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Clippers star Kawhi Leonard set a new franchise record on Saturday vs. Sacramento by scoring at least 20 points for a 45th consecutive game, eclipsing the mark Bob McAdoo set during the 1974/75 season when the team was known as the Buffalo Braves, per an Associated Press report. However, there was little to celebrate for […]
JJ Redick offered detailed insight into the Lakers’ 127-125 overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena. “We set it up for him to miss and when I had kind of relayed instructions, it was to miss to the right side because that was the single side at the time,” Redick said […] The post JJ Redick breaks down Lakers’ clutch moments and team chemistry after OT win appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Fadima Tall scored 20 points and Olivia Hutcherson sparked a late surge to help No. 23 Princeton beat Harvard 63-53 on Saturday to win the Ivy League Tournament. Top-seeded Princeton (26-3) avenged last season’s tournament semifinal loss Harvard. The Crimson beat Columbia 74-71 in last season's title game. The Tigers have won six of the eight championships in the tournament’s history, and will make their fifth-straight NCAA Tournament trip and 13th appearance since 2010. H...
Kaemyn Bekemeier scored 16 points, Lainie Douglas had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Missouri State shut down Louisiana Tech 43-38 in the championship game of the Conference USA Tournament on Saturday. Sixth-seeded Missouri State (22-12) allowed just 12 points in the second half and won despite suffering through a nine-minute scoreless stretch in the fourth quarter. Each team managed two points in the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter, then a 3-pointer from Paris Bradley got the Lady T...
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Erin Condron scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and UC San Diego took control in the second and beat Hawaii 60-48 in the Big West Conference championship on Saturday. Makayla Rose scored 17 points for the second-seeded Tritons (24-8), who clinched the Big West's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. It’s the fifth conference title for the Tritons during their 14-year tenure under head coach Heidi Vanderveer. Bailey Flavell scored 13 po...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Magoon Gwath had 17 points and BJ Davis made a layup with two seconds left to rally San Diego State to a 64-62 victory over New Mexico on Friday night in a Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinal. No. 2 seed San Diego State (22-10) will play top seed Utah State in Saturday's championship game with an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament on the line. Gwath made 6 of 10 shots with two 3-pointers and 3 of 5 free throws for the Aztecs, adding six rebounds and two blocks. D...
Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City ThunderDate: March 15th, 2026Time: 12:00 PM CDTLocation: Paycom CenterTelevision Coverage: ABCRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio Just over a week ago, the Timberwolves looked like a team that had finally remembered who it was supposed to be. They had steadied themselves, stacked some wins, climbed back into the heart of […]
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Lance Williams scored 18 points and No. 8 seed Prairie View A&M beat third-seeded Southern 72-66 on Saturday night to win the SWAC Tournament. It’s the third title for Prairie View A&M (18-17) and the first since 2019. The Panthers are also the lowest seed to win the tournament since eighth-seeded Texas Southern in 2023. Southern trailed the entire game but pulled within 68-66 with 24 seconds left before Dontae Horne made two layups to end it. Prairie View had its lar...
A season-high 23 turnovers doom the Bucks
FOX Sports' Michael Cohen breaks down the biggest takeaways from Saturday's men's Big East Tournament title game.
By the time Dan Hurley got called for a technical foul a little over seven minutes in, UConn had already given the ball away three times and committed another turnover by failing to get it inbounds. The sixth-ranked Huskies go into the NCAA Tournament having lost two of their past four games and displayed cracks throughout the season that threaten to prevent another long March Madness run for a program that expects it. "This team has definitely showed a level of fragility that some of our bes...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Reserve Shammah Scott scored 12 points and his 25-foot, 3-point basket with six seconds left helped Akron to a 79-76 win over Toledo in the Mid-American Conference title game on Saturday. Austin Parks' desperation 3-point attempt for Toledo bounced off the back of the rim and fell to the floor as time expired. Amani Lyles scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Tavari Johnson scored 15 and Bowen Hardman 12 for Akron (29-5). Leroy Blyden Jr. scored 21 points, Parks and reser...
Jaden Harris and Amir Taylor combined to score 35 points and No. 6 seed Kennesaw State defeated No. 4 seed Louisiana Tech to win their first Conference USA championship and clinch a berth to the NCAA Tournament. Harris posted 18 on 4 of 6 from behind the arc. Taylor had 17, going 9 for 11 from the free-throw line, while tallying six rebounds and two steals.
Ereauna Hardaway and Cheyenne Rowe each scored 13 points and UTSA held Rice to a season-low score beating the Owls 54-40 on Saturday in the American Conference title game on Saturday. Idara Udo added 11 points for No. 6 seed UTSA (18-15) which clinched its first championship — and NCAA Tournament berth —since joining the American. Hailey Adams was the only player for top-seeded Rice (28-5) in double figures with 12 points.
Championship Saturday delivered some brilliant games with massive March Madness stakes
Time and time again, Cameron Boozer attacked the paint with an Atlantic Coast Conference championship on the line. Seeing his shots batted out of the air by Virginia's Ugonna Onyenso. “Well," Boozer admitted, “I definitely got frustrated.”
Los Angeles Lakers (42-25, third in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (41-25, fourth in the Western Conference) Houston; Monday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles visits the Houston Rockets following the Lakers' 127-125 overtime win against the Denver Nuggets. The Rockets are 23-19 in conference matchups. Houston ranks second in the Western Conference at limiting opponent scoring, giving up only 109.9 points while holding opponents to 45.9% shooting. The Lakers are 28-16 in Wes...
Memphis Grizzlies (23-43, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (27-40, 12th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Memphis travels to Chicago looking to stop its four-game road skid. The Bulls are 16-18 on their home court. Chicago ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 28.8 assists per game led by Tre Jones averaging 5.5. The Grizzlies are 11-23 in road games. Memphis ranks third in the Western Conference with 28.5 assists per game led by Cam Sp...
Phoenix Suns (39-28, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (44-23, second in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns take on the Boston Celtics in a non-conference matchup. The Celtics have gone 22-10 in home games. Boston leads the league in team defense, allowing 107.0 points while holding opponents to 44.1% shooting. The Suns have gone 17-15 away from home. Phoenix is last in the league scoring 42.9 points per game in the paint. T...
Eddie Murphy, Maria Sharapova, Joe Burrow and more celebrities filled Crypto.com Arena as Luka Doncic’s buzzer-beater lifted the Los Angeles Lakers to a dramatic 127–125 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.
Utah Valley had an opportunity to go to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its Division I history. However, a missed dunk sealed their fate.
The Blue Devils have separated themselves from the pack after a dominant run through the ACC Tournament
Nikola Jokic reflected on Denver’s 127-125 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, highlighting Austin Reaves’ late-game play. “He [got] perfect bounce. He got a ball off his rebound on a floater. He made a floater,” Jokic said. The Nuggets star addressed his role on inbound plays in crunch time. “Just to throw the perfect […] The post Nikola Jokic on Nuggets’ OT loss to Lakers and key plays appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
MIAMI – As the Miami Heat saw the return of Norman Powell and Tyler Herro, it wasn’t enough to get past the Orlando Magic on Saturday night, losing 121-117. With the Heat having major momentum after Bam Adebayo scored a historic 83 points on Tuesday and winning seven straight games on Thursday, the streak was […] The post Heat’s Bam Adebayo calls out refs for ‘altering’ game vs. Magic appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Another example of Wembanyama’s killer mentality.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are facing the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals. Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is on the injury report again with right knee soreness, so here’s everything we know about his playing status. Anthony Edwards’ playing status vs. Thunder Edwards has been dealing with a […] The post Is Anthony Edwards playing today? Timberwolves vs. Thunder injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints .
It's unknown at this point how many games, if any, Leonard will miss with the injury.
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Akeelah Lafleur had 15 points off the bench, Leah Crosby and Ava Renninger posted double-doubles and top seed Fairleigh Dickinson beat Long Island University 79-57 on Sunday to win the NEC Tournament and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Fairleigh Dickinson (30-4) will bring a 22-game winning streak into the NCAA's main event. The Knights made the field for the first time last season under third-year coach Stephanie Gaitley. Lafleur sank 6 of 8 shots, including 3 of ...
Fran McCaffery and Penn are going dancing. The first-year coach fired by Iowa last season led his alma mater to the Ivy League title on March 15:
Welcome back Max Strus.
