LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh and Trent Noah each scored 16 points to lead No. 19 Kentucky to a 104-54 win over Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night. Kentucky (5-2) improved to 5-0 at home and reached the 100-point plateau for the second time this season without starters Jaland Lowe (shoulder) and Mouhamed.
The coach says the center, who sat out Tuesday’s game against the Clippers because of a right knee contusion, is experiencing swelling but that imaging on the knee came back “clean.”.
Friday night’s FS1 broadcast of the Xavier-Iowa college basketball game featured an unfortunate Freudian slip from one of the announcers. In the first half, Iowa junior forward Alvaro Folgueiras showed off impressive close-out defense to force a Xavier turnover. “There’s a reason they call him ‘El Pulpo,’” FS1 play-by-play announcer Jake Eisenberg said about Folgueiras Read more. The post ‘Testicles’ Freudian slip strikes on FS1 college basketball broadcast appeared first on Awful Announcing.
MILWAUKEE It was game one of group play in the NBA Cup as the Milwaukee Bucks hosted the Chicago Bulls. There was a healthy smattering of red in the stands of Fiserv Forum for an “intense” regional match that stayed tight into the fourth quarter. The Bucks did prevail, however, pulling away from Chicago [.] The post How the Bucks overcame ‘impatient’ offense for NBA Cup win over Bulls appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Mikayla Blakes scored 27 points, Aiyana Mitchell had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 19 Vanderbilt dominated the third quarter for a 74-65 victory over California to begin the season in Paris. Blakes scored 14 points in the first half but Vanderbilt trailed 33-31 at the 8, 000-capacity Adidas Arena, where No. 16 Baylor beat No. 7 Duke 58-52 earlier Monday as part of a doubleheader. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda tied it in the opening minute of the third quarter and Vanderbilt pulled away during a 19-0 run for a 54-37 lead with 1: 48 left in the frame. Cal got within nine points late in the fourth before Justine Pissott put Vanderbilt ahead by double figures again with a 3-pointer.
After turning into a full-time starter for the New York Knicks last season, Josh Hart is back on the bench under new coach Mike Brown. Hart has primarily been a sixth man for the Knicks’ in their first five games of the campaign. Speaking to Fred Katz and James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, Hart [.] The post Knicks’ Josh Hart Makes His Feelings Clear on Bench Role Amid Nerve Injury appeared first on Heavy Sports.
