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Top 25 roundup: Clemson knocks off No. 3 North Carolina
PJ Hall scored 25 points and Joseph Girard III had 21 as Clemson upset No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
It marked just the second time in 62 tries that Clemson (15-7, 5-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) had won in Chapel Hill. Clemson’s other win at Dean Smith Center happened in overtime in 2020.
The Tigers, who earned a victory that surely will boost their NCAA Tournament resume, also got nine rebounds from Hall. He and Girard combined for 9-of-20 shooting from 3-point range. Ian Schieffelin added 14 points and 11 boards.
The Tar Heels (18-5, 10-2) fell to an unranked opponent for the second time in three games. Armando Bacot led the way for North Carolina with 24 points and 13 rebounds, while RJ Davis had 22 points and Harrison Ingram added 11.
No. 1 UConn 71, Butler 62
Cam Spencer scored 20 points and Donovan Clingan added 18 to lead the Huskies to a hard-fought win over the Bulldogs in Hartford, Conn.
Clingan also pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds. Hassan Diarra added nine points off the bench as the Huskies (21-2, 11-1 Big East) earned their 11th consecutive victory.
DJ Davis led Butler (15-8, 6-6) with 21 points. Jahmyl Telfort added 17 points while Posh Alexander produced eight points, five boards and five assists as the Bulldogs saw a four-game winning streak end.
No. 5 Houston 79, Oklahoma State 63
Jamal Shead scored a game-high 23 points, and the Cougars’ Division I-leading defense swarmed over the visiting Cowboys.
Emanuel Sharp contributed 16 points as Houston (20-3, 7-3 Big 12) shook off a Saturday loss at Kansas. The Cougars logged 11 steals against Oklahoma State, forced 17 turnovers and scored 24 points off them.
Javon Small led the Cowboys (10-13, 2-8) with 18 points, buoyed by 12-for-14 foul shooting. John-Michael Wright scored 13 with three 3-pointers.
No. 13 Baylor 79, No. 23 Texas Tech 73
RayJ Dennis scored a game-high 21 points and the Bears used a strong second-half shooting display to beat the Red Raiders in Waco, Texas.
Dennis added five assists and four steals for the Bears (17-5, 6-3 Big 12), who connected on 13 of 20 field-goal attempts (65 percent) following the break. Baylor also got 17 points and seven rebounds from Yves Missi and 14 points from Jayden Nunn en route to its third straight win.
Joe Toussaint finished with 18 points and Darrion Williams posted 17, but the Red Raiders (16-6, 5-4) still dropped their third straight game. Chance McMillian had 15 points, while Pop Isaacs was limited to 11 on 4-of-12 shooting.
No. 14 Iowa State 70, Texas 65
Milan Momcilovic scored 13 points and Tamin Lipsey hit a clutch 3-pointer as the Cyclones held off the Longhorns in Austin, Texas.
Lipsey finished with 12 points and Curtis Jones 11 in the Cyclones’ balanced attack. Eight of the nine players who saw the court for Iowa State (17-5, 6-3 Big 12) scored at least five points.
Dylan Disu hit for 28 points to lead all scorers, with Max Abmas netting 13, all in the second half, and Dillon Mitchell 10 for Texas (15-8, 4-6).
No. 15 South Carolina 68, Ole Miss 65
Collin Murray-Bowles scored 16 points to lead a balanced offense and the Gamecocks held off the Rebels in Columbia, S.C.
Myles Stute and Ta’Lon Cooper added 12 points each for South Carolina (20-3, 8-2 Southeastern Conference). The Gamecocks won their sixth straight game.
Allen Flanigan scored 26 points, Matthew Murrell had 17 and Jaylen Murray added 10 to lead Ole Miss (18-5, 5-5), which dropped its second game in a row.
No. 17 Kentucky 109, Vanderbilt 77
Antonio Reeves scored 24 points and the Wildcats never trailed while rolling to a victory over the Commodores in Nashville, Tenn.
Standout reserve Rob Dillingham added 20 points and nine assists as Kentucky (16-6, 6-4 SEC) bounced back from a 103-92 loss to Tennessee on Saturday and won for just the second time in the past five games.
Evan Taylor made five 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Vanderbilt (6-16, 1-8), which lost for the eighth time in nine games.
No. 18 Dayton 94, Saint Joseph’s 79
Nate Santos and Kobe Elvis each scored 21 points, helping the Flyers handle the Hawks in Philadelphia.
Javon Bennett added 18 points for the Flyers, who won for the 16th time in 17 games. DaRon Holmes II added 13 for Dayton (19-3, 9-1 Atlantic 10), Enoch Cheeks had 12 points and Elvis dished out 10 assists.
Cameron Brown led Saint Joseph’s (15-8, 5-5) with 19 points, and Lynn Green III followed with 18. Xzayvier Brown chipped in 15 points off the bench for the Hawks, who dropped their fourth straight game against the Flyers. Rasheer Fleming collected 14 points for Saint Joseph’s, which had won five of its previous six games overall.
Oklahoma 82, No. 21 BYU 66
Javian McCollum scored 20 points — 13 in the final four minutes — to help the Sooners knock off the Cougars in Norman, Okla.
Milos Uzan added 16 points for the Sooners (17-6, 5-5 Big 12), who won for the second time in three games. Rivaldo Soares added 12 points.
Fousseyni Traore, making his second consecutive start, scored 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting for the Cougars (16-6, 4-5), who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Dallin Hall added 17 points, going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc, and Spencer Johnson scored 10.
Nevada 77, No. 22 Utah State 63
Nick Davidson logged 25 points and 10 rebounds as the Wolf Pack upset the Aggies in Logan, Utah.
Kenan Blackshear added 18 points for Nevada (18-5, 5-4 Mountain West), which canned 52.9 percent of its field-goal attempts.
Ian Martinez scored 16 points for Utah State (19-4, 7-3), which has lost consecutive games for the first time this season. The Aggies are now in a four-way tie for first in the Mountain West.
No. 24 San Diego State 77, Air Force 64
Reese Waters shot 5-for-8 from 3-point distance for all 15 of his points to help the Aztecs defeat the Falcons in a Mountain West matchup in Colorado Springs.
Jaedon LeDee had 14 points and nine rebounds, Micah Parrish also scored 14 points and Lamont Butler contributed 11 for the Aztecs (18-5, 7-3 MWC), who moved into a four-way tie for first in the Mountain West. The Aztecs shot 70 percent in the first half, including 8-for-11 from 3-point distance, to build a 45-20 lead.
Jeffrey Mills and Beau Becker scored 15 points each to lead Air Force (8-14, 1-9), which has lost 12 of its past 13 games.
No. 25 New Mexico 91, Wyoming 73
Donovan Dent had 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds to lead the Lobos to a victory over the Cowboys in Laramie, Wyo.
Jaelen House added 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Jamal Mashburn Jr. had 15 points and Mustapha Amzil finished with 13 points for New Mexico (19-4, 7-3 Mountain West).
Wyoming (12-11, 5-5) was led by Brendan Wenzel’s 20 points and five rebounds. Sam Griffin added 19 points.
–Field Level Media
An AMBER Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old New Bern boy after police say he was abducted at gunpoint from a motel early Saturday morning.
According to the New Bern Police Department, officers responded around 3:15 a.m. to the Palace Motel, located at 1901 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., after receiving a report of a child abduction.
Police said two adults inside the motel room told officers they had been asleep with two boys — 15-year-old Isaiah Kavon Owens and 13-year-old Kenneth Brantley Jr. — when they were awakened by someone banging on the door.
According to investigators, Larry Tompkins opened the door and encountered multiple people, including Kenneth Lee Brantley Sr., the father of Kenneth Brantley Jr.
Police said Brantley pointed a gun at Tompkins before taking both boys from the room and leaving in a black 2012 GMC Yukon Denali XL with South Carolina license plate XFH752.
Authorities said Brantley may be traveling to his residence in Marion, South Carolina. A statewide BOLO (Be On the Lookout) has been issued for the vehicle.
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued an AMBER Alert Friday morning at the request of the New Bern Police Department.
Isaiah is described as a Black male, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing approximately 100 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, black pants and red-and-blue sneakers.
Police said Isaiah is autistic and has a speech delay.
Investigators said arrest warrants have been obtained for Brantley charging him with the abduction and endangerment of Isaiah Owens.
The New Bern Police Department said it is working with local, state, out-of-state and federal law enforcement agencies to locate Isaiah and ensure his safe return.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the New Bern Police Department at 252-633-2020, their local law enforcement agency, or call 911 immediately.
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Authorities advise the public not to approach Brantley.
A man once given the nickname Cardiac Kemba due to his heart-stopping heroics at the University of Connecticut, Kemba Walker is back to breathe life into the 704’s youth basketball community.
The Charlotte Hornets’ legend officially opened the Kemba Walker Sports Academy in Concord, North Carolina this afternoon, a multi-sport facility just north of Charlotte that’s mission is “to provide a safe, fun, and inclusive environment for athletes to learn, grow, excel and compete.”
At a ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the 54,000 square foot facility, Walker took some time to answer questions from assembled media about his latest venture that was created with community in mind.
“It’s really bigger than, you know, basketball,” said the Hornets’ all-time leading scorer this afternoon when talking about the academy. “We want the kids to have some discipline and really teach them how to work hard you know? That’s what we’re chasing. We’re chasing something that’s much bigger than the actual sport.”
It’s a bold vision, and one that Walker has dreamed of fulfilling since he was a kid suiting up for his childhood AAU program, the New York Gauchos.
“(The Gauchos’ facility) is probably not quite like this. It’s not as big as this. But that was my safe space, you know? That was the place I was able to go to, to enjoy the game of basketball and meet some of my closest friends that I still have to this day who actually run this place.”
Walker has been a pillar of the grassroots basketball community in Charlotte since he was a baby-faced, 20-something-year-old suiting up for the Bobcats. And even though he spent some time playing elsewhere in his professional basketball career, the four-time All-Star has considered the Queen City his domain since draft night.
“I never left, first of all” said Walker when asked about returning to the Hornets as an assistant coach and being able to now give back to the community that embraced him with open arms when he was drafted in 2011. “Obviously, I went to a couple of different teams and, you know, my path took me to a couple of different places, but I always kept my house here, and my family was always here, and whenever I had time in the summer, something like that, I was always here.”
“But it is amazing to be back. I love Charlotte.”
And Charlotte loves him back.
Walker stamped his name in the franchise record books with a successful career on the court, but he forever endeared himself into the community by embracing the basketball-crazed city he didn’t have a single tie to until he was drafted there.
The Kemba Walker Sports Academy will host its first grassroots basketball event this weekend, the Kemba Walker Invitational, where AAU teams from across the country (including Walker’s own New York Gauchos) will convene in Concord to christen the facility.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Home sales in western North Carolina have increased since last year, according to the latest report from a realtor group.
Canopy MLS, a subsidiary of the Canopy Realtor Association, reports that May home sales across the four-county Asheville area (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison counties) reflected a spring market that remains “active and competitive.”
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A total of 592 homes closed in May, representing a 6.3 percent increase compared to May 2025 and a 2.1 percent gain over April, the report said. Buyer demand continued to strengthen, with pending sales, a leading indicator of future closings, surging 22.4 percent year over year as 728 properties went under contract during the month.
“The strength of buyer demand in May is encouraging and reflects continued confidence in the Asheville region as a place to live, work and invest,” said Dave Noyes, a Realtor/Designated Managing Broker with eXp Realty and Canopy MLS Board of Director, in a news release. “
ASHEVILLE HOUSING MARKET SHOWS STEADY STRENGTH AS INVENTORY RISES ACROSS REGION
Contract activity also increased 7.1 percent compared to April, signaling that buyers remained engaged despite mortgage rates averaging approximately 6.5 percent throughout May, the report said.
“Buyers are adapting to today’s mortgage rates and taking advantage of the increased inventory we’ve seen over the past year. Although fewer new listings came onto the market in May, homes continue to attract strong interest, which is helping maintain a healthy balance between supply and demand as we head into the summer months,” Noyes said.
While buyer activity increased , new listing activity moderated. Sellers introduced 1,165 homes to the market in May, a 6.7 percent decline compared to the same month last year and a 7.7 percent decrease from April. Even so, the region’s inventory of homes for sale continued to expand, rising 3.2 percent year over year to 3,092 properties at report time. Months of supply, however, declined from six months in May 2025 to 5.4 months this past May, suggesting that the pace of buyer demand is absorbing available inventory faster than new listings are being added.
The report said that although buyers have more choices than a year ago, the market remains relatively balanced, with strong contract activity continuing to support overall sales momentum.
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