NEW YORK (AP) β Ron Hainsey scored at 2:21 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders last night. Brock McGinn and Chris Terry scored in regulation to help Carolina win its second straight to cap a 4-3-0 road trip. Eddie Lack stopped 17 shots.
PITTSBURGH (AP) β Marquise Williams threw two long touchdown passes and North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 26-19 last night in a matchup of Atlantic Coast Conference upstarts. The unexpected ACC Coastal showdown was the first of a three-week round-robin that will likely determine the division title.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β North Carolina and South Carolina will play baseball in Charlotte next spring. BB&T Ballpark announced Wednesday that the two baseball teams will meet on the home field of the Charlotte Knights on April 12. The agreement calls for another game in 2017 in Charlotte.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) β Luther “Ticky” Burden, an All-America basketball guard at Utah, has died. He was 62. Family friend Lut (lyut) Williams said Burden died in his sleep Thursday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Burden is the sixth-leading scorer in Utah history with 1,790 points.
