No. 20 N.C. State scored like no other team had against No. 1 Duke this season, making more than half their shots in an 84-76 win at PNC Arena.The Wolfpack (14-2, 3-0 in ACC) claimed their 10th consecutive win by shooting 50.8 percent, the first time Duke had allowed a team to shoot better than 50 percent this season. N.C. State is also the first team to top the 80-point mark against Duke (15-1, 2-1 in ACC).
The Eagles (9-7, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) are the MEAC's only program with an overall winning record. NCCU is second in the league, one-half game back of MEAC leader Norfolk State which improved to 3-0 Saturday. Norfolk State is 8-10 overall, the next best record in the MEAC.
Cresset Christian and Durham Academy sweep boys' and girls' basketball doubleheaders.
Hillside swept both ends of a crosstown rivalry doubleheader at Riverside on Friday night, escaping the upset-determined Pirates 56-50 in the girls’ opener and pulling out a 62-58 overtime win in the boys’ nightcap.
N.C. Central guard Ray Willis’ final run through the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference begins in earnest today.
North Carolina junior midfielder Crystal Dunn was awarded the 2012 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, presented by the coaches to best female player in NCAA Division I soccer.
Last season’s game at Florida State proved to be a turning point for North Carolina. After a 33-point loss, UNC’s most lopsided defeat in the Roy Williams era, the Tar Heels wrote the number “33” on the whiteboard in their locker room as motivation before every remaining game.
The road to a second straight bowl game should be slightly easier for Duke next season.
For top-ranked Duke, life without injured senior forward Ryan Kelly begins with likely their toughest road trip of the season.
Blue Devils guard Chelsea Gray, en route to a school-record 15 assists, keyed a second-half stretch where Duke scored 22 consecutive points that led to an 82-45 ACC win for No. 4 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
With a 3-point lead and just 49.4 seconds remaining in a see-saw ACC women’s basketball game at Reynolds Coliseum, the Tar Heels made the Pack pay with a five-second violation that turned the tide in UNC’s favor on its way to a 70-66 victory.
The last time North Carolina lost its first two conference games, it won the 2009 NCAA title. The last time UNC started 0-3 in the ACC, it made the 1997 Final Four. That’s little consolation to this year’s group, which fell to Miami 66-57 Thursday night at the Smith Center and will struggle to even qualify for the tournament without a big turnaround.
Chapel Hill (12-3, 1-0 Carolina 6 3-A Conference) won its sixth straight game, while Orange (5-8, 0-1 C-6) lost its conference opener at home.
Carolina 12 1-A/2-A Conference, PAC-6 4-A boys' and girls' tri-meet swimming events among highlights ... Chapel Hill girls' basketball crushes rival Orange in Carolina 6 3-A Conference opener for both teams.
Wiggins, a standout safety with a 3-star ranking on the Scout.com 5-star scale, is having second thoughts about his early decision and is considering scholarship offers from a group of three programs — UNC, Clemson and Ohio State.