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NORTH CAROLINA 107, BELMONT ABBEY 59: Deon Thompson had 23 points and eight rebounds to help No. 6 North Carolina beat Belmont Abbey 107-59 on Friday night in its only exhibition game.

Tyler Zeller scored 17 points for the defending national champions, while Ed Davis added 13 points, six rebounds and four blocks. The Tar Heels shot 57 percent and took a 56-36 advantage on the boards against the undersized instate Division II program.

North Carolina used a 10-0 spurt for a double-digit lead 6 minutes in, then put it out of reach with a 13-0 run that made it 55-29 shortly before halftime. North Carolina led by as many as 52 points.

The Tar Heels open the regular season Monday against Florida International.

Richard Barbee scored 15 points for the Crusaders.

WALL SCORES 27: John Wall scored 27 points in his collegiate debut as No. 4 Kentucky beat Clarion 117-52.

GUILFORD: Seniors Tyler Sanborn and Clay Henson were two of 25 named to the D3hoops.com preseason all-America team.

Sanborn earned first-team honors and Henson was a fourth-team selection.

The announcement marks Sanborn's second preseason honor. The 6-foot-11 center was also named a first team preseason Div. III all-American by The Sporting News.

A fourth team D3hoops.com all-American in 2008-09, Sanborn is coming off a year with 20 double-doubles and averaged 15.4 points, 12.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks over 32 games.

ELON: Greg Kerr joins the Elon broadcast team after serving as the sports director and anchor at WFMY-TV in Greensboro. All regular-season games can be heard locally on WPCM 920 AM.

SOCON WOMEN: Chattanooga was picked to finish first in the Southern Conference preseason poll. The rest of the conference: 2. Samford, 3. College of Charleston, 4. Davidson, 5. Western Carolina, 6. Georgia Southern, 7. UNCG, 8. Appalachian State, 8. Furman, 10. Elon, 11. Wofford.