College Basketball

Santa Fe College men’s basketball was stunned by the State College of Florida Manatees 97-80 Tuesday. The Manatees (16-4) snapped the Saint’s five game winning streak, dropping their record 11-5. Bobby Hunter led the Saints with 20 points, followed by Roody St. Germain with 14 points and Deonte Moore with 12.  Takija …

The Tennessee Volunteers are in Lexington tonight taking on the Kentucky Wildcats in men’s college hoops action.  Both teams have struggled so far this season.  The Vols have an 8-6 record and are looking for their first win in the SEC while Kentucky is 10-5 and 1-1 in the SEC.  …

The Florida women’s basketball team dropped a nail biter at home on Sunday, coming up just short of Tennessee (13-3, 4-0 SEC) 78-75 in overtime. The game was 40 complete minutes of intensity that saw seven lead changes and six tied scores. The Gators (13-5, 2-2 SEC) were led by …

BATON ROUGE, LA. — The number 11 Florida men’s basketball team (12-2, 2-0 SEC) traveled to LSU (9-4, 0-2 SEC) with myriad medical setbacks and adversity aplenty, but outlasted both the stingy Tiger defense and a tightly contested opening half to pull away and dominate on the road en route to a …

The Florida (11-2, 1-0 SEC) men’s basketball team travels to the bayou on Saturday for its first SEC road game of the year. After registering 16 assists during Florida’s last two wins, junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin looks to continue dishing out dimes against LSU (9-3, 0-1 SEC). Wilbekin says …

The Kentucky Wildcats will open up conference play on the road for the fourth time in the last 10 years and the second time in the John Calipari Era with a date at Vanderbilt tonight. Last year, Kentucky defeated Vanderbilt twice.  This year, the Wildcats enter conference play with a …

After rounding out non-conference play with a 10-2 record and a 79-58 win over Yale on Sunday, the Florida men’s basketball team is opening conference play tonight at home against the Georgia Bulldogs. Senior point guard Kenny Boyton had a huge night against Yale, going 9 of 12 from the floor, …

The Florida women’s basketball team took down the Tigers of LSU in a close 77-72 showdown on Sunday in the O’Connell Center.  This was a huge confidence booster for the Gators (12-4, 1-1 SEC) who were narrowly defeated by Kentucky, 76-69, earlier in the week.  Gator head coach Amanda Butler …

Long time Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim gets his 902nd career win after the Orangemen defeat Central Connecticut State 96-62 on Monday.    Boeheim ties Bob Knight for second on the all time wins list; Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski leads with 939. Syracuse is ranked in the top ten this season …

The Florida men’s basketball team defeated the Air Force Falcons Saturday night 78-61 as part of the Orange Bowl Classic. The Gators shot 53 percent from the field going 28 for 52, 7 of 19 from the three point line (36%) but struggled, going 15 of 23 (65%) from the …