Category: Basketball

Yahoo Sports’ Caroline Fenton reacts to UConn defeating South Carolina 87-58.

The game between powerhouses was competitive for about seven minutes as UConn had the benefit of leaning on the elite talents of Fudd, Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong.

Goldin had a critical putback basket with 52 seconds No. 20 Michigan held off Ohio State 86-83 on Sunday.

Grace Townsend made two go-ahead free throws with 5.2 seconds left and No. 12 North Carolina came up with a final-play stop to edge No. 10 N.C. State 66-65 on Sunday. The graduate transfer from Richmond entered the rivalry game shooting 63.2% (24 of 38) from the line this year, but calmly made both in the clutch for the Tar Heels (23-4, 11-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Wolfpack (20-5, 12-2) had one try for the win coming out of a timeout, but Aziaha James couldn't turn the baseline corner against Reniya Kelly and Maria Gakdeng before losing the ball out of bounds as the horn sounded.

Michigan basketball pulled out another insane win Sunday, beating Ohio State 86-83 in Columbus.

Kaleb Glenn's 17 points off of the bench helped lead Florida Atlantic to an 83-81 victory over Temple on Sunday. Glenn added five rebounds for the Owls (15-10, 8-4 American Athletic Conference). Tre Carroll scored 16 points while going 5 of 8 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 4 for 5 from the line and added seven rebounds and four blocks.

Quincy Ballard scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half and overtime to help Wichita State beat No. 14 Memphis 84-79 on Sunday. Bijan Cortes hit a 3 to give the Shockers a 78-77 lead with 1:10 remaining in OT. Wichita State never relinquished the lead from that point.

Gavin Doty and Brendan Coyle scored 22 points each in Siena's 80-73 win against Sacred Heart on Sunday. Doty added 10 rebounds for the Saints (12-14, 7-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Brendan Coyle made five 3-pointers and grabbed six rebounds.

UCLA is the No. 1 overall seed, one of three Big Ten teams among the top 16.

Tom Izzo broke Bob Knight's record for Big Ten wins in Michigan State's rally past Illinois. Celebrate with a poster from the Detroit Free Press.