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College Basketball Roundup: Duke’s streak ends with an overtime loss to Louisville

February 27, 2021 Cory Lavalette

DURHAM — Carlik Jones scored seven of his 25 points in overtime, sophomore Quinn Slazinski opened the scoring in OT with a 3-pointer and Louisville fended off Duke 80-73 on Saturday night, halting the Blue […]

College Basketball Roundup: Heels lost at No. 9 Virginia

February 14, 2021 Cory Lavalette

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jay Huff had 18 points and 12 rebounds and No. 9 Virginia took control early and beat North Carolina for the seventh consecutive time, 60-48, on Saturday night. Sam Hauser added 17 […]

College Basketball Roundup: Dubose returns, leads Wake over BC

February 11, 2021 The Associated Press

BOSTON — Ian Dubose returned for his first game since November and scored 17 points on Wednesday night as Wake Forest wasted most of a 14-point lead before holding on to beat Boston College 69-65. […]

College Basketball Roundup: NC State drops 6th game in last 7, loses at home to Virginia

February 4, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Sam Hauser and Trey Murphy III each scored 18 points and No. 14 Virginia produced a strong finishing stretch to beat NC State 64-57 on Wednesday night. Jay Huff added 12 points for […]

College Basketball Roundup: Duke stumbles at Miami

February 1, 2021 The Associated Press

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Elijah Olaniyi scored 21 points, Anthony Walker and Isaiah Wong added 16 points apiece and short-handed Miami overcame shaky foul shooting down the stretch to defeat Duke 77-75 on Monday, ending […]

College Basketball Roundup: Love, Bacot lead UNC over Wake Forest

January 21, 2021 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Freshman Caleb Love had a season-high 20 points, Armando Bacot scored 14 of his 18 in the second half, and UNC beat Wake Forest 80-73 on Wednesday night. RJ Davis scored 13 […]

College Basketball Roundup: Miller’s 30 points lead UNCG over The Citadel

January 19, 2021 The Associated Press

GREENSBORO — Isaiah Miller had a season-high 30 points plus 12 rebounds as UNC Greensboro defeated The Citadel 87-73 on Monday night. Kaleb Hunter had 13 points for UNC Greensboro (9-5, 4-2 Southern Conference). Mohammed […]

College Basketball Roundup: UNC’s 3-game winning streak snapped at FSU

January 16, 2021 The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — M.J. Walker scored 20 points, Raiquan Gray added a career-high 19 and Florida State beat North Carolina 82-75 on Saturday for the Seminoles’ 20th consecutive home conference victory. Walker, who made 4 […]

College Basketball Roundup: No. 10 Tennessee uses stingy D to top App State

December 16, 2020 The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Appalachian State shot just 28% and it still hurt Tennessee’s season statistics. That says something about the way the No. 10 Volunteers are playing defense. Tennessee (3-0), which came into the game […]

College Basketball Roundup: Bacot leads No. 16 Heels past NC Central

December 12, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 16 UNC stopped a two-game slide by holding off North Carolina Central for a 73-67 victory Saturday. Caleb Love and Day’Ron Sharpe […]