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College Basketball Roundup: Charlotte upsets No. 17 Florida Atlantic

January 7, 2024 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — This was the type of situation Lu’Cye Patterson has dreamed about: Game on the line. Against a ranked opponent. Ball in his hands. Patterson drew a foul on a jumper with 1.7 seconds […]

College Basketball Roundup: Bacot reaches 2,000 points, No. 8 UNC beats Pitt

January 3, 2024 The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Armando Bacot spent the last three seasons watching UNC let winnable games against Pittsburgh slip away. The longtime Tar Heels center took it personally. So, apparently, did his team. Bacot scored 16 points […]

East Carolina beats FAU, picks up first win over FBS foe

November 11, 2023 The Associated Press

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Andrew Conrad kicked five field goals after Gerald Green’s 18-yard first-quarter touchdown run and East Carolina cruised to a 22-7 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The game’s lone touchdown came […]

Charlotte flails in 38-16 home loss to Florida Atlantic

October 28, 2023 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte 49ers rare still searching for their first American Athletic Conference home victory. The Niners (2-6, 1-3 AAC) were unable to build off their first AAC victory last week, suffering a 38-16 […]

Charlotte prepares to host Florida Atlantic in ninth meeting since 2015

October 26, 2023 Jesse Deal

Fresh off their first-ever American Athletic Conference win (in a 10-7 victory over ECU), coach Biff Poggi and the Charlotte 49ers will now host Florida Atlantic in a Friday night showdown between two former Conference […]

Final Four newcomers: Grab your name tag at the door

March 28, 2023 The Associated Press

Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and […]

College Basketball Roundup: NC State holds off Virginia Tech’s late rally

January 7, 2023 The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Terquavion Smith scored 22 points, Jarkel Joiner added 21 and NC State held back Virginia Tech’s late rally for a 73-69 victory on Saturday night. NC State (13-4, 3-3 ACC) has won […]

Charlotte 49ers blasted by Florida Atlantic in season opener

August 28, 2022 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Despite a promising start to their season opener, the Charlotte 49ers found themselves at the wrong end of a 43-13 blowout road loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday night. Less than three minutes […]

49ers prepare for season opener at Florida Atlantic

August 24, 2022 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — As the Charlotte 49ers and Florida Atlantic Owls gear up for their football season opener in Boca Raton, Florida, on Saturday at 7 p.m, both teams are entering the 2022 season under similar […]

College basketball roundup: Williams’ 28 leads Duke over Syracuse

February 26, 2022 The Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— With Syracuse’s big man out for the season, the Orange again were no match for No. 7 Duke. Mark Williams scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Paolo Banchero had […]