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COLUMBUS , Ga. – Sunday’s win allowed the Knoxville Smokies to head back home after a tough weekend against the Columbus Clingstones.

FLORENCE, S.C. – The 2026 season came to an end for Carson-Newman (41-14), falling in nine innings on a walk-off against No. 15 Lenoir-Rhyne (4114) in the Florence Region semifinals. Earlier in the afternoon, C-N staved off elimination with a 5-3 win over Anderson, the first NCAA Tournament win since 2019.

FLORENCE, S.C. – In its first NCAA Tournament game since 2023, Carson-Newman (40-13) dropped its opening game to the twoseed and hosts Francis Marion, 2-1, on Thursday afternoon at the Francis Marion Softball Stadium. It marked the first meeting between the two since the Patriots eliminated the Eagles back in 2023 during their last NCAA Tournament appearance.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – For the second straight week, No. 24 Tennessee started its series off with a win, outlasting No. 20 Oklahoma by a score of 9-7 in a back-and-forth ballgame at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

CHICAGO (AP) — Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa had an epic showdown in high school, crossed paths in college and could be the top two picks in this year’s NBA draft after starring at Kansas and BYU. That’s if Duke’s Cameron Boozer and North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson don’t have something to say about it.

(AP) — This may as well have been called The James Harden Experience.