Saturday, February 17

by | Feb 17, 2024 | Quick Hits

Grant Knipp was 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs for Campbell in a 20-8 season-opening baseball loss to No. 17 Cal Santa Barbara in Buies Creek on Friday. … Parker Byrd of East Carolina became the first player in NCAA Division I history to play in a baseball game with a prosthetic leg as he drew a walk in the eighth inning as the No. 11 Pirates started the season with a 16-2 win over Rider in Greenville. … Lefty Driesell, former men’s basketball coach at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State, has passed away at the age of 92. … ACC men’s basketball matchups today involving regional teams include Wake Forest at No. 21 Virginia (ESPN2, noon), Virginia Tech at No. 7 UNC (ACC Network, 2 p.m.), No. 9 Duke at Florida State (ESPN, 2 p.m.) and N.C. State at Clemson (CW, 7:45 p.m.). … Patrick Cantlay has a 5-shot lead at 13-under par in the PGA Tour event at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles going into the third round today (CBS, 3 p.m.).

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