College Basketball

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Kobe Stewart scored 17 points as Presbyterian beat Monmouth 71-61 on Saturday. Stewart had five rebounds and six assists for the Blue Hose (5-3). Kory Mincy added 16 points while shooting 4 for 11 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line while they also had five rebounds. Jamahri Harvey …

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Hunter Sallis scored a season-high 31 points and put up seven of Wake Forest’s final nine points to earn a 67-57 win over Detroit Mercy in the first meeting between the schools on Saturday night. Sallis drilled a 3-pointer just under the five-minute mark to push the Wake Forest lead to 12, 61-49 and Davin Cosby …

Deion Sanders and Colorado lost their third game of the season on Saturday. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) We could be headed for a four-way tie atop the Big 12 entering the final week of the regular season. No. 16 Colorado lost 37-21 at Kansas on Saturday while No. 14 BYU lost 28-23 at No. 21 Arizona State in an …

With center Duke Brennan back from a shoulder injury, everything fell into place for Grand Canyon’s basketball team during Friday night’s 91-73 rout of Norfolk State before a sellout crowd of 7,022 at Global Credit Union Arena. Players were no longer out of position. It opened up the court more for forward JaKobe Coles and guard Tyon Grant-Foster and led …

Now that (almost) everyone in the Big Ten has played someone that matters, we can approach these power rankings with some real data. I’m beginning to care less about how good I think someone is than who I know they’ve beaten. It’s not as easy to do a true resume ranking in basketball as it is in football, and conference …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Will Riley scored his 19 points in the second half and No. 25 Illinois beat Maryland Eastern Shore 87-40 on Saturday. Kylan Boswell added 13 points, Tomislav Ivisic had 11 and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Illini (4-1), who shot 25% (10 for 40) from 3-point range but committed …

The 2024-25 college basketball season is a few weeks old already, but as is the case every season, the action heats up around Thanksgiving with a slew of multi-team events like the Maui Invitational and the Battle 4 Atlantis. Where do things stand in the ACC heading into those? Here are how the conference’s 18 teams stack up with several …

Arkansas State battled to a 103-60 victory over Lane College, making 18 three-pointers during the game Friday night inside of First National Bank Arena. The Red Wolves improved their record to 4-1, remaining undefeated at home with a 4-0 record. They had a shooting percentage of 48.7, converting 38 out of 78 attempts. The team also recorded a season-high of …

UCLA center Lauren Betts blocks Louisville guard Tajianna Roberts’ (22) shot while Gabriela Jaquez (11) looks on during the Bruins’ win on Nov. 4 in Paris. (Aurelien Morissard / Associated Press) After UCLA was eliminated by South Carolina during the 2023 Sweet 16, Bruins coach Cori Close sat at the podium for her postgame news conference. As the questions poured …

Connor Hickman was one of the Cincinnati Bearcats in double figures at Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon. ATLANTA – In their first visit to Georgia Tech since the Carter Administration, the Cincinnati Bearcats stung the Yellowjackets for the second consecutive season, 81-58. Leading the No. 16 (USA Today)/No. 18 (AP) Bearcats was junior Dillon Mitchell with his first double-double of the …

WEST LAFAYETTE – This was not the first Purdue basketball team to slog its way to a comfortable win from a noon Saturday tipoff. The Boilermakers looked like a good team working its way through some issues in an 80-45 victory over Marshall. Which, of course, is probably how they would describe themselves right now. Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 18 points …

ATLANTA (AP) — Dillon Mitchell had 14 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, and No. 18 Cincinnati beat Georgia Tech 81-58 on Saturday. Jizzle James and Cole Hickman also scored 14 points apiece for the Bearcats (5-0), who passed the first true test of the young season against their first major conference opponent in the …

Connor Hickman was one of the Cincinnati Bearcats in double figures at Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon. ATLANTA –In their first visit to Georgia Tech since the Carter Administration, the Cincinnati Bearcats stung the Yellowjackets for the second consecutive season, 81-58. UC goes to 5-0 with the win and Georgia Tech drops to 2-3. Leading the No. 16 (USA Today)/No. 18 …

Wisconsin’s basketball program made history in its 86-70 win over UCF on Friday. For the first time since 2014-15, the Badgers have started the season with a 6-0 record. That legendary team amassed a 36-4 overall record and reached the 2015 NCAA Tournament title game. Unlike the 2014-15 crew, the 2024-25 Badgers have scored 79 or more points in each …

Wisconsin sophomore center Nolan Winter logged his first career double-double in the Badgers’ win over UCF on Friday. After senior center Steven Crowl accumulated three fouls early in the first half, Winter stepped up in a big way. The second-year Badger logged 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and 1-of-2 from the three-point line. The big man also corralled a game-best …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Matt Painter decided to switch things up. Altering from Purdue basketball’s run of starting 7-footers, the Boilermakers went small Saturday against Marshall. In doing so, he got the desired result. Purdue raced out to a big lead early and never looked back, dismantling Thundering Herd 80-45 at Mackey Arena. Purdue basketball turning point About that starting lineup. …

Monmouth’s Jack Collins was breaking out of his early-season slump, scoring 10 quick points to cut Presbyterian’s lead to single digits early in the second half Saturday. It was the wave of momentum the Hawks were looking for, but even that wasn’t enough to propel them to victory on the final day of the Axe ‘Em Classic at Stephen F. …

Purdue vs. Marshall player grades: New starting lineup debuts in blowout Purdue Boilermakers forward Camden Heide (23) high-fives Purdue Boilermakers guard Fletcher Loyer (2) Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, during the NCAA men’s basketball game against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. (Photo by Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) For …

SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler Harris scored 27 points on 8-for-11 shooting and Washington used the second half to pull away from Alcorn State and beat the Braves 77-60 on Friday night. Zoom Diallo added 15 points for the Huskies (4-1). Backup Keionte Cornelius scored 13 points, fellow reserve Michael Pajeaud 10 and Markus Tankersley was the lone starter in double …

Jackson State basketball forward Dylan Canoville was trailing a play during Friday night’s game at Kentucky and resorted to a last-ditch effort to try and make a defensive stop. Canoville’s shoe had fallen off on the other end of the floor when he jumped for a layup. Kentucky quickly countered down the floor, while Canoville got stuck behind to pick …

Wisconsin transfer guard Connor Essegian powered Nebraska to a 74-63 road win over No. 14 Creighton on Friday. The former Badger contributed 15 points and two rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench, shooting 4-of-6 from the floor and 1-of-2 from three. Related: Biggest takeaways from Wisconsin basketball’s big win over UCF Those bench points provided a critical boost for Fred …

LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball’s regular season continues Tuesday with a non-conference game against Duke, with tip-off set for 8 p.m. (CT) in Las Vegas. The Jayhawks (5-0) have wins so far this season against UNC at home and Michigan State at a neutral site. The Blue Devils (4-1) are coming off of a win on the road against Arizona. The last …

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Marcus Greene was under pressure from North Carolina Tar Heels Ven-Allen Lubin and Seth Trimble during an NCAA Men’s basketball game on Friday at the SimpliFi Arena, Stan Sheriff Center. 1 /4 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Marcus Greene was under pressure from North Carolina Tar Heels …

The Marquette men’s basketball team takes an unusual one-game trip to the Bahamas to play Georgia at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The Golden Eagles (5-0) are ranked No. 14 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and 15th by The Associated Press. More: Darryl Morsell marvels at development of Kam Jones and others he played with at Marquette More: Former Marquette …

HONOLULU (AP) — R.J. Davis scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half and No. 10 North Carolina pulled away from Hawaii 87-69 on Friday night. Elliot Cadeau had 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting, Seth Trimble scored 11 of his 13 points after halftime and Ian Jackson added 11 for the Tar Heels (3-1). Davis, an All-American guard, …