From staff and wire reports

High school basketball playoffs start tonight.

Admission is $6.

Salisbury’s girls (20-2) are hosting Hunter Huss (9-14) at 7 p.m.

Huss is led by two young guards. Sophomore Nautica Falls and junior Alexis Murriel average double figures for the Huskies.

Carson’s girls (20-6) are hosting Tuscola (14-12) at 6 p.m.

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North Rowan boys (14-11) are at Lake Norman Charter (19-7) at 7 p.m.

Seniors Troy Cracknell (6-4) and Grayson Hickert (6-7) combine for 35 points per game for LNC.

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Carson’s boys (14-10) are at Belmont South Point  (15-10) at 7 p.m.

South Point has three double-figure scorers in 6-1 junior Blake Zieske, 6-5 junior Moses Nueman and 6-5 senior Nick Muse.

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Salisbury’s boys (14-7) are at North Wilkes at 7:30 p.m. Senior Jordan Wallis is the top player for North Wilkes (19-7).

South Rowan’s girls (14-11) are at Pisgah (19-5).

West Rowan’s girls (13-12) are at Gastonia Ashbrook (24-2).  Juniors Evonna McGill (6-2) and Trinity Jones (5-8) average 15 points each to lead the Green Wave.

  West Rowan’s boys (17-9) are making a long trip to Waynesville Tuscola (17-10). Landon Henley, a 6-6 sophomore, averages 20.1 points and 12.5 rebounds for Tuscola. Senior Anthony Westhusing (6-4) averages 19.4 points per game.

Second-round games will be played on Thursday with the team with the better seed hosting.

See Scoreboard for all the Round 1 pairings.

Livingstone hoops

Livingstone’s Zena Lovette was named to the All-CIAA  team. She averaged 17.0 points and 9.2 rebounds.

Livingstone’s women will play in the CIAA tournament on Wednesday in a 10 a.m. game against the Virginia State-St. Augustine’s winner.

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Livingstone’s   David Duncan was named to the  All-CIAA men’s team.

Duncan average 12.5 points  and 8.3 rebounds.

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Livingstone’s Roger Ray  was named to the CIAA All-Rookie team.

Livingstone will debut in the CIAA tournament on Thursday with a 1 p.m. game against Chowan.

All-CIAA

Men’s Front Court

Quincy January, St. Augustine’s

Elijah Moore, Virginia State

Richard Granberry, Virginia State

Jeremy Smith, Chowan

William Crandell, Winston-Salem State

David Duncan, Livingstone

Joshua Cassady, Shaw

Men’s Back Court

Ray Anderson, Virginia Union

Benji Bell, Shaw

Kevin Williams, Virginia State

Anthony Gaskins, St. Augustine’s

Marco Haskins, Chowan

Women’s Front Court

Lady Walker, Virginia Union

Jordan Payne, Chowan

Alexis Johnson, Virginia Union

Blaire Thomas, JC Smith

Kandace Tate, Winston-Salem State

Taylor Daniels, Virginia State

Women’s Back Court

Kyah Proctor, Bowie State

Brittany Jackson, Virginia Union

Zena Lovette, Livingstone

Nandi Taylor, Virginia Union

Jayda Luckie, Virginia Union

Women’s golf

UNC Pembroke’s Alexandria Bare (South Rowan) shot 77-84 in the first two rounds of the Lady Moc Classic in Lakeland, Fla.

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Catawba is in a tie for 13th after Monday’s first round of the Converse Spring Invite.

King leads the 19-team field by a single shot over Lincoln Memorial after an opening 315. Converse is three shots back. Catawba posted a score of 337.

Victoria Hedrick  led Catawba in the first round with a 79. Jaime Cassell  followed with an 85, and Kaley Barts posted an 86.

College baseball

Catawba outfielder Luke Setzer (East Rowan), who is batting .500, was named Catawba’s Male Athlete of the Week,

Catawba is home today at 3 p.m. against Pfeiffer.

College softball

Pfeiffer’s Sydney Poole (East Rowan) was the winning pitcher in relief twice  on Sunday, as the Falcons  won 6-4 and 4-3 in eight innings against Columbus State.

Poole is 4-0. The Falcons are 9-1. She was named Pfeiffer’s Female Athlete of the Week.

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Catawba won against Goldey-Beacom on Sunday, 8-3.

Freshman Kaylee Cook (A.L. Brown)  pitched a complete game for her first college win.

Kristen Stinnard had three hits. Leah Huggins, Katherine Shumaker and Cook had two each.

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Catawba lost to Mount Olive, 7-6, on Sunday at Whitley Field.

Huggins drove in three runs for the Indians. Huggins and Delane Smith had two hits each.

College tennis

The Catawba men’s and women’s tennis teams claimed South Atlantic Conference wins over visiting Brevard on Sunday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center.

The Catawba  men improved to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in the SAC with an 8-1 victory, while the women took a 9-0 decision to move to 8-1 and 1-1. Brevard’s men fell to 1-6 and 0-3 and the women to 0-5 and 0-3.

Local golf

Competition was in the air  for the McCanless Couples on Sunday.

The team of Mary Seaford, Azalee Story, Ralph Carver, David Huneycutt and Susan Wydner  rose up to the challenge by edging the second place team of Frankie Jones, Calvin Smith, Walt Kincaid and Lexi Miller.

Wydner had the longest putt.

Vernon Hunt had the longest putt on Feb. 12.

Women’s basketball

UNC Pembroke’s Avery Locklear (South Rowan) has been named to the Peach Belt Conference All-Academic team.

Men’s basketball

Markeise Crutchfield scored 25 points to lead Davidson County Community College to a 91-88 win against Bryant & Stratton.

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Catawba is home against Wingate on Wednesday night. The men will play at 8 p.m., following a women’s game at 6 p.m.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.   — After West Virginia coach Bob Huggins dropped to his knees and clutched his chest in a scary moment before halftime, Jevon Carter finished with 24 points to lead the Mountaineers over Texas, 77-62.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.  — Bruce Brown made a 3-pointer with 23.8 seconds left in overtime and Miami gave 19th-ranked Virginia its fourth straight loss, 54-48. Brown scored 14 points to lead the Hurricanes (19-8, 9-6 ACC to their third consecutive win.

Devon Hall scored 15 points to lead Virginia (18-9, 8-7), which last lost four straight contests.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.   — Dwayne Bacon had 16 points and all 13 Florida State players had at least four points in a 104-72 romp against Boston College. The Seminoles stopped a two-game slide.

Bacon went over the 1,000-point mark for his career on a 3-pointer early in the second half after going scoreless in last Saturday’s loss at Pittsburgh.

PJ Savoy added 15 points and the Seminoles’ bench accounted for 59 points. Jonathan Isaac (14 points) and Jarquez Smith (10) also scored in double figures, and FSU (22-6, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed and led by 34 (75-41) six minutes into the second half.

Kai Bowman had 24 points and Jerome Robinson 21 for Boston College (9-19, 2-13), which has lost 11 straight and 13 of its last 14.

Top 25 Capsules

By The Associated Press

NO. 12 WEST VIRGINIA 77, TEXAS 62

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — After West Virginia coach Bob Huggins dropped to his knees and clutched his chest in a scary moment before halftime, Jevon Carter finished with 24 points to lead the Mountaineers over.

Lamont West had 23 points, helping WVU (22-6, 10-5 Big 12) shake off a slow start and its coach’s frightening fall.

Huggins went down during a timeout just before halftime, and his players quickly came to his aid. Huggins stood, briefly massaged his chest and stayed on the sideline.

It wasn’t immediately known whether Huggins received medical attention at halftime, but he returned to coach in the second half.

ESPN’s Holly Rowe said Huggins told her at halftime that he thought his defibrillator went off. A West Virginia basketball spokesman had no immediate comment.

Jarrett Allen led Texas (10-18, 4-11) with 17 points.

MIAMI 54, NO. 18 VIRGINIA 48

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Bruce Brown made a 3-pointer with 23.8 seconds left in overtime and Miami gave Virginia its fourth straight loss.

Brown scored 14 points to lead the Hurricanes (19-8, 9-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) to their third consecutive victory. Kamari Murphy and Dejan Vasiljevic added 10 points each.

Devon Hall scored 15 points to lead Virginia (18-9, 8-7), which last lost four straight in 2009-10, Tony Bennett’s first season as coach. Isaiah Wilkins added 10 points and 10 rebounds, including two free throws with four seconds left in regulation to tie it.

Miami thought it had won when Davon Reed hit a 3-pointer at the end of the second half, but a video review was used to determine he released the ball just after the buzzer.

A putback by Marial Shayok with 39 seconds left gave the Cavaliers a 48-47 lead, but Brown made his only 3-pointer of the game on the Hurricanes’ ensuing possession, and Miami sealed it at the free-throw line.

NO. 19 FLORIDA STATE 104, BOSTON COLLEGE 72

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Dwayne Bacon had 16 points and all 13 Florida State players had at least four points, helping the Seminoles bounce back from two straight losses with a victory over Boston College.

Bacon went over the 1,000-point mark for his career on a 3-pointer early in the second half after going scoreless in last Saturday’s loss at Pittsburgh.

PJ Savoy added 15 points and the Seminoles’ bench accounted for 59 points. Jonathan Isaac (14 points) and Jarquez Smith (10) also scored in double figures, and FSU (22-6, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed and led by 34 (75-41) six minutes into the second half.

Kai Bowman had 24 points and Jerome Robinson 21 for Boston College (9-19, 2-13), which has lost 11 straight and 13 of its last 14.