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Duke's Kyle Singler was named to the The Associated Press' preseason All-America team on Monday.

Singler averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds last season for the Blue Devils but his role should change to more of a perimeter one this season.

He received 30 votes from the 65-member national media panel.

Other ACC players who received votes are Al-Farouq Aminu of Wake Forest; Ed Davis of North Carolina; Derrick Favors of Georgia Tech; and Greivis Vasquez of Maryland.

Former Raleigh Word of God player John Wall, a freshman at Kentucky, also received votes.

Luke Harangody, a senior forward from Notre Dame, was the leading vote-getter. The 6-foot-8 Harangody received 57 votes and was followed in the balloting by Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins -- the first chosen to the preseason team since J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams of Duke in 2005-06.

Aldrich, a 6-11 junior who recorded a triple-double in the NCAA tournament, received 49 votes, 10 more than Collins, a senior point guard. Junior forward Patrick Patterson of Kentucky had 35 votes and rounds out the team.

Harangody averaged 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds last season, the only player to rank in the top 10 nationally in both categories.

N.C. STATE 87, NORTH GREENVILLE 44: A balanced attack by N.C. State's women's basketball team led to an exhibition win Monday night at Reynolds Coliseum in head coach Kellie Harper's first game as head coach.

"We we're really excited," said Harper. "I know the girls were really excited to play somebody else. (I'm) pleased with the effort most of the game. I'm really anxious to go study this on film."

Sophomore Bonae Holston's led scorers with 19 points and also picked up 11 rebounds.

N.C. State scored the first 11 points of the game and the visiting Crusaders never got back to within six points the rest of the way. The bench contributed 23 first-half points, with Harper was substituting liberally throughout the game. All 11 players who got into the game played double-figure minutes.

The Wolfpack opens the season on Nov. 13 against Florida International in the second game of the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational

STOKES LEAVING: Winston-Salem State women's basketball coach Dee Stokes is stepping down after the upcoming season.

The school announced Monday that Stokes plans to pursue a career in educational administration and step away from coaching. She was hired in April 2006 and says she wanted to fulfill her four-year contract. She has a 17-69 record in three seasons at Winston-Salem State.