Championship Fund NEW ORLEANS – Marshall University men’s basketball junior Nate Martin was named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Tuesday, as announced by the league office. Martin averaged 19.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in wins over Georgia State and Southern Miss while making 71.4 percent of his shots (15-for-21). The…

The Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 73-62 Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.  Prior to the game, Wisconsin sat at a 9-9 record and was 2-6 in the Big Ten. Rutgers had a 6-16 record and was 0-9 in the conference.  Senior Brooke Schramek, sophomore Ronnie Porter, sophomore Sania Copeland,…

Caitlin Clark of Iowa is approaching the all-time scoring record in women’s basketball of 3,527 points, held by Kelsey Plum. The Hawkeyes star has 3,389 points and is averaging 32.0 points a game this season. She is on pace to break Plum’s mark against Michigan on Feb. 15. LAST TIME OUT Clark, last year’s AP…

Georgia basketball point guard Justin Hill could miss Wednesday night’s game with No. 22 Alabama. The team’s leader in assists and fifth leading scorer left the Florida game Saturday with an apparent right ankle injury as he made a move towards the basket to beat the shot clock with 2:08 left in overtime in a…

Three new teams entered the MaxPreps Top 25 high school girls basketball rankings this week as Lawrence Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.) and Clackamas (Ore.) check in at Nos. 23, 24 and 25, respectively. It’s a family affair for Lawrence Central as the Bears are led by junior Jaylah Lampley and sophomore Lola…

We came up with our list of the top small forwards among the city/area high school boys basketball teams in search of the B.O.B. – the Best Of Battle Creek. Then we asked you for your opinion in our Battle Creek Enquirer poll. After all the votes were in, you have given us your answer. According to…

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College of the Sequoias’ men’s basketball team hosts two conference games this week, with a chance to climb back into first place in the process. The Giants, 4-2 in conference play and 16-4 overall, host Reedley (0-6) Wednesday at 5 p.m. and co-leader Columbia (5-1) Saturday at 3 p.m. After dropping its first two games,…

Georgia Southern redshirt senior forward Eden Johnson is a sizable presence on the court for the Eagles, and she is making her presence known throughout the Sun Belt both offensive and defensively in what has become a career season. Her basketball journey, however, almost never began. As the daughter of Mack and Merry Johnson, both…