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Women’s basketball preview: No. 3 CU Buffs vs. No. 10 NC State Wolfpack

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

No. 3 CU Buffs women’s basketball vs. No. 10 North Carolina State WolfpackTIPOFF: Saturday, 11 a.m. MT, University of Virgin Islands Eldridge Blake Sports & Fitness Center in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsTV/RADIO: ESPN+/630 AMRECORDS: Colorado 6-0, 0-0 Pac-12; North Carolina State 6-0, 0-0 ACCCOACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, 8th season (125-93; 226-206 career). NC State — Wes Moore, 11th season (248-81; 806-250 career).KEY PLAYERS (Stats through Nov. 22): Colorado — G Frida Formann, 5-11, Sr. (15.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2.3 spg, .463 FG%, .414 3PT%, 1.000 FT%); C Quay Miller, 6-3, Sr. (11.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg); G Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7, Sr. (14.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.8 apg, 2.8 spg, .486 FG%); G Sara-Rose Smith, 6-1, Sr. (6.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .668 FG%); C Aaronette Vonleh, 6-3, Jr. (19.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.8 apg, .717 FG%); G Kindyll Wetta, 5-9, Jr. (6.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.5 apg, .476 FG%). NC State — G Zoe Brooks, 5-10, Fr. (10.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.8 apg, .472 FG%); F Mimi Collins, 6-3, Sr. (11.8 ppg, 7...

Women’s basketball: No. 3 CU Buffs roll past Kentucky

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

Fast breakWhy the Buffs won: CU shot .597 and frustrated Kentucky defensively, forcing 27 Wildcats turnovers while holding Kentucky to a 1-for-10 mark on 3-pointers.Three stars:1. Aaronette Vonleh: In a balanced effort offensively for the Buffs, Vonleh scored nine of her team-high 19 points in the first quarter to get CU off to a good start.2. Jaylyn Sherrod: Scored five points during an 8-0 CU run that closed the first half, eventually finishing 7-for-12 with 15 points and three assists.3. Kindyll Wetta: The junior guard sparked CU’s defensive effort with five steals. Also went 4-for-6 with 11 points, three rebounds and two assists.Up next: CU completes its three-game run through the Paradise Jam with a top-10 battle on Saturday against North Carolina State (11 a.m. MT, ESPN+).With a veteran squad coming off the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance in 20 years, the Colorado women’s basketball team isn’t the sort of unit susceptible to looking too far ahead.Still, the situation...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators target home of top Israel lobbyist with smoke bombs, red paint

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

Smoke bombs were apparently set off outside the home of the President of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday. Video circulating on social media shows a group of around a dozen protestors holding what appear to be smoke bombs and blaring sirens in the street outside of Michael Tuchin’s Brentwood home on Thanksgiving day. The video, posted by the account StopAntisemitism, was taken by a woman shouting towards her father, who was trying to break up the demonstration, to avoid physical confrontation. At the end of the video, he was seen carrying an American flag towards the group. Another video posted by StopAntisemitism shows what appears to be fake blood and fake dead babies in Tuchin’s driveway. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers were dispatched to the 11900 block of Foxboro Drive around 10:45 a.m. Thursday after protestors "appeared...and caused a disturbance." Israel-Hamas truce begins, and dozens of hos...

Shooter wanted for injuring 3, narrowly missing baby in Pasadena

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

Police are searching for the shooter behind a series of attempted murders in Pasadena earlier this year.On June 17, 2023, two shootings happened less than a mile from each other, according to the Pasadena Police Department.At 9:12 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting and a ShotSpotter gunshot detection alert on the first block of West Peoria Street.ShotSpotter is technology used by police departments that have acoustic sensors to detect, locate and alert law enforcement of gunshot incidents.Arriving officers located evidence of a shooting at the scene and later discovered two victims with gunshot wounds who had transported themselves from the area to a hospital.Around 26 minutes later, police received another call of shots being fired near Marengo Avenue and Painter Street. The suspect's vehicle believed to be behind three attempted murders in Pasadena on June 17, 2023. (Pasadena Police Department)Stock image of the suspect's vehicle. (Pasadena Police Department)Po...

Man killed in fiery crash along Highway 1 near San Gregorio

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

A man died Thursday afternoon after the SUV he was driving crashed and caught fire along Highway 1 near Stage Road, just north of San Gregorio.The man was driving north in a GMC Yukon shortly after 2 p.m. when the SUV appeared to come into contact with a pickup, according to Jovita Ojeda, with the California Highway Patrol. The GMC then spun out of control and hit a bicyclist before coming to a stop halfway in an embankment. At that point, it caught fire.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Driver arrested in fatal hit-and-run that killed woman on Highway 4 Crime and Public Safety | Los Gatos man killed, passenger injured in motorcycle crash near San Martin Crime and Public Safety | The three latest fatal crash victims on Highway 4 have been identified Crime and Public Safety | 20-year-old California driver doing donuts at intersection dies in crash, sheriff says Crime and Public Safety | Driver arrested...

Clark scores 29, No. 5 Iowa rolls past Purdue Fort Wayne 98-59 in Gulf Coast tourney opener

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 29 points and moved into the top 20 of Division I’s all-time scoring list, and No. 5 Iowa eased past Purdue Fort Wayne 98-59 in the quarterfinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Friday night.Clark finished the night with 2,901 career points. She passed Jess Kovatch (2,874) and Maddy Siegrist (2,896) during the game, and has gone from 37th to 19th on the all-time list already this season — now within 626 points of Kelsey Plum’s Division I record of 3,527.Sharon Goodman scored 16 points and Hannah Stuelke had 13 points before leaving with an injury for Iowa (5-1). Clark finished with eight assists.Amellia Bromenschenkel led the Mastadons (2-2) with 16 points.Iowa now plays in Saturday’s semifinals against Florida Gulf Coast (4-1) — an 83-68 winner over Delaware earlier Friday.It was the 499th win of coach Lisa Bluder’s tenure at Iowa and the 855th of her 40-year career, giving her outright possession of 13th place on the women’s basketball all-di...

No. 18 Tulane beats UTSA 29-16, will host second straight AAC title game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane was usually terrible when Green Wave linebacker Tyler Grubbs was a kid in New Orleans.Not anymore.Makhi Hughes rushed for a career-high 166 yards and a touchdown, Tulane’s defense produced five turnovers and a fourth-down stop on its own 10, and the No. 18 Green Wave defeated UTSA 29-16 on Friday to secure the right to host the American Athletic Conference title game for a second straight season.“To do what we’re doing right now, I mean, you can’t really put into words what’s happening,” said Grubbs, a Louisiana Tech transfer who remembers longing to be part of something like the celebration he watched on TV when Tulane won last season’s conference crown at Yulman Stadium.“You just kind of have to experience it,” Grubbs continued. “The feelings that you get out on that field after the game, it’s something special.”Tulane (11-1, 8-0 AAC) has won 10 straight, with its only loss coming in Week 2 against No. 12 Mississippi — a game Green...

Lamar secures 83-65 win against Bethune-Cookman at Brock Challenge

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Chris Pryor scored 19 points as Lamar beat Bethune-Cookman 83-65 on Friday night in the second game on Day One of the Brock Challenge tournament.Pryor was 6 of 6 shooting, including 4 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Cardinals (3-2). Ja’Sean Jackson shot 5 for 8, including 3 for 4 from beyond the arc to add 15 points. Adam Hamilton shot 4 of 7 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line to finish with 10 points.Jakobi Heady finished with 16 points and six rebounds for the Wildcats (3-2). Reggie Ward Jr. added 16 points and four steals for Bethune-Cookman. Zion Harmon also had 14 points and two steals.NEXT UPThese two teams both play Saturday. Lamar visits Longwood and Bethune-Cookman plays Delaware State.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Dennis scores 24 points as No. 13 Baylor fends off Florida to win NIT Season Tip-Off

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — RayJ Dennis scored 22 of his 24 points in the second half and added eight assists to lead No. 13 Baylor to a 95-91 win over Florida on Friday in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchuoa, a 6-foot-8 backup forward, hit a 3-pointer — his only basket of the game — to snap a tie and put Baylor (6-0) ahead for good with 9:56 left as the Bears won their seventh regular-season tournament title under 21-year coach Scott Drew, their fifth since 2016.“Most teams that did well in these preseason tournaments, usually, it bodes well for postseason, because you’ve got to have something to you to win tournaments like this,” said Drew, who coached Baylor to the national title in 2021.Jalen Bridges scored 23 points while Langston Love had 16 points and Ja’Kobe Walter 11 for the Bears, who shot 56% from 3-point distance (14 of 25) after shooting just 38.9% (7 of 18) in Wednesday’s 88-72 win over Oregon State.“I think more time in the arena helped,” D...

Dolphins’ Holland calls MetLife Stadium turf ‘trash’ after teammate Phillips injures Achilles tendon

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:43 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Miami safety Jevon Holland called the MetLife Stadium turf “trash” after teammate Jaelan Phillips injured his right Achilles tendon in the Dolphins’ 34-13 win over the New York Jets on Friday.Phillips was carted from the field late in the fourth quarter, a non-contact injury that reignited the turf-vs.-grass debate among players.“Since I’ve been in the league, I’ve heard the field is trash,” said Holland, whose 99-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first half helped lead Miami to the victory. “I don’t know the statistics or anything like that, but I do know turf does increase the chances of getting hurt.”Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers tore his left Achilles tendon on the same field just four snaps into his debut with New York on Sept. 11. MetLife Stadium changed its surface — which had been widely criticized because of injuries — before this season. But players have continued to voice their displeasure with the new turf.Dolphins runnin...