Category: NCAA Basketball

Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 18 points as No. 21 Louisville cruised to a 72-59 win over Wake Forest on Tuesday. A 12-0 run midway through the first half gave the Cardinals (16-5, 9-1 ACC) a 26-11 lead with 8:26 left and they led by 29 in the second half. Reyne Smith added 16 points, and Chucky Hepburn finished with 14 points and eight assists as Louisville extended its winning streak to 10 games.

Asa Newell scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Georgia to a 71-60 victory over South Carolina on Tuesday night. Georgia (15-6, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) snapped a four-game skid while South Carolina (10-11, 0-8) extended its losing streak to eight games. Dakota Leffew added 14 points for the Bulldogs, who never trailed and shot 51% (26 of 51) from the field.

It's the Red Storm's longest run of consecutive wins in Big East play since 2000.

Kansas found itself in two very rare situations against UCF on Tuesday night. The No. 11 Jayhawks played without point guard Dajuan Harris Jr., who had tweaked his ankle in practice, for the first time in nearly five years. In the end, the Jayhawks (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) had enough to hold on against a team it beat by 51 points on the road just a couple of weeks ago.

The 11-9 Explorers host the Rams Wednesday night on Peacock.

The senior forward from Baltimore, Maryland, had career-highs of 27 points and 17 rebounds in leading Maryland to a 91-70 rout of then-No. 17 Illinois on the road, then had 14 points and 10 boards in a 79-78 win at Indiana. The 6-foot-9 forward, who has spent his entire career with the Terps, is one of eight players in school history with at least 1,100 points and 800 rebounds.

John Calipari needs Billy Richmond to slow his game down and practice patience at the point guard position.

The game has traditionally tipped off at 9:20 p.m. ET.

This one will linger with the USC men's basketball team. Despite trailing most of the game Monday night against rival UCLA, the Trojans had every opportunity to steal a victory in the final minutes -- a win that would have sure helped their hopes to get in the NCAA tournament conversation, a win that would have resonated well with the best crowd of the season at Galen Center. After being down by as many as 12 points midway through the second half, USC had a chance to tie it up with 1:54 remaining when former Trojan Kobe Johnson -- now with the rival Bruins -- fouled out of the game to the delight of that loud and highly-engaged crowd and sent Wesley Yates III to the foul line with the hosts down 2 points.

In the span of just over a week, the Commodores have edged No. 6 Tennessee and pulled an upset of ninth-ranked Kentucky.

Don't miss the Golden Gophers vs. the No. 7 Spartans tonight on Peacock - tip off is at 8 PM ET.

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Michigan State Spartans Game Preview

While in the City of Angels for a week-long series, the Wisconsin squad found a way to support wildfire relief efforts.

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.

Northern Iowa Panthers (13-8, 7-3 MVC) at Drake Bulldogs (18-2, 8-2 MVC) Des Moines, Iowa; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Drake aims to keep its six-game win streak intact when the Bulldogs take on Northern Iowa. The Bulldogs are 10-1 in home games.