RALEIGH – N.C. State never trailed N.C. Central, yet it took a harder-than-expected effort to defeat the visitors from Durham.
Fighting off the Eagles over the final five minutes of Sunday game, the Wolfpack escaped Reynolds Coliseum with a 65-60 victory secured at the free throw line.
RALEIGH – Upper Room Christian Academy senior Rodney Purvis has re-opened his recruiting process and announced a revised list of schools he’s considering for the 20012-13 season.
Purvis, a 6-foot-4 senior guard who pulled his verbal commitment from Louisville in May, said he’s now, in no order, considering offers from: Connecticut, Memphis, Missouri, N.C. Central, N.C. State, Ohio State, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia.
Purvis and his mother, Shanda McNair, said they have no time frame on a decision, but may wait to after they take five official visits, interact with coaching staffs during home visits and thoroughly evaluate each program.
“Instead of rushing into another decision,” Purvis said. “I get to sit down and talk with the coaches more. Gain relationship with every coach on the staff. Just get a good feel for the campuses ... and see what fits my style of play the best.”
The next two weekends will be busy ones in the Triangle as our local universities send their latest batches of graduates out into the world.
Here's the rundown (click the links for more info on each):
Saturday, May 8
Shaw University, 11 a.m., Dorton Arena.
Peace College, 10 a.m., on the College Green.
Saint Augustine's College, 9 a.m., Front Lawn
Sunday, May 9
UNC-Chapel Hill, 9:30 a.m., Kenan Stadium
Meredith College, 10 a.m. McIver Amphitheater
Saturday, May 15
N.C. State, 9 a.m., RBC Center
N.C. Central University, 8 a.m., O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium,
Sunday, May 16
Duke University, 10 a.m. Wallace Wade Stadium
Enloe point guard will join Coach Levelle Moton's N.C. Central club.
DURHAM -- Early last week, Duke coach David Cutcliffe said the Blue
Devils were not a "good" football team -- a candid remark that
represented the team's ineffectiveness and inconsistency in three
previous games.
On Saturday against N.C. Central, the Devils (2-2) made strides to
change their coaches' perspective, pounding the Eagles (0-4) when they
needed and capturing a 49-14 victory at Wallace Wade Stadium in the
first game between the neighboring schools.
Scheduling conflicts for two of the headliners have forced cancellation of the Moton, Noel and May Celebrity Golf Classic.
The event hosted by new N.C. Central University men's basketball LeVelle Moton and former
University of North Carolina basketball teammates David Noel and Sean
May had been scheduled for Aug. 17 at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh.
N.C. Central basketball coach LeVelle Moton has announced the hiring of former Duke standout Robert Brickey as assistant coach with the Eagles.
Brickey comes to NCCU after a year with the women's basketball program at Duke as the assistant director of basketball operations.
As much as it seems like everyone but John Wall would like John Wall to hurry up and pick a college already, I applaud him for visiting N.C. Central today.
The recruitment of John Wall, the top high school basketball point guard recruit in the country, took another twist Thursday when Wall planned an unofficial visit to N.C. Central.
Wall has known and worked with new Eagles coach LeVelle Moton for years. Wall plans to visit the Durham campus on Friday.
They would have played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
But rain the last four days has made DBAP unavailable for baseball.
So today's mid-week game between N.C. State and N.C. Central had to be moved to Doak Field. The game's at 6:30 p.m.
