WWAY’s Wednesday night sports – March 7

WILMINGTON,NC (WWAY) — Wednesday’s sports on WWAY featured a little bit of everything. It included a sneak peak at the West Charlotte Lions basketball team. They’ll be playing the New Hanover Wildcats on Saturday in the 4-A state title boys basketball game in Raleigh. We also checked in with UNCW women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke on Wednesday. Her Seahawks open the CAA women’s basketball tournament on Thursday in Maryland. Click play video to see these stories and much more.

Wednesday scoreboard & noteworthy events:

Region 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament
Spartanburg,SC
Round One – Thursday, March 8
1 p.m. — No. 3 seed USC Salkehatchie (19-11) vs. No. 6 Brunswick CC (15-15)
3 p.m. — No. 2 Clinton (17-10) vs. No. 7 USC Sumter (12-15)
5:30 p.m. — No. 4 USC Aiken (12-18) vs. No. 5 Cape Fear CC (14-16)
7:30 p.m. — No. 1 Spartanburg Methodist (25-5) vs. No. 8 Denmark Tech (6-14)
Friday Semifinals at 5 p.m., 7 p.m.
Saturday Championship at 2:30 p.m.

IN COLLEGE SOFTBALL AMANDA DAVENPORT TOSSED A NO-HITTER FOR UNCW ON WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND GAME OF A DH
UNCW SHUTOUT NC A&T 10-0 IN THE FIRST GAME
UNCW SHTOUT NC A&T 1-0 IN THE SECOND GAME OF THE DOUBLEHEADER
DAVENPORT’S NO-HITTER TODAY WAS THE FIRST FOR UNCW IN SOFTBALL SINCE 1987

UNCW SOPHOMORE GUARD ALISHA ANDREWS HAS BEEN NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL-CAA IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
UNCW WILL OPEN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE CAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY AGAINST GEORGIA STATE

2012 CAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Elena Delle Donne, Delaware

2012 CAA COACH OF THE YEAR: Tina Martin, Delaware

2012 CAA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ashley Betz-White, Old Dominion

2012 CAA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Nikki Newman, James Madison

2012 DEAN EHLERS LEADERSHIP AWARDS: Candice Bellocchio, Hofstra

IN MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL EAST CAROLINA BEAT RICE IN THE CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT 68-66

IN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER WHITEVILLE TIED SCOTLAND COUNTY 2-2

IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL LANEY BEAT NORTH BRUNSWICK 5-1
MADI JOHNSTON WAS THE WINNING PITCHER FOR THE UNDEFEATED BUCS
IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WEST BLADEN BEAT SOUTH ROBESON 6-2
IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ST. PAULS SHUTOUT EAST BLADEN 14-0

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL EAST BLADEN EDGED ST. PAULS 3-2
IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SOUTH ROBESON DEFEATED WEST BLADEN 13-5

IN COLLEGE BASEBALL COASTAL CAROLINA BEAT UNCW 8-6
THE SEAHAWKS HAVE LOST SEVEN OF THEIR LAST EIGHT GAMES

IN THE NBA THE UTAH JAZZ BEAT THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS 99-93

IN THE NHL THE BUFFALO SABRES EDGED THE CAROLINA HURRICANES 3-2 IN OT