men’s basketball

Auburn falls to Georgia at home

AUBURN, Ala. — — Ty Fagan scored 16 points shooting 7 for 10, Toumani Camara scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Georgia held off Auburn in a 91-86 win on Tuesday night. Camara’s layup with 2:11 left put Georgia (11-6, 4-6 Southeastern Conference) up 80-71 before Devan Cambridge responded with a quick 3-pointer for Auburn. Sahvir Wheeler made…

Alabama Men’s Basketball Team Stuns #7 Tennessee

Tennessee’s Santiago Vescovi (25) blocks a shot by Alabama’s Herbert Jones (1) Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Caitie McMekin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, Pool) John Petty hit three critical 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, leading Alabama to a stunning victory over No. 7 Tennessee 71-63. The Crimson Tide turned a one-point halftime lead into a double-digit advantage…

Alabama hoops drops to 1-1 with loss to Stanford

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — — Highly touted freshman Ziaire Williams scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his collegiate debut and Stanford beat Alabama 82-64 in the relocated Maui Invitational on Monday. Stanford will face 14th-ranked North Carolina (2-0) on Tuesday. The tournament is being played in North Carolina instead of Hawaii due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The game served…

Auburn men’s basketball starts slow, falls to UCF

ORLANDO, Fla. – It was a strong effort defensively from Auburn on Monday night. But the Tigers struggled offensively and didn’t have enough firepower to win on the road as they dropped a 63-55 decision to UCF to wrap up a three-game stretch in Florida. “Defensively I thought our kids played hard. I thought we had a good game plan,” Auburn…

Alabama State Men’s Basketball faces Postseason Ban in 2020-21

  Mo Williams and the Alabama State Hornets will be ineligible for the postseason in 2020-21 due to ASU’s low Academic Progress Rates. The penalties were assigned based on student-athlete academic achievement between 2015-16 and 2018-19.  In 2020-21, 15 teams will be ineligible for the postseason due to their low Academic Progress Rates, up from eight teams last year. The…

Troy Falls to Duke in NCAA Tournament 87 to 65

Grayson Allen had 21 points off five 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and second-seeded Duke continued its perfect postseason with an 87-65 victory over Troy in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night to start the East Region. The Blue Devils (29-7) became the first team to win four games on the way to the Atlantic Coast…

ASU Men’s Basketball Bounced from SWAC Tourney

Demontrae Jefferson scored a career-high 28 points, Marvin Jones added 20 more to go with 10 rebounds and Texas Southern rolled to an 87-72 win over Alabama State in Tuesday night’s Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals. Top-seeded Texas Southern, which has claimed a league title in five straight seasons, will play No. 5 seed Grambling State on Friday. Tied at…