LOS ANGELES — Jada Williams was the pest who wouldn’t leave, the nagging fly in JuJu Watkins’ ear, buzzing and hovering and visibly frustrating one of the best scorers in the nation. Williams had seen, firsthand, the devastation Watkins could bring, the two meetings as seniors last year when Williams’ La Jolla Country Day team … Read more
LOS ANGELES — In a game of runs, the UCLA men’s basketball team squandered an 18 point lead in the first half but used an 9-0 run late in the final four minutes of the game, to pull away for a 71-63 win against Oregon at Pauley Pavilion Saturday night. “We’re learning what winning effort … Read more
TEMPE, Ariz. — Jose Perez scored 20 and Frankie Collins and Jamiya Neal each scored 17 points and Arizona State beat USC 82-67 to end a seven-game regular season losing streak against the Trojans on Saturday. Alonzo Gaffney added 11 points for ASU. It was ASU’s first regular-season win against the Trojans since Feb. 8, … Read more
Basketball coach’s exuberant celebration of son’s scoring shot goes viral – CBS News Watch CBS News Basketball coach Tom Izzo’s reaction to a shot scored late in the game between Michigan State and Rutgers may have seemed a bit over the top, but it was the first career points scored by Izzo’s son Steven, a … Read more
Dylan Addae-Wusu insisted it was just another game. No extra motivation. No desire to show St. John’s new coaching staff that it should have kept him. His performance said otherwise. The former Johnnies’ guard torched his old team, helping Seton Hall cruise past St. John’s, 80-65, at Prudential Center on Tuesday night. “He came out … Read more
Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. was released from the hospital on Sunday after suffering a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in the leg at home in Illinois the day before, his father announced on social media. “Jr is doing really good. Discharged and headed home. #blessed,” Fears’ father, Jeremy Fears posted on X. The update on the … Read more
Maryland guard Jahari Long, right, knocks the ball from the hands of UCLA guard Lazar Stefanovic during the first half on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) UCLA head coach Mick Cronin reacts to a foul call from the sideline during the first half of their game against Maryland on Friday night at … Read more
This week, Big East play begins with a series of intriguing matchups. The league, predicted by some in the preseason to be the best in the country, had an up-and-down first six weeks, creating uncertainty after the big three of Marquette, Connecticut and Creighton. With that in mind, The Post breaks down the non-conference slate … Read more
