Staff report Catawba's baseball team swept a doubleheader from visiting California (Pa.) on Monday, winning the opener 6-5 and taking the second game 11-4. The 17th-ranked Indians (3-0) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first game but needed a two-out, ...Read More

By Aaron Beard Associated Press DURHAM — Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler really couldn't ask for much more. The Duke trio has found the setup that every college basketball player dreams of: plenty of shots, lots of points and abundant minut ...Read More

By John McGrath Tacoma News Tribune In a move that might generate less grassroots support than the nomination of Pauly Shore for surgeon general, college administrators are considering an expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Nothing i ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com Area athlete update .... The Post has tracked area athletes in every college sport from bowling to gymnastics, but here's a new one. Kelsey Neumann (China Grove) is a freshman goaltender for the women's ...Read More

Associated Press CINCINNATI — Kris Joseph hit a pair of 3s that sparked Syracuse's decisive second-half run Sunday, and the Orange kept the best start in school history going with a 71-54 victory over Cincinnati, their 10th in a row. Syracuse (23- ...Read More

By David Ginsburg Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland coach Gary Williams was overcome by emotion, leaving him virtually unable to describe his feelings after watching the Terrapins dismantle North Carolina on an anything-but-typical gam ...Read More

By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com Yes, Tusculum can brag that it has the South Atlantic Conference's second-leading scorer in Kyle Moore. But Catawba can brag it has the second leading scorer in the SAC — ever — in Antonio Houston. ...Read More

Associated Press The Top 25 roundup ... LAWRENCE, Kan. — Cole Aldrich scored six points during a 16-1 run and Kansas used a big second half to stretch its home winning streak to 55 games. The Jayhawks (22-1, 8-0 Big 12) led almost the entire first ha ...Read More

Associated Press The ACC roundup ... BLACKSBURG, Va. — Malcolm Delaney tied the Virginia Tech single-game record for free throws by scoring 20 of his 30 points from the line and the Hokies used a huge advantage at the stripe to post a 70-59 victory ...Read More

Associated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Ishmael Smith scored 15 points and dished out five assists to lead Wake Forest to a 64-61 overtime win over Virginia on Saturday. Al-Farouq Aminu had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (16-5, 6-3 AC ...Read More

Associated Press ATLANTA — Zachery Peacock has seen Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt angry plenty of times. But after a Yellow Jackets victory? This might have been a first. "I totally understand what he's feeling," said Peacock. "We're not playing our ...Read More

Associated Press BOSTON — The Duke Blue Devils didn't make as many free throws as they usually do. They just made the ones they needed most. Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith scored 21 points apiece, each hitting two foul shots in the last 26 seconds after ...Read More

Associated Press NEW YORK — Derrio Green scored 24 points to lead Charlotte in a 77-72 win over Fordham on Saturday. Shamari Spears chipped in with 15 points and 13 rebounds for the 49ers (18-5, 8-1 Atlantic 10 Conference), who have won their past se ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com The second half started, and more than two minutes passed before Shamari Spears made a 3-pointer to end Charlotte's scoring drought against George Washington. The 49ers took their first lead of the half w ...Read More

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Shortly before the Southeastern Conference's start last month, Devan Downey met with South Carolina coach Darrin Horn, who clicked on tape of his star guard's all-out play from a year ago. Back then, the 5-foot-9 Dow ...Read More

Associated Press The college hoops notebook ... SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Duke's Jon Scheyer is among the finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in college basketball. The other ACC finalist is Maryland's Greivis Vasquez. Senior ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com Charlotte freshman K.J. Sherrill looks more capable of handling the rigors of high-end Division I basketball. The next step is proving it with his play. Sherrill, a former West Rowan star, is a 6-foot-7, ...Read More

By Hank Kurz Jr. Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. — Five consecutive losses against North Carolina, including two in the final seconds, left Virginia Tech not caring which Tar Heels team it had beaten."The name on the jersey is big," Hokies forward T ...Read More

By Joedy McCreary Associated Press DURHAM — Kyle Singler went to the bench and clutched his banged-up right wrist. Then he came back onto the court, rattled in a 3-pointer to beat the halftime buzzer and kept making those long-range shots during th ...Read More

Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Greivis Vasquez scored 23 points as Maryland overcame a late rally to beat Florida State 71-67 on Thursday night. Maryland (15-6, 5-2 ACC) led by as many as nine points in the second half, but FSU (16-5, 4-4) tied ...Read More

Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina starts the season with a big nonconference game and ends it with a traditional rival. The ACC released its composite schedule Thursday, and it shows the Tar Heels facing LSU in Atlanta on Sept. 4. North C ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com Apparently, neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night can stop a mailman — or a Catawba recruit. Laurez Matthews, a defensive back from Fort Dorchester, S.C., will have a recruiting story to tell his grandch ...Read More

Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — James Hurst and T.J. Leifheit are already on campus at North Carolina, working in the weight room and studying film to get ready for spring practice. The offensive linemen are part of the Tar Heels' 21-player recruiti ...Read More

Associated Press NEW YORK — This much is certain at Florida: Any doubts about Urban Meyer's future with the Gators didn't hurt their recruiting one bit this year. Florida landed the top-rated recruiting class in the country Wednesday, the first and ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com CHARLOTTE — Shamari Spears can remember attending Charlotte games at Halton Arena almost a decade ago as a basketball-crazed eighth-grader. He appreciated the skill and intensity on display even though th ...Read More