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Abilene Christian and UTEP set for cross-conference matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

UTEP Miners (6-4) at Abilene Christian Wildcats (4-6, 0-2 WAC)Abilene, Texas; Sunday, 4 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -1.5; over/under is 140.5BOTTOM LINE: Airion Simmons and the Abilene Christian Wildcats host Tae Hardy and the UTEP Miners in out-of-conference action.The Wildcats have gone 1-3 in home games. Abilene Christian ranks fifth in the WAC with 13.5 assists per game led by Kavion McClain averaging 3.5.The Miners have gone 0-2 away from home. UTEP is third in the CUSA scoring 78.6 points per game and is shooting 47.1%.Abilene Christian scores 74.8 points, 6.4 more per game than the 68.4 UTEP gives up. UTEP averages 5.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer made shot on average than the 6.5 per game Abilene Christian gives up.TOP PERFORMERS: Hunter Jack Madden is shooting 43.2% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 10.9 points. Simmons is shooting 49.1% and averaging 13.9 points for Abilene Christian.Har...

Washington visits Seattle U after Tyson’s 22-point game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

Washington Huskies (6-3) at Seattle U Redhawks (6-4, 1-1 WAC)Seattle; Sunday, 8 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -4; over/under is 148.5BOTTOM LINE: Seattle U faces the Washington Huskies after Cameron Tyson scored 22 points in Seattle U’s 62-59 loss to the San Francisco Dons.The Redhawks are 6-1 on their home court. Seattle U averages 73.4 points while outscoring opponents by 11.3 points per game.The Huskies play their first true road game after going 6-3 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Washington is fifth in the Pac-12 with 9.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Franck Kepnang averaging 2.2.Seattle U’s average of 6.8 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 more made shots on average than the 6.4 per game Washington gives up. Washington has shot at a 47.4% rate from the field this season, 7.5 percentage points higher than the 39.9% shooting opponents of Seattle U have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: Tyson averages 3.4 made 3-point...

Warrick and Northern Kentucky host Eastern Kentucky

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

Northern Kentucky Norse (6-5, 2-0 Horizon League) at Eastern Kentucky Colonels (4-5)Richmond, Kentucky; Sunday, 4 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Colonels -2.5; over/under is 142.5BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky plays the Eastern Kentucky Colonels after Marques Warrick scored 22 points in Northern Kentucky’s 94-59 win against the Cumberlands (KY) Patriots.The Colonels have gone 4-2 in home games. Eastern Kentucky is ninth in college basketball with 88.1 points and is shooting 46.5% from the field.The Norse are 1-4 in road games. Northern Kentucky is seventh in the Horizon League with 33.5 rebounds per game led by Sam Vinson averaging 5.5.Eastern Kentucky averages 8.6 made 3-pointers per game, 2.0 more made shots than the 6.6 per game Northern Kentucky gives up. Northern Kentucky averages 5.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.2 fewer made shots on average than the 9.7 per game Eastern Kentucky gives up.TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Moreno is shooting 28.6% from beyond the arc ...

Huntley-Hatfield and Louisville host Pepperdine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

Pepperdine Waves (5-7) at Louisville Cardinals (4-6, 0-1 ACC)Louisville, Kentucky; Sunday, 2 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -3; over/under is 145.5BOTTOM LINE: Louisville takes on the Pepperdine Waves after Brandon Huntley-Hatfield scored 20 points in Louisville’s 75-63 loss to the Arkansas State Red Wolves.The Cardinals are 4-2 on their home court. Louisville is 2-2 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.9 turnovers per game.The Waves are 0-2 on the road. Pepperdine is sixth in the WCC with 13.8 assists per game led by Ethan Anderson averaging 3.4.Louisville scores 73.4 points per game, 1.6 more points than the 71.8 Pepperdine allows. Pepperdine averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Louisville gives up.TOP PERFORMERS: Skyy Clark is shooting 29.4% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, while averaging 16.3 points. Tre White is shooting 37.6% and averaging 13.1 points for Louisvil...

Omaha hosts Blackmon and Stetson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

Stetson Hatters (6-4) at Omaha Mavericks (5-6)Omaha, Nebraska; Sunday, 2 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mavericks -1; over/under is 143.5BOTTOM LINE: Stetson visits the Omaha Mavericks after Jalen Blackmon scored 22 points in Stetson’s 123-43 win against the Johnson (FL) Suns.The Mavericks are 4-0 in home games. Omaha is 0-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.The Hatters are 1-4 in road games. Stetson is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.Omaha scores 72.5 points, 5.7 more per game than the 66.8 Stetson allows. Stetson averages 9.7 more points per game (78.6) than Omaha gives up to opponents (68.9).TOP PERFORMERS: Tony Osburn averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Mavericks, scoring 8.5 points while shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc. Frankie Fidler is shooting 41.2% and averaging 15.2 points over the last 10 games for Omaha.Blackmon is shooting 47.0% from beyond the arc with 3.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Hatters, while averaging 21.7 points. Aubin ...

In Hamas captivity, an Israeli mother found the strength to survive in her 2 young daughters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar to any parent. But for Doron Katz Asher, the daily whims of children took on a new, frightening dimension while in Hamas captivity with her two young daughters.If the girls cried, militants would bang on the door of the room where she was being held. When they were hungry, she didn’t always have anything to feed them. She slept with one eye open, always keeping watch over her daughters.“(I felt) Fear. Fear that maybe because my daughters are crying and are making some noise they’ll get some directive from above to take them, to do something to them,” Katz Asher told Israel Channel 12 TV in a lengthy interview broadcast Saturday night. “Constant fear.”Her account builds on a growing number of freed captives who are sharing their harrowing stories of weeks in captivity even as roughly 129 hostages remain.Katz Asher, 34, and her daughters Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2, were visiting f...

Ukrainian drone video provides a grim look at casualties as Russian troops advance toward Avdiivka

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press forward with an attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press obtained aerial footage that gives an indication of their staggering losses.A Ukrainian military drone unit near Stepove, a village just north of Avdiivka, where some of the most intense battles have taken place, shot the video this month.It’s an apocalyptic scene: In two separate clips, the bodies of about 150 soldiers — most wearing Russian uniforms — lie scattered along tree lines where they sought cover. The village itself has been reduced to rubble. Rows of trees that used to separate farm fields are burned and disfigured. The fields are pocked by artillery shells and grenades dropped from drones. The drone unit said it’s possible that some of the dead were Ukrainians.The footage was provided to the AP by Ukraine’s BUAR unit of the 110th Mechanized Brigade, involved in the fighting in the area. The unit said that the footage w...

‘Outrageous’: Threats to Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

VANCOUVER — The voice mail threatens to knock lawyer Kevin McCullough’s teeth out, and as for his client, Ibrahim Ali, the anonymous caller says: “I’m gonna cut him.”The Dec 1. recording was provided to The Canadian Press by Ali’s lawyers, who say it is among a litany of threats they have received for their handling of the high-profile murder case. Ali was convicted on Dec. 8 of first-degree murder for the killing of a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park, and while the trial may be over, the fallout for McCullough and co-counsel Ben Lynskey continues. They are afraid, amid allegations that someone brought a loaded gun to the last day of the trial.“I am fearful for my safety, the safety of my co-counsel, Mr. Lynskey, and the safety of Mr. Ali at all court appearances,” McCullough said last week. In the closing days of the trial, McCullough filed an affidavit describing more than a dozen messages sent to the lawyer, some with graphically violent t...

Ask Amy: I swear we will move without her if she can’t get her stuff packed in time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

Dear Amy: My father-in-law died about five years ago. My in-laws were married for 45 years.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: Could my mother really believe I owe it to her to have children? Advice | Ask Amy: I was surprised by my brother’s advice about my girlfriend. Was he right? Advice | Ask Amy: I’m uncomfortable about my husband’s DNA test request Advice | Ask Amy: He says I’m not small enough to marry Advice | Ask Amy: I’m a big tipper, and I want to be thanked for it My mother-in-law is 80 and insists on living in her own house. She expects us to help with her house. Anytime anything needs fixing or work needs to be done, she expects us to tend to the issue.We both work full-time jobs and change shifts every six months. We have our own home, four acres of property to maintain, three horses and three dogs to care for. It’s not that we don’t want to help. We ...

WTOP Book Report: ‘What the Taliban Told Me’ reveals lessons from a battlefield translator

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:40 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Author Ian Fritz talks with WTOP's Terik King $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); if( typeof gtag === "function" ){ gtag('event', 'post_audio', { 'play': audio_filename, 'permalink': window.location.href }); } }); }); This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King. Read more of that coverage. War literature, at its most powerful,...