Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, January 27, 2019

USF Breaks Away From ECU In The Second Half…Lady Pirates Unable To Hold Off Temple’s Second Half Surge…Pirate T&F Wins Three Events At Penn State National Open…UConn backcourt leads Huskies past Wichita State, 80-60…NC State beats Clemson at the buzzer, 69-67, on Braxton Beverly’s game saving shot…Novak Djokovic Defeats Rafael Nadal for His 7th Australian Open Title

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Basketball News
Yetna sparks USF past Pirates Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Tennis Picks Up A Pair Of Wins In Annapolis
• Pirate T&F Wins Three Events At Penn State National Open
• USF Breaks Away From ECU In The Second Half
• Lady Pirates Unable To Hold Off Temple’s Second Half Surge

Bulls rally to extend ECU’s losing streak Greenville Daily Reflector

Bulls use big second half to sprint past Pirates WNCT 9

WITN 7

• Bulls use big second half to bounce ECU, 77-57
• Lady Pirates unable to hold off Temple’s second half surge

247 Sports

• USF pulls away from ECU inside Minges
• USF 77, ECU 57: How it looked from the baselines

USF Topples ECU 77-57 Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

 

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The Associated Press

• Yetna nets career-high 28 pts as S Florida downs E Carolina
• UConn backcourt leads Huskies past Wichita State, 80-60
• SMU rallies late to finish season sweep of Tulane, 85-75

Shockers, Owls Earn First WBB Conference Wins on Saturday theamerican.org

Laquincy Rideau nearing USF’s steals record Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• Surging UCF, potent Memphis set to face off at FedEx Forum
• UCF baseball to rely on variety of pitchers to open 2019 season

Jalen Adams, Christian Vital lead UConn men past Wichita State 80-60 Hartford Courant

Wichita State’s road drought, its longest in 18 years, continue with UConn loss Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State beats Clemson at the buzzer, 69-67, on Braxton Beverly’s game saving shot
• Duke had all its freshmen starters again. That didn’t make beating Georgia Tech easy

Charlotte Observer

• Clemson collapses late, loses at the buzzer at No. 21 NC State
• South Carolina rally falls short as OSU edges Gamecocks in SEC/Big 12 Challenge
• Tre Jones returns, Duke rallies to beat Georgia Tech
• Spurrier’s last stand begins at the Alamo
• New athletics director delivers challenge. But is it too big, bold for tiny Davidson?

Punch-less Wake Forest wilts down the stretch, falls to Boston College Winston Salem Journal

The Associated Press

• Huskers’ Isaac Copeland out for season after tearing his ACL
• Dziagwa, late surge, lifts Okla. St. to win over S. Carolina
• Beverly’s 3 helps No. 21 NC State rally past Clemson 69-67
• Dosunmu, Illinois beat No. 13 Maryland 78-67 at MSG
• SEC/Big 12 Challenge gets six-year contract extension
• Gudmundsson hits 2 FTs, Davidson edges Saint Louis 54-53
• Elon wins 89-82, its first in 43 years at UNCW
• Bowman 3 lifts BC over Wake Forest 65-61
• NC A&T goes to 6-0 in MEAC, holds off NC Central 51-48
• Miller scores 22; UNC Greensboro cruises past Mercer 88-81
• Holmes, Moore lift USC Upstate to 1st conference win 80-63
• Coastal Carolina beats Arkansas State 77-64
• Jones leads Charleston Southern past Gardner-Webb 74-60

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Hokies lose WRs coach to Alabama, hire former Maryland assistant
• Teel: Rash of transfers speaks to a troubling vibe at Virginia Tech