Новости за 28.01.2017

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Tyler Nelson and Curtis Cobb combined for 41 points and Fairfield used a big second half to defeat Marist 72-62 on Saturday, ending a five-game losing streak. Nelson (21 points) has scored in double digits every game this season while Cobb (20) bounced back after scoring a total of 16 points in

TULSA, Okla. — Pat Birt scored 19 points, Corey Henderson Jr. added 14 and each hit three 3-pointers in Tulsa’s 77-66 victory over Central Florida on Saturday. Jaleel Wheeler had a steal near midcourt and he was fouled on a fast-break layup with 5:05 left. He hit the free throw to give Tulsa a 60-58

MUNCIE, Ind. — Tayler Persons scored 24 points, Franko House added 18, and Ball State outlasted Western Michigan for an 84-78 win on Saturday. Western Michigan trailed the entire second half, but Thomas Wilder twice cut the deficit to two — first on a jumper with 4:05 left to make it 71-69, and one possession

LEXINGTON, Va. — Josh Sharkey scored a late basket and Samford held on to edge VMI 69-67 despite making only one basket in the last 3:50 on Saturday afternoon. Demetrius Denzel-Dyson led Samford (14-8, 5-4 Southern Conference) with 18 points and Alex Thompson added 17 — after being held to two points in the last

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say 10 people in western Tennessee were injured in a shooting at a party at a National Guard Armory. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland says the shooting in Brownsville occurred before midnight Friday when a fight broke out at the armory. Authorities believe the facility had been rented out

AMHERST, Mass. — Otis Livingston II scored 22 points, Jalen Jenkins added 15 and tied his career best with 12 rebounds, and George Mason held off UMass 76-74 on Saturday for its sixth victory on the road. UMass closed to 66-65 on Donte Clark’s layup with 4:47 to go, but the Patriots pulled ahead 74-69

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles International Airport will be getting new fingerprint and iris scanners for passengers who want to speed through security lines. The Los Angeles Times reports Saturday (http://lat.ms/2jh5Uzi ) that biometric screening company Clear will install kiosks by the end of March in Los Angeles and at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and

CLEVELAND — Mehryn Kraker scored 21 points and No. 24 Green Bay beat Cleveland State 65-51 on Saturday, the 11th straight win for the Horizon League-leading Phoenix. Jessica Lindstrom added 16 points and 15 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season with Allie LeClaire scoring 10 points with six assists for Green Bay (19-2,

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — North Carolina coach Roy Williams’ team trailed by double figures in the second half against Miami when there was a scramble for a rebound. Like the game, it wasn’t much of a contest. “The ball was lying on the floor, and we didn’t have anybody dive for it,” Williams said. “They

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A jury has convicted a suburban Georgia couple of child cruelty for locking their oldest son in a basement for nearly two years. WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/2k1pxID ) reports jurors decided Friday in the case of Recardo and Therian Wimbush. They locked their then-12-year-old son in a basement for 18 months as punishment and

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Police say drivers overdosing on heroin have caused three crashes in a city in North Carolina in the past week. Police Capt. Michael Kirk told media outlets that no one was seriously injured in the crashes in High Point, but two of the vehicles had children inside. Kirk says in one

The New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the ninth time in the last 31 years, chasing their fifth championship next weekend in Houston. No coach or player in the current NFL could have a more palpable been-here-before feeling than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. The Patriots have won four Super Bowls in

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona is underway, with pole-sitter Joao Barbosa leading the 55-car field to the green flag. The twice-around-the-clock endurance race began under cool temperatures and cloudy skies, with a threat of steady rain predicted for later Saturday. Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon started the

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man suspected in the killing of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police officer is being charged with additional crimes. Markeith Loyd was back in an Orange County courtroom on Saturday regarding three charges of aggravated assault with a firearm. The Orlando Sentinel reported (http://bit.ly/2jB0aik ) that this time Loyd’s

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Xavier Moon scored 21 points, Miguel Dicent added 20, and Morehead State staged a 12-point second-half comeback and held on for a 72-69 win over Jacksonville State on Saturday. DeJuan Marrero had 16 points and 10 boards for the Eagles (10-12, 6-3 Ohio Valley), including a layup with 4:41 left to give

WARDER, Ethiopia — The carcasses of goats and sheep litter the ground near the airstrip in this remote eastern region of Ethiopia, which is struggling to counter a new drought that authorities say has left 5.6 million people in urgent need of assistance. U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien visited a local camp for displaced persons

SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Nisre Zouzoua’s jumper with four seconds left gave Bryant a 73-72 overtime victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. Adam Grant’s free throw with 2:43 left in overtime gave Bryant a 71-68 lead and neither team scored again until Darian Anderson’s bucket with 27 seconds left and Earl Potts Jr.’s basket with nine

KENT, Ohio — Marcus Keene scored 11 of his 41 points in overtime for his fourth 40-point game this season and Central Michigan beat Kent State 105-98 on Saturday to snap a 10-game road losing streak in the series. Keene hit a step-back 3-pointer to give Central Michigan an 88-83 lead in the first minute

NEW YORK — Ethan Happ had just scored 32 of Wisconsin’s 61 points and when he was done with a TV interview, the Badger fans at Madison Square Garden cheered him as he left the court waving and blowing kisses. “It’s always special to play in MSG but once you get going it turns into

HOUSTON — In May 2013, when Houston was awarded the right to host this year’s Super Bowl, the city’s economy was booming as many of the oil and gas companies that call Houston home and have earned it the nickname “the energy capital of the world” were riding high on a wave of oil selling

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Andrew White scored 24 points, John Gillon had 21 points and matched his career high with 11 assists, and Syracuse upset No. 6 Florida State 82-72 Saturday. Syracuse (13-9, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its second straight close game and gained its first victory over a ranked team. A week ago, Florida

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 18 West Virginia looked great at times. It also provided lots of teaching material for coach Bob Huggins. Jevon Carter had 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Mountaineers edged Texas A&M 81-77 on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. West Virginia opened a 51-31 lead on Daxter Miles Jr.’s 3-pointer

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Ahmad Thomas scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and UNC Asheville defeated Radford 80-69 on Saturday. Asheville (16-7, 8-2) lost its Big South opener to Radford 80-77 in overtime on Dec. 29 but has now won eight of its last nine games. Thomas, who posted his third double-double of

NEW YORK — Jack Gibbs and Peyton Aldridge scored 28 points apiece and combined to make 11 of 15 3-pointers, leading Davidson to an 84-66 win over Fordham on Saturday. Davidson led 40-23 at the break, but the Rams closed to 58-47 midway through the second half. The Wildcats answered with back-to-back 3s from Aldridge

MILAN — Inter Milan coach Stefano Piolo warned Serie A his team was yet to peak after it beat bottom club Pescara 3-0 for its ninth successive victory in all competitions on Saturday. Danilo D’Ambrosio, Joao Mario, and Eder scored for Inter to jump above Lazio and into fourth place, two points below Napoli and