Quick Hits

Friday, December 29

Jamaury Taylor made a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer on J.J. Cowan's inbounds assist to give the Triton varsity boys basketball team a 62-61 overtime win over Apex in the semifinals of the Yellow Jacket Christmas Classic on Thursday night at Lee County. ... South...

Thursday, December 28

Khaleb Worth had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Triton varsity boys basketball team in a 69-55 win over Union Pines on Wednesday in the first round of the Yellow Jacket Classic at Lee Senior in Sanford. ... Rocky Mount rallied for a 61-55 victory over the Cape Fear...

Wednesday, December 27

UNC (8-4) takes on West Virginia (8-4) at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte in the Duke's Mayo Bowl today (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.). ... Other bowl matchups today include Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulane (11-2) in the Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis...

Tuesday, December 26

College bowl games resume today. Bowling Green meets Minnesota (ESPN, 2 p.m.), Texas State plays Rice (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) and Kansas takes on Nevada Las Vegas (ESPN, 9 p.m.). ... UNC is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press college basketball poll this week and Duke is...

Monday, December 25

Merry Christmas! ... Logan Livermon, Caleb Perez and Jack Wilkes of Campbell have been named to the NCAA Division I Academic All-District football team, selected by College Sports Communicators. ... Green Bay topped the host Carolina Panther, 33-30, on a late field...

Sunday, December 24

Junior guard Karsten Swinney scored 46 points for Freedom Christian in an 89-73 win over Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team in the Christmas Showcase at Berean Baptist in Fayetteville on Saturday night. ... Host N.C. State improved to 9-3 with...

Saturday, December 23

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team plays Freedom in the Christmas Showcase at Berean Baptist tonight at 7:30 p.m. The event is being streamed by Hoop State. ... Georgia Tech came back after trailing Central Florida, 14-0, for 30-17 win in the...

Friday, December 22

The Campbell women's basketball team completed nonconference play with a 48-47 loss at High Point on Thursday night. The Lady Camels slipped to 7-4 as Svenia Nurenberg had 10 points in the setback. The CU women open Coastal Athletic Association play at Stony Brook on...

Thursday, December 21

Today is the first day of winter. ... Christabel Ezumah leads the Campbell women's basketball team (7-3) in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (9.6) going into a game tonight at 7 p.m. at High Point (4-7). ... R.J. Felton had 26 points for host East Carolina in a 79-50 win...

Wednesday, December 20

Campbell went 1-2 in home wrestling matches in the Fighting Camel Duals on Tuesday. CU defeated North Dakota State, 30-13. The Camels sustained narrow setbacks to Stanford, 19-17, and, Purdue, 21-17. ... Campbell offensive lineman Mike Edwards has been named second...

Tuesday, December 19

Anthony Dell'Orso scored 21 points as the Campbell men's basketball team evened its record at 6-6 with an 83-76 win over visiting Morgan State on Monday night. ... Funding has been approved for a new Hobbton High School. ... Western Kentucky came back after trailing...

Monday, December 18

Mike Minter has resigned as football coach at Campbell. See News & Features below. ... The Campbell women's basketball team fell to 7-3 with a 54-39 loss at East Tennessee State on Sunday despite 11 points by Christabel Ezumah and 10 points from Shy Tuelle. ... The...

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