College Basketball

Everyone knows that LeBron James skipped college to go straight into the NBA back in 2003. It has worked out extremely well for him, as he has become one of the greatest players in basketball history and is still going strong in his 22nd pro season. But there is something to be said about the experience of playing college basketball, …

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Braden Huff scored 21 points off the bench and Ryan Nembhard tallied 13 points and 11 assists as No. 6 Gonzaga hung on for an 88-80 victory over Arizona State on Sunday. Huff went 9-for-13 from the field and missed only two 2-point attempts for the Bulldogs (2-0), who won their 21st straight home opener. Khalif …

Game Preview | Yale vs. #14 Purdue | Life after Jacobsen (Photo by © Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images) Purdue’s 2-0 start is overshadowed by loss of true freshman center. The news was announced on Sunday that talented freshman, Daniel Jacobsen, will likely be out for the season with a fractured tibia suffered a minute into Purdue’s second game of the season. …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 24 points, Steven Ashworth added 15 points on five 3-pointers and No. 15 Creighton rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson 96-70 Sunday evening. The victory gave coach Greg McDermott win No. 327 in 15 seasons at Creighton, tying Dana Altman for the program’s most coaching wins. Kalkbrenner was coming off a 49-point game against UT-Rio …

Alabama basketball’s non-conference gauntlet gets a little tougher this week. After surviving Arkansas State, 88-79, on Friday, the Crimson Tide return to Coleman Coliseum to welcome McNeese State for game No. 3 of the 2024-25 season. McNeese (1-1) will be back in Tuscaloosa for the first time since November of 2001, when then-coach Mark Gottfried’s Alabama defeated the Cowboys, 90-61. …

Nov. 10—ALAMOSA, Colo. — The UTPB men’s basketball team was dealt a 95-88 loss to Adams State Sunday at the South Central Region Challenge. The Falcons (1-1) only trailed 34-31 at the half and both teams continued to keep things close in the second half. UTPB was led in scoring by Dario Domingos’ 17 points while Alex Matthews had 15 …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Cam Carter and Jordan Sears each scored 18 second-half points Sunday and LSU used a 34-11 second-half run to erase a double-double deficit and beat Alabama State 74-61. Carter, a Kansas State transfer, made 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points. Sears, who was scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting in the first …

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bent Leuchten had 18 points in UC Irvine’s 80-60 win against Northern Iowa on Sunday. Leuchten added eight rebounds for the Anteaters (3-0). Justin Hohn added 13 points while finishing 6 of 10 from the floor while he also had five rebounds. Devin Tillis had 11 points and finished 5 of 8 from the field. …

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Mount St. Mary’s graduate transfer Dakota Leffew came off the Georgia bench to hit 5 of 10 from beyond the arc and score 23 points as the Bulldogs rolled to a 92-64 win over Texas Southern in the Peach Tree Classic on Sunday. The only Georgia shooter to convert from beyond the arc in the season-opening …

Arizona State Sun Devils guard Alston Mason (1) shoots the ball against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Nolan Hickman (11) in the first half at McCarthey Athletic Center on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. Entering Sunday’s game as an 18.5-point underdog at Gonzaga, the Arizona State Sun Devils took the No. 6 Bulldogs to the wire but fell 88-80 on Sunday. Basheer Jihad …

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Valentino Pinedo hit the second of two free throws with a second left to lift St. Francis (PA) to a 65-64 win over Campbell on Sunday. Aaron Talbert scored 18 points, hitting 5 of 10 from the field, including 4 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 5 from the line for the …

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Zaay Green scored 24 points to lead five in double figures and No. 24 Alabama rolled past Troy 94-71 on Sunday. The Crimson Tide (3-0) scored 25 points in each of the first two quarters and led 50-33 at halftime. They made eight 3-pointers in the first half and 10 for the game. Aaliyah Nye (14 …

Mitch Mascari scored 26 points to lead the Drake men’s basketball team to a 66-51 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sunday at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs are 2-0 to start the Ben McCollum era. Their next game is Saturday at home vs. Florida Gulf Coast. All but two of Mascari’s points came from beyond the arc as he …

Through three games of the 2024-25 season, the Wisconsin Badgers have found a star in transfer wing John Tonje. UW’s offense took a blow after the departure of top scorer A.J. Storr this offseason. With questions surrounding Wisconsin’s No. 1 offensive option looming ahead of this season, Tonje has appeared to fill the void. Against Holy Cross, Montana State and …

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Addy Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Audi Crooks had 17 points and 11 boards to lead No. 8 Iowa State in an 84-56 win over Southern on Sunday. Brown has had a double-double in two of the first three games and 12 times in her career. It was Crooks’ first double-double of the …

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana made life interesting Sunday, trailing by one to outmatched Eastern Illinois at halftime thanks to a glaringly lackluster performance from the Hoosiers over the opening 20 minutes. Mike Woodson’s team turned it around after halftime, outscoring the Panthers (1-2) 54-18 in the second half on the way to a 90-55 victory. Let’s overreact to it. IU-Eastern Illinois …

Purdue’s fears have been realized. During media availability on Sunday evening, head coach Matt Painter revealed freshman center Daniel Jacobsen is expected to miss the rest of the season due to a broken tibia suffered against Northern Kentucky on Friday. Jacobsen played just one minute against the Norse before hitting his shin on a Northern Kentucky defender and going down …

GREENSBORO, N,C, (AP) — Tre’von Spillers dunked off the fast break and Hunter Sallis converted three of four free throws in the final nine seconds to allow Wake Forest to hold off Michigan 72-70 at First Horizon Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The game was the first meeting between the schools in 24 years to the day and was the first …

Dusty May is two games into his Michigan basketball tenure, but the changes in play style and effectiveness is obvious. The Wolverines got off to a hot start Sunday afternoon in the Deacon-Wolverine Challenge vs. Wake Forest in Greensboro, North Carolina. But the offense fizzled down the stretch, and back-to-back turnovers in the final 90 seconds proved critical in a …

Three takeaways from Michigan’s 72-70 loss to Wake Forest (Photo by @umichbball on X) Michigan basketball jumped out to an early 13-point lead over Wake Forest in a non-conference matchup between members of the Big Ten and ACC. But despite carrying a four-point lead into halftime, the Wolverines came up just short against the Demon Deacons. It’s the first loss …

MADISON – This is the version of Steven Crowl Wisconsin’s Greg Gard wants to see. The Badgers men’s basketball coach has urged his 7-foot grad student to play with more of an edge and that is what he delivered in front of Sunday brunch crowd at the Kohl Center. With Crowl hunting opportunities in the paint against an Appalachian State …

BLOOMINGTON — IU basketball bullied Eastern Illinois in the second half to make up for a lethargic start on Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall and win 90-55. The No. 18 Hoosiers (2-0) used a 22-2 run coming out of halftime to take control after trailing at the break. They held EIU without a field goal for seven-plus minutes to push …

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Daniel Batcho had 28 points in Louisiana Tech’s 92-77 victory against UT Arlington on Saturday night. Batcho added seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (2-0). Amaree Abram scored 23 points, going 8 of 14 (5 for 8 from 3-point range). William Jeffress Jr. shot 2 of 6 from the field and 8 for 10 from the line …

Nov. 9—ROCHESTER — For the second time in as many days, the Rochester Community and Technical College men’s basketball team suffered a one-sided loss. The latest was Saturday, with RCTC losing to Dakota County Technical College 84-64. The loss dropped the Yellowjackets to 1-3 overall. RCTC finished with just one double-figure scorer in the game, forward Jamison Lien with 22 …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — PJ Haggerty’s 29 points helped Memphis defeat UNLV 80-74 on Saturday night. Haggerty shot 10 for 18 (0 for 3 from 3-point range) and 9 of 12 from the free-throw line for the Tigers (2-0). Colby Rogers scored 16 points while shooting 6 for 14, including 2 for 6 from beyond the arc and added seven …