Category: Basketball

Amani Hansberry scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and West Virginia pulled out a 62-59 win over Cincinnati on Wednesday night after nearly blowing a nine-point lead in the final seconds. Trailing by six midway through the second half, the Mountaineers (16-10, 7-8 Big 12) went on a 21-6 run led by seven points from Hansberry to lead 62-53 with 7.9 seconds left. Cincinnati's Dan Skillings Jr. banked in a long 3-pointer then grabbed a tipped inbounds pass and threw in another 3.

Jeff Woodward scored 23 points, including a pair of free throws that gave Colgate the lead for good with 58 seconds to play, as the Raiders knocked off Navy 79-75 on Wednesday night. Woodward also added 10 rebounds for the Raiders (12-16, 9-6 Patriot League). Jalen Cox added 12 points while finishing 5 of 8 from the floor while they also had seven rebounds.

Morgan Maly scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half and No. Creighton rallied in the fourth quarter to edge St. John's 65-62 on Wednesday night. The Red Storm (14-12, 4-11 Big East) led for nearly 30 minutes and were up 51-46 heading into the final quarter before the Bluejays (22-4, 14-1) rallied to win their sixth straight game and clinch a top-two seed in the conference tournament.

SMU (20-6, 11-4) shot 72% in the first half, making 21 of 30 shots. A 9-0 run and a 10-0 run gave the Mustangs a 25-5 lead halfway through the period and they went on to lead 50-25 at halftime. Oquendo had 15 points without missing a shot, going 6 for 6 from the field with two 3-pointers and making his only free throw.

Otega Oweh scored 20 points and No. 17 Kentucky took advantage of its size to start the second half to pull away for an 82-61 win over Vanderbilt on Wednesday night. The Wildcats (18-8, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) led 41-40 at the half, but focused on going inside for their first three baskets of the second half and forced the Commodores to take a timeout three minutes in. Amari Williams added 17 points for the Wildcats.

Mikkel Tyne had 17 points in Richmond's 63-58 win over La Salle on Wednesday night. Tyne went 6 of 12 from the field (5 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Spiders (10-17, 5-9 Atlantic 10 Conference). B. Artis White scored 12 points while shooting 3 for 8 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line and added three steals.

Quimari Peterson's 29 points helped East Tennessee State defeat UNC Greensboro 65-49 on Wednesday night. Peterson had 13 rebounds for the Buccaneers (16-12, 9-6 Southern Conference). Karon Boyd scored 10 points while going 4 of 8 from the field and added five rebounds.

Nik Graves scored 23 points, Robert Braswell and Jaehshon Thomas each had five points in overtime, and Charlotte knocked off Temple 78-72 on Wednesday. Graves added six assists for the 49ers (10-17, 3-11 American Athletic Conference). Giancarlo Rosado scored 15 points while going 5 of 7 and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line and added seven rebounds.

The 6-foot-1 guard from Domzale, Slovenia, has five assists, four rebounds and three steals in the last five games while delivering eye-popping plays on both ends of the floor.

He missed 23 of 33 shots, hitting just 3 of 16 from 3-point range, and had coaches and teammates wondering what was going on with a guy who had been so difficult to defend in practice. Klavzar wasn't sure, either. But he kept working — and waiting.