Tag: College Sports

Drew Peterson Pours in 30 as USC Crushes Cal

February 17, 2023
Andrew PetersonCollege SportsSouthern California USC basketballSportsUniversity of California Bears basketball
0 Comment

Senior Drew Peterson scored a career-high 30 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed for six assists, and Southern California earned its 13th consecutive home win, beating Cal 97-60 on Thursday, Feb. 16, in Los Angeles. The Trojans (18–8, 10–5 Pac-12) shot 58.9 percent from the floor while registering a much-needed victory after dropping their previous…

Read More

NCAA Asks US Appeals Court to Block Pay for Student-Athletes

February 16, 2023
College SportsDivision I athletesNCAASports
0 Comment

PHILADELPHIA—The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage. Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport and often need money for expenses,…

Read More

Former Michigan State Star Pleads Guilty in 2021 Murder Case

February 13, 2023
basketballCollege SportsMichiganmurderSports
0 Comment

DETROIT—A former Michigan State University basketball star pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal 2021 shooting of a Detroit man. Keith Damon Appling, 31, pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to one count each of second-degree murder and felony firearm in the killing of Clyde Edmonds, 66, Prosecutor…

Read More

Freshman Amari Bailey, No. 7 UCLA Hammer Oregon State

February 9, 2023
College SportsField Level MediaSports
0 Comment

Amari Bailey scored a career-best 24 points to lead No. 7 UCLA to an easy 62-47 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night, Feb. 9, in Pac-12 play at Corvallis, Ore. Jaylen Clark added 16 points and three steals for the Bruins (20–4, 11–2 Pac-12), who won their third consecutive game. Jaime Jaquez Jr. collected…

Read More

No. 9 UCLA Cruises Past Washington State

February 5, 2023
College SportsJaime Jaquez Jr.Pac-12 basketballSportsUCLA Bruins basketballWashington State basketball
0 Comment

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 24 points and collected a career-high 15 rebounds to lead No. 9 UCLA to an easy 76–52 victory over Washington State in Pac-12 play on Saturday at Los Angeles. Jaylen Clark added 12 points and Amari Bailey had 10 as the Bruins (19–4, 10–2 Pac-12) stretched the nation’s longest homecourt winning…

Read More

Top 25 Roundup: No. 21 Indiana Stuns No. 1 Purdue

February 5, 2023
BloomingtonCollege SportsIndianaPurdueSports
0 Comment

Trayce Jackson-Davis totaled 25 points, seven rebounds and five blocks to lead No. 21 Indiana to a 79–74 upset win over top-ranked Purdue on Saturday at Bloomington, Ind. The Hoosiers (16–7, 7–5 Big Ten) won for the sixth time in their past seven games and beat a No. 1-ranked Purdue team for the first time…

Read More

USC Runs Win Streak to Four by Beating Washington

February 5, 2023
College SportsKobe JohnsonSouthern California USC basketballSportsTre WhiteWashington Huskies basketball
0 Comment

Tre White and Kobe Johnson each scored career-highs with 22 and 21 points, and Southern California went on a late 14–2 run to secure its fourth straight win, an 80–74 defeat of Washington on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Los Angeles. The Trojans (17–6, 9–3 Pac-12) trailed 60–58 with 4:11 remaining after Washington’s Keyon Menifield connected…

Read More

No. 9 UCLA Starts Fast vs. Washington, Ends Two-Game Skid

February 3, 2023
College SportsSportsUCLA basketballWashington basketball
0 Comment

Ninth-ranked UCLA led wire to wire and held off a second-half rally from visiting Washington en route to a 70–61 Pac-12 win Thursday, Feb. 2, in Los Angeles. The Bruins (18–4, 9–2 Pac-12), coming in on a two-game skid after having won the previous 14, pounced on the Huskies early. UCLA scored the first eight…

Read More

Top 25 Roundup: Florida Rallies, Stuns No. 2 Tennessee

February 2, 2023
College SportsFloridaGainesvilleSportsTennessee
0 Comment

Colin Castleton scored 20 points and Kyle Lofton added 14 points and four assists, lifting Florida to a 67–54 upset of No. 2 Tennessee in Gainesville, Fla., on Wednesday. Tennessee led by as many as six points in the second half before Florida answered with a game-altering 13–0 run to go up 55–46 lead with…

Read More

Georgia Quarterback Stetson Bennett Arrested in Texas for Public Intoxication

January 29, 2023
BennettCollege SportsGeorgiaSports
0 Comment

DALLAS—Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors. Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said. Police said that at about 6:10 a.m., officers responded to…

Read More