LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) --
Matt Shaw led the way with 16 points Thursday and No. 23 Nevada-Las Vegas scored the first 12 points of the second half to defeat Weber State 72-63.
The Rebels (8-1) won their second in a row since their lone loss of the season to Kansas State.
UNLV owned a five-point halftime lead and expanded that to 49-32 with its big run to open the second period. Weber State came no closer than seven the rest of the way.
Chance Stanback added 15 points and Oscar... Read Full Story
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) --
Temple rode the long-range shooting of Juan Fernandez, who finished with 33 points, to a 75-65 win Sunday over third-ranked and previously unbeaten Villanova.
Fernandez sank seven 3-pointers, leading the Owls (8-3) to their fourth win in a row.
Ryan Brooks added 20 points for Temple, which trailed by six points at halftime but jumped ahead with an 11-point run early in the second half.
Scottie Reynolds tallied 23 points, Antonio Pena 16 and Corey Fisher... Read Full Story
NASHVILLE, Dec. 12 (UPI) --
A.J. Slaughter paced Western Kentucky with 27 points Friday and the Hilltoppers held on down the stretch to defeat No. 24 Vanderbilt 76-69.
Slaughter hit a 3-point shot 3:20 into the second half to give Western Kentucky the lead for good at 45-42, but the Hilltoppers led by no more than five until Slaughter made two free throws with 12 seconds left.
The game was part of a double header, the first of which was won by Tennessee over Middle Tennessee 75-54... Read Full Story
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 9 (UPI) --
JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore each scored 19 points Wednesday and No. 5 Purdue made 10 3-pointers in running past Valparaiso 86-62.
The Boilermakers have opened the season with eight straight wins, all but one of them by at least 10 points. The exception was a one-point victory over No. 9 Tennessee.
Moore made 5-of-6 attempts from 3-point range and Robbie Hummel hit 3-of-4 while scoring 15 points.
Brandon Wood scored 21 to lead Valparaiso (3-6... Read Full Story
LUBBOCK, Texas, Dec. 3 (UPI) --
John Robertson scored eight of his 25 points in overtime Thursday, bringing Texas Tech a 99-92 win over 10th-ranked Washington.
Neither side could score during the final 1:21 of the second period and Washington's Elston Turner missed two free throw tries with 5 seconds to go that would have put the Huskies in front.
Texas Tech's Mike Singletary then failed on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer, sending the game into an extra 5-minute period.
The unbeaten... Read Full Story
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 3 (UPI) --
Trevon Hughes scored 26 points Wednesday to help Wisconsin open a big lead and the Badgers held on to defeat No. 6 Duke 73-69.
The game was part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, in which the Big Ten prevailed 6-5. The Big Ten won the series of games for the first time in 11 tries. Duke had never lost in the Challenge.
Jon Leuer added 17 points for the Badgers, who jumped to a 17-7 lead and owned an 11-point advantage with 5 minutes left in the game.
Duke... Read Full Story
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 27 (UPI) --
Chandler Parsons led the way with 14 points Friday and Florida survived two missed 3-point tries down the stretch to stun No. 2 Michigan State 77-74.
The Gators downed the Spartans in the semifinals of the Legends Classic and will play Rutgers in the championship game on Saturday. Rutgers defeated Massachusetts earlier Friday 83-72.
Florida is unbeaten in its five games this season.
Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo remained tied with Jud Heathcote... Read Full Story
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 28 (UPI) --
E'Twaun Moore's 15 points Saturday helped sixth-ranked Purdue beat Central Michigan 64-38 in an intra-state tussle.
Purdue, playing its first contest since winning the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands last weekend, led the grinding, defensive game 29-14 at the half, closing it with an 18-9 run.
CMU could not reduce its deficit under double figures in the second half and shot just 28.3 percent for the game with 16 turnovers.
Robbie Hummel had... Read Full Story
SEC semi-final action in Tampa saw Mississippi State defeat regular season champion LSU 67-57 to advance to tommorow’s final against the winner of this afternoon’s Tennessee-Auburn matchup.
State jumped out to an early lead over a Tiger team that appeared a half-step slower throughout much of the day. After taking a two point halftime lead, the Bullies made a key defensive change midway through the 2nd half, when Jarvis “Swat” Varnardo and Phil Turner switched defensive responsibilities... Read Full Story
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 28 (UPI) --
Shawn Glover hit a jump shot with 23 seconds remaining Friday to give Utah a 60-58 upset victory over No. 21 Illinois.
The Utes improved to 3-2 with the victory in the Las Vegas Classic and Illinois lost for the first time in five games this season.
Illinois took a 58-57 lead on Mike Tisdale's jumper with 1:25 to go, but the Illini could not score another point.
Carlon Brown made 1-of-2 attempts from the foul line to tie it with 68 seconds to play and... Read Full Story
