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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 […]

Davidson comes up short as Michigan State earns date with Duke

March 19, 2022 Shawn Krest

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Michigan State survived a 40-minute battle with Davidson to win 74-73 and advance to play Duke in the round of 32 on Sunday. The 10th-seeded Wildcats led for nearly 8½ minutes, building […]

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: Coach K wins in last trip to Charlottesville

February 23, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A.J. Griffin incurred the ire of coach Mike Krzyzewski when he passed on an open 3-pointer late in the No. 7 Blue Devils’ tight game at Virginia. “What are you doing? Just […]

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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: Williams leads Gardner-Webb over Campbell

February 9, 2022 The Associated Press

BUIES CREEK — D’Maurian Williams had 15 points and seven rebounds as Gardner-Webb got past Campbell 57-45 on Wednesday night. Lance Terry had 14 points for Gardner-Webb (14-10, 8-3 Big South Conference), which earned its […]

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: 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 […]

College basketball roundup: VCU snaps No. 25 Davidson’s 15-game win streak

January 26, 2022 The Associated Press

DAVIDSON— Vince Williams scored 16 points, Mikeal Brown-Jones had a huge block with 2 seconds left and VCU held off a furious rally from No. 25 Davidson to win 70-68 on Wednesday night, snapping the […]