SEBRING — Lake Gibson's Preston Frederick signed a letter of intent with Florida Southern on Thursday morning. On Thursday night, he showed the Sebring basketball team why. The 6-foot-8 senior poured in 47 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and had six blocks to lead the Class-5A Braves to an 82-80 overtime victory over the 4A Blue Streaks in a wild final game of the inaugural Preseason Classic. "We're not used to playing against this hostile of a crowd," said Frederick, who hit 17 of his 26 field goal attempts on the night and scored eight of his team's 11 points in OT. "There was never a doubt in our mind we had it — we've been conditioning all summer for games like this." ...more

November 17, 2007

If No. 10-ranked Duke can play all season like it did Thursday night in an 89-52 blowout of the University of South Florida, the Blue Devils could be returning to downtown Tampa in April for the Women's Final Four. ...more

November 16, 2007

Wayne Ellington scored 20 points and made key plays late to help the top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels avoid a major scare and a subpar second half from Tyler Hansbrough to beat Davidson 72-68 Wednesday night. ...more

November 15, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– With an infusion of ability and talent, the Lake Placid girls basketball team plays its first home game of the season tonight against Walker Memorial Academy. The Green Dragons dropped their season opener against Clewiston by a score of 39-33 on Tuesday night, but LP coach Shonda Legree saw a lot of positives in the loss. "I was very pleased with our effort because we played hard and were competitive," the sixth-year Green Dragon coach said. "We had the lead until the third period when we ran into some foul trouble and Clewiston took advantage of that." ...more

November 15, 2007

Freshman Derrick Rose had 21 points to help No. 3 Memphis beat Richmond 80-63 on Tuesday night in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, spoiling the Spiders' hopes of scoring the first upset of the young season. ...more

November 7, 2007