Full day of basketball awaits
The Herald-Sun | Christine T. Nguyen Duke's Tricia Liston (32) shoots over N.C. State's Marissa Kastanek (23) during the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro. Duke beat N.C. State, 79-65.
Duke and North Carolina’s women’s basketball teams have already entered postseason play while the rivals’ men’s teams close out the regular season tonight.
The ACC’s women’s basketball regular-season champion for the fourth consecutive year, Duke topped N.C. State 79-65 on Friday in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals at the Greensboro Coliseum. Tricia Liston scored 26 points for No. 6 Duke.
No. 15 North Carolina joined Duke in the next round by beating Boston College 62-57 Friday night.
The Blue Devils (28-2) will play No. 23 Florida State in the semifinals today at 1 p.m. Following that game, the Tar Heels (27-5) will take on No. 10 Maryland. Both games will be televised by Fox Sports Net South.
Later tonight, in Chapel Hill, UNC and Duke meet for their second regular-season men’s basketball game of the season (9 p.m., ESPN).
No. 3-ranked Duke (26-4, 13-4 in ACC) won the first meeting 73-68 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham on Feb. 13. But UNC (22-8, 12-5) has won six in a row since then.
Duke is assured of the No. 2 seed for next week’s ACC Tournament in Greensboro, while UNC can lock up the No. 3 seed with a win over Duke. The Blue Devils are also in the running for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. A win at UNC would bolster their case.