North Carolina Central basketball

College Basketball Roundup: UNC Wilmington pulls off stunner at No. 12 Kentucky

December 3, 2023 The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Trazarien White scored a career-high 27 points to lead UNC Wilmington to an 80-73 victory over No. 12 Kentucky on Saturday. The Seahawks (6-2) built a 14-point lead in the first half, […]

College Basketball Roundup: Late FT gives UNC Greensboro win over UIC

November 27, 2023 The Associated Press

NASSAU, Bahamas — Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 15 points to lead the UNC Greensboro Spartans and Donovan Atwell secured the victory with a free throw with three seconds left as the Spartans edged the UIC Flames […]

College Basketball Roundup: Proctor’s 22 points propel No. 9 Duke past La Salle

November 22, 2023 The Associated Press

DURHAM — Tyrese Proctor has joined the scoring parade as No. 9 Duke keeps unveiling sources of high-powered offense. The sophomore guard scored a career-high 22 and the Blue Devils had several big second half […]

Mid-major players to watch across North Carolina

November 15, 2023 Cory Lavalette

As the college football regular season starts to wind down and Tobacco Road basketball heats up, 15 mid-major teams across the state tipped off their nonconference schedules. For most of those schools, the only way […]

College Basketball Roundup: No. 20 Baylor tops Gardner-Webb

November 12, 2023 The Associated Press

WACO, Texas — Baylor coach Scott Drew said he didn’t hear the home fans screaming for his team to shoot a 3-pointer as his team dribbled out the win. But the fans had reason for […]

College Basketball Roundup: Elon defeats East Tennessee State

November 10, 2023 The Associated Press

ELON — Max Mackinnon had 17 points in Elon’s 79-76 win over East Tennessee State on Thursday night. Mackinnon also added seven rebounds for the Phoenix (1-1). LA Pratt was 5-of-8 shooting (4 for 6 […]

College Basketball Roundup: Bacot’s big game leads No. 19 UNC past Radford

November 7, 2023 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot has turned in plenty of big games for UNC, but nothing quite like this in a season opener. Bacot scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the best opener […]

Bids await NC schools in conference tournaments

March 8, 2023 Ryan Henkel

The AAC, Atlantic 10, Conference USA and MEAC tournaments all take place this week. As teams start to punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament, the remaining schools across the state are beginning their conference […]

College Basketball Roundup: NC Central advances in MEAC Tournament

March 2, 2023 The Associated Press

ORANGEBURG — Brendan Medley-Bacon scored 16 points as North Carolina Central beat South Carolina State 71-64 on Thursday night. Medley-Bacon also contributed seven rebounds and four blocks for the Eagles (17-11, 10-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). […]

College Basketball Roundup: Appleby leads Wake over Irish

February 26, 2023 The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — Tyree Appleby scored 21 points with six assists and four steals and Wake Forest pulled away from cold-shooting Notre Dame in the second half to earn a 63-56 win on Saturday night. The […]