Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press
Published 7:05 am Wednesday, November 13, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 at the Champions Classic in Atlanta. In the frenetic closing seconds, Duke tied the game at 72 on Cooper Flagg’s lay-in with 1:14 remaining but never got off another shot. Flagg ruined a 26-point night by turning it over twice in the final minute to hand the victory to the Wildcats, who improved to 3-0, Duke dropped to 2-1. Andrew Carr paced Kentucky with 17 points, while Oweh added 15.
ATLANTA (AP) — Duke’s young players are still having issues with cramping. While Cooper Flagg made it to the end of the game against Kentucky, scoring 26 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a 77-72 loss, another freshman was forced out with the same issue. Center Khaman Maluach began cramping in the first half and wound up playing only 23 minutes. The 17-year-old Flagg had cramping issues in No. 6 Duke’s first two games, both victories. That prompted Scheyer to lash out at his staff for not getting his prized recruit in the best possible condition. Now it’s Maluach who’s cramping up.
UNDATED (AP) — Maxime Raynaud scored 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Stanford won its third straight in overwhelming fashion beating Northern Arizona 90-64. Trent McLaughlin scored 20 points for the Lumberjacks. McLaughlin made a 3-pointer with 8:41 left before halftime to bring the Lumberjacks within 20-16. The small margin, however, was short lived as Stanford proceeded to outscore Northern Arizona 28-10 for the remainder of the first half and the Cardinal led 48-26 at intermission.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Hunter and Viktor Lakhin each scored 19 points with Lakhin grabbing 12 rebounds and Clemson beat Eastern Kentucky 75-62. Devontae Blanton scored 23 points shooting 10 for 15 for Eastern Kentucky. Mayar Wol’s 3-pointer gave the Colonels a 54-50 lead with 12:50 left. Clemson scored the next nine points and never trailed again. Jaeden Zackery’s layup with 8:20 left put Clemson ahead 66-56 and it led by double digits the rest of the way.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State spread the minutes and the scoring around as the Seminoles pulled away from Tarleton State 72-52 on Tuesday night. Daquan Davis scored nine points and four Seminoles added eight each as 12 players scored and 10 players played double-digit minutes with no starter playing over 19 minutes. The Seminol;es (3-0) shot 44%, made 24 of 38 free throws and scored 18 points off 21 Tigers turnovers, though Florida State had 16 turnovers of its own. Chris Mpaka had 15 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks to lead Tarleton State (0-3). Matt Krass, added 11 points and his brother Nick had 10. Bubu Benjamin also had 11 points.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 15 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had five assists to help Syracuse beat Colgate 74-72. Lampkin’s layup ended the scoring with 46 seconds remaining. Colgate missed a 3-pointer and jumper on its last two possessions. Chris Bell added 14 points and J.J. Starling scored 12 before fouling out for Syracuse (2-0). Jalen Cox scored 21 points to lead Colgate (1-2). Colgate used a 16-4 run to pull to 57-56 with 9:50 remaining. The Orange stretched the lead up to six points twice before Nicolas Louis-Jacques scored five straight points for the Raiders to tie it at 72-all.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston College is making a change at quarterback. Coach Bill O’Brien said on Tuesday that Grayson James will start against No. 14 SMU on Saturday in place of Thomas Castellanos. James transferred from FIU this year and has played in two games for the Eagles. He led them to a comeback victory over Western Kentucky when Castellanos was injured. James also replaced Castellanos in the third quarter of last week’s game against Syracuse. He completed 5 of 6 passes for 51 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles’ 37-31 victory.
UNDATED (AP) — Even with National signing day for college’s small sports taking place this week, there remains uncertainty about how many athletes will make teams at many of the country’s schools. The lawsuit settlement that proposes paying players also set new roster limits for all the sports. Scholarship limits are a thing of the past, so schools can hand them out to everyone on their roster. But the cost of that, along with new roster limits that have been set, could result in many schools cutting the number of players and, in some cases, eliminating programs altogether.