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  • Wake Forest, losers in eight of its previous nine games, upset Duke on the Deacons’ final home game, Duke melted down in the last six minutes or so as the Blue Devils went five of those minutes without scoring a field goal. Wake Forest went on a 17-0 run that saw the Deacs go from seven down to 10 ahead at 76-66. During one stretch late Duke turned the ball...

    Duke melts down in last five minutes, loses to Wake

    Posted on March 5, 2014 | No Comments
    Wake Forest, losers in eight of its previous nine games, upset Duke on the Deacons’ final home game, Duke melted down in the last six minutes or so as the Blue Devils went five of those minutes without scoring a field goal. Wake Forest went on a 17-0 run that saw the Deacs go from seven down to 10 ahead at 76-66. During one stretch late Duke turned the ball...

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  • The Carolina Hurricanes today announced that the team has acquired center Andrei Loktionov (ahn-DRAY lawk-too-OH-nawf) and a conditional draft pick from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Tuomo Ruutu. “Andrei is a young, skilled forward who will play on our power play,” said Jim Rutherford, Canes President and General Manager. “Tuomo was a good player for the Hurricanes and we thank him for his contributions to our organization...

    Hurricanes deal Ruutu to New Jersey for young center, conditional pick

    Posted on March 5, 2014 | No Comments
    The Carolina Hurricanes today announced that the team has acquired center Andrei Loktionov (ahn-DRAY lawk-too-OH-nawf) and a conditional draft pick from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Tuomo Ruutu. “Andrei is a young, skilled forward who will play on our power play,” said Jim Rutherford, Canes President and General Manager. “Tuomo was a good player for the Hurricanes and we thank him for his contributions to our organization...

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  • GREENSBORO – The 2013-14 All-ACC Women’s Basketball Team as selected by the Blue Ribbon Panel was announced Tuesday by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford. An All-ACC First Team and an All-ACC Second Team were voted on by the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel, which consists of national and local media members, as well as school representatives. Unbeaten Notre Dame, which will enter this week’s ACC Women’s Tournament as the No....

    Two Duke women, one each from State and Carolina make first team all ACC

    Posted on March 4, 2014 | No Comments
    GREENSBORO – The 2013-14 All-ACC Women’s Basketball Team as selected by the Blue Ribbon Panel was announced Tuesday by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford. An All-ACC First Team and an All-ACC Second Team were voted on by the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel, which consists of national and local media members, as well as school representatives. Unbeaten Notre Dame, which will enter this week’s ACC Women’s Tournament as the No....

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  • TJ Warren can carry a team and NC State needed carrying as the Pack seeks an NCAA tournament bid. Warren scored a career-high 41 points to lead State over Pittsburgh 74-67 on the road. “Phenomenal,” Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said of Warren’s performance. “We’re not dead yet.” Warren scored 26 points in the second half including 12 points during a 17-3 run that saw the Pack go from nine down...

    Warren shows heart, fire in dropping 41 in win over Pitt

    Posted on March 3, 2014 | No Comments
    TJ Warren can carry a team and NC State needed carrying as the Pack seeks an NCAA tournament bid. Warren scored a career-high 41 points to lead State over Pittsburgh 74-67 on the road. “Phenomenal,” Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said of Warren’s performance. “We’re not dead yet.” Warren scored 26 points in the second half including 12 points during a 17-3 run that saw the Pack go from nine down...

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North Carolina, up by 14 at the half, went cold in the second half just when Notre Dame was getting hot but a 7-0 run late righted the ship as the Tar Heels won their 12th straight game on Senior Night 63-61. (3/3) Carolina, which led by as many as 15 points in the first half, managed just two baskets in the first 10 minutes of the second half. On...0March 3, 2014

Heels survive drought to edge Irish

North Carolina, up by 14 at the half, went cold in the second half just when Notre Dame was getting hot but a 7-0 run late righted the ship as the Tar Heels won their 12th straight game on Senior Night 63-61. (3/3) Carolina, which led by as many as 15 points in the first half, managed just two baskets in the first 10 minutes of the second half. On…

NC State basketball coach Mark Gottfried will be the speaker at the Wednesday, March 5 meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club. Coach Gottfried will discuss the Wolfpack’s basketball season and overall program. The RSC will honor local Wake County student athlete Lauren Panella, a softball player at Middle Creek High School, for outstanding achievement in the classroom, community and on the field. Meetings are held in Bradley Hall in Highland...0March 3, 2014

State’s Gottfried to speak at Raleigh Sports Club

NC State basketball coach Mark Gottfried will be the speaker at the Wednesday, March 5 meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club. Coach Gottfried will discuss the Wolfpack’s basketball season and overall program. The RSC will honor local Wake County student athlete Lauren Panella, a softball player at Middle Creek High School, for outstanding achievement in the classroom, community and on the field. Meetings are held in Bradley Hall in Highland…

NC State shortstop Renada Davis has been named this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Player of the Week. Davis led the Wolfpack at the plate in the last four games, as she hit .462 in those contests with six hits, three home runs and seven RBI. Davis homered twice in the 15-0 rout of St. Bonaventure to record her first multi-homer game of the season. She hit home runs in...0March 3, 2014

State’s Davis wins ACC softball player of the week honors

NC State shortstop Renada Davis has been named this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Player of the Week. Davis led the Wolfpack at the plate in the last four games, as she hit .462 in those contests with six hits, three home runs and seven RBI. Davis homered twice in the 15-0 rout of St. Bonaventure to record her first multi-homer game of the season. She hit home runs in…

Pitt, which was unbeaten this year in Atlantic Coast Conference dual meets to capture the regular season ACC title, heads into this Saturday’s ACC Wrestling Championship looking to fend off challenges by 12th-ranked Virginia and 16th-ranked Virginia Tech to claim its first ACC Championship of any kind. In addition to an ACC title, the wrestlers will be competing for a total of 34 qualifier allocations for 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championship,...0March 3, 2014

Triangle area wrestlers seek to qualify for NCAA championship

Pitt, which was unbeaten this year in Atlantic Coast Conference dual meets to capture the regular season ACC title, heads into this Saturday’s ACC Wrestling Championship looking to fend off challenges by 12th-ranked Virginia and 16th-ranked Virginia Tech to claim its first ACC Championship of any kind. In addition to an ACC title, the wrestlers will be competing for a total of 34 qualifier allocations for 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championship,…



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