Year one of four is in the books 📚 for Carroll County High School Alum Alyssa Ervin.
Elon University was knocked out of its league tournament up in Washington DC and appears to have finished up at 15-15. We cannot rule out a post season bid to a lesser event but it seems unlikely.
Ervin appeared in 22 of the teams 30 games and reached double figures twice. A season high 24 minutes played netted a season high 12 points versus College of Charleston and Ervin dropped 10 points at Virginia Tech early in the season.
62 points scored across 22 games, left our Freshman averaging 2.82 points on the season. Looking forward to three more seasons of College Basketball 🏀 for Ervin !
Sitting here in Charlotte, reporting on Duke – Carolina when I received a series of Text Messages from our friend who is listed in my Cellphone as Sweet Home Alabama. Others know her as Debbie Odum. She is describing an event that took place on The Hill and involved seven of our Softball players.
We pick it up with Debbie describing her Kiddo, Bayleigh Allen.
Her and 6 others went to eat at the Barn Cafe after practice this a.m. so 7 total girls. She said there was an older man and his wife sitting near them. The girls thought they were annoyed because,well…7 teen girls being teen girls lol…
After they ate and were ready to pay…they were told their bill had already been taken care of! The man and his wife had enjoyed seeing them together, hanging out…so he paid for all of their food!! They didn’t get their names but all the girls hugged them and had to fight back the tears! I wish they had gotten a pic! What an amazing random act of kkndness!!
Bay said it was her, Carlie, Madison, Natalie, Holly, Laynie-Jo , and Brooke.
Who doesn’t Love our Softball players ??
Kudos to the Mothers 👩 of these seven for raising them well. Father’s too, if they are equally proud !!
Shortly after 5pm today, Duke released the injury report that everyone was expecting. Both Maliq Brown and Cooper Flagg will not be playing tonight against UNC.
What does this mean for Clemson, Louisville and Carolina ? Clemson and Louisville both have a legitimate opportunity to bring home 🏡 the ACC Men’s Basketball 🏀 trophy 🏆for the first time in School history. The Tar Heels have a shot at the much needed Quad 1 victory that will take them to the Big Dance 💃.
1 vs 5 & 2 vs 3 are set to get underway at the Spectrum Center in just over 60 minutes.
Duke wins the next four minutes 10-4, leads 27-17 @ 7:10 (1)
Under 4:00 TO – Duke 32-24 with free throws coming for Foster. 3:56 left in 1st half….
Halftime score – Duke 45, Tar Heels 24 as Blue Devils close out the Half 13-0. Proctor with a great look at a 3-pointer at the horn but it bounced off.
Now – 7:59 pm
Under 16:00 media TO, Duke 52-30 at 15:42. Duke wins 7-6 in first slot.
Under 12:00 – (11:35), Heels making a run, now 56-43. 13-4 run 🏃♂️ for UNC. 8:38pm
Under 8:00 – (7:41)… Duke 65, Tar Heels 51. Duke takes it 9-8. Free Throw coming for UNC
At 6:12, Heels finally cut ✂️ it to 10 at 66-56, Duke TO…
Under 4:00 – (3:41), Duke 70, UNC 64. 8-4 spurt cuts ✂️ it to six points.
Duke TO at 0:50.8, up 3 with the ball. What a funish…
Carolina calls 📞 a TO at 0:32.0, Duke Ball up 72-71. UNC 12-2 run 🏃♂️
Proctor misses front of 1+1, Carolina ball with 0:17.6
In a play that will be talked about as the Lane Violation Game, Duke holds on 74-71….WHAT A GAME….
Game #2 of 2 in 25 minutesOpening TapGame 2 of 2 included another crazy comeback that fell just short…JMU player making it happen at Louisville. Edwards was the Sun Belt Player of the Year last season.
For those of you who might use the Parkway as a means to get to and from, please 🙏 note that the road, East of US-52 is still in rough shape as of this morning 🌄.
The wind storm that blew through the area has a multitude of large trees 🌳 and branches down. Enough of them that the gate blocking the road is hidden in the photo 📷, above.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 