N.C. Central will get its second taste of MEAC competition in women’s basketball tonight at 7, when the Eagles visit South Carolina State at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Center. Freshman Joanna Miller (pictured), who leads Joli Robinson’s club in scoring and assists, is still looking for her first taste of victory as a collegian as the Eagles are […]
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UNC withstands a record artillery barrage from Charleston Southerners
SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL UNC is home for a rare early Sunday afternoon game in women’s basketball, the 12:30 starting time necessitated by the men’s game against Nevada later in the day. The unbeaten No. 4 Tar Heels’ opponent is Charleston Southern, another foe from the Big South Conference that seems to be Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s […]
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Favored Tar Heels look to stay unbeaten against Charleston Southern
UNC will put its No. 4 ranking and perfect women’s basketball record on the line again today at 12:30, when Charleston Southern visits the Smith Center. It’s the first meeting between the Tar Heels and the Buccaneers (3-2) since the 2005-06 season. UNC leads the series 7-0. Forward Laura Broomfield (pictured) is expected to play […]
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Wolfpack makes a long run, but can’t quite catch No. 21 Vanderbilt
N.C. State got into a deep hole early and tried to climb out of it the rest of the way, but never got out of it in a 77-71 loss to No. 21 Vanderbilt in the championship game of the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament. Tournament MVP Meredith Marsh, who finished with a game-high 21 points, hit […]
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Eagles give homestanding Iowa a good scare before falling by 10 points
LeVelle Moton has sworn he didn’t want to be head coach at N.C. Central to collect moral victories, but it would be hard to blame Eagle fans for claiming one today. The Eagles kept Iowa interested until the last couple of minutes before falling 73-63 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the teams’ first meeting in men’s […]
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Wake Forest wins shootout to dash Duke’s hopes for .500 finish
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke hasn’t been in this position in quite some time. If the Blue Devils can beat long-time Big Four rival Wake Forest on a cool, sunny afternoon in the Bull City, they’ll be 6-6 and avoid a losing season for the first time since 1994. But David Cutcliffe’s club is going to […]
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Eagles’ 4-7 season was OK, but the future is going to look much brighter
N.C. Central’s football season has been over for nearly a week now, and for the second straight season Mose Rison’s club finished with a 4-7 record. After a tough start in which the Eagles went 0-6 with road defeats to heavily favored Liberty, Appalachian State and Duke, the third-year head coach had set a goal […]
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Eagles take on yet another major foe, travel to Iowa this afternoon
N.C. Central visits a big-time opponent that has been having some struggles today. The Eagles (1-5) will make their first visit to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, taking on Iowa (1-4) in a men’s basketball game to be shown live at 1:30 p.m. on the Big Ten Network. Today’s contest will be NCCU’s fourth on an opponent’s home […]
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Women’s roundup: Duke and State roll, but slow start dooms N.C. Central
N.C. State will play in the championship game of Vanderbilt’s tournament, and Duke finished a sweep of its two games in Cancun. But a slow start sealed N.C. Central’s fate at George Mason in the other women’s basketball game involving the Triangle’s Division I schools on Friday. Duke’s Jasmine Thomas (pictured) had the best game […]
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Women’s roundup: Wolfpack wants to extend streak, Eagles to break one
N.C. State will look to extend its winning streak to four games, while N.C. Central is still looking for its first win of the season in women’s basketball action tonight. The Wolfpack (4-1) will face off with Northwestern State (2-2) in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament, while the Eagles (0-4) visit George Mason (2-2) for the […]
