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June 9, 2023

Devontae Cacok

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NBA ready to resume

July 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It’s been four months since Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a chain of events that brought sports across the world to a screeching halt. On Thursday, the NBA […]

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McGrath tries to get Seahawks to turn corner

November 6, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Coming off back-to-back 20-loss seasons and with star big man Devontae Cacok now playing for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA’s G League, UNC Wilmington basketball coach C.B. McGrath needed all the good news […]

Sports

NBA picks, free agents look to make impression

July 10, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Call it the Pelican brief. No, not that 1990s movie starring Julia Roberts. Rather, it’s a phrase that sums up Zion Williamson’s first experience as a professional basketball player. The first overall draft pick from […]

Sports

Duke, Carolina combine for half-dozen NBA 1st-round picks

June 26, 2019 Brett Friedlander

For the players from North Carolina schools, last week’s NBA Draft followed a similar pattern to the college basketball season they recently finished. Duke dominated the headlines by having three players taken in the first […]

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Tar Heels surge in second half to put away UNCW

December 6, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  CHAPEL HILL — As Roy Williams’ halftime tongue lashings go, this one wasn’t the worst Kenny Williams has ever heard.   “I would say it was a six or seven,” the North Carolina guard said Wednesday […]

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Alonso’s 3-pointers help UNCG shoot down UNCW

November 13, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WILMINGTON (AP) — Francis Alonso scored 18 points to lead UNC Greensboro past UNC Wilmington 82-61 Tuesday night as the Spartans bounced back from almost knocking off a ranked team in their previous game. UNC […]

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Seahawks understanding McGrath’s system in Year 2

October 31, 2018 Brett Friedlander

WILMINGTON — Last season was a learning experience for first-time head coach C.B. McGrath. But he wasn’t the only member of the UNC Wilmington basketball program going through some on-the-job training in 2017-18. “Me personally, […]

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UNCW, Clemson both benefit from preseason hoop exhibition

October 27, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  WILMINGTON — Saturday’s exhibition basketball game between UNC Wilmington and Clemson at Trask Coliseum was one of those rare occasions in which there was more than one winner when the final buzzer sounded.   The Tigers […]

Christine T. Nguyen—The North State Journal
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UNCW’s Cacok finally earns first Player of the Week award

February 12, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  UNC Wilmington’s Devontae Cacok is averaging 17.5 points and leads the nation in rebounding at 13.4 per game and yet, it took until now to be recognized for the first time as the Colonial Athletic […]

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Can’t miss: Lennard Freeman’s uncanny shooting accuracy

January 17, 2018 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — Lennard Freeman missed all of last season, recovering from a leg injury. This year, he can’t miss at all. One of NC State’s big men, in his fifth year of college, Freeman has […]

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