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Dillard scores 34 points, Presbyterian tops Piedmont 77-60.CLINTON, S.C. (AP) Reggie Dillard hit 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 34 points, both career highs, leading Presbyterian to a 77-60 win over D-III Piedmont on Thursday.Dillard made all five of his 3s and had 19 points in the first...

Western Michigan basketball player charged with murderKALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) Prosecutors have filed murder and armed robbery charges against a Western Michigan University basketball player in the killing of a fellow student last week.Joeviair (Joe-vee-AIR') Kennedy is due to be arraigned Monday in a Kalamazoo County court in Thursday's...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Sophomore Emmitt Holt was kicked off Indiana's basketball team Monday and freshman Thomas Bryant will face internal discipline after being cited for illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage.Monday's announcement by the athletic department comes one week after the legal trouble was made public.The school said...

Utah may be without Collette, Daniels for tournament startSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah could be without two starters when it begins Pac-12 Tournament play Thursday.Center David Collette must clear the concussion protocol after being hit in the head and leaving the game in the first half of a...

AP Sports WriterArkansas and the SEC's top offense take on No. 12 MissouriBy GARY B. GRAVESA look at the first full weekend around the Southeastern Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 12 Missouri at Arkansas in one of two nationally televised games on CBS. The host Razorbacks (9-0, 1-0) opened...

Philadelphia to cheer NCAA champs Villanova with paradePHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia is getting the chance to celebrate yet another sports championship with a parade, this time for Villanova University's Wildcats.Thursday's parade is taking the winners of the men's basketball tournament along a downtown thoroughfare before ending at City Hall...

AP Sports Writer0-2 in the Big Ten, Iowa looks to hang in league chaseBy LUKE MEREDITHFor the first time in 31 years, Iowa finished non-conference play unbeaten.The 25th-ranked Hawkeyes also lost their first two Big Ten games, which essentially eliminated any margin for error in the conference race. It...

AP Sports WriterLouisville trustees fire athletic director Tom JurichBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Tom Jurich was loyal to the coaches he hired at Louisville almost to a fault, supporting them through good and bad times during 20 years as the Cardinals athletic director.None more than men's basketball...

AP Basketball WriterKansas remains unanimous No. 1 in Top 25; FSU up to No. 4By AARON BEARDKansas maintained its grip on the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men's college basketball pollAP Photo transref:TXBT112, transref:TXBT109, transref:WAYK121, transref:OHTT703, transref:FLSC111Eds: UPDATES: with details.By AARON BEARD=AP Basketball Writer=Kansas maintained its grip...

AP Basketball WriterArizona State's Christopher embracing Hurley's intensityBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Josh Christopher is blessed with prodigious basketball talent and a strong inner drive, a combination that made him one of that nation's top recruits in the class of 2020.When the five-star guard was choosing where he...

Woman who alleged rape by ex-MSU players speaks publiclyEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) A Michigan State University student is speaking publicly a year after suing the school, alleging that three former men's basketball players raped her in 2015 and that she was discouraged by counseling center staff from reporting...

AP Sports WriterBig Jump: Transfers from Division II find homes in Big EastBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Manny Suarez always believed he was capable of playing Division I basketball, and he did for one season before unforeseen circumstances led him to the Division II ranks for a couple...