— West Brunswick won its first round boys soccer match in the NCHSAA 6-A playoffs, 2-1, over visiting Swansboro on Tuesday night as Melvin Bautista and Eduardo Bonafacio had goals for the Trojans (9-10-2). Isael Pineda and Marlon Leon had assists. West will play at East Chapel Hill in the second round Thursday.
— No. 6 Duke took a 75-60 win over Texas in Charlotte in its men’s basketball opener on Tuesday night.
— East Carolina topped visiting Georgia Southern. 92-89, as the Pirates won their season opener for the 26th straight time.
— Pyotr Kochetkov had 25 saves in a 3-0 road win for the Carolina Hurricanes over the New York Rangers.
— The top four in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night are Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama.
— Host Akron downed UMass, 44-10, and Miami of Ohio fell, 24-20, at Ohio in college football on Tuesday night. Matchups tonight include Kent State at Ball State (ESPNU, 7 p.m.) and Northern Illinois at Toledo (ESPN2, 7 p.m.).
— No. 9 N.C. State took an 80-77 women’s basketball win over No. 8 Tennessee in Greensboro on Tuesday.
— In an NBA doubleheader on ESPN tonight, New York hosts Minnesota at 7:30 and San Antonio visits the Los Angeles Lakers at 10.
