tj mcconnell, man possess in the this game. the steel. poster. sixers, up by eight, and feeling it. to the fourth quarter we go. tj, to dario. twenty-four and tj with his first career triple double, ten points, ten boards, 11 assists, the sixers win 108-92 during the seven spot in the east. little shower for tj mcconnell right there. the sixers hosting the heat tomorrow night. and tonight the flyers go for their fifth straight win, when they host the devils. >>> that's all for sport, i'm don bell, have a great day. >> well, in sports, we've come to expect the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat. >> viral video showing a winning moment of sport man ship. >> freshman wrestler, winning his first match ever. he has downe syndrome, works with his nebraska team. saw grant hanging out and asked his coach if grant wanted to participate. the two hit the mat, and grant won. >> he had his sing let on, head gear and ready to go, that was for him, that was his moment. >> you knew you were going to win? >> ya. >> now very confident grant there, v

tj mcconnell is expect to be an electric night. >> it is going to be like every atmosphere we have experienced, the people here are special and they are passionate about all of their sports teams, so we're lucky enough to play in front of them. we have to give them something to cheer for. >> before we were sportscasters we were diehard fans. the challenge, in a lot of cases is separating the two. harold coons is an anchor, in oklahoma city. i know him personally. he is a life long eagles fan, dude bleed green. he was on the air when birds won it all, and then this happened. >> here's sports with harold coons. >> the eagles won it, yes. yes. yes. >> oh, man. >> oh, harold. >> that is fantastic. >> i feel you, man. >> his daddies from camden. >> that is great. >> real tough. >> remind people when you are walking out to the studio you might get a glance, you do not know until they put the score up, wow. >> exactly. >> yes. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back on the 10 on the cw fill a and back here at 11:00. >>> up next, "cbs evening news" tonight a rook it launch makes hist

tj mcconnell to holmes for the ally-oop dunk.hree rupp to end the first quarter right now the sixers lead 58-40 at the half. to college basketball villanova at creighton. late in the first half with the dunk, brunson villanova led by two at the half. then after a see saw battle in the second this one goes into overtime. pasquale kept them close but jumper right there a foul against fill booth with nearly one minute left all but sealed that win for creighton. not happen with that call. offense went cold and villanova loses this one, 89-83. next up, seton hall on wednesday. >>> to baseball the phillies in clearwater taking on the baltimore orioles and grapefruit league act. bounce back after yesterday's loss to the blue jays. both teams abouted their heads to remember roy halladay before the game at peck strum field. he died in plain crash during the off season. pick the game up tied in the second bases loaded for the phils. jorge with a shot to left sent field. that's grand slam and that is all the phils will need. they win this o

tj mc com gets the steal to covington the dunk and the and one. mcconnellhe night. fourth quarter sixers up 15. mcconnell drives, pass dario saric banks in the three. mcconnell had his first career triple double, sixers within 108-92 a game from tj mcconnell. >> it was just kind of funny, um, i saw thes laughing and the bench and the fans. it was an awesome moment, but, um, got to move on from it. >> he's a wonderful lesson for -- for so many basketball players in relation to what, you know, determination, perseverance toughness can bring you to. >> to the cherry and the white temple basketball on roll. owl won five straight games and look continue that streak on the road against wichita state this week. so what was the turning point for this team? >> i think winning that game against tulsa was huge. i think that was really the turning point in our season. having so many games that were close that we should have won and we weren't able to pull them out. but that tulsa game was huge for us? believe it or not i think the cincinnati game. we got there and got

it was a career night for guard tj mcconnell who recorded his first career triple double with 10 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. >> also, six steals out there, tj's big game helped sixers, ready for this, their tenth straight win at home, their fourth in a row, overall. so much fun. i saw mike jerrick at that game last night. >>> winning is contagious here in philadelphia, flyers and sixers are a combined eight- zero since they won. here's a look at both teams over last week, both are riding four game winning streaks. the flyers, well, they look to take another one tonight, at home against the devils. >>> how much fun? so exciting. even hourly high phantoms are doing well as well. >> yes, keep it going. >> frank sinatra, said it best , he had best pipes in the business who but that for a compliment. >> we are remembering a legendary singer, vic damone. >>> ♪ >> legendary singer vic damone the man frank sinatra declared had best pipes in the business has passed away. his career lasted five decade with dozens of hits, he had over 2500 recordings and also did a little acting i believe

. >>> sixers/knicks, fourth quarter sixers up 15, tj mcconnell drives gets a nice pass to dario saric who banks in the three. mcconnell had his first career triple double. their tenth straight win at wells fargo center. >>> temple basketball owls won five straight game and looks to continue that streak with wichita state last week. what was the turning pint for this team. >> i think it was cincinnati game. we got killed. we went out there and got killed by cincinnati and, it woke us up. that is not type of team we are. we don't want to be known as that type of the team. after that game we felt like we have to play better. >> that is sports in a minute, i'm kristin rodgers. >>> villanova number one no more the wildcats dropped to number three, this was ap poll , we knew this was coming after neff a fell to st. johns last wednesday, virginia took over the top spot, with michigan state, at number two, and of course, know of will look to move backup with the match up against providence on wednesday and top five match up with xavier on saturday. >>> all right. coming up at 4:30, we have fi

mcconnell. tj with his first career triple double. ten points, ten boards, 11 assists and a shower. sixers win it 108-92. they're in the seven spot in the east. >> i just took the shots and they came to me. got some rebounds and my teammates did a good job of going to the basket and making shots. all credit to them and it wouldn't be possible without them. >> so ho-hum. the flyers host the devils tomorrow night. the orange and black looking for their fifth straight win. they're currently in third place in the metropolitan division. the team captain was named the number one star of the week. he picked up 6 points including three goals. he is tied for fourth in the nhl with 64 points. eight more points than all of last season. villanova and virginia both lost to unranked opponents. the wildcats lost 1 to 3 and uva goes from 2 to 1. the temple owls have won five in a row but they're still in the bubble. they say wichita state thursday a team they shocked during their current streak. >> at a team meeting a couple of weeks ago, right after the cincinnati loss, we talked about what we did

mcconnell. tj with his first career triple double. ten points, ten boards, 11 assists and a shower. sixers win it 108-92. they're in the seven spot in the east. >> i just took the shots and they came to me. got some rebounds and my teammates did a good job of going to the basket and making shots. all credit to them and it wouldn't be possible without them. >> so ho-hum. the flyers host the devils tomorrow night. the orange and black looking for their fifth straight win. they're currently in third place in the metropolitan division. the team captain was named the number one star of the week. he picked up 6 points including three goals. he is tied for fourth in the nhl with 64 points. eight more points than all of last season. villanova and virginia both lost to unranked opponents. the wildcats lost 1 to 3 and uva goes from 2 to 1. the temple owls have won five in a row but they're still in the bubble. they say wichita state thursday a team they shocked during their current streak. >> at a team meeting a couple of weeks ago, right after the cincinnati loss, we talked about what we did