No. 9-seeded FSU women’s basketball loses to No. 8 Alabama

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 23, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Essence Cody had season highs with 20 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 8 seed Alabama defeated No. 9 Florida State 82-74 on Friday night in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Working inside, the 6-foot-4 Cody more than doubled her average of eight points a game. She also blocked four shots. Her layup on a pick-and-roll gave Alabama (24-9) a 74-69 lead with 2:33 left. “Essence has grown up a lot this year,” Alabama guard Loyal McQueen said. “You know, we need her to be aggressive every single night. We need her to be on the...

Temple, with a losing record, stuns FAU in American Athletic Conference semifinal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 17, 2024. Posted in College Sports, FAU Owls, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Hysier Miller had 21 points in No. 11 seed Temple’s 74-73 victory against second-seeded Florida Atlantic on Saturday night in the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Temple, which has won a season-best five games in a row and eight of its last 10, plays No. 4 seed UAB in the championship game on Sunday. The Blazers won 100-72 at Temple in the only regular season meeting between the teams. Miller added four steals for the Owls (16-19). Joran Riley added 16 points while going 5 of 10 and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line and grabbed 10 rebounds. Shane...

Hurricanes suffer blowout loss to No. 8 Duke, further damaging their postseason hopes

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 22, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

CORAL GABLES — The Hurricanes entered Wednesday night’s showdown with Duke shorthanded, missing two starters for their matchup with the nation’s No. 8 team. But there was no upset in store for Miami (15-12, 6-10 ACC), which was outgunned for the entirety of the game and fell 84-55 at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables. The defeat was the Hurricanes’ fifth straight loss, marking their first five-game losing streak since 2021. “It seems like we’re climbing a mountain uphill and keep slipping back,” Miami coach Jim Larrañaga said. “We ran into a very good team tonight. Every mistake we made, we...

No. 24 FAU wins battle of the Owls, topping visiting Temple 80-68

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 16, 2024. Posted in College Sports, FAU Owls, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

By COLBY GUY (Associated Press) BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Johnell Davis scored 17 points, Alijah Martin and Brandon Weatherspoon each had 16 and No. 24 Florida Atlantic beat Temple 80-68 on Thursday night in a battle of the Owls. FAU (20-5, 10-2 American Athletic) pulled away with an early 15-2 run. Weatherspoon hit two 3-pointers during the spree, and Nick Boyd had four 3-pointers in the half. Boyd and Vladislav Goldin each finished with 12 points. “Weatherspoon is an emotional leader,” Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May said. “It was awesome to see him getting his production back up and I thought...

Davis scores 24, No. 20 Florida Atlantic rolls past Tulsa 102-70

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 4, 2024. Posted in College Sports, FAU Owls, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

BOCA RATON — Johnell Davis scored 24 points, Alijah Martin and Vladislav Goldin each scored 18 and No. 20 Florida Atlantic easily topped Tulsa 102-70 on Saturday night for its seventh consecutive win. Nick Boyd finished with 13 and Bryan Greenlee added 11 for Florida Atlantic (18-4, 8-1 American Athletic Conference), which remained tied with Charlotte and South Florida atop the league standings. Charlotte pulled away to beat East Carolina earlier Saturday and USF won at North Texas. PJ Haggerty scored 25 and Cobe Williams added 16 for Tulsa (12-9, 3-6). The Golden Hurricane scored 27 points...

Gators can’t convert at end in loss at Texas A&M

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 4, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tyrece Radford scored 26, including the final three points of the game, and Texas A&M rallied to beat Florida 67-66 on Saturday. Zyon Pullin hit a jumper to put Florida up 66-64 with 3:04 remaining, but the Gators would not score again. Radford made the second of two free throws with 2:37 to go and buried a go-ahead jumper with 35 seconds left. Florida had three shots at the winning basket on its final possession but could not get one to fall. Radford made 10 of 16 shots with two 3-pointers and 4 of 7 free throws for the Aggies (13-8, 4-4 Southeastern Conference),...

No. 3 North Carolina holds off FSU to extend win streak to 10 games

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 28, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

TALLAHASSEE — North Carolina had won seven straight Atlantic Coast Conference games by double digits. On Saturday, the Tar Heels showed they could win a game that was tight in the final minutes. RJ Davis scored 24 points and freshman Elliot Cadeau scored a season-high 16 points to help No. 3 North Carolina rally from an eight-point deficit early in the second half and beat Florida State 75-68. Davis shot 9 of 18 from the floor, although he made just 2 of 8 3-point shots, and surpassed the 20-point mark for the 12th time this season. Cadeau shot 8 of 9 from the free-throw line and had six assists...

Omier scores 33 points and Miami slams Notre Dame 73-61

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 25, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Norchad Omier scored a season-high 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, leading Miami past Notre Dame 73-61 on Wednesday night. Omier made 12 of 14 shots that included six dunks and two 3-pointers. He added 7 of 9 from the line. Kyshawn George added 11 points and Nijel Pack and Bensley Joseph scored 10 each for Miami (13-6, 4-4 ACC). The Fighting Irish opened the second half on an 11-2 run and took a one-point lead with 15 minutes remaining. Omier scored eight of Miami’s first 10 points of the half. Notre Dame took its final lead at 52-49 on a 3-pointer by J.R. Konieczny...

Johnny Dawkins’ poor-shooting UCF prepares for visit from WVU

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 23, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports, UCF Knights.

UCF basketball coach Johnny Dawkins’ message after every game this season, win or lose, has been that his team is learning and it has to respond to what it has learned with each succeeding challenge. At Houston on Saturday, the Knights failed miserably at one part of the learning process but on another front they responded well. So it’s difficult to judge these Knights (11-6, 2-3 Big 12) as they head into another tough conference game Tuesday at 7 p.m. at home against a revitalized West Virginia squad. Controversial transfer Mikey Williams not allowed to enroll at UCF for months | Commentary The...

FSU men’s basketball beaten at home by Clemson

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 21, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

TALLAHASSEE — Chase Hunter scored 14 points and PJ Hall scored 13 as Clemson beat Florida State for the third straight time Saturday, 78-67. The win snapped a string of four losses in five games for Clemson (13-5, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) and snapped Florida State’s run of five straight wins. The teams played to a 30-30 draw through the first half. The Tigers opened the second with a 9-2 run and never trailed the rest of the way. Florida State got within 39-37 on a 3-pointer by Darin Green Jr. and Taylor Bol Bowen hit the second of two free throws at about the five-minute mark to make...

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