From staff and wire reports
UNC Pembroke pulled away late and beat Catawba 78-66 on Saturday in the SAC/PBC Challenge at Francis Marion’s Smith University Center.
James Murray-Boyles came off the bench to score 22 points for the Braves (1-1) . He went 14-for-14 at the foul line.
UNCP, ranked 11th, won the game at the foul line, shooting 32-for-36. Catawba was 13-for-21 on free throws.
Rakeen Brown and freshman Malik Constantine paced Catawba with 13 points apiece. Jerrin Morrison finished with 10 points, while red-shirt freshman Jeremy McLaughlin had nine points and nine rebounds.
Catawba was out-rebounded 44-31. The Indians shot a bit under 40 percent and went 3-for-15 from the foul line.
Catawba returns to action Wednesday with an exhibition game at D-I Radford.

UNCP 78, Catawba 66

CATAWBA (0-2)
Constantine 13, Brown 13, Morrison 10, McLaughlin 9, Taylor 8, Barber 5, Ingram 4, Warren 2, Sampah 2, Houston, Sealey, Childress, Burney, Perkins. Marijosius.
UNCP (1-1)
Murray-Boyles 22, Watts 16, Bradley 10, Rose 10, Wright 5, Winford 5, Kordenbrock 4, Mounce 4, Smith 2.
Half: UNCP 28, Catawba 25.

Catawba women
The Catawba women’s basketball team held off Barton 86-78 on Saturday in Charlotte.
Catawba (2-0) got another big game from Bri Johnson, who scored 24 points.
Terri Rogers, who went 8-for-8 from the field, and Zhaquondalee Greer scored 16 each.
Barton put five players in double figures led by Tatyana Jackson’s 18.
Catawba had a 43-33 rebounding edge and shot 58 percent in the second half.
Catawba 86, Barton 78

CATAWBA (2-0)
Johnson 24, Greer 16, Rogers 16, Newbold 8, Butler 6, K. Brown 4, S. Brown 4, Hodges 3, Dixon 3, Ucinski 2, Tamasauskaite, Franklin.BARTON (1-1)
Jackson 18, Smith 15, Carter 14, Kimble 13, Wynn 10, Dean 4, Williams 2, Neal 1, Shannon 1,
Half: Catawba 44, Barton 28

Catawba volleyball
Catawba closed out the regular season with a sweep of host Brevard in SAC volleyball action on Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Gym.
The Catawba Indians won 25-22, 25-21 and 25-19 to improve to 15-14 overall and 12-10 in the SAC. The Tornados fell to 12-16 and 9-13.
Bri Howard put down 17 kills for the Indians.
Hannah Elmore (Carson) led Brevard with 10 kills, two blocks and two aces.

SAC tournament
Friday, Nov. 20 (at Anderson University)
Game 1: #1 Wingate vs. #8 Brevard, noon
Game 2: #4 Lincoln Memorial vs. #5 Catawba, 2:30pm
Game 3: #2 Carson-Newman vs. #7 Anderson, 5:00pm
Game 4: #3 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. #6 Queens, 7:30pm

CIAA football
Winston-Salem State placekicker Will Johnson kicked a 23-yard field goal at the horn to lift Winston-Salem State to a 17-14 win against Bowie State in Durham in Saturday’s CIAA championship game.
It was the third CIAA title for the Rams (6-5) in the last five years.
Bowie State (9-2) lost for the first time this season to a C IAA opponent.

Racing
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Busch won yet another Xfinity Series race and immediately turned his attention to the big picture — racing for NASCAR’s top title.
Busch dominated again at Phoenix International Raceway, leading 190 of 200 laps Saturday.