College Basketball

OMAHA, Neb. — It turns out the Big East’s three-time defensive player of the year can play a little offense, too. Make that a lot of offense. Ryan Kalkbrenner turned in the performance of the young college basketball season Wednesday night, scoring 49 points in No. 15 Creighton’s 99-86 victory over UT-Rio Grande Valley. He made a school-record 20 field …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Max Mackinnon scored 20 points as Portland beat Lewis & Clark 83-70 on Wednesday night to begin the season. Mackinnon also contributed six rebounds and five assists for the Pilots. Austin Rapp added 15 points while shooting 6 for 9, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc while he also had nine rebounds. Vincent Delano …

Creighton snuck out a tight win thanks to a historic outing from Ryan Kalkbrenner on Wednesday night. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Ryan Kalkbrenner single-handedly saved the Bluejays in their season opener on Wednesday night. Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points to lift No. 15 Creighton past UT-Rio Grande Valley 99-86 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. He finished just two …

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Artese Stapleton scored 17 points as Eastern Illinois beat Earlham 97-61 on Wednesday night. Stapleton added eight assists for the Panthers (1-1). Kooper Jacobi added 16 points while going 5 of 12 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 4 for 4 from the line while he also had 11 rebounds and …

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Aubin Gateretse scored 24 points and Utah State won its season opener 101-46 over Alcorn State on Wednesday night. Tucker Anderson scored 12 points, shooting 4 for 12, including 2 for 9 from beyond the arc for the Aggies. Ian Martinez shot 3 of 5 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and …

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Stefan Todorovic scored 25 points as Pepperdine beat Western Illinois 77-64 on Wednesday night. Todorovic added five rebounds for the Waves (1-0). Moe Odum scored 18 points and added eight assists. Zion Bethea went 6 of 9 from the field (3 for 5 from 3-point range) to finish with 15 points. Sean Smith finished with 18 …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — O’Mar Stanley’s 15 points helped Boise State defeat Oakland 87-43 on Wednesday night. Stanley also added eight rebounds for the Broncos in their season opener. Andrew Meadow scored 15 points and added five rebounds and three steals. Tyson Degenhart finished 6 of 13 from the field to finish with 13 points. The Golden Grizzlies (1-1) were …

Creighton snuck out a tight win thanks to a historic outing from Ryan Kalkbrenner on Wednesday night. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Ryan Kalkbrenner single-handedly saved the Bluejays in their season opener on Wednesday night. Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points to lift No. 15 Creighton past UT-Rio Grande Valley at 99-86 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. He finished just …

Creighton snuck out a tight win thanks to a historic outing from Ryan Kalkbrenner on Wednesday night. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Ryan Kalkbrenner single-handedly saved the Blue Jays in their season opener on Wednesday night. Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points to lift No. 15 Creighton past UT-Rio Grande Valley at 99-86 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. He finished …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawson Garcia scored 30 points and Minnesota defeated Oral Roberts 80-57 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both. A three-point play by Josh Jones got the Golden Eagles within single digits — 38-29 — for the first time since early in the first half but Garcia and Parker Fox scored five points each to help …

BLOOMINGTON — It wasn’t always pretty, but IU basketball closed out a 80-61 win over SIU-Edwardsville to open the season at Assembly Hall on Wednesday night. Sophomore forward MacKenzie Mgbako hit his fourth 3-pointer with 5:44 left to give IU a 20-point lead for the first time. Mgbako, who had a career-high 31 points, was one of four Hoosiers in double-digits alongside Malik …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — John Calipari won his debut as Arkansas coach when the 16th-ranked Razorbacks held off a second-half rally by Lipscomb and pulled away for a 76-60 victory Wednesday night. Freshman guard Boogie Fland scored 17 points and Florida Atlantic transfer Johnell Davis added 15 for Arkansas. Calipari, who left Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky after last season, had …

On a picture-perfect night in Fayetteville, the Arkansas basketball team (1-0) defeated the Lipscomb Bisons (0-1), 76-60, in front of a sparse crowd inside Bud Walton Arena. After a shaky start to start the game, the Hoop Hogs dialed up the defensive pressure and let their work in transition do the talking to close the first half with a 39-28 …

STORRS – Alex Karaban directed the reigning back-to-back national champion UConn men’s basketball team as it opened the 2024-25 season with a 92-56 win over Sacred Heart in Gampel Pavilion on Wednesday. There was a sold-out crowd on hand as the Huskies unveiled their second national championship banner in as many years about a half hour before tip-off. The ceremony, …

PISCATAWAY – Let the record show that the first standing ovation of the 2024-25 Rutgers basketball season was for a freshman – and not who you would have thought. Lathan Sommerville, whose arrival on the banks has unfolded in the shadow of fellow rookies and McDonald’s All-Americans Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, delivered a scintillating performance off the bench to …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – (AP) — Freshman standout Dylan Harper scored 20 points in his highly anticipated debut to lead No. 25 Rutgers to a 75-52 win over Wagner on Wednesday night in the season-opener for both schools. Harper, a combo guard, is considered one of the top freshmen in the country and together with fellow first-year forward Ace Bailey, a …

Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. celebrates a 3-pointer against Ferris State during the second half on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in East Lansing. It’s going to be a double-header of Michigan State major sports on November 16. It was announced on Wednesday that next week’s matchup between Michigan State men’s basketball and Bowling Green will tip off at 6 p.m. …

Nov. 5—McHENRY — The Allegany College men’s basketball team split its first two games of the season over the weekend at Garrett College. The Trojans (1-1) lost the season opener on Friday to Hocking College 100-79. “Game one against Hocking, we’re 10 freshman deep and it really showed,” ACM head coach Tommie Reams said. “We turned the ball over 25 …

Forgive me, I’m a tad late on this one. There’s been a lot going on in crossover season, with Colorado State fall sports reaching their peak and basketball beginning. So, one game has been played in hoops, but I still think it’s fair time for me to share my bold predictions for the 2024-25 CSU men’s basketball season. Late, but …

EAST LANSING — King Rice played point guard for a coaching icon. Which makes Monmouth’s coach uniquely qualified to give a one-game analysis of Michigan State basketball’s Jeremy Fears Jr. Unprompted, Rice vociferously let his appreciation of Fears be heard Monday night at Breslin Center. It didn’t matter that, without context, the redshirt freshman’s stat line in the Spartans’ 81-57 …

Vermont men’s basketball sizes up a rare upset when the Catamounts take on the No. 11 Auburn Tigers in tonight’s nonconference showdown at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama. The Catamounts, who toppled UAB in their season opener on Monday night, have defeated a ranked team just twice in program history: No. 11 Syracuse in their famous 2005 NCAA Tournament win …

Derik Queen opened his Maryland men’s basketball career with a ho-hum 22 points and 20 rebounds. It was the first time in over two decades that a Terps men’s player scored 20 points and snagged 20 rebounds in the same game. Queen’s final stat line in a 79-49 win over Manhattan also included two blocks, one steal and an assist. …

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 13: Markus Burton #3 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish shoots the ball against Cameron Hildreth #2 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Second Round of the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Capital One Arena on March 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) The men’s college basketball season starts tonight …

Indiana basketball begins its season by hosting Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The Hoosiers, coming off a 19-14 season, have a revamped roster and will depend on transfers including Oumar Ballo, Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle. Key returning players include Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Trey Galloway. Coach Mike Woodson is starting his fourth season. The Cougars, who …

The UConn women’s basketball team is slowly but surely making progress towards getting its roster healthy, but the No. 2 Huskies will still start the 2024-25 season shorthanded. Five UConn veterans return this year after missing some or all of 2023-24 with season-ending injuries, and only redshirt freshman Jana El Alfy is currently practicing at full capacity. The team will …