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 […]
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ECU Dances To A Bigger Dance!
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. […]
Shockers Shock Tulsa! Face Tulane Next
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 […]
UCF Defense Fuels Victory Over SMU
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 […]
ECU Get Past South Florida Headed To Houston
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 […]
Young Fires Cougars To Conference Finals
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 […]
ECU Moves On, Tigers Go Home
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 […]
‘It still hurts’: Chris Rock speaks about Will Smith slap for first time
Chris Rock has spoken at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith during the Oscars, almost a year since the scandal that shocked millions watching around the world. Comedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way […]
Lady Tigers Survives UCF
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 […]
Wichita State Heads To Next Round
FORT WORTH – No. 8 seed Wichita State never trailed en route to a 71-61 first round win over No. 9 Temple Monday afternoon in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Championship. Wichita State (17-13) advances to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship where the top seed […]