— Kady Long had three hits with a triple and three RBIs as West Brunswick took a 7-1 Carolina Coast Conference softball win at Ashley on Tuesday night to improve to 16-6 overall and 6-4 in league play.
— No. 9 Coastal Carolina won, 12-2, at No. 2 UNC in baseball on Tuesday night as the Chanticleers scored six runs on seven hits in the seventh inning. Blake Barthol had four hits with a double and a triple.
— UNC hosts Queens tonight (ACC Network Extra, 6 p.m.).
— Host N.C. State defeated East Carolina, 12-2, in eight innings on Strikeout ALS night. The Wolfpack wore No. 26 jerseys in honor of former first baseman Chris Combs and ECU had their No. 23 uniforms in memory of Coach Keith LeClair. Both succumbed to the disease.
— The Citadel took a 4-0 baseball win at South Carolina.
— Wake Forest topped Appalachian State, 3-2, in Shelby.
— No. 1 UCLA was a 15-3 winner in seven innings at Santa Barbara.
— James Rico of UNC Wilmington won medalist honors at the Coastal Athletic Association golf tournament at the Dataw Island Club on St. Helena Island in South Carolina on Tuesday and he led the Seahawks to the team title.
— San Antonio completed its first round series in the NBA playoffs with a 114-95 win over visiting Portland on Tuesday night.
— The New York Knicks took a 3-2 series lead over Atlanta with a 126-97 triumph at Madison Square Garden as Jalen Brunson scored 39 points.
— Philadelphia reduced Boston’s series lead to 3-2 with a 113-97 road victory as Joel Embiid had 33 points and eight assists.
— In NBA playoff games tonight, Orlando takes a 3-1 lead to Detroit (Amazon TV, 7 p.m.), host Cleveland and Toronto are tied, 2-2 (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) and the Los Angeles Lakers lead visiting Houston, 3-1 (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
— The NCAA basketball tournaments for men and women are in the process of expanding to 76 teams for next season.
