Coach Scott Skiles has tinkered with his lineup all season, trying to find the right combination to spark the struggling Chicago Bulls. The solution appears to involve Andres Nocioni. Two nights after he scored 30 points off the bench, Nocioni scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds as the Bulls rallied to send the Charlotte Bobcats to their seventh straight loss,…
Coach Scott Skiles has tinkered with his lineup all season, trying to find the right combination to spark the struggling Chicago Bulls. The solution appears to involve Andres Nocioni. Two nights after he scored 30 points off the bench, Nocioni scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds as…
Anderson Varejao will play for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, after all. The Cavaliers matched the Charlotte Bobcats’ $17 million, three-year offer sheet for the restricted free agent Wednesday, ending a contract dispute and giving injury-depleted Cleveland some much-needed help. “His size, his athleticism, his strength, his knowledge, all that stuff — yes, it’s an…
PROVO, Utah (AP)– Trent Plaisted had 14 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots to overcome a slow start on offense and lead No. 20 BYU past Weber State 72-57 on Wednesday night. Sam Burgess and Jonathan Tavernari scored five points each during a balanced 22-6 first-half run that opened a commanding 19-point lead.
Shan Foster and A.J. Ogilvy nearly beat Wake Forest by themselves. Foster tied a season-high with 26 points, and Ogilvy tied a career-high with 23 points to give No. 23 Vanderbilt an 83-80 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday night. Ogilvy made a hook shot with 30 seconds left, and Foster’s late 3-point shooting sealed…
In the first seven games, Xavier point guard Drew Lavender figured out who had the shooting touch and passed him the ball. “It all depends on who’s hot,” Lavender said. In a long-awaited game, no one was hotter. Lavender scored 17 points in a tone-setting first half Wednesday night, and No. 21 Xavier used another…
D.J. Augustin did everything he could to get Texas a win. Driving to the basket for layups, pulling up for short jumpers and getting to the free throw line, the Longhorns point guard bulled and finessed his way to 29 points and 10 assists to lead No. 4 Texas past North Texas 88-72 on Wednesday…
Coach Kirk Earlywine saw no reason to analyze how No. 3 Kansas so easily overwhelmed his undersized, undermanned Eastern Washington Eagles 85-47 on Wednesday night. “They had a bigger guy at every position and a better athlete at every position,” the first-year head coach said. The mismatch was obvious from the start.
The best player on the court talked of leadership, picking spots and getting his teammates involved, and for the first time in a long time at John Paul Jones Arena, Virginia’s Sean Singletary wasn’t doing the talking. Syracuse freshman Donte Greene is confident he can score when he needs to, “but it’s important to get…
Pittsburgh tried to use the same formula that has helped it win its first seven games by an average of 30 points: open up a big lead early, empty the bench and pick up another uncontested victory before the schedule toughens up. Not this time. For the first time in years, the Panthers struggled to…
At times this season, Terrence Oglesby has looked like a nervous freshman pressing to knock down a 3-pointer. On Wednesday night, it looked as if there was no way he would miss. Oglesby hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points to help No. 18 Clemson beat East Carolina 82-67, keeping the Tigers undefeated…
Patient and plodding, No. 5 Georgetown let Alabama hang in there for 36 minutes. Then, the Hoyas took control. DaJuan Summers had 18 points and nine rebounds and Georgetown went on a 14-1 run late to beat Alabama 70-60 in the first game of the SEC/Big East Invitational on Wednesday night. “This team is learning…
John Calipari was honest with his team when it was about to start overtime. “I told them, `This is very painful to sit here and be in this,”‘ the coach of No. 2 Memphis told his team after 40 minutes against No. 24 Southern California produced a 54-54 tie. The 8,300 fans at the Jimmy…