November 25, 2009
Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards won his second consecutive offensive player of the year award as the Mountaineers took three of the Southern Conference's major honors in voting by the league's coaches announced Tuesday. Offensive lineman Mar...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- After three losses to ACC teams, UNCG hit the road Tuesday night and came away with its first victory of the season, beating USC-Upstate 76-70. Brandon Evans had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Ben Stywall contributed 17 points and nine...
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Ish Smith, Wake Forest's sprightly 6-foot point guard, finished a fast break with a thundering one-handed dunk. David Weaver, the Demon Deacons' beefy 6-foot-11 backup center, spotted up and swished a 3-pointer from the top of the key. Up...
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Riley Skinner's football career at Wake Forest will end the way it began -- against Duke's Thaddeus Lewis. The quarterbacks made their starting debuts against each other four years ago, and each has written his name throughout his school......
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GUILFORD 81, AVERETT 56: Tyler Sanborn dominated inside with 19 points and 18 rebounds as Guilford remained undefeated with an 81-56 victory over Averett at Ragan-Brown Field House. Sanborn made 9 of 12 shots from the floor and helped the Quakers (3-0) wi...
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ROANOKE 55, GUILFORD 48: The Quakers hit only 25 percent of their field-goal attempts in the second half as the visiting Maroons rallied for a victory Tuesday night at Ragan-Brown Field House in the ODAC opener for both teams. Jaleesa Osborne led Roanoke...
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NEW YORK -- Mike Krzyzewski played at Madison Square Garden as a cadet at Army in the 1960s. He has brought his Duke teams to the New York City arena often enough that the Blue Devils have three NIT Season Tip-Off titles and are two victories from a fourt...
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North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams underwent surgery Tuesday morning at UNC Hospitals to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, an injury he suffered in early October when he slipped on a wet step at a local golf course in a charity event. T...
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November 24, 2009
GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T freshman Austin Witter didn't have much time to enjoy his key performance in the Aggies' 65-56 victory over Middle Tennessee State on Monday night. Witter and his teammates had a bus to catch. At 4:30 a.m. Dwane Johnson fin...
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CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams admits he's thrown a lot at his young North Carolina players to get them ready for the season. It sounds like he's about to demand a little more. Deon Thompson matched his career high with 22 points to help the 11th-ranked...
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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — From the start of the season, North Carolina's players and coaches knew their success largely would be determined by how well their talented defense carried the burden for a young offense.Judging by where the No. 23 Tar Heels stan...
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NEXT GAMEWho: No. 23 North Carolina at N.C. StateWhen: Noon SaturdayWhere: Carter-Finley Stadium, RaleighTV/radio: ESPN2; WTHZ-94.1, WBAG-1150, WLXN-1440 (UNC), WTHZ-94.1;WSJS-600, WRAL-101.5 (N.C. State)Records: North Carolina 8-3 (4-3 ACC), N.C. State 4...
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Duke's Joy Cheek saw some familiar faces on the opposing bench. She just didn't acknowledge them. Cheek scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help No. 10 Duke defeat Charlotte 57-44 on Monday night. "Once you're playing, it's like you don't kno...
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Sophomore Carly Seymour earned All-America honors as the Duke University cross country women's and men's teams finished the 2009 season Monday at the NCAA Championships, hosted by Indiana State University. Duke women finished eighth, their highest NCAA te...
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Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the third-best entrance into The Associated Press' college basketball poll. The Orange, who beat California and North Carolina by an average of 19 points in winning the tournament at...
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N.C. State offensive coordinator Dana Bible has been diagnosed with leukemia and won't coach the Wolfpack's season finale against No. 23 North Carolina. Head coach Tom O'Brien said Bible will remain in a Chapel Hill cancer center for 30 days of treatment.
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HOFSTRA 70, ELON 46: Cornelius Vines scored 17 points and Hofstra beat Elon 70-46 on Monday in the NIT consolation bracket. The Pride (3-2) won their second straight game and have 51 wins in 61 games at the Mack Sports Complex. The Pride generated three t...
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GREENVILLE -- For all the firsts East Carolina experienced during its rapid rise to prominence last season, there's one thing that group didn't do. The Pirates (7-4, 6-1) can take care of that nagging detail -- home-field advantage for the Conference USA...
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November 23, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.— Tracy Smith's basket with 1.3 seconds remaining lifted N.C. State to a 60-58 victory over Auburn on Sunday night. The Wolfpack (4-0), the only team to go unbeaten in the Glenn Wilkes Classic, struggled on offense for most...
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RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien says offensive coordinator Dana Bible has leukemia.Bible didn't travel with the Wolfpack in last weekend's loss at Virginia Tech and also will miss this weekend's season finale against No. 23 North Carolin...
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NCAA Football Championship Subdivision PlayoffsSaturdayFirst roundSouth Carolina State (10-1) at Appalachian State (9-2), noonElon (9-2) at Richmond (10-1), 1 p.m.Weber State (7-4) at William & Mary (9-2), 1 p.m.Eastern Illinois (8-3) at Southern Illi...
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NEXT GAMEWho: No. 23 North Carolina at N.C. StateWhen: Noon SaturdayWhere: Carter-Finley Stadium, RaleighTV/radio: ESPN2; WTHZ-94.1;WSJS-600, WRAL-101.5 (N.C. State), WTHZ-94.1, WBAG-1150, WLXN-1440 (UNC)Records: North Carolina 8-3 (4-3 ACC), N.C. State 4...
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November 21 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 28, N.C. A&T 10 Aggies look to future after 5-6 finish (News & Record)Ford breaks MEAC rushing record (SCSUAthletics.com)November 7FLORIDA A&M 31, N.C. A&T 27 — Box score Aggies come up short in...
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MIAMI 85, SOUTH CAROLINA 70: James Dews scored 22 points and Dwayne Collins added 17 points to go with 15 rebounds, leading Miami past South Carolina 85-70 in the championship game of the Charleston Classic on Sunday night. Collins was selected as the MVP...
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NO. 4 NORTH CAROLINA 76, UNLV 68: Italee Lucas made a triumphant return home to Las Vegas. She scored 24 points to help No. 4 North Carolina beat UNLV 78-68 on Sunday. Lucas scored seven of the Tar Heels' first 11 points during the second half. Then, afte...
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