Taylor King’s body was on Hawaiian time, but there was nothing wrong with the Duke freshman’s shooting touch. King set personal bests with 27 points and six 3-pointers in the 13th-ranked Blue Devils’ 78-43 rout of Eastern Kentucky on Sunday. DeMarcus Nelson had 12 points and Gerald Henderson added 10 for Duke (6-0), which played its first game on the mainland since winning the Maui Invitational and…
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Freshman King leads No. 13 Duke in rout
Taylor King’s body was on Hawaiian time, but there was nothing wrong with the Duke freshman’s shooting touch. King set personal bests with 27 points and six 3-pointers in the 13th-ranked Blue Devils’ 78-43 rout of Eastern Kentucky on Sunday. DeMarcus Nelson had 12 points and Gerald Henderson added 10 for Duke (6-0), which played…
Freshman King leads No. 13 Duke in rout
Taylor King’s body was on Hawaiian time, but there was nothing wrong with the Duke freshman’s shooting touch. King set personal bests with 27 points and six 3-pointers in the 13th-ranked Blue Devils’ 78-43 rout of Eastern Kentucky on Sunday. DeMarcus Nelson had 12 points and Gerald Henderson added 10 for Duke (6-0), which played…
Butler hits 16 3s to beat Texas Tech
Mike Green and Butler rode the 3-point shot all the way to a championship in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Green scored 23 points and No. 22 Butler made 16 3-pointers to beat Texas Tech 81-71 Saturday night and set a record for 3s in the tournament. “Sixteen for 24 probably sums it up. I’d…
Butler hits 16 3s to beat Texas Tech
Mike Green and Butler rode the 3-point shot all the way to a championship in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Green scored 23 points and No. 22 Butler made 16 3-pointers to beat Texas Tech 81-71 Saturday night and set a record for 3s in the tournament. “Sixteen for 24 probably sums it up. I’d…
No. 1 Tar Heels hold off BYU 73-63
Tyler Hansbrough barely even glanced at the MVP trophy sitting at his locker. The star forward was much more pleased by top-ranked North Carolina’s defense in a win that required solid efforts from all the healthy Tar Heels. Hansbrough scored 21 points, Wayne Ellington hit a key 3-pointer with 2:06 left and North Carolina made…
No. 1 Tar Heels hold off BYU 73-63
Tyler Hansbrough barely even glanced at the MVP trophy sitting at his locker. The star forward was much more pleased by top-ranked North Carolina’s defense in a win that required solid efforts from all the healthy Tar Heels. Hansbrough scored 21 points, Wayne Ellington hit a key 3-pointer with 2:06 left and North Carolina made…
Xavier dominates No. 8 Indiana 80-65
Eric Gordon’s soaring act never got off the ground, and Indiana stayed down with him. For that, Xavier can thank Stanley Burrell. And C.J. Anderson and B.J. Raymond. Burrell contained Gordon, Anderson and Raymond scored 19 points apiece, and Xavier handed the eighth-ranked Hoosiers their first loss, beating them 80-65 in the final of the…
Xavier dominates No. 8 Indiana 80-65
Eric Gordon’s soaring act never got off the ground, and Indiana stayed down with him. For that, Xavier can thank Stanley Burrell. And C.J. Anderson and B.J. Raymond. Burrell contained Gordon, Anderson and Raymond scored 19 points apiece, and Xavier handed the eighth-ranked Hoosiers their first loss, beating them 80-65 in the final of the…
Texas shoots 64 percent, rips Tennessee
Texas is finding there is life and a lot of good basketball even with Kevin Durant playing in the NBA. D.J. Augustin scored 23 points, A.J. Abrams had 21 and the 15th-ranked Longhorns shot 64 percent from the field in routing No. 7 Tennessee 97-78 in the championship game of the StubHub! Legends Classic on…
Indians reliever Lara still hospitalized
Cleveland Indians reliever Juan Lara remained hospitalized in the Dominican Republic on Monday with serious injuries sustained in a fatal accident that killed two people on a motorcycle. Lara, who pitched in one game for Cleveland last season, was returning from a winter league game Saturday night in San Pedro de Macoris when the sports…
‘Black Sox’ papers to be auctioned off
A box containing thousands of rare documents, letters and memos that supposedly detail events surrounding the so-called Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series will be up for auction starting Monday at a suburban Chicago auction house. Experts say the material may offer more insight about the White Sox, whose alleged notorious actions during…
Indians reliever Lara still hospitalized
Cleveland Indians reliever Juan Lara remained hospitalized in the Dominican Republic on Monday with serious injuries sustained in a fatal accident that killed two people on a motorcycle. Lara, who pitched in one game for Cleveland last season, was returning from a winter league game Saturday night in San Pedro de Macoris when the sports…