BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Chris Clemons, the nation’s leading scorer, scored 28 and surpassed 2,500 career points as Campbell crushed Central Pennsylvania College 100-53 on Thursday night.

Clemons, who reached double-figure scoring for the 91st time, became the 68th player in NCAA history to score 2,…

Carolina 0 1 3—4 Montreal 0 2 4—6

First Period_None. Penalties_Kotkaniemi, MTL, (hooking), 7:55; Hamilton, CAR, (delay of game), 13:17.

Second Period_1, Carolina, Svechnikov 7 (Slavin, Pesce), 2:53. 2, Montreal, Peca 2 (Chaput, Agostino), 13:51. 3, Montreal, Petry 6 (Domi), 16:59.…

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in Miami-Dade County 26 years ago was put to death Thursday evening in Florida.

Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. He…

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — James Harvey came off the bench to score 19 points and lead a McNeese rally to beat North Carolina Central 77-61 on Thursday night to halt a three-game skid.

Malik Hines added 15 points and Roydell Brown had 12 with 11 rebounds for McNeese (3-6).

The Cowboys were just 2 of…

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Jose Perez had five of his career-best 24 points in overtime as Gardner-Webb held off Kennesaw State 81-77 to grab its fifth straight win on Thursday night.

Perez, who was 8 of 15 from the floor while making all six free throws offered, drove for a layup in the waning…

Today in History

Today is Friday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2018. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The leader of the North Carolina House says he’ll urge colleagues next year to pass a $1.9 billion public education bond referendum that would go to voters in 2020.

House Speaker Tim Moore announced Thursday he would also travel the state to back his debt proposal, of which…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton keeps a black and yellow broom he was “gifted” by the Saints hanging in his locker, some omnipresent motivation after what happened a year ago when the Panthers met up with their NFC South rivals.

New Orleans swept Carolina, winning both regular-season games in…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly is putting the finishing touches on its two-year session.

Legislators on Thursday approved a grab-bag “technical corrections” bill and a measure extending the time farmers can request state aid following Hurricane Florence until Dec. 20.…

KINSTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have scaled back the search for a truck driver who disappeared after his rig skidded off a highway in North Carolina and into the Neuse River.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the westbound tractor-trailer crashed through a concrete guardrail in the left lane…