Area football fans watching Saturday’s NCAA Division II national championship game between Winston-Salem State and Valdosta State (1 p.m., ESPN2) will be familiar with many faces on the field.
A depleted No. 19 North Carolina women’s basketball team still had plenty in the reserve tank to drive past N.C. Central for a 49-21 win at Carmichael Arena on Wednesday.
N.C. Central senior Chasidy Williams earned her first double-double of the season, but the Lady Eagles were no match for Old Dominion in a 59-33 loss Friday night at the Ted Constant Center.
The game already was in the bag for N.C. Central when freshman guard Rashawn King finally stepped on the court against Utah Valley with just 54.7 seconds remaining in the game on Nov. 27.
N.C. Central had a chance, trailing by six with 1:54 left against Eastern Kentucky, but more balls bounced the Colonels way as they pulled out a 63-57 win Tuesday night at NCCU’s McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.
N.C. Central made four free throws with less than 23 seconds to play in Saturday’s game against rival N.C. A&T to wrap up a 66-62 win.
First-year N.C. Central coach Vanessa Taylor got a rough indoctrination into the Aggie-Eagle rivalry, as N.C. A&T cruised to a 67-27 win at Corbett Sports Center on Saturday.
Style over substance is not the way to describe N.C. Central senior guard Ray Willis.