William Peace freshman Zeke Brock (Cape Fear Christian Academy) scored his first collegiate field goal in an 85-74 men’s basketball win over Johnson & Wales on Wednesday night in Raleigh. Brock had scored eight previous points on free throws in a pair of losses for the Pacers. … D. J. Brown had 18 points for Harnett Central in a 65-51 varsity boys basketball win over visiting Smithfield-Selma on Wednesday night. Rylan Beasley added 17 points for the Trojans, who improved to 4-1 going into Central’s All American Conference opener at Western Harnett tonight. … Bill Belichick, who won six Super Bowls with New England, reportedly has interviewed for the coaching vacancy at UNC. … The Carolina Hurricanes stopped a 3-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over Colorado in Raleigh on Thursday night. … Host Detroit clinched a playoff berth with a 34-31 win over Green Bay on Thursday night as Jake Bates kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired. … Cameron Young (Wake Forest) shot an 8-under par 64 for a 2-shot lead in the PGA Tour event in the Bahamas going into the second round today (Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.). … No. 20 Nevada Lass Vegas visits No. 10 Boise State for the Mountain West football championship tonight (FOX, 7 p.m.) and No. 24 Army hosts Tulane in the American Athletic Conference title game (ABC, 8 p.m.). … In an NBA doubleheader on ESPN, Milwaukee plays at Boston at 7:30 p.m. and Golden State hosts Minnesota at !0 p.m. … In college basketball, No. 19 Illinois visits Northwestern (Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.).