CHARLOTTE — Jordan Shepherd scored 18 points and Charlotte upended Conference USA regular-season champion North Texas 56-43 Wednesday night. North Texas (20-11, 14-4) clinched its first regular-season conference title in 31 years on Sunday, defeating […]
BOILING SPRINGS — Eric Jamison Jr. had a career-high 23 points as Gardner-Webb edged Winthrop 74-70 on Thursday night. Nate Johnson had 19 points and seven rebounds for Gardner-Webb (11-14, 7-6 Big South Conference). Jaheam […]
BOONE — Justin Forrest hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to give Appalachian State a come-from-behind, 60-57 win over Texas State on Saturday. The Bobcats held a 36-31 lead at intermission and pushed to […]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Justin Forrest had 26 points as Appalachian State defeated Arkansas State 71-64 on Thursday night. Forrest made 8 of 10 foul shots. Hunter Seacat had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Appalachian […]
CHARLOTTE — Freshman Jahmir Young scored 24 points and Charlotte snapped a long losing streak to ACC opponents by beating Wake Forest 67-65 in overtime on Sunday night. Seeking to end a 13-game losing streak […]
Charlotte’s second-year coach, Ron Sanchez, honed his craft for decades as an assistant to Tony Bennett. So it’s only natural that the 49ers’ improvement would be slow and methodical. Sanchez took over a team that […]
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Olivier Sarr soared for a dunk, only to send the ball off the back iron — and it still somehow fell through the rim. Those kinds of bounces haven’t exactly gone Wake […]
GREENVILLE (AP) — Jayden Gardner scored 15 points with six rebounds and East Carolina held off a late push to beat UT-Rio Grande Valley 69-64 on Monday night. Gardner’s layup with 5:13 remaining gave the […]
Last season, the Charlotte 49ers were dead last in Conference USA in defense, allowing 79.9 points per game. Their solution was to bring in an assistant from the nation’s top defensive team to run things. […]
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