Big South Conference Tournament

5 teams eliminated from tourneys

March 10, 2024 Shawn Krest

HIGH POINT — Michael Christmas scored 18 points, Walyn Napper approached triple-double territory and fifth-seeded Longwood defeated No. 2 UNC Asheville 85-59 on Sunday to win the Big South Conference Tournament. The victory sends the […]

3 NC teams win in Big South

March 9, 2024 The Associated Press

HIGH POINT — Abdoulaye Thiam and Duke Miles each scored 20 points and High Point beat Radford 77-63 on Friday in the Big South Conference Tournament. Thiam shot 6 for 13 (3 for 8 from […]

College Basketball Roundup: UNC Asheville beats Campbell, wins Big South title

March 6, 2023 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Drew Pember had 29 points, Tajion Jones scored 16 in the final 7:35 and No. 1 seed UNC Asheville stormed back to beat seventh-seeded Campbell 77-73 on Sunday, winning the Big South Conference […]

College Basketball Roundup: UNCA advances, Campbell pulls off upset at Big South Tournament

March 4, 2023 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Drew Pember had 29 points and UNC Asheville beat Charleston Southern 75-66 on Friday in the Big South Conference Tournament. Pember added 16 rebounds for the Bulldogs (25-7). Tajion Jones added 19 points […]

March Madness begins now for one-bid leagues

March 1, 2023 Shawn Krest & Ryan Henkel

For most of the conferences in college basketball, early March is not a time for bubble speculation and bracketology. While power conference teams like UNC, Michigan and Clemson have seen their odds of getting an […]

College basketball roundup: Top-seeded Campbell women lose Big South final

March 7, 2022 Cory Lavalette

CHARLOTTE — Kyla McMakin had 22 points and six steals, Tra’dayja Smith went 5 for 5 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points, and No. 2 seed Longwood beat top-seeded Campbell 86-47 on Sunday […]

College basketball roundup: WCU knocked out of SoCon Tournament

March 5, 2022 The Associated Press

ASHEVILLE — Kamar Robertson recorded 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mercer to an 81-53 win over Western Carolina in the first round of the Southern Conference Tourney on Friday night. James Glisson III […]

College basketball roundup: Campbell wins in 2OT, joins High Point, NC A&T in Big South’s 2nd round

March 3, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Milos Stajcic hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer and turned it into a four-point play to earn Campbell a 75-72 win over Presbyterian in double overtime in a first-round game of the Big […]

College Basketball Roundup: Campbell advances to Sunday’s Big South Tournament final

March 5, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RADFORD, Va. — Joshua Lusane had 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists as Campbell got past Radford 78-60 in the semifinals of the Big South Conference tournament on Thursday night. Jordan Whitfield had 11 […]