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Malik Monk, Kentucky’s leading scorer, was struggling and so was star guard Isaiah Briscoe. Fox responded with two clutch baskets on drives to the basket in the final minutes to thwart a final Mississippi State rally and lead the fifth-ranked Wildcats over the Bulldogs 88-81 on Tuesday night.
Creighton point guard and national assists leader Maurice Watson Jr. will miss the rest of the season because of a major knee injury, a huge blow for a team that is off to its best start and has hopes of making a deep postseason run. An MRI revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Watson’s left knee. The senior was injured in the seventh-ranked Bluejays’ 72-67 win at Xavier on Monday.
Creighton point guard and national assists leader Maurice Watson Jr. will miss the rest of the season because of a major knee injury, a huge blow for a team that is off to its best start and has hopes of making a deep postseason run. An MRI revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Watson’s left knee. The senior was injured in the seventh-ranked Bluejays’ 72-67 win at Xavier on Monday.
North Carolina coach Roy Williams stood at midcourt, looking to the Smith Center rafters to watch video messages from former players congratulating him on his 800th win. ”It’s a special moment, but you know what I really love?” Williams asked the crowd as he pointed to his current players. Williams became the ninth Division I coach to reach 800 wins with the ninth-ranked Tar Heels’ 85-68 victory against Syracuse on Monday night, keeping them near the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams earned his 800th career victory when Isaiah Hicks scored 20 points to lead No. 9 North Carolina to an 85-68 victory over Syracuse on Monday night.
Maurice Watson Jr. raised his index finger while the Bluejays carried him off the court. Creighton’s injured point guard knew how much this one meant. Watson went to the bench with an injured left knee in the first half, and the Bluejays wasted an 11-point lead before rallying for a 72-67 victory over Xavier on Monday, extending the best start in Creighton’s history.
Villanova coach Jay Wright admitted after falling from the top spot in Sports Betting News college basketball poll that he would rather his team was ranked No. 1 than any other spot. The Wildcats received 28 first-place votes and 1,580 points from a 65-member national media panel, while the Jayhawks remained No. 2 despite getting more No. 1 votes. Villanova (17-1) bounced back to win three straight in easy fashion, including a blowout of then-No. 15 Xavier that prompted Musketeers coach Chris Mack to spend ample time lauding the Wildcats.
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The last-minute play was drawn up something like this: Get the ball down low to lanky big man Chimezie Metu and let him do his thing. Metu scored a career-high 24 points , including a go-ahead hook shot with 29 seconds remaining, and No. 25 Southern California held off slumping Colorado 71-68 on Sunday night. ”It feels really good for them to have confidence in me,” Metu said.
