored 59 points on their way to a 19-point halftime lead. Oklahoma (17-6, 5-5) took its only lead when Payton Verhulst hit a 3-pointer just eight seconds into the game.
Cleveland’s new backcourt is thriving.
Flory Bidunga had a double-double and No. 9 Kansas defeated top-ranked and previously unbeaten Arizona 82-78 on Monday night.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker was back in a familiar place on Monday as the Atlanta Hawks visited the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Alexander-Walker played three seasons for the Timberwolves before signing with the Hawks in the offseason on a four-year deal worth $62 million in a sign-and-trade. NAW wanted to stay in Minnesota, but the team’s […] The post Watch Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s touching tribute video before Timberwolves-Hawks clash appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Now that the dust has settled, it seems like standing pat was the right call for San Antonio.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Lamar Wilkerson had 41 points and Indiana beat Oregon 92-74 on Monday night, handing the Ducks a 10th straight loss. Wilkerson missed his first five shots and then made 13 of 15 for the Hoosiers (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten Conference), who have won two straight and five of six. He made 6 of 12 from 3-point range and 9 of 11 free throws. The senior guard hit 10 3-pointers and scored an Assembly Hall record 44 in a 113-72 victory over Penn State in December. He is the fifth Hoos...
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight that will be displayed alongside the 1976 national championship statues in the lobby of Simon Skjody Assembly Hall.
Brice Sensabaugh made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining to lift the Utah Jazz to a 115-111 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 22 points, Lauri Markkanen added 17, Kyle Filipowski had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Ace Bailey also scored 16 for the Jazz, who won for only the fifth time in their last 23 games. The Jazz erased a 108-103 deficit with 3:32 left and got within one at 111-110 on Isaiah Collier’s jumper with 1:23 remaining.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy III made five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points, Jeremiah Fears scored 14 of his 20 in the second half and the New Orleans Pelicans sent the Sacramento Kings to their 13th straight loss Monday night, 120-94. The Kings have their most consecutive losses since the franchise moved from Kansas City to Sacramento ahead of the 1985-86 season. Murphy has made 23 3-pointers on 40 attempts (72.5%) in the last three games. Zion Williamson scored 18 points on 7-of-11 ...
Josh Hart’s nightly boxscore for the Knicks is like a box of chocolates: you never quite know what you’re going to get.
Anthony Edwards scored 21 of his 30 points in the first half as the Minnesota Timberwolves used a dominant second quarter to cruise to a 138-116 win against the short-handed Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Edwards led seven Minnesota players scoring in double figures, pushing the Timberwolves to a commanding win after a pair of disappointing losses to New Orleans and the Los Angeles Clippers. Julius Randle has 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for Minnesota, which had lost three of four.
The brawl came in what ended up being a 110-104 loss for the Hornets on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 123-113 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. Noah Clowney added 20 points for Brooklyn, which won its second in a row. Drake Powell had 14 points off the bench, rookies Danny Wolf and Nolan Traore each had 13 and Ziaire Williams added 11. The Nets won three of the four meetings between the Eastern Conference teams that are rebuilding. Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost ...
The education of Nolan Traore continues. And the rookie is proving to be a quick study.
JB on Stew getting involved: “Duren and Stew consider themselves to be brothers. If you run two guys at one guy and you’ve already crossed the line, human instinct tells him to protect his little brother.”
Sion James made an impressive halfcourt shot during the Charlotte Hornets’ matchup against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. James is halfway through the rookie campaign of his NBA career with the Hornets. He has been productive with his perimeter shooting and playmaking, being a solid contributor off the bench for Charlotte. The young guard […] The post Hornets’ Sion James hit wild halfcourt shot at the buzzer despite tight defense appeared first on ClutchPoints .
A clutch shot at the horn gave the Utah Jazz a halftime edge on Monday night when Isaiah Collier knocked down a deep three to beat the first-half buzzer. The NBA shared the moment on X (formerly known as Twitter), posting video of Collier rising and connecting just before time expired to put Utah in […] The post Jazz guard Isaiah Collier nails stunning deep 3-pointer before buzzer appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Justice Carlton scored 17 points and No. 4 Texas overcame poor second-half offense to defeat No. 18 Kentucky 64-53 on Monday night. Kentucky (18-7, 5-6) trailed by 14 before the midway point in the third quarter, but found itself down by just one point after a basket by Clara Strack with 6:23 remaining in the game. Texas responded with four free throws by Kyla Oldacre and a 3-pointer by Carlton with 3:54 left for a 56-50 lead after Madison Booker grabbed the rebound of a missed 3 by Jordan Lee.
Cade Cunningham had 33 points and nine rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons hung on to beat Charlotte 110-104 on Monday night, snapping the Hornets' nine-game winning streak in a wild game that included a fight and four player ejections. Charlotte coach Charles Lee was also ejected after having to be restrained from going after an official while arguing a no-call in the fourth quarter. Duncan Robinson scored 18 points for the Pistons and Jalen Duren added 15 before being ejected when he ignited ...
St. John's outlasted Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden, giving coach Rick Pitino his 904th career win on the court to pass Roy Williams for third place in Division I history behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim.
Mikel Brown Jr. had 10 3-pointers and scored an ACC freshman single-game record 45 points as No. 24 Louisville routed NC State 118-77 on Monday night.
