Paige Bueckers carries UConn to record 24th women’s Final Four with 78-64 win over USC
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Paige Bueckers carried UConn to its record 24th Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament, scoring 31 points Monday night in a 78-64 victory over Southern California, which couldn’t overcome the loss of injured star JuJu Watkins.
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- NCAA Basketball
Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s legacy on 78th anniversary of breaking color barrier
Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday.
Tue, Apr 15
- NCAA Basketball
Local roundup: Bottger fans 16 in WBA baseball win
James Bottger struck out 16 and allowed one hit over 6.2 innings as Wilkes-Barre Area defeated Wyoming Valley West 4-1 Tuesday in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 baseball.
- NCAA Basketball
Rocha shines as Holy Redeemer boys volleyball sweeps Berwick
BARRE — It was a very simple game plan that proved to be so effective for Holy Redeemer on Tuesday night.
- NCAA Football
RailRiders’ streak hits 5 after decisive series-opening win in Durham
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre beat Durham 9-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
- NCAA Basketball
Local Roundup: Hazleton Area sweeps Pittston Area in track
Hazleton Area swept both meets against Pittston Area in Wyoming Valley Conference track on Monday.
- NCAA Basketball
MLB Roundup: Chisholm, Grisham, Rice and Wells homer in Yankees win
Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells each hit a solo home run off Seth Lugo in the fifth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Monday night in their first meeting since last year’s AL Division Series.
- NCAA Basketball
Suns fire Budenholzer after one dismal season with high-priced roster
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have parted ways with veteran coach Mike Budenholzer following one dismal season that featured a fast start before a maddening slide out of postseason contention for a high-priced roster that included Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.
- NCAA Basketball
Nuggets boss Kroenke says firings of coach, GM were months in the making
DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets boss Josh Kroenke said Monday that he twice balked at firing the winningest coach in franchise history and the general manager who connected the final pieces of the team’s only championship puzzle before finally canning them last week with just three games left in the season.
