NEW ORLEANS – Coastal Carolina baseball sophomore infielder Blake Barthol was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 4-10, the league office announced today. This is the first weekly SBC award for Barthol and the second this year for the Chants. Barthol had a week, he slashed .474 (9-for-19) with six […]
The fan, it should be noted, was wearing a Caitlin Clark jersey T-shirt. Evidently, anything with “Iowa” and “22” on it had special powers Friday night. Clark scored 29 points in just under 23 minutes and moved into the top 20 of Division I’s all-time scoring list, as No. 5 Iowa topped Purdue Fort Wayne 98-59 in the quarterfinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Dawson Garcia scored 14 points and Minnesota defeated South Carolina Upstate 67-53 on Saturday. The Spartans' Trae Broadnex tied the game at 31-all with a bucket to open the second half but two free throws by Elijah Hawkins restored a lead that the Golden Gophers (3-1) would keep. Trailing by 11, the Spartans (2-3) got within six points with 4 1/2 minutes left on a six-point run capped by Miguel Ayesa's 3-pointer.