No. 11 ECU Walks Off No. 15 North Carolina To Clinch Series Victory…Pirates Shut Down N.C. Central To Conclude Pirate Invitational…Damon Magazu, back at ECU as a coach, ready to get to work for his alma mater

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Throng cheers walk off, Pirates take UNC series

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Walks Off No. 15 North Carolina To Clinch Series Victory
• Pirates Shut Down N.C. Central To Conclude Pirate Invitational
• Pirates Finish Fourth At Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational

No. 11 ECU walks off No. 15 North Carolina to clinch …  WNCT 9

11th ranked ECU baseball walks-off to win, series win over 15th ranked UNC WITN 7

247 Sports

• PODCAST: ECU captures drama-filled series win over UNC
• ECU walks off UNC, 10-9, to take big early season series
• ECU 10, UNC 9: How it looked from the dugouts
• Damon Magazu, back at ECU as a coach, ready to get to work for his alma mater

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU baseball: Pirates walk off UNC for series-clinching win
• ECU women’s basketball: Pirates hold off SMU for road win

Memphis at East Carolina odds, tips and betting trends USA Today

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 11 East Carolina Defeats No. 15 North Carolina, 7-4 Saturday
• Rice, UTSA and Tulsa Earn Saturday Wins
• North Texas Defeats UAB For Crucial Women’s Hoops Win
• FIU Captures 2024 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
• No. 3 James Madison, Cincinnati Extend Winning Streaks Sunday

In front of another sellout, USF sets program record with 13th straight win Tampa Tribune

Memphis Tigers take down Florida Atlantic Owls in new American Conference rivalry game SB Nation

David Jones piles up 25 points, 11 rebounds as Memphis tops Florida Atlantic Sun Sentinel

Memphis basketball holds on to beat FAU. Here are 5 observations from the Tigers’ win USA Today

Tulsa World

• Tulsa women rally past South Florida behind Delanie Crawford, Elise Hill
• Tulsa’s Jared Garcia haunts his former team in Hurricane comeback win | Barry Lewis’ three takeaways

NOLA.com

• Same old story: Tulane men’s hoops suffers another frustrating home loss to UAB
• Tulane hits eight batters, then implodes in seventh inning during loss to UC-Irvine

Temple completes comeback against Wichita State with overtime win  Temple News

Dezonie’s tip-in helps seal Temple’s OT win at Wichita State 247 Sports

SMU still in search of 20th win after Mustangs fall to South Florida Dallas Morning News

UNT softball team caps bounce-back weekend with win over SFA Denton Record Chronicle

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA snaps seven-game slide, winning at North Texas for first time since 2015
• Kyra White leads UTSA in rout of Florida Atlantic

Houston Chronicle

• South Florida win streak reaches 13 after 79-68 victory over SMU
• Travis Evee scores 34 points as Rice defeats East Carolina

UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg records 13th double-double to power Blazers past Tulane AL.com

In a game that ‘honors toughness,’ Wichita State basketball came up lacking on Sunday Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• While Filipowski injury concerns Duke, don’t overlook another ailing player from loss at Wake
• As NC State basketball lives on the bubble, Wolfpack tries to ‘focus on the next one’
• UNC basketball finds a way at Virginia — and ending the losing streak was only part of it
• Duke’s Filipowski injured when fans storm court at Wake Forest. Coaches, player react

WRAL

• Duke tops No. 6 North Carolina State 69-58 for 2nd victory over ranked foe in 4 days
• NC State suffers first back-to-back losses, downed by Duke
• Kitley scores 34, No. 8 Virginia Tech beats UNC 74-62 for a share of the regular-season ACC title
• Duke’s Filipowski hobbled after fan collision during court-storming following Wake Forest’s win

Winston Salem Journal

• ACC commissioner sends out statement after court storming at Joel Coliseum
• Third-seeded WSSU will try to defend its CIAA title this week in Baltimore
• Jaylen Alston of WSSU named player of the year; Cleo Hill Jr. is coach of the year in the CIAA
• St. John’s beats No. 15 Creighton 80-66 at MSG for biggest win under Pitino

Columbia The State

• How USC and Columbia landed a Manchester United vs. Liverpool friendly soccer match
• South Carolina basketball can clinch a top-four seed for the SEC in a crowded year
• No. 1 South Carolina routs Kentucky to complete regular-season sweep of Wildcats
• How South Carolina baseball secured Sunday victory, series win over Belmont
• South Carolina baseball loses first game of season to Belmont

Charleston Post & Courier

• No. 1 Gamecocks crush Kentucky; ensure they are lone SEC champions
• Messina homers twice as Gamecocks blast Belmont
• Clemson beats FSU, continues ACC climb

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Coach Jeff Jones makes pregame appearance, then inspired Monarchs blow out Coastal Carolina
• College women’s basketball roundup: Virginia earns road upset of No. 20 Louisville
• Region/state roundup: No. 8 CNU, No. 9 Virginia Wesleyan sweep doubleheaders in softball

The Associated Press

• Zach Edey scores 35 and helps No. 3 Purdue beat Michigan 84-76
• Jones has happy birthday with 2nd straight 34-point game in No. 7 Marquette’s 88-64 rout of Xavier
• Juwan Gary scores 22, hits 4 3s to help Nebraska beat Minnesota 73-55
• No. 16 Dayton plays Davidson following Holmes’ 26-point performance
• No. 2 Houston plays Cincinnati, seeks 25th victory this season