Today is the first day of winter.
— Rasheed Jones scored 23 points and Joshua Beadle added 19 for Coastal Carolina in a 76-74 men’s basketball Sun Belt Conference win at Old Dominion on Saturday.
— Howard stopped a 9-game winning streak for the UNC Wilmington men with a 67-66 victory in the Port City on Saturday.
— No. 12 UNC topped Ohio State, 71-70, in Atlanta.
_ No. 3 Duke took its first loss, 82-81, to No. 19 Texas Tech at Madison Square Garden.
— Miami of Florida advanced to the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State with a 10-3 College Football Playoff win at Texas A&M.
— Ole Miss vanquished visiting Tulane, 41-10, in the CFP to move into a Sugar Bowl matchup with Georgia.
— Oregon outscored James Madison, 51-34, and will take on Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl.
— The Sunday night NFL game has New England at Baltimore (NBC, 8:20 p.m.).
