A former Marine has been acquitted in the stabbing death of a Rice University basketball player during a 2007 fight outside a Texas bar. Ronald Andrew Johnson was found not guilty Wednesday in Jonathan Bailey's death and of the aggravated assault of Bailey's ...

Three players scored in double figures for UCF as the Knights defeated SMU 69-53 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday night. Taylor Young scored 15 points, Isaac Sosa 14 and A. J. Tyler 12 for ninth-seeded UCF (15-16), which will play No. 25 UTEP, the ...

Justin Hurtt scored 17 points, Jerome Jordan 16 and Ben Uzoh 15 and Tulsa wiped out a 15-point halftime deficit in a 73-62 victory over Rice in the first round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday night. Tulsa (22-10), the fifth seed, advances to play fourth seed ...

Gary Flowers had 17 points and 14 rebounds as Southern Miss defeated Tulane 57-47 in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament Wednesday. Southern Miss, the sixth seed, will play third-seeded UAB in a quarterfinal matchup Thursday. The Golden Eagles (19-12) never trailed against Tulane, scoring the ...