Manhattan Jaspers (8-9, 3-5 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (11-8, 4-4 MAAC) Emmitsburg, Maryland; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -1.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's hosts Manhattan after Dola Adebayo scored 21 points in Mount St. Mary's 82-68 loss to the Siena Saints. The Mountaineers are 6-2 on their home court.
Charleston Southern and UNC Asheville square off for conference showdown
UNC Asheville Bulldogs (14-6, 5-1 Big South) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (6-15, 2-4 Big South) North Charleston, South Carolina; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -3.5; over/under is 150 BOTTOM LINE: Big South foes Charleston Southern and UNC Asheville meet on Saturday. The Buccaneers have gone 5-2 at home.
Ollie Lawrence: ‘If you don’t dream big, you’re never going to get anywhere’
The centre on why England believe they can beat Ireland in their Six Nations opener and how his apology to fans over Alex Mitchell incident backfired
“That’s a good question,” Ollie Lawrence says as he ponders the reasons why England have lost five of their previous six Tests, even though they were in a position to turn each of those defeats into a precious victory. “I think if I had the answer to that then … ”
The Bath and England centre pauses, lost in thought, and then laughs when I suggest that if he could reel off an immediate answer he would be on his way to becoming Test rugby’s next head coach. “Exactly. I think the main thing for us is seeing off games. We’ve been in the lead, or in a position to win after 60 minutes, in all of those games. So it’s making sure we play the game fully from now on. We’ve hopefully learned our lessons and, going into this Six Nations campaign, we can push on and put things to bed when we’re in the lead.”
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Clark, Mara each score 12 points as UCLA hands Washington its sixth-straight loss, 65-60
Skyy Clark scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds and Aday Mara added another dozen points and seven rebounds off the bench as UCLA edged Washington 65-60 on Friday night. UCLA (14-6, 5-4), fresh off an 85-83 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin, won its third straight. Washington (10-10, 1-8) lost its sixth straight game to a Big 10 Conference opponent.
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Freeeman, Thelwell each score 16 as Iowa holds off late Penn State rally for a 76-75 win
Owen Freeman and Drew Thelwell each scored 16 points and Iowa held off a late Penn State comeback to earn a 76-75 win on Friday night. The Hawkeyes (13-7, 4-5 Big Ten) took the lead for good on Payton Sandfort's 3-pointer with 13:36 left in the first half gave them a 16-14 lead and they led by double digits, 68-58 with just over seven minutes to play.