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 an 83-66 men’s basketball win over Detroit (0-13) on Saturday. … Duke defeated Troy, 17-10, in the Birmingham Bowl on Saturday. … Coastal Carolina downed San Jose State, 24-14, in the Hawaii Bowl. … Northwestern topped Utah, 14-7, in the Las Vegas Bowl. … South Alabama rolled past Eastern Michigan, 59-10 in Mobile. … Utah State fell to Georgia State, 45-22, in the Idaho Potato Bowl. … Northern Illinois held off Arkansas State, 21-19, in the Camellia Bowl. … In the NFL on Saturday, Buffalo was a 24-22 winner over the host Los Angeles Rams and visiting Cincinnati was dealt a 34-11 loss at Pittsburgh. … The Carolina Panthers host Green Bay today (FOX, 1 p.m.). … New England visits Denver tonight (NFL Network, 8:15 p.m.). … No. 14 Florida Atlantic topped No. 4 Arizona, 96-95, in double overtime in men’s college basketball in Las Vegas on Saturday. … The New York Islanders were 5-4 winners over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh on Saturday night.