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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 falls to 1-5 after home loss to SMU

October 13, 2023 The Associated Press

GREENVILLE — Preston Stone threw three touchdown passes, Jonathan McGill returned an interception for a touchdown and SMU beat ECU 31-10 Thursday night in a defensive battle. The teams combined for 16 three-and-outs and 20 […]

Charlotte drops AAC debut to SMU

September 30, 2023 The Associated Press

DALLAS — Jaylan Knighton broke the game open with a 95-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and SMU went on to defeat Charlotte 34-16 on Saturday night in an American Athletic Conference opener for […]

Go west: ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU

September 1, 2023 The Associated Press

The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a […]

College basketball roundup: Banchero’s double-double leads Duke to win at BC

February 12, 2022 The Associated Press

BOSTON — A big second half capped off a very busy week with a victory for No. 7 Duke. Paolo Banchero had 16 points and 14 rebounds as Duke pulled away midway into the second […]

College Basketball Roundup: Duke beats Notre Dame in ACC opener

December 17, 2020 The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Playing on the road for the first time in their collegiate careers did not rattle Duke’s talented freshmen. They were looking forward to it. “It was great, just getting to see […]

East Carolina scores 45 points in 1st half, beats SMU

November 28, 2020 The Associated Press

GREENVILLE — Holton Ahlers threw for four first-half touchdowns and East Carolina held off SMU’s second-half rally for a 52-38 victory on Saturday. ECU (3-6, 3-5 American) scored a touchdown on its first six possessions […]

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College Basketball Roundup: ECU sunk by SMU’s 15 3s

January 23, 2020 The Associated Press

DALLAS — Tyson Jolly scored 17 points and the first of his five 3-pointers kicked off a 10-0 run for the Mustangs as SMU walloped Eastern Carolina 84-64 Wednesday night. Kendric Davis added 15 points […]

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College Basketball Roundup: ECU upsets SMU with late 3

January 11, 2020 The Associated Press

GREENVILLE — Tristen Newton hit a 3-pointer from the left corner in the closing seconds and East Carolina upset SMU 71-68 on Saturday. Tyson Jolley made two free throws to tie the game with 12 […]

Ahlers’ six TD passes not enough in ECU’s shootout loss to SMU

November 9, 2019 The Associated Press

DALLAS — If there was any concern about a letdown coming off a first loss that changed the course of the season for No. 23 SMU, it disappeared in another wild, high-scoring game. Shane Buechele […]