Michigan bounces back
Wolverines cruise past Nebraska after loss to Michigan St.
Jon Teske scored a career-high 22 points, and No. 9 Michigan easily rebounded from its loss to Michigan State with an 8253 victory over Nebraska on Thursday night.
The Wolverines (25-4, 14-4 Big Ten) were without Charles Matthews, out with a right ankle injury, but they raced out to a 22-point halftime lead behind Teske and Iggy Brazdeikis. It was the last home game for Michigan, which finishes the regular season with trips to Maryland and Michigan State.
Brazdeikis finished with 20 points.
Wofford 80, Chattanooga 54: fletcher magee scored 18 points and no. 24 Wofford made a successful debut as an AP top 25 team by trouncing Chattanooga for its 16th consecutive victory. Wofford, a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, S.C., with fewer than 1,600 students, moved into the top 25 for the first time in school history monday. the terriers (25-4, 17-0 Southern Conference) haven’t lost since falling 98-87 at mississippi State on dec. 19.
Women
Syracuse 94, Florida St.
88: tiana mangakahia matched her career high with 44 points to help no, 17 Syracuse beat no, 22 florida State. mangakahia, a junior guard from Australia, was 16-for-20 from the field and had eight assists and three steals. Kiara Lewis and digna Strautmane each had 10 points and the orange (21-7, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) shot 62 percent. Louisville 92, N.C. State 62: Asia durr scored 47 points to match her career high, the first 22 during no. 3 Louisville’s 36-point opening quarter in a victory over no. 10 north Carolina State. durr made an Atlantic Coast Conference-record 11 3-pointers.
Mississippi State 76, LSU 56: teaira mccowan had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Jordan danberry added 18 points and no. 5 mississippi State cruised. Texas A&M 62, Kentucky 55: Chennedy Carter scored 24 points, Ciera Johnson added 16 points and no. 19 texas A&m ended no. 11 Kentucky’s sixgame winning streak.
South Carolina 73, Auburn 66: mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 12 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter to help no. 14 South Carolina beat Auburn. Miami 69, Georgia Tech 56: Beatrice mompremier had 22 points and 16 rebounds and no. 15 miami beat Georgia tech. Gonzaga 83, Pepperdine 60: Zykera rice scored 23 points and no. 16 Gonzaga pulled away to end Pepperdine’s eight-game winning streak. Notes: the funeral for a man who was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Syracuse university men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim is being held at no cost to the family. manager Jan maloff of A. dewitt memorial funeral Homes says businesses have donated the funeral, cremation and flowers for 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez. Police say Boeheim struck Jimenez with his car feb. 20 while trying to avoid a disabled vehicle . ... federal prosecutors are recommending multiyear prison sentences for three men convicted of fraud for channeling secret payments to the families of top-tier basketball recruits to influence where the players went to school. former Adidas executive James Gatto, business manager Christian dawkins and amateur league director merl Code were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in october for funneling recruits to Louisville, Kansas and north Carolina State. on Wednesday, prosecutors in the Southern district of new York recommended a sentence of 46 to 57 months for Gatto and 30 to 37 months in prison for Code and dawkins. they are scheduled to be sentenced next week.