Dix Park is a sprawling urban park on the grounds of a former psychiatric hospital with a new installation of giant trolls by the Danish sculpture artist Thomas Dambo and an 18.5-acre adventure playground with multistory climbing towers, corkscrew slides and a sensory maze.
UNC Wilmington is outscoring opponents by 9.1 points per game with a +300 scoring differential overall. It puts up 76.8 points per game and gives up 67.7 per contest.
LaMelo Ball is for once an aptonym, Brandon Miller is playing like Paul George (laudatory) instead of playing like Paul George (derogatory), and Kon Knueppel is going nuts from three. It's all working, for what feels like the first time in a decade. So this week on Nothing But Respect, we invited on Mother Jones editor Jacob Rosenberg, because he's a smart, hilarious person and also a Hornets fan.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (12-8) will try to break a five-game losing streak when they host the Virginia Tech Hokies (15-5) on January 24, 2026 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Wake Forest dropped its previous game to Clemson, 78-71, on Sunday. Grace Oliver starred with 16 points, and also had 11 rebounds and zero assists. Virginia Tech won its most recent game against Clemson, 71-68, on Thursday.
The NC State Wolfpack (17-6, 8-2 ACC) will try to continue a five-game win streak when they host the Virginia Tech Hokies (16-7, 5-5 ACC) on February 7, 2026 at Lenovo Center. NC State won its most recent game versus SMU, 84-83, on Tuesday. Darrion Williams was its top scorer with 25 points. Virginia Tech dropped its most recent game to Duke, 72-58, on Saturday. Amani Hansberry starred with 20 points, and also had three boards and two assists.
The two teams average a combined 0.4 fewer points per game, 134.1, than this matchup's over/under of 134.5 points. Opponents of the two teams average a combined 12.9 more points per game, 147.4, than this game's total of 134.5 points. The average over/under North Carolina Central has had in its games this year is 15.6 more points than this particular game's point total. The average total for Hornets games this year is 3.2 fewer points than the point total of 134.5 for this outing.