Author: Associated Press

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Kane Williams collected 15 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals, and Georgia State defeated Georgia Southern 82-77 on Saturday night. Damon Wilson and Justin Roberts scored 13 points apiece for the Panthers (14-7, 7-3 Sun Belt). Corey Allen and Nelson Phillips scored 10 each and Nelson had eight rebounds. […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Coming off illness and spending much of his days as a full-time college student, Nathan Chen shouldn’t have been capable of setting a personal best Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Then again, maybe it’s wise to expect only greatness from the three-time defending champion and winner of the last […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tristan Jarrett had 20 points as Jackson State got past Grambling State 71-53 on Saturday. Jonas James had 13 points for Jackson State (6-14, 3-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Jayveous McKinnis added 13 points and 12 rebounds. Roland Griffin, whose 13 points per game entering the matchup was second on Jackson State, […]

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Amundsen 60, Northside Prep 48 Annawan 64, Newark 56 Bloomington Central Catholic 55, Chicago Uplift 54 Bremen 42, Wells 41 Chicago (Christ the King) 63, Providence-St. Mel 36 Chicago Sullivan 76, CICS-Northtown 44 Cissna Park 63, Kankakee (McNamara) 53 Danville 52, Champaign Centennial 37 Deerfield 53, Steinmetz 33 Dundee-Crown 69, Johnsburg 51 […]

WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor has hired former North Carolina and Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for new head coach Dave Aranda. Fedora, an offensive analyst for Texas this past season, started his college coaching career at Baylor. He was a Bears assistant from 1991-96, first for […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama point guard Kira Lewis Jr. played for Kansas State coach Bruce Weber last summer in Greece on the gold medal-winning USA U19 team. On Saturday night, Weber’s team was on the receiving end of a Lewis scoring outburst. Lewis scored 26 points and Alabama earned another win for the SEC […]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Hall of Fame coach and his players had spent the month of January grinding through a frustrating and confidence-jarring set of losses, brought on amid a series of injuries as well as shaky play. Finally on Saturday, the Tar Heels could celebrate the end of uncharacteristic struggles for […]

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Abington 50, Bensalem 49 Academy Park 55, Central Bucks West 54 Allentown Central Catholic 54, Quakertown 30 Bangor 57, Saucon Valley 49 Canon-McMillan 65, Quaker Valley 60 Canton 70, Cowanesque Valley 52 Chartiers Valley 50, Aliquippa 44 Constitution 82, Pennsbury 62 Corry 63, Northwestern 37 Cristo Rey 62, Tacony Academy 57 Cumberland […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A.J. Oliver II scored a career-high 21 points as Old Dominion raced away after halftime to defeat Florida Atlantic 65-55 on Saturday night. Xavier Green had 14 points for Old Dominion (8-13, 4-4 Conference USA). Malik Curry added 12 points and seven rebounds. Kalu Ezikpe and Aaron Carver each had 12 […]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Jermaine Bishop posted 17 points as Norfolk State beat South Carolina State 73-62 on Saturday night. Devante Carter had 10 points and six rebounds for Norfolk State (9-11, 5-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), which earned its fifth straight win. Joe Bryant Jr. added 10 points and six rebounds. Chris Ford had 10 […]