News Category: Basketball

No. 25 Oklahoma hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff, seeks to stay unbeaten

With six wins in as many games, No. 25 Oklahoma is off to its best start since the 2015-16 club began its season with a 12-0 record. The Sooners will look to continue their good fortune on Thursday when they host Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Norman, Okla. The Sooners (6-0) earned the spot in the AP Top 25 poll by defeating both Iowa and Southern California in the Rady Children’s Invitational last week. Oklahoma sophomore guard

No. 15 Creighton aims to ignite offense vs. Oklahoma State

Creighton took a fierce beating in its last outing when an offense that topped 80 points in each of its first five games couldn’t even score 50. The No. 15 Bluejays will strive to regain their offensive form when they visit Oklahoma State on Thursday night. Creighton (5-1) will be playing in Stillwater for the first time since 1997. The Bluejays have lost five straight in the city since beating the Cowboys there in 1943.

No. 16 Texas aims to continue ascent in clash vs. Texas State

No. 16 Texas will look to continue to grow as a team when it hosts Texas State on Thursday. The Longhorns (5-1) remain at home in Austin, Texas, after a dominating 86-63 win over Wyoming on Sunday. Star transfer guard Max Abmas, who began his career at Oral Roberts, poured in a season-high 23 points. “The players I have around me are really good players, too,” Abmas said. “I’ve had to score a whole lot

No. 13 FAU looks to knock Liberty from ranks of unbeaten

Liberty will be hunting for an upset when it visits 13th-ranked Florida Atlantic on Thursday night in Boca Raton, Fla. The Flames, who posted a 27-9 record last season, is off to a 6-0 start to this campaign. Liberty has highlighted that run with wins over Charlotte, Wichita State, Furman and Vermont. The Flames, a dominant team in the Atlantic Sun over the past five years, have moved up to Conference USA. Liberty coach Ritchie

Kings aim to carry momentum over against Clippers

The Sacramento Kings get less than 24 hours to calm the emotions of a dramatic win when they host the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The Kings doubled their pleasure on Tuesday in a 124-123 victory over the Golden State Warriors. Not only did they get the better of their regional rival for the first time in three tries this season, but they also advanced to a home date Monday against the New Orleans

Rockets face Nuggets in search of first road win

The Denver Nuggets could have several key players return to action for their matchup against the visiting Houston Rockets on Wednesday. Nikola Jokic (lower back pain), Jamal Murray (right hamstring strain) and Aaron Gordon (right heel strain) were all listed as questionable to face the Rockets, who dropped to 0-6 on the road this season by losing 121-115 to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. Even if all three starters remain sidelined, the Nuggets have proven

Suns carry 7-game win streak into matchup with Raptors

The Phoenix Suns will shoot for their eighth consecutive victory on Wednesday when they complete a three-game road trip with a matchup against the Toronto Raptors. The Suns kept their streak alive Sunday when Devin Booker sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left to defeat the New York Knicks 116-113. “It’s a shot that I’ve imagined in my head multiple times,” said Booker, who wound up with 28 points on 10-of-25 shooting. “So it

Looking for consistency, USC welcomes Eastern Washington

After splitting a pair of games against high-profile opponents in San Diego last week, Southern California returns home to Los Angeles to host Eastern Washington for a nonconference matchup on Wednesday. The Trojans (4-2) opened the two-day Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego with a 71-63 win over Seton Hall last Thursday but dropped a 72-70 decision the next day to Oklahoma. USC was outrebounded 36-28 against the Sooners, with Oklahoma’s final board coming on

Ben Krikke leads Iowa vs. North Florida

Ben Krikke has quickly settled in as one of Iowa’s best players. The graduate transfer will look to make it seven straight double-figure scoring outings to start the season when the Hawkeyes face North Florida on Wednesday night in Iowa City, Iowa. Krikke played four seasons at Valparaiso and has rapidly fit in with Iowa (4-2). He is averaging a team-best 18.3 points per game and shooting 62.2 percent. The 6-foot-9 forward had season highs

Sam Houston State, out to solve shooting woes, visits ASU

Arizona State, which bounced back from being routed by BYU on Thanksgiving to defeat Vanderbilt the following day in the Vegas Showdown, returns home to face Sam Houston on Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz. Alonzo Gaffney scored 19 points and Jose Perez added 15 for Arizona State in the third-place game at Las Vegas. The Sun Devils (3-2) shot 51.8 percent (29 of 56) from the field, including 45.5 percent (10 of 22) from 3-point range,