Basketball

The Hawthorne Girl’s Basketball team defeated Trenton Wednesday night in the Class 1A State Semifinals. Hawthorne will hit the court again Friday night to face Ponce de Leon in the title game. F – Hawthorne 43, Trenton 32 (FHSAA Girls Basketball Class 1A state semifinals) Senior Jayla Williams led Hawthorne …

The Miami Heat is definitely “heating up” after winning their fourth straight game last night against the Toronto Raptors. Thanks to some great ball movement and powerful defense late, Miami defeated the Raptors 116-108 at American Airlines Arena. Let’s talk details. swipe for winning vibez — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February …

The Orlando Magic goes on the road to face  the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, February 25th. Last time these teams met, Brooklyn topped the Magic 122-115. Preview Orlando enters the court with a 5-5 record in their last 10 games of the season. With a 13-19 record, they are currently …

No. 25 Tennessee (11-6, 8-6 SEC) is on the road at Vanderbilt (6-12, 2-10 SEC) for an SEC matchup. Tennessee were favorites to win the SEC during the preseason, but have fallen to the point of not even being in contention for the SEC crown. For now, the Volunteers will …

The SEC-leading Alabama (18-5) heads to Fayetteville tonight for a Top-25 showdown with Arkansas (17-5). If the Crimson Tide is able to defeat the Razorbacks in Bud Walton Arena, Bama will clinch the No. 1 seed in the SEC Basketball Tournament. Matchup Preview Bama, ranked sixth in the nation, leading …

Don’t count them out just yet. Ole Miss completed a season sweep against No. 24 Missouri in an ugly 60-53 Tuesday night to stay in the NCAA Tournament discussion. The Tigers have had no issue knocking big-name tournament contenders out of the questions, but something about the Rebels they just …

A Beatdown From Start to Finish Gators men’s basketball eased its way to a 74-57 victory over Auburn as it completed one of its most dominant performances on the season. Florida annihilated the Tigers from tip-off all the way to the buzzer as UF led by 22 points heading into …

With 10:46 remaining in the second half, Georgia’s Sahvir Wheeler drove to the hoop and threw an alley-oop pass to K.D. Johnson to put the Bulldogs up by 22 over LSU. This was Wheeler’s 10th assist of the tonight, allowing him to record the first triple-double in Georgia basketball history …

Despite an injury-riddled season for the Magic, one point of consistency is center Nikola Vucevic. Vucevic has officially been named to the All-Star team for the second time in his career. The Bright Spot Nikola Vucevic has scored in double figures every game this season. As of February 23rd, Vucevic …

Highly-Anticipated Rematch Six minutes. That’s how long it took for tickets to sell out for the regional semifinal between the Eastside Rams (20-2) and Santa Fe Raiders (17-5) in boy’s high school basketball. These two teams have met twice this season, once in the regular season and again for a …