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Friday, September 20, 2024
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Friday night at Dickies Arena was one for the record books as the No. 2-seeded Memphis men’s basketball team defeated No. 7 UCF, 81-76, in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference championship. The Tigers improve to 24-8 on the season and advance to […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Freshman guard Dan Skillings Jr. turned in a career-high 20 points off the bench to propel No. 4 seed Cincinnati to an 84-54 win over No. 5 seed Temple in American Athletic Championship Quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. Redshirt senior and AAC First-Teamer Landers Nolley II added 22 points, […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas –– For the first time since their Phi Slama Jama era the University of Houston is poised to have two back-to-back 30 win seasons. Two days after being named the league’s top player, Sasser scored 24 of his 30 points in the second half […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – – – For the first time since 2007, the East Carolina women’s basketball team is going dancing. With a 46-44 victory over the Houston Cougars, the Pirates completed their run to the 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship. Synia Johnson was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas — Wichita State used a big second half to put away Tulsa, 81-63, Thursday evening in American Athletic Conference Championship first round action at Dickies Arena.Craig Portr Jr. became the first Shocker ever to record a point-assist double-double in a conference tournament game, finishing with 10 […]
By Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – The UCF men’s basketball team erased a 13-point first-half deficit to complete the comeback and advance to the American Athletic Conference Quarterfinals with a 76-70 win over SMU in the first round on Thursday. “It was a great game. I’m sure everyone realized it […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas ––Jaden Walker scored 22 points and dished out 10 assists as East Carolina defeated South Florida 73-58 in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday afternoon inside Dickies Arena. RJ Felton added 22 points and seven rebounds, Ezra Ausar added 10 points and David Kasanganay scored […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Tiara Young dropped a career-high 26 points and the No. 4 seed Houston women’s basketball team topped No. 8 Wichita State 72-64 at Dickies Arena on Wednesday for the program’s first-ever American Athletic Conference Tournament title game berth. Young’s 26 points is the second-most by […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – The three-seeded East Carolina women’s basketball team defeated the second-seeded Memphis Tigers, 69-60, in the AAC Semifinal Round on Wednesday evening in Dickies Arena. In the Tigers case it was a rinse and repeat from last evenings performance. This time it led to the exit […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team opened play at the 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship tonight as they took on #10 UCF. Memphis would fight from behind all night to eventually take the 48-46 win in the final seconds of the game to advance to the semi-final […]