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Tlusty stars for Hurricanes in win over Penguins

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Carolina Hurricanes forward Jiri Tlusty scored twice during a three-goal, second-period outburst as his team dominated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-1 win Thursday night at PNC Arena.

Tlusty finished with three points, as did Eric Staal, who contributed a goal and two assists. Alex Semin chipped in with a pair of helpers.

Cam Ward stopped 26 shots for his seventh win of the season. Ward saved his best of the night for the final minutes, stopping Sidney Crosby’s bid from the right post.

The Hurricanes benefitted from the return of four regulars to the lineup. Forwards Jeff Skinner and Tim Brent, and defensemen Tim Gleason and Jamie McBain all had missed multiple games.

Click here to read more on the game.

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Fans get opportunity to share the ice with Hurricanes’ greats

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The National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes today announced plans to host their second-annual Alumni Fantasy Game on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. The event will provide fans a chance to get an NHL experience, skating in a game that includes Hurricanes alumni on the ice at PNC Arena. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Carolina Hurricanes Kids ‘N Community Foundation.

Currently, 12 Hurricanes alumni are scheduled to participate in the Alumni Fantasy Game: Ron Francis, Rod Brind’Amour, Glen Wesley, Cory Stillman, Bates Battaglia, Jesse Boulerice, Aaron Ward, Shane Willis, Robert Kron, Steve Halko, Steve Rice and Tripp Tracy. Participants will dress in the Hurricanes’ locker room and enjoy a game atmosphere in the arena, including Hurricanes Play-by-Play Announcer John Forslund’s call on the video board, Stormy, the Eye Care Associates Storm Squad and more. The Hurricanes’ coaching staff will work the benches for the game, which will be no-hitting, with three running-clock periods and full intermissions. Fans not participating on the ice are welcome to watch the game free of charge, with an optional contribution to the Kids ‘N Community Foundation at the door.

The entry fee for playing in the Alumni Fantasy Game is $3,000, and includes:

Participation in the game on the ice, and the full game-day player experience
Practice on the ice at PNC Arena on Saturday, April 13, followed by a team lunch
A personalized Hurricanes jersey with special Alumni Game patch
Two Champions Club tickets for the Hurricanes’ home game against the Boston Bruins on April 13
A DVD of the Alumni Fantasy Game, as called by John Forslund
Access for four people to a post-game cocktail reception following the Alumni Fantasy Game

There are spots for 26 players and three goaltenders to participate in the Alumni Fantasy Game. Those slots will go on sale to season ticket holders, suite holders and corporate partners at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, and are first-come, first-served. Registration forms are available on CarolinaHurricanes.com, and eligible participants should send the forms to Shane Willis at 2013alumnigame@carolinahurricanes.com no earlier than 10 a.m. on Feb. 28, when that email account becomes active. Any remaining spots go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 4. Players must be at least 18 years old and have hockey-playing experience. Any questions about the event prior to the on-sale may be directed to Willis at shanew@carolinahurricanes.com.

The Kids ‘N Community Foundation provides much-needed funding to children’s charities and educational initiatives throughout North Carolina. The Foundation has funded scholarship programs, youth hockey, educational and literacy efforts, children’s health programs, the arts and other youth-related initiatives. In the Fall 2012 grant cycle, the Kids ‘N Community Foundation awarded $200,000 to four different children’s charities and foundations. Annually, the Foundation provides cash and in-kind contributions of more than $1 million to charitable and educational programs in North Carolina. Each member of the Hurricanes organization is actively involved in the community, and the Hurricanes take great pride in the ability to have a positive impact in the state. For more information on the Kids ‘N Community Foundation, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com/foundation.

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UNC’s Fedora to speak at Raleigh Sports Club

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UNC football coach Larry Fedora will be the speaker at the Raleigh Sports Club Wednesday, Feb. 27. Fedora will give attendees the inside scoop on the latest with the UNC football program including the impact of the recently released schedule. A capacity crowd is expected and you are invited.

Montez Wilson, a basketball player at Knightdale High School, will be recognized at the Student Athlete of the Week.

The Forks Cafeteria cater a Southern buffet starting at 11:30 a.m. at the RSC luncheon at Highland United Methodist Church, located at 1901 Ridge Road at the intersection of Lake Boone Trail, just inside the belt line.

Annual dues for the remainder of the 2012-13 season will be $30. This is 1/2 off the normal membership fee so that we can encourage visitors to join the “best sports club in the nation.

The weekly attendance fee remains $15 while guest fees will be $25 each. Pick sheets and door prizes will be held.

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ACC announces 2013 football schedule which includes Pitt and Syracuse

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The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released Monday by Commissioner John Swofford is a slate which is the largest in league history, incorporating new league members Pittsburgh and Syracuse into the 14-team ACC. NC State has an amazing eight home games while North Carolina has seven of its 12 games at home.

The Wolfpack hosts Syracuse in an ACC matchup on Oct. 12 while the Tar Heels travel to Pittsburgh on Nov. 16 in another first-time ACC matchup. At first glance, it seems that UNC has a tougher non-conference schedule with the season opener at South Carolina. The schedule seems to get easier as the year goes along for Carolina, with a strange late-season game at home against Old Dominion.

NC State’s schedule, on the other hand, appears to get tougher as the season goes on – which is traditionally the way you’d want it to be.

Duke, which hosts NC State and travel to UNC, has seven home games including a mid-year non-conference game against Navy on Oct. 12.

The ACC’s scheduling is ambitious because conference members are playing 11 games against non-conference opponents that finished the 2012 football season ranked in the nation’s Top 25, nine games with non-conference teams ranked in the final AP Top Ten, including contests against each of the top four teams in the USA Today’s final poll. Nine games are against teams projected by ESPN in its Early Top 10 for the 2013 season.

“The 2013 ACC Football schedule showcases some tremendous matchups this year as our league is arguably playing the toughest nonconference schedule in the country,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “This is an exciting year as we look forward to welcoming Pitt and Syracuse into the ACC. Both teams are opening league play at home, with Florida State at Pitt on Labor Day Monday Night and in its first ACC game, Clemson at Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.”

No other BCS Automatic Qualifier conferences will play more than eight non-conference games against 2012 Top 25 foes and no more than four games against 2012 Top 10 non-conference opponents.

When Florida State (8th) and Clemson (9th), each ranked in the final USA Today Top 10, are included in the schedule, ACC teams will face eight of the final Top 10 teams in the Coaches poll.

The Conference will again enjoy national exposure on Labor Day Monday, as Pitt, in its first ACC football game, hosts defending ACC champion Florida State at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa., in a nationally-televised prime-time contest on ESPN. The game, which will have an 8 pm (ET) kickoff, will nationally showcase a pair of opponents who have not met on the gridiron in 30 years. The Seminoles last ventured to Pittsburgh in 1983. The game will mark the sixth time the Seminoles have appeared on the ACC’s Labor Day Monday Night contest.

In all, the schedule is comprised of 113 games and incorporates new conference members Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Syracuse will compete in the Atlantic Division and will play its first official ACC game against Clemson at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse on Oct. 5. Pitt will compete in the ACC’s Coastal Division. All ACC teams will face eight conference opponents.

The schedule includes 56 regular-season conference match-ups over a span of 14 weeks and is capped off with the Ninth Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, which returns to Charlotte, N.C. this year and will be played on Saturday, Dec. 7 in Bank of America Stadium.

ACC teams will face 56 games against 48 nonconference opponents which had a combined winning percentage of .558 in 2012–by far the highest of any of the BCS AQ Conferences–including 43 games against FBS opponents who won .566 percent of their games last fall, also the highest.

From the final 2012 USA Today poll, ACC teams will face national champion Alabama (Virginia Tech), No. 2-ranked Oregon (Virginia), No. 3-ranked Notre Dame (Pitt) and No. 4-ranked Georgia (Georgia Tech, Clemson), as well as No. 7 South Carolina (North Carolina, Clemson) and No. 10 Florida (Miami, Florida State).

Twenty-three of the league’s 56 nonconference games (41 percent) are against 17 teams that earned bowl berths in 2012, again the most of any AQ league.

Including games against the eight ACC teams which earned bowl bids in 2012, no ACC team plays fewer than five opponents who went to bowl games last fall, with Virginia facing the most with eight followed by Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt and Wake Forest with seven each.

Adding in North Carolina (8-4) and Miami (7-5), no ACC school will play fewer than six teams with six or more wins, including Virginia which will face a league-high 10 opponents followed by Georgia Tech and Pitt, which will each face nine foes who had six or more wins in 2012.

ACC teams will also play nine non-conference games against six teams selected by ESPN.com in its early preseason Top 25 including matches with projected top-ranked Alabama (Virginia Tech), fifth-ranked Oregon (Virginia), sixth-ranked Georgia (Clemson and Georgia Tech), seventh-ranked Florida (Miami and Florida State), ninth-ranked Notre Dame (Pitt) and 10th-ranked South Carolina (North Carolina and Clemson).

ACC schools will play a total of 11 non-conference games against teams tabbed by ESPN.com in the early preseason Top 25 as Syracuse will also face Northwestern (projected to be 24th) and Wake Forest will play at Vanderbilt (projected to be 25th). Clemson is ranked 11th and Florida State 16th in the most recent ESPN Preseason Top 25.

Nonconference opponents who earned bowl bids this past season include Alabama, Ball State, BYU (2 games with the ACC), Central Michigan, East Carolina (3 games), Florida (2 games), Georgia (2 games), Louisiana Monroe, Navy (2 games), Nevada, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oregon, Southern California, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and West Virginia.

In all, the ACC will play five games nationally-televised by ESPN on Thursday night beginning with North Carolina travelling to South Carolina (Aug. 29) for the first Thursday night game of the year on ESPN. NC State then hosts Clemson on Thursday night (Sept. 19) followed by Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (Sept. 26); Miami at North Carolina (Oct. 17) and Georgia Tech at Clemson (Nov. 14).

The league will also play two games nationally-televised Friday games, with Boston College hosting and Wake Forest on Sept. 6, a game which will have an 8 p.m. kickoff and will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2; and Pittsburgh hosting Miami on Thanksgiving Friday, Nov. 29, in a game which will be televised by ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, with the game time to be determined at a later date.

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Carolina, Paige get revenge against State

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North Carolina, and particularly Marcus Paige, played poorly earlier in the season during a loss at N.C. State. Paige was the catalyst this time around as the Tar Heels took the lead with seven minutes to play and never looked back in a key 76-65 victory over the Wolfpack in Chapel Hill.

The win puts Carolina in sole possession of third place, two games behind Duke and four games behind Miami with four ACC regular season games to go.

The Tar Heels led the Pack 40-30 early in the second half but over the next nine minutes State outscored Carolina 23-9 to go up 53-49 with 8:35 to go.

Reggie Bullock drew the Heels closer, taking advantage of a screen to hit a three from the top of the key. But it was Paige who gave Carolina the lead for good when he hit a three-point shot in transition.

“I was wide open and hesitated but I was so open I had to take it,” said Paige, who ended with 14 points, eight assists, no turnovers and three steals.

In the 91-83 loss at State, Paige went only two of 11 and committed three turnovers.

“I was a little more focused (than the first game) and we had a better start,” Paige said. “I think the first time I was a little timid playing my first big-time matchup against (Lorenzo) Brown.”

Paige’s open three jump started an 18-2 run over a four-minute period that helped the Tar Heels pull away in a game that had 13 lead changes and eight ties.

Bullock scored eight points, including two long threes, during the game-deciding run. He was the the leading scorer and rebounder for the Heels with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Scott Wood had 19 points for State and Richard Howell had 17 rebounds.

While UNC coach Roy Williams praised Bullock and Paige, he said it was a true team effort as he ran down a litany of contributions from various players.

“I like the fact that our guys have played harder and with a better sense of urgency,” Williams said. “We did a better job of taking care of the basketball than we did in Raleigh.”

Carolina had only eight turnovers while the regulars were in the game (over the last minute there were two more turnovers). In addition, Williams said this time around the Tar Heels only took one or two shots they shouldn’t have taken.

“When State came back to take a four-point lead, our guys could have hung their heads but they didn’t and they just kept playing,” Williams said.

North Carolina improves to 9-5 in the ACC and 19-8 overall while N.C. State falls to 8-6 in the ACC and 19-8 overall. The Tar Heels play at Clemson Thursday night.

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Duke’s McCrory earns a record sixth career diving championship

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Three record-breaking performances highlighted action on Friday at the 2013 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

In men’s diving action, Duke’s Nick McCrory etched his name in the ACC record books with his sixth career overall diving championship. McCrory, who clinched the 3-meter with an ACC record score of 498.60, is now tied with NC State’s Allyson Reid (1979-81) for the most individual championships by a diver in conference history. He will have the chance to claim the lead by himself on Saturday when he competes in the platform event.

McCrory spent the 2011-12 season training in pursuit of a berth to the 2012 Olympic Games, where he captured the bronze medal with David Boudia in the men’s 10-meter platform synchronized diving event in London. The medal represented just the second synchronized diving medal ever won by a team from the United States.

Virginia Tech’s Heather Savage, the defending ACC champion in the 100 butterfly, saw her year-old conference record fall to Miami’s Lucy Worrall (51.98) in Saturday’s preliminaries. Savage exacted revenge in the finals, touching the wall in 51.78 to regain her record and defend her title over second place Worrall (52.25).

Virginia sits in first place with 560 points through three days of competition. Virginia Tech (348), Florida State (340), NC State (322), Miami (288) and North Carolina (287) fill out the top six teams. Duke has 174 points in seventh place and is followed by Georgia Tech (122), Boston College (80), and Clemson (9).

Kaylea Arnett got the Virginia Tech women on the board first on Friday. The sophomore scored 327.70 to successfully defend her 1-meter title from last year. Carrie Dragland (313.65) earned silver, just beating out teammate Kara McCormack (313.35) in the third spot.

The momentum continued into the 400 medley relay for the Hokies. Sabrina Benson, Weronika Paluszek, Heather Savage, and Katarina Filova combined to finish in 3:34.31, an automatic qualifying time and the first 400 medley relay victory for Virginia Tech in the ACC.

Cari Blalock won the 400 individual medley (4:08.48) to claim her first ACC title and the first of the week for North Carolina. Virginia sophomore Shaun Casey (4:10.71) and Florida State junior Julia Henkel (4:12.39) earned the other two podium spots.

In the 200 freestyle, Virginia senior Lauren Perdue finished in an automatic qualifying time of 1:43.88, her 19th career conference title and second this week. It was her third title in the event, as she becomes just the third ACC woman to win the 200 freestyle three times.

Miami’s Sofia Johansson touched in 1:00.03 in the 100 breaststroke to win the event for the third straight year. Duke junior Christine Wixted (1:00.49) and Virginia Tech’s Pauluszek (1:00.78) earned All-ACC honors with second and third place finishes.

Freshman Courtney Bartholomew (52.25) defeated North Carolina junior Carly Smith (53.05) and NC State’s Zina Grogg (53.42) in the final event of the night. The win was the eighth in the last 11 years in the event by a Virginia swimmer.

The last day of the championship starts on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the preliminaries of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly. Women’s platform diving prelims and finals start at 1 p.m., with the men’s platform prelims starting at 4:005 and finishing with the finals at 8 p.m. The swimming finals, including the 1650 freestyle, start at 7 p.m.

Live coverage of the finals on Saturday can be seen on the ACC Digital Network on theACC.com and on ESPN3 starting at 7 p.m. For more on the 2013 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships, head to the official website at http://theacc.co/SwimDiveChamps

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SI’s swimsuit issue controversy? Just best model

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Ok, so these women aren’t from the Triangle and have nothing to do with sports. But in honor of the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, I’m counting down my 10 best looking models that have graced the pages of SI.

Actually I can relate the Triangle area to the annual SI swimsuit edition. Those of you old enough may remember that former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith’s wife started fighting against the yearly edition 21 years ago.

Linnea Smith started a letter-writing campaign to 56 advertisers asking them to reconsider their decision to buy space in SI’s annual swimsuit issue.

“I guess I’ve been increasingly disturbed by it and tried to ignore it,” she said at the time. “It just got to the point that I couldn’t do it, each year being enraged.”

It wasn’t so much the scantily clad women she opposed but the depiction of children alongside the models and the sometimes child-like posing of the models.

“SI’s swimsuit issue sexualizes children by juxtaposing them with female models featured only for their sexual desirability and `easy access’ to all consumers,” she said.

Smith said that one picture which showed a model sitting on a kitchen counter wearing a bathing suit, ankles socks and leather shoes was “pseudo-child,” an adult model dressed to look like a child.

Many have also criticized the edition because a lot of those who get the magazine are young boys who are being exposed to sexuality before they are ready – or at least before their parents are ready for them to be exposed to it.

Ironically, female readership triples for the swimsuit edition. The edition has gone from being one with sports alongside a pictorial of beautiful women in exotic settings to one of just bunches of pictures of beautiful women in exotic settings. I’m old enough to want a little sports mixed in there.

I’m not sure when the following site was updated but you can read more about Linnea Smith’s crusade against the issue by clicking here.

As for my top 10 Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, the last four out were Christie Brinkley, Paulina Porizkova, Cheryl Tiegs and Nina Agdal. Here is the final list of the top 10 (click on the name or copy and paste the link):

10) Rachel Hunter
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9) Genevieve Morton
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8) Cindy Crawford
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7) Angie Everhart
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6) Marissa Miller
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5) Bar Refaeli
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4) Rebecca Romijn
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3) Elle Macpherson
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2) Kate Upton
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1) Kathy Ireland
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Yes, Kathy Ireland

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Tar Heels move into a three-way tie for third with win at GT

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North Carolina moved into a tie for third place in the ACC after the Tar Heels held Georgia Tech scoreless for seven minutes in the second half en route to a 70-58 win in Atlanta.

The Tar Heels led by just four at 41-37 at the first TV timeout of the second half. But Carolina turned a close game into a commanding lead with an 18-4 run to go up 59-41. A three by Yellow Jacket Robert Carter broke a seven-minute scoreless streak, which included 13 straight misses.

The lead got as high as 22 at 66-44 with 4:50 to go. Carolina seemed to coast the rest of the way while Georgia Tech got three three-points to make the final score more respectable.

The Yellow Jackets led by as many as four points in the first half but UNC’s James Michael McAdoo took over offensively, scoring 15 first-half points to lead the Tar Heels pack to a six-point lead at the half, 36-30.

McAdoo finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. It was the first time he had broken into double figures in the last four games. Leslie McDonald came off the bench to score 15 points in 17 minutes as he hit four three pointers. P.J. Hairston was only four of 15 from the floor but he managed 10 points.

Carolina shot just 38 percent but the Jackets didn’t do much better at 40 percent. The Tar Heels also had 10 more points from the free throw line (14-4) and 10 fewer turnovers (9-19).

“It was an ugly game at times for both teams,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “I thought we had 100 turnovers but we only had nine.” He said he would take nine turnovers every game.

“It’s hard to get a win when you shoot 38 percent but we’ll take it,” Williams said.

Carolina at 8-5 in the ACC (18-8 overall) is in a three-way tie with Virginia and N.C. State with just five league contests left, including a Saturday afternoon matchup against the Wolfpack in Chapel Hill.

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State’s Warren turns from super sub to super starter

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Freshman T.J. Warren, making his third start in NC State’s last six games, had career highs in points and rebounds to lead the Wolfpack to an 84-66 victory over Florida State on Tuesday night at PNC Arena.

The freshman legacy player from Durham had 31 points and 13 rebounds for his first career double-double, topping his previous scoring and rebounding highs of 22 points and eight rebounds set in the Pack’s second game of the season, a 72-55 victory over Penn State in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

His 31 points tied the third most ever scored by a Wolfpack freshman, matching the total Scott Wood had in 2010 at Florida State and J.J. Hickson had against William and Mary in 2007. Hickson had 33 in his first game as a freshman against Western Carolina for second-place, and Ernie Myers had a school-record 35 as a freshman against Duke on Jan. 26, 1983.

Warren’s efforts gave the Wolfpack (19-7 overall, 8-5 ACC) a solid home victory over the Seminoles, who came into the contest a full game behind fourth-place State in the ACC standings.

“T.J. really played fantastic tonight,” NC State second-year head coach Mark Gottfried said. “He found ways to get open all night long, in transition and on the boards. It was just a terrific, terrific game for him tonight.”

He was one of three Pack players in double figures, as junior C.J. Leslie added 19 point and 10 rebounds and senior Scott Wood had 13 points.

Wood, with three 3-pointers on the night, became the second player in NC State history, after all-time leading scorer Rodney Monroe, to amass more than 300 career baskets from beyond the arc. He now has 302, which ranks ninth in ACC history.

Junior Lorenzo Brown added nine assists for the Pack.

“I thought everyone played at a high level, and that’s what we need to win games like this,” Gottfried said.

The Pack owned the boards all night long, with a 45-21 rebounding advantage over the Seminoles. State’s offensive rebounding total of 21 matched FSU’s overall total. That domination of the boards helped get Gottfried’s transition offense going, particularly in the first half.

“We want to get out and run,” Gottfried said. “We did that tonight by getting rebounds and steals. That got our offense moving right out of the gates.”

The Pack’s offense centered around Warren, whose father Tony also played for the Pack from 1977-79 under head coach Norm Sloan. The younger Warren made 12 of 15 field goals. Eight of his 13 rebounds were on the offensive end.

“That might be the biggest stat of the whole night,” Gottfried said. “He just found ways to get to the ball and put it back in the basket.”

The Pack jumped out to an early lead and never trailed the visitors from Tallahassee. Warren made an early 3-pointer and finished with two in the game, his first game with more than one since the Pack’s win over Norfolk State on Dec. 15.

State owned a 40-30 halftime lead, with Warren posting a team-high 11 points before intermission. The Pack’s lead stretched to 21 points on Warren’s final basket of the night, a put-back of fellow freshman Tyler Lewis’ missed jumper.

The Pack returns to action this weekend, traveling to Chapel Hill to face rival North Carolina in a 4 p.m. ESPN2 contest at the Smith Center. State returns to PNC Arena next Wednesday to face Boston College in an 8 p.m. contest on the ACC Network.

– News release

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Recruiting expert to speak at Raleigh Sports Club luncheon

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Dave Telep, the senior College Basketball Recruiting Analyst for ESPN, will be the guest speaker for the Raleigh Sports Club Wednesday.

Telep joined ESPN in 2010. His college basketball scouting service is used by more than 225 colleges and numerous NBA teams. Telep will give attendees the inside scoop on the incoming basketball recruits for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Marcus Bryan, a basketball player at Ravenscroft School, will be recognized at the Student Athlete of the Week.

The Forks Cafeteria cater a Southern buffet starting at 11:30 a.m. at the RSC luncheon at Highland United Methodist Church, located at 1901 Ridge Road at the intersection of Lake Boone Trail, just inside the belt line.

Annual dues for the remainder of the 2012-13 season will be $30. This is 1/2 off the normal membership fee so that we can encourage visitors to join the “best sports club in the nation.

The weekly attendance fee remains $15 while guest fees will be $25 each. Pick sheets and door prizes will be held.