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College Basketball Roundup: No. 14 Arkansas beats Gardner-Webb

November 10, 2023 The Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Khalif Battle had 21 points off the bench and No. 14 Arkansas used a pair of big runs in the middle of the game to beat Gardner-Webb 86-68 on Friday night. Tramon […]

Terquavion Smith, Trevor Keels among players who made NBA Draft decisions

June 8, 2022 Shawn Krest

Come on in! The water’s fine. That seems to be the message that underclassmen from college basketball teams across North Carolina received after considering early entry into the NBA Draft. The NBA allows players to […]

College basketball roundup: App State reaches semis of Sun Belt Tournament

March 5, 2022 Cory Lavalette

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Justin Forrest had a season-high 20 points as Appalachian State topped Georgia Southern 73-60 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Saturday night. Donovan Gregory had 17 points and […]

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: 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 […]

College basketball roundup: Tar Heels have 4 in double figures, win at VT

February 19, 2022 The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Caleb Love scored 21 points with seven assists and North Carolina defeated Virginia Tech 65-57 on Saturday to snap the Hokies’ six-game winning streak. Armando Bacot had 15 rebounds and scored all […]

College basketball roundup: Keels’ double-double leads Duke over Clemson

February 11, 2022 The Associated Press

CLEMSON, S.C. — Duke went from the high of battering rival UNC last weekend to the low of losing on a last-second shot to unranked Virginia two days later. So coach Mike Krzyzewski couldn’t be […]

College basketball roundup: Wake Forest hands FSU its 4th straight loss

February 5, 2022 The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jake LaRavia had a near triple-double, Alondes Williams scored 23 points, Damari Monsanto hit a clutch 3-pointer, and Wake Forest defeated Florida State 68-60 on Saturday, the Seminoles’ fourth consecutive loss. LaRavia […]

College basketball roundup: Elon snaps UNCW’s 12-game winning streak

February 3, 2022 The Associated Press

ELON — Darius Burford matched his career high with a season-high 27 points as Elon topped UNC Wilmington 78-65 on Thursday night. Burford hit 13 of 17 shots. Hunter McIntosh had 17 points for Elon […]

College basketball roundup: Davidson bounces back, wins in McKillop’s 1,000th game

January 30, 2022 The Associated Press

DAVIDSON — Luka Brajkovic scored 22 points, Foster Loyer added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists and No. 25 Davidson held off La Salle 77-69 on Saturday in Bob McKillop’s 1,000th game as head […]