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Williams scores 17 off the bench, Wichita State beats Wyoming 74-70 in NIT

By The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — TJ Williams led Wichita State past Wyoming on Tuesday with 17 points off of the bench in a 74-70 win in the NIT.

Williams also had 14 rebounds for the Shockers (23-11). Kenyon Giles scored 15 points, going 5 of 17 from the floor, including 3 for 8 from 3-point range, and 2 for 4 from the line. Emmanuel Okorafor finished 4 of 5 from the floor to finish with nine points, while adding 12 rebounds.

Damarion Dennis led the Cowboys (18-15) in scoring, finishing with 17 points and two steals. Nasir Meyer added 16 points and seven rebounds.

Wichita State went into halftime ahead of Wyoming 28-24. Giles put up eight points in the half. Williams’ dunk with 5:06 left in the second half gave Wichita State the lead for good at 56-54.

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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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