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Pacers advance to second round of NCAA Tournament

Mar. 15—COLUMBUS, Ga. — The No. 24 and second-seeded USC Aiken men's basketball team picked up its seventh consecutive victory, besting seventh-seeded Catawba 80-71 Saturday afternoon. The Pacers are now 24-8 on the season. The Catawba Indians complete the season with an 18-13 ledger. Head coach Mark Vanderslice's team was led by Davion Cunningham's game-high 26 points. He added eight ...

Ashlyn Koupal, Wagner outduel Reagan Rus, MVP for seventh place at Class A girls basketball

Mar. 15—SPEARFISH, S.D. — A big outing from Ashlyn Koupal carried Wagner past Mount Vernon/Plankinton 59-47 in the Class A girls basketball tournament seventh-place game on Saturday afternoon. The sixth-seeded Red Raiders roared out to a 34-7 halftime lead and largely cruised from there. No. 8 seed MVP outscored Wagner 40-23 after halftime on the strength of a 19-8 third quarter, but never ...

Kernel girls end season on winning note, earning fifth place in Class AA

Mar. 15—RAPID CITY — For the first time in Mitchell High School girls basketball coach Dave Brooks' tenure, the Kernels finished a state tournament on a winning note. Sixth-seeded Mitchell used a 17-8 fourth-quarter advantage to take down fifth-seeded Spearfish 49-38 to win the Class AA state consolation championship for the first time since 1984 as a member of Class A, the year before the ...

Nate Oats provides update on Grant Nelson after Alabama's loss to Florida

Alabama basketball forward Grant Nelson suffered an injury to his left leg and did not return in Alabama's 104-82 loss to Florida in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on Saturday. Tide coach Nate Oats gave an update on Nelson's status after the game. "He got that knee injury," Oats said after the game.
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