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Mikel Brown Jr. had a part of every point during Louisville's go-ahead run early in the second half as the standout freshman followed up his historic game with 29 points and six assists in the No. 24 Cardinals' 82-71 win over Baylor on Saturday. The Cardinals (19-6) went ahead to stay with an 11-3 run that started when Brown had the assist on J'Vonne Hadley's basket with 18:20 left to snap a 39-all tie.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Juke Harris scored 25 points and personally outscored Stanford 9-2 down the stretch, lifting Wake Forest to a come-from-behind 68-63 victory over the Cardinal on Saturday. The Cardinal led 39-30 at halftime but were unable to extend their lead in the second half. Wake Forest finally tied it at 61 on a layup by Harris with 1:48 remaining.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Tae Davis had 19 points, Nijel Pack and reserve Kuol Atak both scored 18, and Oklahoma used an 18-0 second-half run to beat Georgia 94-78 on Saturday. Davis made 7 of 10 shots and 5 of 7 free throws for the Sooners (13-12, 3-9 Southeastern Conference), who beat No. 15 Vanderbilt by a point on the road last time out to end a nine-game losing streak. Pack hit 6 of 10 shots with four 3-pointers and Atak did his damage on 6-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Reserve Dayton F...
Saturday's Georgia-Oklahoma basketball game was delayed after a popcorn machine at a concession stand caught on fire.
Xaivian Lee scored 22 points, Urban Klavzar added 19 and No. 14 Florida beat 25th-ranked Kentucky 92-83 Saturday for its 10th victory in its last 11 outings. Lee and Klavzar took advantage of Florida’s paint presence and hit a combined nine 3-pointers. Thomas Haugh (17), Alex Condon (14) and Rueben Chinyelu (10) also scored in double figures for the Gators, who ended a six-game skid against the Wildcats at home.
Here's what we learned about what's to come for North Carolina with Caleb Wilson sidelined indefinitely
BYU guard Richie Saunders exited 45 seconds into the first half of Saturday's game between the Cougars and Colorado with an apparent lower leg injury.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nate Bittle and Takai Simpkins each scored 22 points to help Oregon snap a 10-game losing streak with an 83-72 win over Penn State on Saturday. The Ducks (9-16, 2-12 Big Ten) had been without a win since Jan. 2 over Maryland, their only previous Big Ten win of the season. Bittle's 22 came on 6-of-9 shooting and 8 of 11 at the free-throw line with seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks. Simpkins made 4 of 5 from behind the arc, and all eight of his free throws. Dezdric...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Donnie Freeman scored 18 points, Nate Kingz had 13 and the game‑winning layup with two seconds remaining, and Syracuse edged SMU 79–78 on Saturday. Syracuse (15–11, 6–7 ACC) trailed 61-49 with just over 12 minutes left and spent most of the second half playing from behind. Kingz capped the comeback by driving the lane and finishing through traffic after Syracuse secured a defensive rebound and called a timeout with 13 seconds left. Tyler Betsey’s 3-pointer with 3:50 rema...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jarin Stevenson and Seth Trimble scored 19 points each to help No. 11 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 79-65 on Saturday and secure another 20-win season. The short-handed Tar Heels played without star freshman forward Caleb Wilson (bone fracture in left hand) and center Henri Veesaar (illness/lower body injury), who had both started every game this season and are the team’s top two scorers and rebounders. Stevenson’s total was a season-high for the Alabama transfer. Lu...
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Martin Somerville scored an efficient 23 points along with six assists as Florida State rolled past Virginia Tech 92-69 on Saturday. Chauncey Wiggins added 19 points for the Seminoles (12-13, 5-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won four of their last five contests. Somerville was 9 for 11 from the field (4 for 6 from deep) and Wiggins hit 7 of 8 shots, 3 of 4 from distance. FSU shot 62% overall and 52% from beyond the arc. A back-and-forth first half saw Virginia T...
No. 17 St. John’s got a road victory over Providence on Saturday, which included a 19-minute delay in the action for a fight.
Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and No. 5 Iowa State shook off a slow start to defeat No. 9 Kansas 74-56 on Saturday, snapping the Jayhawks' eight-game winning streak.
It all started when Providence's Duncan Powell committed a hard foul
Pryce Sandfort scored 29 points, Sam Hoiberg added 14 and No. 7 Nebraska shook off a slow start to beat Northwestern 68-49 Saturday. Nebraska was celebrating alumni weekend with more than 75 players on hand and came into the game off losses in three of their last four. Reserve guard Cale Jacobsen scored eight of his 10 points and blocked a shot during a 14-4 spurt that turned the Huskers’ 39-38 deficit into a 52-43 lead.
Six players were ejected from Saturday’s game between No. 17 St. John’s and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground. St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, who led Providence to the 1987 Final Four, was in the middle of it, trying to hold back his players. The game was delayed by nearly 20 minutes while the referees sorted out the punishments: Four St. John’s players were booted and two from Pr...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — David Punch had 19 points, Xavier Edmonds posted a double-double and TCU never trailed but had to work overtime before beating Oklahoma State 95-92 on Saturday. Punch and Micah Robinson both scored four, and Jayden Pierre hit a 3-pointer to help the Horned Frogs (16-9, 6-6 Big 12 Conference) prevail in the extra period after Parsa Fallah tipped in a missed 3-pointer by Jaylen Curry at the regulation buzzer for the Cowboys (16-9, 4-8) to tie it 84-all. Punch added six ...
Miami (OH) basketball legend Wally Szczerbiak scored an incredible 43 of the team's 59 points in a 1999 NCAA tournament first round win over Washington. Watch all of Szczerbiak's points here.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Cole Certa scored a career-high 37 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers, and Notre Dame rolled past Georgia Tech 89-74 on Saturday to snap a five-game losing streak. Certa made 12 of 20 shots and was 7 for 11 from distance to go with 6-for-6 at the free-throw line. It was the sophomore's second-career 30-point game, the other coming five games prior when he scored 34 against Virginia. He averages 10.9 points per game and has only one other game with as many...
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Star freshman Cameron Boozer had 18 points and No. 4 Duke held No. 20 Clemson to 35% shooting in a 67-54 win Saturday. Isaiah Evans added 17 points for the Blue Devils (23-2, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who made 11 of 16 shots after halftime and pushed a 31-26 edge past a 20-point margin midway through the second half. The Blue Devils entered the weekend tied with No. 2 Michigan for the national lead with 10 Quadrant 1 wins to top a postseason resume.
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BOSTON (AP) — Chris Bell made six 3-pointers and scored 22 points to help California cruise past Boston College 86-75 on Saturday. Cal (18-8, 6-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed against BC, and led by as many as 20 points in each half. The Golden Bears ended a two-game skid that included a 107-100, double-overtime loss to Syracuse. Bell shot 8 of 13 from the field and 6 of 10 from long range. John Camden made four 3s and finished with 15 points. Dai Dai Ames also scored 15 points and...
The No. 4 Duke Blue Devils are taking on the No. 20 Clemson Tigers on Saturday in an important ACC matchup. With the NBA in the middle of the All-Star Break, Dallas Mavericks star rookie Cooper Flagg decided to attend the game and watch his former college team. However, the 19-year-old phenom was seen wearing […] The post Mavericks star Cooper Flagg seen wearing boot while attending Duke basketball game appeared first on ClutchPoints .
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It’s Friday night at Miami, where they’re still living the college basketball dream.
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SportsLine's model simulated No. 25 Kentucky Wildcats vs. No. 14 Florida Gators on Saturday and revealed its college basketball picks for this SEC matchup
SportsLine's model simulated No. 20 Clemson Tigers vs. No. 4 Duke Blue Devils on Saturday and revealed its college basketball picks for this ACC matchup