Saturday, March 1

by | Mar 1, 2025 | Quick Hits

The Overhills girls basketball team advanced to the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A playoffs with a 64-50 victory at Apex Friendship on Friday night. … The Overhills boys were dealt an 80-61 second round loss at Richmond County. … Triton’s boys finished the season 19-10 with an 87-54 second round loss in the 3-A playoffs at second-seeded Southern Durham despite 17 points from Ro Pegues and 11 from Jamaury Taylor. … The Campbell women’s basketball team closed the game on a 14-1 run to win, 58-57, at Towson on Friday night. Olivia Tucker hit the deciding 3-pointer with 1:40 left to total 16 points as the Lady Camels improved to 17-10 overall and 10-5 in the Coastal Athletic Association. … Andrew Schuldt hit two home runs for Campbell in a 6-5 baseball loss in 10 innings to visiting Georgia Southern on Friday. … In men’s college basketball games involving teams from the region today, Miami visits UNC (ESPN, noon), Georgia Tech hosts N.C. State (ACC Network, 3 p.m.), Wake Forest hosts Notre Dame (CW, 5:15 p.m.) and Florida State plays at Duke (ACC Network, 7 p.m.). … The Carolina Hurricanes host Edmonton tonight (ESPN+, FanDuel SportsSouth, 7 p.m.). In men’s hoops matchups involving two ranked teams, No. 1 Auburn plays at No. 17 Kentucky (ABC, 1 p.m.), No. 5 Tennessee hosts No. 6 Alabama (ESPN, 4 p.m.), No. 12 Texas A&M goes to No. 3 Florida (SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.) and No. 9 Iowa State has a home game with No. 22 Arizona (ESPN, 9 p.m.). … Jake Knapp leads the PGA Tour event at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, by one shot at 13-under par going into the third round today (NBC, 3 p.m.).

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