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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Jon Davis made 9 of 12 from the field and scored 24 of his career-high 28 points in the second half, Andrien White hit six 3-pointers and Charlotte rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to beat Division II Newberry 101-88 on Friday night. Continue to Article

November 12, 2016 12:04:am EST

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association says it won't move its headquarters, its basketball tournament or other conference championships from North Carolina, despite the state's controversial new LGBT law. The CIAA said in a statement Thursday that it will instead partner with the NCAA to educate its members on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues as it does on other issues, like graduation rates and concussion management. The Charlotte Observer (http://bit.ly/1NZnZ9s ) reports that the CIAA, the oldest African-American sports conference in the U.S., has hosted its annual basketball tournament in Charlotte since 2006 and announced it was moving its headquarters to Charlotte from Virginia in 2015. Continue to Article

April 29, 2016 6:34:am EST

Mike Bobinski is looking for a coach who shares his vision that Georgia Tech has all the elements to recapture its former basketball glory. Bobinski, the Georgia Tech athletic director who on Friday fired coach Brian Gregory, also is looking for a coach who can sell that vision to top recruits. Georgia Tech played for the national championship in 2004 and was part of the 1990 Final Four. Continue to Article

March 28, 2016 4:27:pm EST

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Reggie Upshaw had 17 of his 27 points in the second half Thursday night and Middle Tennessee beat Charlotte 79-61 in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals. Continue to Article

March 10, 2016 9:31:pm EST