Florida State melts down against UMass as men’s hoops loses fourth in a row
Looking to snap a three-game losing streak and regain their early-season form, Florida State took on UMass in a neutral-site contest for what should have been a “get-right” game. It was anything but. The Minutemen ran the Seminoles off the floor in the second half, outscoring Luke Loucks’ team 60-48 after the break and scoring […]
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Purdue's Branden Smith becomes 2nd Division I player with 1,500 points, 850 assists, 550 rebounds
Purdue guard Braden Smith wasted no time achieving another milestone on Saturday, becoming the second men's basketball player in Division I history to produce 1,500 points, 850 assists and 550 rebounds in his career. Smith did it on his first assist of the game against Marquette, a pass to Fletcher Loyer for a 3-pointer just 12 seconds in to give the sixth-ranked Boilermakers a 3-0 lead. The only other player to achieve the feat was D.J. Cooper, who logged 2,075 points, 934 assists and 620 rebounds while playing at Ohio from 2009-13.
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