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Mike Potter ·
23 Nov 2009, 12:01 AM ·
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N.C. Central had another respectable showing in the 2K Sports Classic in Miami, but in the end Murray State was just too deep.
B.J. Jenkins’ 16 points led five Racers in double figures as they topped the Eagles 84-61 in their men’s basketball contest Sunday night.
Nick Chasten (pictured) also had 16 points to lead the 1-4 Eagles, who will play their final game of the event today at 4 p.m. against James Madison (1-2). The Dukes beat host Florida International 81-68 on Sunday.
C.J. Wilkerson had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Eagles, while Michael Glasker chipped in 11 points.
Ivan Aska scored 15 points, Danero Thomas and Isaiah Canaan 13 each and Isacc Miles 10 for the Racers (3-1), who outshot NCCU 52.8 percent to 36.8.
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Mike Potter ·
20 Nov 2009, 1:02 AM ·
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LeVelle Moton and Isiah Thomas each got his first win as a college basketball coach earlier this week.
After tonight, one of them is going to be on a two-game winning streak.
Moton’s N.C. Central club (1-2) will play its second game in Miami so far this season tonight at 7, when the Eagles visit Thomas’ Florida International club (1-3).
It’s a part of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, in which both teams already had a loss at UNC.
The Eagles will play two more games after tonight in the round-robin event on the Golden Panthers’ floor, taking on Murray State on Sunday at 8 p.m. and James Madison on Monday at 4.
NCCU will probably continue to be without forward Lamar Pittman, who remains day-to-day as he recovers from knee surgery of last fall. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
12 Nov 2009, 12:19 AM ·
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SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL LeVelle Moton’s first game assignment as N.C. Central’s head basketball coach wasn’t supposed to be easy, and in fact he said he relished the challenge.
The Eagles, coming off a 4-27 campaign and in their third season of Division I basketball, come into Wednesday’s game as prohibitive underdogs against defending NCAA champion North Carolina, which is ranked No. 4 nationally.
It is the schools’ historic first meeting, although they have squared off before in an exhibition back in 2003 when Roy Williams was in his first season as UNC head coach. The Tar Heels won that one in 97-59 at the Smith Center over an NCCU team coached by Phil Spence.
The game is part of the 2K Sports Classic Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer, and everybody can see it on ESPNU. And it pretty much turns out as expected, as the Tar Heels roll 89-42 behind a career high-tying 17 points from Marcus Ginyard (pictured) in front of about a two-thirds-full arena on a cold, rainy night.
The games in the 12-team festival are already preset except for what will likely be the mythical championship game.
The Tar Heels will end up at Madison Square Garden Nov. 19-20, facing Ohio State in the semifinals and either St. John’s of California the next night.
NCCU, meanwhile, will finish its participation in the event in Miami, where the Eagles will face host Florida International on Nov. 20, Murray State on Nov. 22 and James Madison on Nov. 23.
UNC has already disposed of FIU, under new coach Isiah Thomas, 88-72 on Wednesday night. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
11 Nov 2009, 2:02 AM ·
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LeVelle Moton may not have known quite what he was getting into when he first decided he wanted to be a college basketball coach.
Tonight at 9, he finds out.
In his very first game Moton (pictured top left), who was an assistant at his alma mater for two seasons before taking over the reins, will lead his N.C. Central team against defending NCAA champion UNC (1-0) at the Smith Center.
Roy Williams (pictured at right) coaches the No. 4 Tar Heels, who will be heavy favorites in a game shown on ESPNU. NCCU was 4-27 last season in Henry Dickerson’s final season as head coach, and NCCU’s third season as a transitional Division I member.
The contest is part of the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, which UNC helped tip off on Monday night with an 88-72 win over visiting Florida
International in Isiah Thomas’ first game as the Golden Panthers’ head coach.
Moton said he’s probably going to try to come with some odd wrinkles to try to keep up with the Tar Heels.
“That’s the tough thing about this transition and being a ‘low major’ school,” Moton said. “You can be the best running team in ‘low major’ basketball D-I, but Wednesday night if we try to go out there and run with those guys, you’ll get run off the court.
“I read an English parable in 12th grade, and I’ll never forget it. It was about a hedgehog and a fox and it was talking about how the fox had so many deceptive ways of trying to run up on him. And each time, the hedgehog would just ball up in a circle and his spikes would come out and that’s how he defended himself. And so every day the fox would come from different angles, from under a tree, under a bush, whatever, and the hedgehog just did what he did. And that’s pretty much how Carolina is. They just do what they do, and you’re just not going to out-man them. I guess we’ve got to be the fox and come up with some clever ways to gain an advantage.”
The “tournament” continues in a few days with games at New York’s Madison Square Garden and in Miami at Florida International.
The Tar Heels will play Ohio State on Nov. 19, then the winner of that night’s California-Syracuse game the next day.
NCCU will visit FIU on Nov. 20, and then take on Murray State on Nov. 22 and James Madison on Nov. 23 in Miami.
Tonight’s game
N.C. Central at UNC
[Wednesday, 9 p.m., Smith Center]
Records: NCCU 4-27 (2008-09), UNC 1-0.
Video: ESPNU
Audio: WCHL-AM 1360, WRJD-AM 1410, WRDU-FM 106.1
Coaches’ records - NCCU: LeVelle Moton 0-0; UNC: Roy Williams 595-138, 177-37 at UNC.
Leading scorers - NCCU (returnee from 08-09): Vincent Davis 11.2; UNC: Deon Thompson 20.0.
Leading rebounders - NCCU (returnee from 08-09): Vincent Davis 4.0; UNC: Ed Davis 11.0.
Assist leaders - NCCU (returnees from 08-09): Michael Glasker 2.3; UNC: Larry Drew II 6.0.
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Mike Potter ·
30 Sep 2009, 4:42 PM ·
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Eleven home games plus trips to UNC and N.C. State highlight this season’s N.C. Central men’s basketball schedule
under new coach LeVelle Moton (pictured).
The Tar Heels and Wolfpack , which NCCU will face for the third straight season, are two of four ACC opponents along with Miami and Virginia Tech Moton’s team will be facing this time.
Other familiar opponents will include High Point, Savannah State and Longwood - with whom the Eagles will have home-and-home sets for the third straight season - as well as a visit to Colgate to face the Red Raiders for the third straight year.
The Eagles have six games on the schedule against in-state opponents, as they will host N.C. Wesleyan on Nov. 18 and travel to East Carolina on Jan. 3.
There is also one MEAC opponent on the slate, as Maryland-Eastern Shore will visit McLendon-McDougald Gym.
The Nov. 11 game with the Tar Heels, which will be both teams’ opener in the 2K Sports Classic Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer, will be shown live at 9 p.m. on ESPN2. The rest of the event will have the Eagles visiting Florida International for games against the host Golden Panthers as well as Murray State and James Madison.
The UNC contest is one of the Eagles’ three scheduled TV games, as they will be on the Big Ten Network at Iowa on Nov. 28 at 12:35 p.m. and at Indiana on Dec. 19 at 8:30.
NCCU will also host the B.C. Powder Classic on Jan. 15-16, taking on Tennessee Temple and Apprentice with CIAA member Chowan as the de facto co-host.
The Eagles’ other home opponents will be Carver Bible, Florida Gulf Coast, Western Illinois and Coastal Carolina.
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Joe Schwartz ·
12 Sep 2009, 10:14 PM ·
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N.C. State Quarterback Russell Wilson scrambles past Murrary State's Lamar Hall in the first quarter of the contest. (Photo by Rob Rowe)
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH - George Costanza would’ve been proud of the N.C. State Wolfpack on Saturday night as they crushed Murray State 65-7.
For the balding down-on-his luck Jew it was no more tuna on toast, and a new day with chicken salad on white bread, untoasted. For the Wolfpack, Instead of fumbling on the first offensive play as they did against South Carolina, they recovered a fumble on Murray State’s first play. Instead of an anemic offense that put up 3 points and 133 total yards, they scored on every possession. Instead of a sellout and a national television audience, there was no TV broadcast and a stadium that cleared out by halftime. But could you blame them?
Name a record and there’s a chance N.C. State achieved it against their Football Championship Subdivision foes. They had 45 points at halftime, the most the most since 2001. The 65 on the board at the final whistle were the most of O’Brien’s coaching career and as many as the Wolfpack have scored since 1920. Quarterback Russell WIlson had a career-high four touchdown passes — at halftime. He also passed former Buffalo signal-caller Drew Willy for second place all-time in most consecutive passes without an interception with 293 attempts. He’s just 32 short of Andre Woodson’s record.
It was exactly what they needed to build some confidence after last week.
“It seems like it took us a long time to play again after the South Carolina game,” N.C. State Head Coach Tom O’Brien said. “Certainly we think we made some improvements but we have a lot more to go. We understand that more of the teams we’re going to play in this league are like South Carolina than like Murray State.”
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Joe Schwartz ·
11 Sep 2009, 2:39 PM ·
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N.C. State (0-1) vs. Murray State (1-0)
6 p.m., Saturday, Carter-Finley Stadium
Video on Accsports.com, Audio on 101.5 WRAL FM
Key stats … Coming off a heated North vs. South battle last week against Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks, N.C. State now gets to start a new history. This marks not only the first meeting between the Wolfpack and Murray State of the Football Championship Division (formerly I-AA), but also the first time the Racers have faced any ACC school. The game seems a cupcake on it’s face, but that’s probably what Duke and Virginia thought last week before they fell to Richmond and William & Mary, respectively.
The Racers from Kentucky are talented. Last week against Kentucky Wesleyan they set a school record by scoring in seven different ways, including two safeties in the first half in a 66-10 drubbing. Make no mistake, this is a huge stepup in competition. Murray State failed to score an offensive touchdown last year in two contests against Football Bowl Division opponents Western Kentucky and Indiana.
N.C. State will win if … They get back to the basics. Hanging onto the football (Toney Baker’s fumble on the team’s first offensive play proved the difference last week), protecting the quarterback and achieving some offensive balance. They’ll have to improve on their 133 yards of total offense from last week not only to win, but to gain confidence for Pittsburgh next week. If the defense plays as well as it did against South Carolina, Murray State won’t find pay dirt.
Murray State will win if … They can get after the quarterback, play ball control football, keep it close and knick it at the end. Short of that they’ll need return man Marcus Harris to duplicate last week’s effort when he scored on both a kickoff and punt return. They also need to pretend no one is watching. They had 6,000 fans last week. This week they’ll contend with 50,000 enemies, likely a few taking advantage of the two tickets for $24 deal.
Players to watch … With 14 students bearing “Wilson4Heisman” across their chests N.C. State Quarterback Russell Wilson, who’s on Maxwell Award watch list, looked pedestrian against a stout South Carolina defense last week. But any quarterback, even Wilson, won’t look great when they’re sacked six times. Look for him to rebound and for his offensive line to give him more time in the pocket.
The key question is if the Wolfpack line can prevent 6-7 270 pound sackmaster Austin Lane out of the backfield.
Vegas line None.
Score prediction and brief explanation This week is just what the Wolfpack need, if they take advantage of it. The offensive line will want to prove its worth this week, and Wilson should have time to pick apart the Pacer defense. Murray State could provide a few highlights and thrills, but they just aren’t in the same league, even with an N.C. State team that was disappointing in its opener. N.C. State 31 Murray State 10
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