College Basketball

Facing two games in four days, the Wildcats took care of business at home before another big test ahead on the road. On Tuesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Northwestern (7-4, 0-2 B1G) beat Valparaiso (6-5, 0-0 MVC) 86-70, collecting two successive wins after a previous three-game skid. Despite encountering a series of rallies from the Beacons, the Wildcats avoided having …

As we get deeper into the Holidays, UNC continues playing basketball. The Tar Heels return to the basketball court Tuesday night, hosting the ETSU Buccaneers for an 8 p.m. tip-off. North Carolina survived an early scare from USC Upstate on Saturday, winning 80-62 behind a 17-point outing from West Virginia transfer Jonathan Powell. The Tar Heels (9-1) trailed by one …