It was routine. His son is tucked beneath a blanket, a quilt and a sheet. Darkness and only the faint glow of a nightlight provides a source for shadows.
Virginia shot 52 percent in the second half and held UNC to 16 points in the final 16:25 as the Cavaliers opened the conference season with a 61-52 win.
The Tar Heels came out on the winning end of a close one on Sunday, edging Virginia Tech, 48-45, at Carmichael Arena.
Chelsea Gray couldn't suppress her happiness after picking up her 10th assist of the game. And she couldn't hide it afterward when she talked about matching Dawn Staley's conference record with a second career triple-double.
Either the defense was very good Saturday when Orange and Cedar Ridge renewed their rivalry, or the shooting was just awful. “We’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. The defense was good,” Orange coach Greg Motley quipped after his Panthers got a 40-34 road win. “But, no, we struggled shooting the ball. It’s been a really tough week for our kids, and stuff. I didn’t know how they would play.”
Corinth Holders, a scrappy, senior-laden 2A team from Johnston County, was king of the mat at Saturday’s Bull City Throw Down. The Pirates upended 4A host Jordan and breezed to a 5-0 finish as the only unbeaten squad in the seven-team duals tournament that featured 15 state-ranked grapplers.
After a woeful performance from the free-throw line in the first half, No. 23 N.C. State found its touch in the second half and needed almost every one to avoid being upset by Boston College. The Wolfpack went 21 for 24 from the line after the break, making its final 15 and holding off the Eagles 78-73 on Saturday in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener, extending State’s winning streak to nine.
North Carolina’s ACC opener today at Virginia (8 p.m., ESPNU) will feature two completely different styles of basketball. While the Tar Heels (10-3) like to speed up the game, the Cavaliers (10-3) prefer to slow it down.
The only people who could stop Ryan Kelly on Saturday were the officials. Certainly not Wake Forest. Kelly scored a season-high 22 points in the top-ranked Blue Devils' 80-62 rout. Seth Curry also had 22 points and Quinn Cook a career-high 14 assists for undefeated Duke.
The nonconference portion of Duke’s basketball schedule is complete, and the Blue Devils received a perfect grade.
North Carolina expects to have its full complement of players when it opens conference play Sunday at Virginia (8 p.m., ESPNU).
Hot-shooting, bomb-launching Carrboro dominates visiting South Granville 78-61 to remain undefeated in boys' Carolina 12 1-A/2-A Conference play. Carrboro's girls get 26 points from star Diamond Tyson and rout the Vikings 64-39.
Jordan ran off 16 unanswered points in the third quarter Friday night to bury Southern 61-48 and hold on to at least a share of first place in the PAC-6 boys’ basketball standings.
Northern got in a groove early and stayed there, taking apart Riverside 88-63 for a road win in PAC-6 boys’ basketball on Friday
Malik Evans scored 21 and De'Shon Self added 17 as Hillside won its second straight PAC-6 road game in convincing fashion at Person on Friday night.