N.C. State’s four-game winning streak ran into a brick wall at Boston College. Bonae Holston (pictured) led the Wolfpack with 19 points, but the Eagles got huge games out of three players to coast to an 83-66 win. Mickel Picco had 21 points, 17 of them in the first half, to lead BC (10-6) to […]
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Mitchell, first-half dominance help Duke extend long streak over Wake
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke returns for its first ACC home game this season, and the opponent is one the Blue Devils have dominated for a long time. No. 9 Duke will take on a respectable 10-5 Wake Forest team that beat Virginia Tech in its ACC opener on Thursday, the same night the Blue Devils […]
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Women’s roundup: Duke hosts Deacons, State travels to Boston College today
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke and N.C. State both got off to very solid starts in ACC conference play on Thursday night. While the Blue Devils got a very unsurprising, convincing victory over Clemson on the road, the Wolfpack sent some shock waves across the conference with a 28-point win over rebuilding defending champion Maryland. Duke […]
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Tar Heels on the receiving end of a blowout at No. 1 Connecticut
UNC has made a habit of dealing out impressive whippings to visiting teams this season, but this time the Tar Heels were on the other end of it. They found out there’s a lot of space between No. 7 and No. 1 in women’s basketball right now, falling 88-47 at Connecticut as the Huskies won […]
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Eagles fall hard at SMU, 78-50
N.C. Central must be pretty happy this road trip is over. The Eagles’ first visit to Southern Methodist, in the final game of their six-game road swing, turned out to be pretty forgettable as the Mustangs won in a 78-50 blowout. SMU (6-8) coached by UNC alumnus and former Tar Heel coach Matt Doherty, shot […]
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Tar Heels at No. 1 Connecticut today
UNC has gotten off to a fast start this season in women’s basketball, and the Tar Heels’ No. 7 ranking indicates they’re among the top handful of teams in the country. Today, Sylvia Hatchell’s club will find out how good it really is. UNC will play in one of the marquee games of the season […]
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Eagles make first trip to SMU today
N.C. Central finally completes its six-game road trip in men’s basketball today, and things aren’t getting any easier. The Eagles (2-13) will still be looking for their first road win this season and the first win over a Division I team for first-year coach LeVelle Moton when they visit Southern Methodist (5-8). SMU is coached […]
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Eagles’ White academic All-American
N.C. Central defensive tackle Teryl White has been named to the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association academic all-star team. White (6-5, 278) has a 3.62 GPA as a business management and administration major. This season as a junior, while finished with 59 tackles (24 solo), including 11 for losses with two sacks, two breakups […]
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Women’s roundup: Duke demolishes Clemson while NCCU tops UMES
Thursday was a very good night for both the women’s college basketball teams from Durham. Joy Cheek (pictured) and Jasmine Thomas had 15 points each to lead the way as No. 9 Duke walloped host Clemson 67-41, while N.C. Central won for the fourth time in its past six games with a 69-60 result over […]
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Wolfpack wins Harper’s ACC debut with a 28-point romp over Maryland
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH First-year N.C. State coach Kellie Harper coaches her first ACC conference game tonight against Maryland, which has been one of the league’s traditional powers and is the defending conference champion. While the Wolfpack finished its non-conference slate with a 10-5 mark, Brenda Frese’s Terps are 12-2 – albeit against a weak schedule. The […]
