Friday night's action in men's top 25. #3 VILLANOVA 96 WAKE FOREST 77 Senior guard Josh Hart led Villanova with 30 points, four rebounds and three steals. Wake Forest's leading scorer was sophomore forward John Collins, who had 17 points, six rebounds and three blocks. Nova improves to 4-0 while Wake Forest takes their first loss of the season and is now 3-1. #5 NORTH … [Read more...] about Hart, Nova control game vs Wake Forest, move on
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Hot-shooting Wake Forest tops Bucknell 94-74
Courtesy of BucknellBison.com WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Keyshawn Woods scored a game-high 22 points and epitomized Wake Forest’s hot shooting night by hitting five of six from the 3-point arc, leading the Demon Deacons to a 94-74 victory over Bucknell on Sunday afternoon at LJVM Coliseum. Zach Thomas led four Bison in double figures with 16 points. Kimbal Mackenzie added 15 … [Read more...] about Hot-shooting Wake Forest tops Bucknell 94-74
Langel, Colgate and the fragile game
By Paul Gotham BETHLEHEM, PA. -- You’ll have to forgive Colgate Raiders head coach Matt Langel if he accentuates the precious nature of a basketball game. After all 2013-14 is fresh on the mind of the fourth-year coach - a season when his Raiders dropped 11 of 12 Patriot League games by single digits. Three of those setbacks were of single-possession nature and another came … [Read more...] about Langel, Colgate and the fragile game
Derrick Williams, Semaj Christon and the A10 Bounce
Williams, Christon named weekly award winners NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference has named Richmond junior Derrick Williams its men’s basketball Player of the Week and Xavier freshman Semaj Christon its Rookie of the Week. The awards were announced Monday for games played during the week of Nov. 26 – Dec. 2. Williams registered double-doubles in Richmond wins … [Read more...] about Derrick Williams, Semaj Christon and the A10 Bounce
Spiders take down Wake Forest at Robins Center
Courtesy of RichmondSpiders.com. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Led by a career-best 26 points from junior Derrick Williams, the Richmond Spiders defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 62-60, in the Bank of America Challenge on Saturday night at the Robins Center. The win was third straight for Richmond over Wake Forest. Williams notched his second-straight … [Read more...] about Spiders take down Wake Forest at Robins Center