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McCreary’s 18 lead UT Arlington past Southern Utah in Western Athletic Conference Tournament 69-63

By The Associated Press

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Marcell McCreary had 18 points in No. 4 seed UT Arlington’s 69-63 win against fifth-seeded Southern Utah on Thursday in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

UT Arlington (18-13) plays No. 1 seed Utah Valley in the semifinals Friday.

McCreary added eight rebounds for the Mavericks. Casmir Chavis scored 14 points and added three steals. Raysean Seamster finished 6 of 14 from the field to finish with 12 points.

Jaiden Feroah led the way for the Thunderbirds (10-22) with 22 points and eight rebounds. Elijah Duval added 17 points for Southern Utah. Kai Burdick finished with eight points, nine rebounds and three blocks.

Seamster put up 10 points in the first half for UT Arlington, who led 29-24 at halftime. UT Arlington used a 7-0 run in the second half to build a 12-point lead at 42-30 with 13:04 left in the half before finishing off the win.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

ACC backs Duke’s TV deal with Amazon, calling it innovative despite Big Ten pushback

By The Associated Press
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — At a time when college athletic departments are desperately looking for new revenue sources, Duke “came up with something creative” and landed a three-game deal with streaming giant Amazon, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips said. Phillips praised the Blue Devils for working with ACC television partner ESPN to secure a first-of-its-kind contract that could set a precedent for future cash grabs around the league and maybe the country. “If there’s other opportunities that are out there that schools bring forward, we’ll look at it,” Phillips said Wednesday while wrapping up the league’s three-day spring meetings inside a posh resort in northeast Florida. “I think it’s innovative by Duke.” Phillips offered some insight into how the deal came together and said negotiations never undermined the ACC’s current TV contracts. Duke agreed to future scheduling commitments with ESPN in exchange for the three games on Amazon Prime Video.
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