NCAA Basketball News

Pitt opened the second half on a 12-4 run that gave the Panthers a 52-33 lead. Loyola Marymount cut the deficit to 14 with over eight minutes to play, but Lamar Patterson pushed the lead back to 18 with two layups after a timeout.

The inaugural Big 12/SEC Challenge takes root in the Lone Star State on Friday night, as the third-ranked Kentucky Wildcats battle the 20th-ranked Baylor Bears at AT&T Stadium.

Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points and Jabari Brown added 18 to help Missouri defeat West Virginia 80-71 Thursday night in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

Vanderbilt's lack of depth was already a concern. Now it's a real problem. Junior center Josh Henderson likely tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee, coach Kevin Stallings said, during the Commodores' 69-67 win over Marshall on Thursday night at Memorial Gym.

Starks scored 18 points and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera added 17, and Georgetown pulled away early in the second half for an 80-45 win over High Point Thursday night.

Good thing that the biggest shot of the game came from beyond the arc, where freshman Marcus Foster drained a 3-pointer in the closing seconds Thursday night.

DAYTON, Ohio - Matt Kavanaugh scored 11 points and No. 25 Dayton overcame a sluggish first half, poor free throw shooting and a late slump to defeat Delaware State 56-46 Wednesday night.

San Diego State hopes to continue dominating opponents from the Golden State, as the 24th-ranked Aztecs clash with cross-town rival, San Diego, at Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Xylina McDaniel hit 11 of 15 shots and scored a game-high 25 points to lead No. 18 North Carolina in a 75-62 victory over No.

As Louisville strives to reach the high level of performance and consistency achieved by last year's championship squad, the Cardinals also know that getting there will take time with a bunch of new faces.

Dylon Cormier scored 23 points and Franz Rassman added 10 of his 14 in the second half as Loyola pulled away from Division III Catholic in the final 20 minutes for an 87-75 win Wednesday night.

Corey Allen, Jr. hit a floater with two seconds remaining as South Florida came back from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat George Mason, 68-66, Wednesday night.

The Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference wound up in a tie in their annual challenge.

Columbus, OH, United States - LaQuinton Ross buried a career-best four triples in a 17-point first-half performance as No.

Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points and James Bell had 14 to lead No. 14 Villanova to a 77-54 win over Penn on Wednesday night.

Averaging 12 1-2 points per game as the Cavaliers' scoring leader, he managed just two in a 48-38 loss to No.

Charlotte Bobcats' Michael Kidd-Gilchrist drives past Brooklyn Nets' Reggie Evans during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013.

Will Felder scored 26 points, Will Sullivan added 23 and Miami comes back from a 16-point halftime deficit to win its first game of the season, 94-87 over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Tuesday night.

For a stretch of the second half, Georgia Tech had no answer for Illinois junior Rayvonte Rice.

The 21st-ranked Minutemen needed a late rally to survive an upset bid by Eastern Michigan and win 69-57 on Tuesday night.