Iowa City, Iowa – The 20th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes had no problem with Alabama State, routing them 105-78 in Iowa City. Iowa led from tip to finish in most part due to the strong play of Luka Garza and Joe Wieskamp. Garza scored the first six points of the game and the Hawks never looked back. […]
Bol Leads Oregon to Win Over Green Bay
Eugene, OR – Oregon returned home from a New York City trip where they lost to Iowa and defeated then-No. 15 ranked Syracuse. The Ducks faced a decent Green Bay squad that came into the game with recent wins over Eastern Washington and Morehead State. The Phoenix had played a common opponent, Iowa, where they […]
Oklahoma Outlasts Wofford, 75-64
Norman, OK – In the home opener for the Sooners, fans finally had a chance to see their team without former 5th overall pick, Trae Young. In their first two games of the season, Christian James led Oklahoma in scoring, but Brady Manek put on quite the show this afternoon. He logged a double-double for […]
Marquette Uses Late Run to Get By Presbyterian
Milwaukee, WI – Marquette welcomed Presbyterian to the Fiserv Forum on Saturday afternoon hoping to get well after suffering through a lopsided mid-week loss to Indiana when the Hoosiers outplayed the Golden Eagles from tipoff to buzzer. But as the game wound its way into the middle minutes of the second half, Presbyterian held a […]
Pipkins’ Efforts Wasted as UMass Falls to Harvard
Amherst, MA – The University of Massachusetts Minutemen and the Harvard Crimson faced off at the Mullins Center. The game was close throughout and came down to a buzzer beating miss from half-court by Massachusetts’ senior point guard, Luwane Pipkins,that glanced off the front iron. The Crimson walked away with a 74-71 win. Harvard’s Chris […]
Texas Tops Louisiana-Monroe Helped by Bench Play
Austin, TX – On a cold Monday in Austin, the Texas Longhorns’ bench proved to be the difference maker as they gritted out a 65-55 victory over the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks. Although the Warhawks have been lighting it up from behind-the-arch under coach Keith Richard over the past year, Louisiana-Monroe shot a season low 25 […]
Marquette Gets First Win in New Arena
Milwaukee, WI – Moving his Marquette basketball team into a new downtown arena, incorporating two transfers and two freshmen into his playing rotation and preparing his team for one of the school’s most challenging non-conference schedules in recent years are enough for Marquette Coach Steve Wojciechowski to concern himself with in the opening weeks of […]
Portland State wins home opener over UC Riverside
Portland, OR – After spending a year on the road at Lewis & Clark as their home court for the 2017-18 season, Portland State was had an extra bounce to its step as they opened the season in their new arena “The Peter W. Stott Center”. In a showdown between Big West and Big Sky […]
Northeastern Outlasts Harvard
Cambridge, MA – The 55th matchup between the Harvard Crimson and the Northeastern University Huskies at Lavietes Pavillion promised a lot – and it delivered. Northeastern came away with an important road win, 81-71, their first victory of the season. Junior Jordan Roland, came off the bench to lead the Huskies with 35 points, including […]