February 9, 2010
GREENSBORO — Even as his basketball team hung with Appalachian State through 11 ties and 13 lead changes Monday night, UNCG coach Mike Dement had a nagging suspicion. "Nobody could blink," he said after a 75-69 loss to the Mountaineers, wh...
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GREENSBORO — The fans that saw N.C. A&T shoot 56 percent in a win Saturday could only shake their heads in disbelief and wonder where that team was Monday night. The Aggies' shooting woes returned Monday night in a 62-52 loss to Maryland Eastern...
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DURHAM (AP) — The points came from some new people for No. 8 Duke. The rebounds came from just about everybody. The result: One of the Blue Devils' more lopsided routs of their fiercest rival. "This is the kind of game we like to have more ofte...
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GREENSBORO — Senior guard Tu'Wuana "Tweet" Cook scored 22 points and N.C. A&T forced 26 turnovers as the Aggies routed Maryland-Eastern Shore 76-46 on Monday night in women's basketball at the Corbett Center. It was the 10th consecutiv...
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ELON 81, WESTERN CAROLINA 76: Drew Spradlin scored 16 points, leading five Elon players in double figures, as the host Phoenix outlasted Western Carolina 81-76 on Monday. Adam Constantine added 15 points, TJ Douglas 14, Chris Long 13 and Terrance Birdette...
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NEXT GAME Who: N.C. A&T at Howard When: 4 p.m. Saturday Where: At Burr Arena, Washington, D.C. Records: N.C. A&t 8-16, 4-6 MEAC; Howard 6-19, 5-5 MEACFeb. 8, 2010 Maryland-Eastern Shore 62, N.C. A&T 52 At Corbett Sports Center, Greensboro A&am...
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NEXT GAME Who: Western Carolina at UNCG When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: Greensboro Coliseum Records: Western Carolina 18-7, 8-5 SoCon (through Monday); UNCG 5-19, 4-9 SoConFeb. 8, 2010 Appalachian State 75, UNCG 69 At Greensboro Coliseum UNCG blinks; Appalachi...
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ELON 77, DAVIDSON 63: Ali Ford had 22 points to lead four Phoenix scorers in double figures Monday night as visiting Elon (10-15, 5-11 Southern) ended the Wildcats' three-game win streak. FERRUM 72, GREENSBORO 61: Nikki Wilborn scored a game-high 26 point...
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February 8, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland coach Gary Williams was overcome by emotion, leaving him virtually unable to describe his feelings after watching his Terrapins dismantle North Carolina on an anything-but-typical game day. "We handled a difficult s...
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RADFORD 77, HIGH POINT 63: Blake Smith scored 15 points and Art Parakhouski grabbed 17 rebounds to help Radford defeat High Point 77-63 on Sunday in Radford, Va. The Highlanders (13-10, 9-4 Big South Conference) shot 52.9 percent (27 of 51), while holdin...
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N.C. STATE 70, VIRGINIA TECH 57: Marissa Kastanek scored 19 points to lead N.C. State to a 70-57 victory over Virginia Tech on Sunday at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. Amber White added 15 points for the Wolfpack (13-10, 3-5 ACC), while Bonae Holston scor...
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NEXT GAME Who: Boston College at Wake Forest When: 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem TV: Fox Sports Carolinas Records: Boston College 12-11, 3-6 ACC; Wake Forest 16-5, 6-3 ACCFeb. 6, 2010 Wake Forest 64, Virginia 61, OT At John Paul Jone...
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NEXT GAME Who: Virginia Tech at N.C. State When: 9 p.m. Wednesday Where: RBC Center, Raleigh TV: ESPNU Records: Virginia Tech 18-4, 5-3 ACC; N.C. State 14-10, 2-7 ACCFeb. 6, 2010 No. 21 Georgia Tech 73, N.C. State 71 At Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Atlant...
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NEXT GAME Who: No. 8 Duke at North Carolina When: 9 p.m. Wednesday Where: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill TV: WFMY-2 Records: Duke 19-4, 7-2 ACC; North Carolina 13-10, 2-6 ACCFeb. 6, 2010 No. 10 Duke 66, Boston College 63 At Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chest...
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NEXT GAME Who: No. 8 Duke at North Carolina When: 9 p.m. Wednesday Where: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill TV: WFMY-2 Records: Duke 19-4, 7-2 ACC; North Carolina 13-10, 2-6 ACCFeb. 7, 2010 Maryland 92, North Carolina 71 At Comcast Center, College Park, M...
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Jasmine Thomas seems to save her best for the toughest teams on No. 6 Duke's brutal schedule. She'll probably need to keep that up if the Blue Devils hope to bounce back from their first ACC loss in of one of college basketball's fiercest rivalries, regar...
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Florida State announced Sunday it will vacate 12 football victories and a 2007 NCAA men's track and field championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more victories and placings across 10 men's and women's sports. The NCAA stripped the...
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February 7, 2010
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — The Duke Blue Devils didn't make as many free throws as they usually do. They just made the ones they needed most. Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith scored 21 points apiece, each hitting two foul shots in the last 26 seconds after N...
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GREENSBORO — Will N.C. A&T have another February winning streak like last season? The Aggies tried to answer that question Saturday afternoon with a 65-54 win over Delaware State, a team that was in second place in the MEAC coming in. The Aggies...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford shot a season-best 58 percent from the floor and had five players in double figures to beat UNCG 77-59 in Southern Conference men's basketball Saturday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena. UNCG (5-18, 4-8 SoCon) was led by se...
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ATLANTA — Zachery Peacock has seen Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt angry plenty of times. But after a Yellow Jackets victory? This might have been a first. "I totally understand what he's feeling," said Peacock, a senior sixth man. "We...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Ishmael Smith scored 15 points and dished out five assists to lead Wake Forest to a 64-61 overtime victory over Virginia on Saturday. Al-Farouq Aminu had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (16-5, 6-3 ACC), who imp...
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February 6, 2010
With the ACC basketball season half over, it's time for midterm exams in the Big Four. The grades are mixed, and plenty of work remains before final exams in March at the Greensboro Coliseum. -- COMPILED BY JEFF MILLS, Staff Writer DUKECRITICAL THINKING......
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February 5, 2010
DURHAM — If you tuned in to watch the two best teams in the ACC go head-to-head Thursday night, too bad. That game never happened. Instead, you saw a shadow of that game. You saw Kyle Singler shoot 8-for-10 from 3-point range and score 30 points to...
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BLACKSBURG, Va. — What now? There was little question of North Carolina's effort Thursday night, not with the way it came back multiple times. Heck, Marcus Ginyard even hit a couple of shots, freshmen John Henson and David Wear posted career scoring...
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