college basketball

No. 8 Tar Heels banged up entering trip to Wake Forest

No. 8 North Carolina is banged up with several injuries entering Saturday’s trip to Wake Forest

Kansas, W Virginia out 8 key players for Saturday showdown

Kansas and West Virginia are missing a combined eight key players as they head for a showdown Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse

Youngsters help No. 24 Maryland reach upper crust of Big Ten

Extremely young and doggedly determined, Maryland has used a long-awaited growth spurt to move into the upper tier of the Big Ten standings

Tennessee, Kentucky showdown at Rupp Arena this weekend

Top-ranked Tennessee travels to face fifth-ranked Kentucky in a weekend showdown of two of the Southeastern Conference’s top teams

NC State visits Duke in biggest matchup this weekend in ACC

No. 2 Duke plays host to North Carolina State in the best matchup of the weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Buggs scores 17 to carry Hawaii over Cal Poly 75-54

Drew Buggs records 17 points and eight assists as Hawaii routs Cal Poly, 75-54

Ford carries Saint Mary's (Cal) over Santa Clara 66-55

Jordan Ford scores 23 points as Saint Mary’s defeats Santa Clara, 66-55

No. 3 Gonzaga beats Loyola Marymount, wins 15th straight

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No. 3 Gonzaga uses late run to defeat Loyola Marymount

Haws has career-high 35 to lead BYU over USD, 88-82

Davis scores 16 to carry N. Colorado past Idaho 75-47

Jordan Davis records 16 points as Northern Colorado easily defeats Idaho, 75-47

Martin scores 18, UC Riverside upsets UC Santa Barbara 71-57

Ratinho leads San Francisco over Pepperdine 89-77

Jordan Ratinho scores a career-high 29 points as San Francisco defeats Pepperdine, 89-77

Patton leads Sacramento State past Southern Utah, 84-73

Joshua Patton scored 22 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as Sacramento State pulled away from Southern Utah in the second half to post an 84-73 victory

Pearson leads Texas St. over Arkansas St. 84-74

Nijal Pearson scores 21 points as Texas State gets past Arkansas State, 84-74

Windler scores 31 to lead Belmont past Tennessee St. 77-66

Dylan Windler posts 31 points and 13 rebounds as Belmont stretches its winning streak to eight games, beating Tennessee State, 77-66

Morant scores 32 to lead Murray St. over Austin Peay 73-71

Ja Morant had 32 points as Murray State narrowly beat Austin Peay 73-71

Levi lifts Texas Rio Grande Valley past Seattle 59-44

Javon Levi registers 12 points, nine assists and seven steals as Texas Rio Grande Valley beats Seattle, 59-44

Sanabria lifts St. Francis (NY) past LIU-Brooklyn 83-76

Glenn Sanabria scores 17 points as St. Francis (NY) tops Long Island-Brooklyn, 83-76

Illinois tops Ohio State 63-56 for first road win

Vitale to receive Sports Emmys lifetime achievement award

ESPN college basketball commentator Dick Vitale will receive the lifetime achievement award for sports during this year’s Sports Emmy Awards ceremony

NC State's Lockett facing charge of assault on a female

North Carolina State backup guard Eric Lockett has been charged with assault on a female

Iowa State seeks to stay in Big 12 chase vs K-State

Iowa State travels to Kansas State hoping to stay in the Big 12 title chase

Wills helps Stanford rally past USC 79-76

Bryce Wills scored four of his 11 points in the final 14 seconds and Stanford rallied to beat Southern California 79-76

Palmer's last-second FTs lift Huskers over Gophers 62-61

James Palmer made two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to give Nebraska a 62-61 win over Minnesota.

Johnson has 15 points as Florida beats Vanderbilt 66-57

Freshman Keyontae Johnson had 15 points and came up with a big steal in the closing minutes, lifting Florida to a 66-57 win over Vanderbilt

Garth scores 23 to lift Lamar over Northwestern St. 75-70

Nick Garth scores 23 points as Lamar narrowly defeats Northwestern State, 75-70

Abilene Christian rolls to 64-48 win over Nicholls

Jaren Lewis scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds as Abilene Christian rolled to a 64-48 win over Nicholls State

Brown carries Bradley past Loyola-Chicago 61-54

Darrell Brown had 21 points as Bradley got past Loyola-Chicago 61-54

Phillips scores 17 to lead Longwood over High Point 62-59

Lorenzo Phillips registers 17 points and six assists as Longwood narrowly beats High Point, 62-59