The Temple Owls fell to the Cincinnati Bearcats 55-53 on a buzzer beater from Jacob Evans with one second left. The Owls, who have dropped four straight, dropped their record to (7-7) and (0-3) in AAC conference play. Cincinnati, who is ranked 19th in the country, beat Temple twice last season, so there was should […]
Despite a snowstorm that dumped a foot of snow in Massachusetts, the Vermont Catamount and the UMass Lowell River Hawks went ahead and began their America East season. They played in front of a crowd that was said to be 289, but in reality was only 74. Vermont opened with an 88-77 victory over the […]
With the new year here before you know it, college basketball begins what is called the “second season”. In other words, done with the non-conference, and on to the conference part of the season. The Atlantic Coast Conference, like all other leagues, is ready for phase two on the road to the NCAA Tournament. The […]
It’s time for the annual Franklin Amercian Mortgage Music City Bowl and Nashville is ready to go. This is the 20th edition of the event and it will feature the Kentucky Wildcats and the No. 21 Wildcats of Northwestern University. Northwestern: Northwestern comes into this contest on a seven-game winning streak and finished the year at […]
If you are a fan of the UMass Lowell basketball team, the one stat that would concern you is 0-15 from the field, 0-11 from three-point land. Those are the combined numbers for River Hawks starters Ryan Jones and Matt Harris. Despite the poor outing by both of these players, the River Hawks had a […]
Written By Lucas Johnson of Nuts and Bolts Sports With it being the holiday season, Conte Forum was quiet today as the BC Eagles took on the Richmond Spiders. That didn’t change how the Eagles came out to play. They came out with the same energy that has led them to four straight victories; over […]
Happy holidays to everyone and here’s hoping 2018 is a great year. With Christmas right around the corner, that means the non-conference schedule of hoops that teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference have been playing is almost finished. Come the first week in January, it’s time to butt heads and get after it. With that […]
For a college basketball player, mid-December can be a difficult time. With first-half finals to get done, plus Christmas right around the corner, it’s easy to see how playing a game can be overlooked. On Sunday afternoon the Boston College Eagles put those other things aside and took care of business at Conte Forum, defeating Central Connecticut […]
