’Cuse & Rutgers fall; Rams win
Bryant Crawford scored 19 points to help host Wake Forest beat Syracuse, 73-67, on Wednesday night.
The Demon Deacons (8-6, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) went ahead for good on Terrence Thompson’s scooping layup with 1:56 left. Wake Forest then did just enough to hang on, earning its first win in six tries against the Orange (12-3, 1-1) despite missing five final-minute free throws.
Frank Howard scored 23 points to lead Syracuse, including two free throws to tie the game at 61 with 2:27 left.
l Joseph Chartouny scored six of his 26 points in overtime and host Fordham beat Richmond, 69-65, to end a two-game skid.
Ivan Raut’s 3-pointer put the Rams up 63-61 in OT and Chartouny made back-toback layups for a five-point lead. Richmond’s Nick Sherod made a pair of free throws and the Spiders closed to 67-65 after De’Monte Buckingham made one of two from the line with 2 seconds left. Buckingham purposely missed his second free throw but Chartouny grabbed the rebound, drew a foul and iced it with two from the line.
l Isaac Haas scored 14 points and Dakota Mathias finished with 13 to help No. 13 Purdue pull away from visiting Rutgers, 82-51. The Boilermakers (14-2, 3-0 Big Ten) have won 10 straight overall and 17 consecutive home games. Geo Baker had 11 points to lead the Scarlet Knights (10-6, 0-3), who have lost three straight.
GRUDEN, PART II?
Jon Gruden says he had a good talk with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis about returning to the organization for a second stint as coach and believes there is a “good chance” it will happen.
The Raiders job opened up when Jack Del Rio was fired after a disappointing sixwin season.
Gruden has been out of coaching the past nine years while serving as ESPN’s analyst for “Monday Night Football.” He is scheduled to work the network’s playoff game Saturday in Kansas City between the Chiefs and Tennessee Titans and could come back to the Raiders as soon as next week.
HUSKIES 12-0
Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 points and No. 1 UConn routed East Carolina on the road, 96-35.
Gabby Williams added 18 points, Napheesa Collier had 14 points and Azura Stevens matched a season high with 16 rebounds for the Huskies (12-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference).
RED BULLS DEAL CAPTAIN
The Red Bulls have traded midfielder and captain Sacha Kljestan and $150,000 in targeted allocation money to Orlando City SC for forward Carlos Rivas and center back Tommy Redding.