Category: NCAA Basketball

Rickey Bradley Jr. had 14 points in VMI's 66-50 victory over Western Carolina on Wednesday night to stop a five-game losing streak. Bradley added seven rebounds for the Keydets (7-11, 1-4 Southern Conference). Augustinas Kiudulas added 14 points while shooting 4 for 11 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.

Devin McGlockton completed a three-point play with 0.6 seconds left, after making a block at the other end, to give Vanderbilt a 66-63 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night. Leading 63-61, Vanderbilt guard AJ Hoggard lost control of the ball in the lane and grabbed the ankle of South Carolina forward Collin Murray-Boyles with 41.1 seconds left. Murray-Boyles made the two free throws to tie it at 63-all and South Carolina got the ball back.

Momcilovic had started all but one game this season for the Cyclones.

Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic hurt his hand in practice this week and is out indefinitely, a big blow to the second-ranked Cyclones as they prepared to play No. 9 Kansas in a high-profile Big 12 showdown Wednesday night. The sophomore was averaging 10.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in nearly 25 minutes per game, and his 44% clip from beyond the arc had been important for Iowa State to stretch the floor.

MUSS"Obviously, things are way bigger than basketball, and we talked about it while we were on the road. Obviously,

"If we don't go up there with the mindset that it's going to be 40 minutes of fight...we're going to walk out of there with a loss," Dusty May said.

Iowa State's NCAA record streak of 945 consecutive games with a 3-pointer ended Tuesday night in a 71-58 victory over Texas Tech. Coach Bill Fennelly took over the next season and his teams have always made at least one 3-pointer in every game he'd coached until Tuesday.

Iowa State's record of 945 consecutive games with a 3-pointer ended on Tuesday night, despite the Cyclones beating Texas Tech 71-58 at home.

There's no way to spin it — the Arkansas Razorbacks (11-6, 0-4 SEC) are playing bad basketball right now, and it culminated in a 78-74 loss to the LSU Tigers (12-5, 1-3 SEC) on Tuesday night. The Razorbacks actually played some of their best ball of league play in spurts against the Tigers, but that's not saying much considering how poorly they've played in their other three losses. "This is the third or fourth game, we get up 12, and all of a sudden, you turn around and (the lead is gone)," Calipari said after the game Tuesday.

As No. 12 Michigan State basketball looks to extend its win streak to 10, Penn State hopes to use its stingy defense to provide a roadblock.

Iowa State has never been higher in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll and is one spot from reaching No. 1 for first time in program history.

Arkansas is still searching for its first SEC victory under Calipari and finds itself in jeopardy of missing the NCAA tournament this March.

Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (7-10, 2-2 Big South) at Radford Highlanders (12-6, 2-1 Big South) Radford, Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Highlanders -6.5; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: Radford will try to keep its six-game home win streak intact when the Highlanders take on Gardner-Webb. The Highlanders are 6-0 in home games.

The Wildcats have gone 2-1 against A-10 opponents. Davidson is eighth in the A-10 scoring 76.1 points per game and is shooting 47.1%. La Salle is shooting 43.3% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points lower than the 43.5% Davidson allows to opponents.

Citadel Bulldogs (5-10, 0-4 SoCon) at UNC Greensboro Spartans (10-7, 3-1 SoCon) Greensboro, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -17.5; over/under is 131.5 BOTTOM LINE: Citadel travels to UNC Greensboro looking to stop its five-game road slide. The Spartans are 6-0 in home games.