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Gonzaga outlasts TCU 84-81 to punch ticket to Sweet 16 in March Madness finale at Ball Arena

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

Gonzaga arrived at Ball Arena earlier this week as the most-hyped of the eight teams playing in Denver.The Zags left the city Sunday with the final spot in this year’s Sweet 16, outlasting TCU 84-81 in a back-and-forth battle in front of a sold-out crowd. It was a proper sendoff for the last NCAA Tournament game in Denver — until 2025 — to book Gonzaga’s 13th Sweet 16, and eighth straight.Gonzaga star Drew Timme led all scorers with 28 points, just eclipsing the effort by TCU star guard Mike Miles Jr., who finished with 22 points. Both stars dominated the court at times and kept their respective teams in the game, while the Zags owned the pivotal moments of the second half en route to the win.“I thought we were tentative in the first half,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “We just weren’t being who we were that got us here and we were back on our heels defensively. I really challenged them in the locker room: (I told them), ‘This is...

Alleged railroad thieves nabbed with $25,000 in stolen property in San Bernardino County

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

Two men were arrested and face several charges after they were caught with an estimated $25,000 worth of property allegedly stolen out of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train Saturday, authorities announced.  Just before 12:30 p.m., deputies with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department received reports of suspects stealing merchandise from the cargo container of a stopped BNSF train around the area of State Highway 138 and Summit Valley Road near Hesperia.  The caller told authorities that the suspects then fled west on Ranchero Road in a red truck “with a large amount of merchandise in cardboard boxes in the back,” an SBSD news release stated.  An SBSD deputy out of the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Department located the truck approximately 11 miles away on Ranchero Road, near Escondido Avenue and conducted a traffic stop. The two suspects in the vehicle were identified as 29-year-old Fontana resident Jose Hernandez-Garcia and 35-year-old Ontario resident Luis Mendez. “Thirty-...

WATCH: Bay Area prep hoops stars connect on highlight-reel alley-oop in NCAA Tournament

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

(KRON) -- San Diego State men's basketball advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a 75-52 win over Furman University on Saturday. The Aztecs had their share of highlight-reel plays in their double-digit win.One of them featured two Bay Area high school basketball stars. With about 12 minutes left in the first half, SDSU senior guard Darrion Trammell lobbed an alley-oop pass from past half-court to senior forward Keshad Johnson. "Hold on here! They go up high for Johnson," play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan said on the CBS broadcast. Before they connected on this alley-oop, Johnson and Trammell starred at their respective high schools in the Bay Area. Oakland native living dream of playing college basketball halted due to coronavirus Darrion Trammell: North Bay NativeTrammell is a Marin City native and went to high school roughly 10 miles south at St. Ignatius in San Francisco. He was named first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) in his junior and senior ...

Gonzaga, Timme move to Sweet 16 with 84-81 win over TCU

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Drew Timme extended his one-of-a-kind college career by at least one more game, finishing with 28 points and eight rebounds Sunday to help third-seeded Gonzaga make its eighth straight Sweet 16 with a come-from-behind 84-81 win over TCU.Timme made his first 3-pointer since December — and only his third of the season — as part of a 13-1 run that helped the Zags (30-5) take a seven-point lead with just under nine minutes left after trailing most of the night.After TCU pulled within three late, Timme made a twisting shot in the lane with a defender draped all over him to trigger a 4-0 mini-run that put the game out of reach.Next stop for the 6-foot-10 senior and his social media-friendly mustache — Las Vegas for the West Region semifinals and a meeting with UCLA on Thursday. It will be a rematch of their Final Four game two years ago, when Jalen Suggs banked one in from the half-court logo at the buzzer for the win.Mike Miles Jr. finished with 24 points and four assists i...

Ole Miss stuns Stanford, reaches first Sweet 16 in 16 years

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Sobbing as she received hugs from friends and administrators, Mississippi coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin tried to grasp the magnitude of her team’s stunning win against top-seeded Stanford when someone reminded her there’s more basketball to be played.Her two young daughters danced on the floor.Her proud father provided a shoutout to everybody back home in The Bahamas.Her team posed and midcourt and shouted, “Seattle!” That’s where the Rebels are headed next.Madison Scott hit a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left that gave Mississippi the lead for good, Angel Baker scored 13 points, and the Rebels delivered on their declaration to get defensive, stunning top-seeded Stanford 54-49 on Sunday night to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in 16 years.“This is such a big accomplishment. A lot of us came here to make history and that’s what we’re doing,” freshman Ayanna Thompson said.Behind the entire game, St...

March Madness: Top seed falls as women’s Sweet 16 gets set

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

March Madness is racing toward the Sweet 16! Here is what to know about the women’s NCAA Tournament as teams battle for slots in the regionals:TOP SEEDSThe top four seeds in the tournament were given to South Carolina, Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford — and the Cardinal was the first to bow out.SOUTH CAROLINA: The undefeated defending national champions are the No. 1 overall seed and they look every bit a juggernaut, advancing to the Greenville I regional without a serious challenge. The region includes two teams in No. 2 seed Maryland and No. 4 seed UCLA that lost to the Gamecocks earlier this season. South Carolina is loaded, with two-time Southeastern Conference player of the year Aliyah Boston and leading scorer Zia Cooke. INDIANA: The Hoosiers landed the top seed in the Greenville II Region and won its opener by 30 points. Mackenzie Holmes, who leads Indiana with 22.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, didn’t even play but she was expected to return for the second round...

Antetokounmpo, Lopez lead Bucks past Raptors, 118-111

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Brook Lopez scored 17 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied for a 118-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.Khris Middleton added 20 points and Bobby Portis had 14 as the Bucks improved to an NBA-best 51-20. Antetokounmpo had his 33rd career triple-double, making all nine of his field goal attempts.Lopez scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter on a pair of 3-point plays and a dunk to put Milwaukee in front 97-95. Middleton’s free throw capped the 15-2 run that put the Bucks up 104-97.“We settled down, we got back in control,” said Lopez, who outscored Toronto 17-16 in the fourth quarter. “We talked about the third quarter-fourth quarter break. They just shot more times than us. We were shooting just as well, or better than them from two and three. We just had to take care of the ball and keep them off the offensive glass.”A dunk by Jakob Poel...

Reaves gets career-high 35, pushes Lakers past Magic 111-105

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Reaves scored a career-high 35 points, D’Angelo Russell added 18 points and the Los Angeles Lakers hung on for a 111-105 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.Anthony Davis had 15 points and 11 rebounds on another rough shooting night, but Reaves carried the Lakers to victory with 13 points in the fourth quarter, including 10 in the final 1:33. The undrafted second-year pro has earned a vital role on Los Angeles’ roster, and Reaves factored in almost every big play down the stretch as the Lakers snapped a two-game skid.The Lakers entered this game off back-to-back losses to Houston and Dallas, imperiling their tenuous position in the playoff race. This win put Los Angeles (35-37) in ninth in the Western Conference, tied with Minnesota.Rookie Paolo Banchero scored 21 points for Orlando, but got an unwise technical foul with 25.3 seconds to play after repeatedly arguing with officials during the night.Franz Wagner also scored 21 points in the M...

Winderman’s view: Trust grows thin in Heat win in thick of playoff race

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 112-100 victory over the Detroit Pistons:– One thing about a playoff race is it shows you who a coach trusts.– We’ve already seen Duncan Robinson disappear from the rotation.– Now, with Kyle Lowry back on Sunday night, Victor Oladipo was shuffled out of the mix.– Just as he was on Wednesday night, when he did not play.– And yet another night when Omer Yurtseven’s initial cameo was his only opportunity of substance.– With Haywood Highsmith getting the second-half call, instead.– Albeit briefly.– And one has to wonder what Erik Spoelstra truly thinks about Tyler Herro’s shot selection.– So Spoelstra rides with hope in Kevin Love (until he starts to bleed out).– While hoping for a quick return from Cody Zeller.– All as the play-in clock ticks.– It’s as if an entire regular season has come down to when Jimmy Butler returns in ...

Caltrans extends closure of SR-78 again, as more damage is found by crews

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:16:17 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The closure for emergency repairs of State Route 78 has been extended again by Caltrans after crews found additional damage to the the highway from recent flooding.Westbound lanes on SR-78 from College Boulevard to El Camino Real are expected to remain closed for at least another week, the agency said in a press release Sunday. It is unclear when the lanes will be reopened.Crews have been working on area for the past week to repair a metal culvert, which is a pipe used to drain water, underneath the westbound lanes that collapsed due to heavy flooding. Initially one lane was closed off, but it was later extended to all the lanes in the impacted area. NWS warns of potential for damaging wind gusts, heavy rain in San Diego this week After emergency repairs began, Caltrans said the department initiated an investigation of additional culverts in the adjacent area and found three more culverts in critical condition.“These culverts are about 70 years old, they have ...