CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke returns home for the first time in 11 days, and of course the No. 4 Blue Devils are no longer unbeaten. Photo courtesy Duke athleticsDuke forward Haley Peters A big second half made the difference on Thursday night in the 60-46 win at Clemson, as the Blue Devils bounced back from […]
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Opportunistic Wolfpack rips Hokies by 19 to end skein
Photo by Chris BairdState’s Myisha Goodwin-Coleman drives to the hoop as the Hokies Alyssa Fenyn (13) and Lauren Evans defend. REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State looks to end a six-game losing streak and pick up its first ACC win of the season tonight. And the Wolfpack (8-11, 0-7) might actually be favored. The opponent is Virginia […]
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Harrison, Rodon, Boyd collect more hardware from Hot Stove
McKIMMON CENTER/RALEIGH Texas Rangers left-hander Matt Harrison was the first active player in seven years not named Josh Hamilton to win the Will Wynne Award as the North Carolinian contributing most to baseball. Photo courtesy Texas RangersTexas pitcher Matt Harrison And N.C. State southpaw Carlos Rodon had a kind of three-peat, winning the state’s college […]
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Seminoles finish big, extend Wolfpack’s slide to half a dozen
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State is badly in need of a win, and doesn’t have a line of lesser opponents teed up anytime soon. Photo courtesy NCSU athleticsNCSU guard Krystal Barrett And today’s foe will be much-improved No. 22 Florida State (14-3, 4-2 ACC), which is carrying a chip on its shoulder this season after missing […]
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Balanced effort, fast start lead Tar Heels past Virginia
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC keeps banging on the door of the nation’s Top 10, but the No. 11 Tar Heels have to keep their winning streak going to get it done. Photo courtesy UNC athleticsUNC guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt On a snowy evening the Tar Heels (17-1, 5-0 ACC) will host old rival Virginia (11-5, 3-2), […]
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Williams leads Duke to cold-shooting rout of Hokies
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke puts its status as the nation’s only unbeaten Division I college basketball team on the line again tonight. Photo courtesy Duke athleticsDuke center Elizabeth Williams The visitor is Virginia Tech (7-9, 1-4 ACC), which has shown major signs of improvement this season under second-year mentor Dennis Wolff but is currently on […]
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Buckland, Tar Heels get revenge with rout over Georgia Tech
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL It’s Redemption Day for UNC women’s basketball. Photo courtesy UNC athleticsUNC guard Megan Buckland The No. 11 Tar Heels (16-1, 4-0) are still carrying a collective chip on their shoulder for not making the NCAA Tournament last year and starting this season unranked. And while perhaps any one more victory would have […]
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Rountree’s late free throws help UNC hold off scrappy Wolfpack
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State will host archrival UNC tonight in another one of those contests where, like the old cliché says, you can throw out all the records. For No. 11 UNC (15-1, 3-0 ACC), which came into the season with a big chip on its shoulder after not playing in the post-season in 2012 […]
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Duke is solid, Tar Heels up, Wolfpack needs a jump-start
The halfway point of the regular season is almost here for ACC women’s basketball, and three things are pretty clear about the Triangle’s entries. Duke is just as good as advertised. UNC may be better than most people expected. And N.C. State, although a decent team, needs to get things turned around quickly to avoid […]
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Tar Heels score just 48 points but repel feisty Virginia Tech
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC is riding high after a mild upset of No. 8 Maryland here three nights ago. And today the Tar Heels (14-1, 2-0 ACC) will host an up-and-coming Virginia Tech squad (7-6, 1-1) that is making big strides in Dennis Wolff’s second season at the helm. Photo courtesy UNC athleticsUNC guard Tierra […]
