EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State edged Rutgers 91-87 Thursday as Jeremy Fears and Coen Carr scored 21 points each, moving the Spartans to 25-5 overall and 15-4 in Big Ten play. Michigan State built a 19-point second-half lead before Rutgers mounted a late run and defensive lapses; Fears sealed...
ORLANDO and BOSTON — Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg returned from a left midfoot sprain this week, rejoining Dallas’ lineup Thursday against the Orlando Magic and again Friday at TD Garden. He scored 18 points in Orlando but Dallas lost 115-114 after a late three-pointer; he then produced 16 points, eight...
BOSTON, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum returned to play Friday, nearly ten months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon during last May’s playoffs. The team officially upgraded him from sidelined to questionable on Thursday and then available ahead of the home game versus the Dallas Mavericks. Celtics president Brad Stevens...
Iowa City — Michigan defeated Iowa 71-68 Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, securing an undefeated true-road regular season and finishing 28-2 overall and 18-1 in Big Ten play. Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg each scored 16 points; Aday Mara added 14 with tiebreaking baskets in the final 1:22. Iowa rallied...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. UAB defeated Charlotte 80-74 Wednesday night as Chance Westry posted 20 points and 11 assists, Evan Chatman added 19 points, and KyeRon Lindsay scored 12. WASHINGTON Jean Aranguren scored 20 to lift George Washington past Saint Bonaventure 91-82 in overtime. EVANSVILLE, Ind. Milos Nenadic scored 24 as Lindenwood...
South Bend, Indiana — Former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz died Wednesday at age 89, the university said. Holtz led Notre Dame to a 12–0 season and the 1988 national championship, won 249 career collegiate games and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He...
United States — College basketball teams entered conference tournaments and regular-season matchups this week, with multiple programs riding win streaks or seeking postseason seeding. Fairfield faces Manhattan in the MAAC, Colorado meets Kansas in the Big 12, and Queens plays West Georgia in the ASUN, while Akron hosts Northern Illinois...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State defeated No. 14 Kansas 70-60 on Tuesday, handing the Sun Devils a late-season victory that may have been head coach Bobby Hurley’s final home game. Moe Odum led with 23 points and Massamba Diop added 19 as ASU built a 40-20 halftime lead and withstood...
SALT LAKE CITY — Colorado defeated Utah 92-78 on Tuesday after seizing control with a 51-25 halftime lead, the University of Colorado and multiple outlets reported. Bangot Dak scored a career-high 22 points with 10 rebounds; Isaiah Johnson added 22 and Barrington Hargress 19. Colorado capitalized on nine first-half Utah...
CHAMPAIGN -- On Tuesday night, No. 11 Illinois defeated Oregon 80-54 as Andrej Stojaković scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds off the bench. David Mirković added 19 points and Keaton Wagler contributed 11 points, helping the Illini build a 41-21 halftime lead. Illinois scored 40 bench points to Oregon's...
