— Visiting Triton scored four runs in the ninth inning for a 6-2 softball win at West Brunswick (17-8) in the third round of the 6-A playoffs on Tuesday night.
— Wake Tech topped Brunswick Community College, 12-8, at Grainger Stadium in Kinston on Tuesday for the Region 10 South Atlantic District baseball championship.
— No. 2 UNC was a 13-7 baseball winner at UNC Wilmington on Tuesday night. No. 20 Coastal Carolina took a 5-3 victory over The Citadel in Conway.
— Ryan Jeffers (UNC Wilmington) hit a 2-run homer for Minnesota in a 3-0 win over visiting Miami as Bailey Ober (Charleston) pitched a shutout for the Twins.
— Host San Antonio went up 3-2 in its NBA second round playoff series with Minnesota as Victor Wembanyama had 27 points and 17 rebounds in a 126-97 win on Tuesday night.
— Detroit and visiting Cleveland are tied, 2-2, going into game five tonight (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
— UNC will play Texas Christian in Dublin at noon and N.C. State will take on Virginia in Brazil at 3:30 p.m. in college football season openers on ESPN on August 29.
