1-22-25 roundup: Pro football, baseball, soccer and basketball, High school basketball, College basketball and football, Middle school basketball
By Richard Walker
Ticket books for the 2025 T. Rowe Price ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, scheduled for March 11-15 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, go on sale on Thursday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com.
2025 tournament ticket books include tickets for the Wednesday through Saturday games of the tournament.
Tickets for the tournament’s opening round on Tuesday, March 11, also go on sale Thursday on Ticketmaster.com. One ticket is good for all three games of the opening round.
A limited number of Courtside Club seats for the tournament also will be available Thursday. Each Courtside Club ticket includes access to the Courtside Club, which is steps away from the premium court-level seats. Courtside Club guests will enjoy thoughtfully curated menu selections featuring high-quality regional and local offerings, alongside elevated fan favorites. The club also offers complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks. Mixed drinks also are available for purchase.
New in 2025, bring a group of 10 or more to the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament to take advantage of preferred group pricing and special Group Experiences. For more information, please email [email protected].
Charlotte is hosting the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament for the 14th time, including the 3rd time at Spectrum Center, as the event returns to the Queen City for the first time since 2019.
Since 2015, the ACC leads all conferences in Men’s Final Four appearances (9) and NCAA Tournament wins (111), with 3 national championships. Six different ACC programs have reached the Final Four since 2015 (Duke, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, Syracuse). That is the most schools of any league in that span.
The full 2025 T. Rowe Price ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule at Spectrum Center in Charlotte:
(Tuesday, March 11)
Game 1 – No. 13 seed vs No. 12 seed, 2 p.m.
Game 2 – No. 15 seed vs No. 10 seed, 4:30 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 14 seed vs No. 11 seed, 7 p.m.
(Wednesday, March 12)
Game 4 – No. 9 seed vs No. 8 seed, Noon
Game 5 – Winner Game 1 vs No. 5 seed, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6 – Winner Game 2 vs No. 7 seed, 7 p.m.
Game 7 – Winner Game 3 vs No. 6 seed, 9:30 p.m.
(Thursday, March 13)
Game 8 – Winner Game 4 vs No. 1 seed, Noon
Game 9 – Winner Game 5 vs No. 4 seed, 2:30 p.m.
Game 10 – Winner Game 6 vs No. 2 seed, 7 p.m.
Game 11 – Winner Game 7 vs No. 3 seed, 9:30 p.m.
(Friday, March 14)
Game 12 – Semifinal 1 (Winners Games 8 vs 9), 7 p.m.
Game 13 – Semifinal 2 (Winners Games 10 vs 11), 9:30 p.m.
(Saturday, March 15)
Game 14 – Championship Game, 8:30 p.m.
High school basketball
Here are area results and schedule:
(Tuesday, Jan. 21)
-BOYS
Forestview at Cramer (ppd., Jan. 29)
Huss at Ashbrook (ppd., Thursday)
Kings Mountain at Crest (ppd., Wednesday)
South Point at North Gaston (ppd., Thursday)
Bessemer City at Shelby (ppd., Feb. 5)
Burns at Thomas Jefferson (ppd., Wednesday)
East Gaston at Cherryville (ppd.)
North Lincoln 71, East Lincoln 49
Lincolnton 68, West Lincoln 62
Lincoln Charter 105, Mountain Island Charter 66
Concord Academy 76, Gaston Day 64
-GIRLS
Forestview at Cramer (ppd., Jan. 29)
Huss at Ashbrook (ppd., Thursday)
Kings Mountain at Crest (ppd., Wednesday)
South Point at North Gaston (ppd., Thursday)
Bessemer City at Shelby (ppd., Feb. 5)
Burns at Thomas Jefferson (ppd., Wednesday)
East Gaston at Cherryville (ppd.)
North Lincoln 70, East Lincoln 57
Lincolnton 56, West Lincoln 22: Nyla Johnson had 18 points, Sarah Rhyne 11 and Curmiya Tillman 10 for Lincolnton.
Lincoln Charter 50, Mountain Island Charter 24
Concord Academy 87, Gaston Day 19
(Wednesday, Jan. 22)
-BOYS
Kings Mountain 60, Crest 57: Kee’Donn Linney had 24 points, Ethan Daniel 13 and Silas Tate and J’Myun Huskey 10 apiece led Kings Mountain and Cal Pass Jr. had 14 points for Crest.
Burns 60, Thomas Jefferson 59
Shelby 64, East Rutherford 56
-GIRLS
Crest 66, Kings Mountain 41
Burns at Thomas Jefferson
East Rutherford at Shelby
(Thursday, Jan. 23)
Huss at Ashbrook
South Point at North Gaston
(Friday, Jan. 24)
Cramer at Ashbrook
Crest at North Gaston
Huss at Forestview
Kings Mountain at South Point
East Gaston at Highland Tech
Shelby at Burns
Thomas Jefferson at Cherryville
East Lincoln at Hickory
North Lincoln at Statesville
Bandys at West Lincoln
Bunker Hill at Lincolnton
Lincoln Charter at Corvian Community
Mountain Island Charter at Community School of Davidson
Carolina International at Piedmont CC
Gaston Christian at Gaston Day
(Tuesday, Jan. 28)
Cramer at Kings Mountain
Crest at Forestview
North Gaston at Huss
South Point at Ashbrook
Bessemer City at Thomas Jefferson
Cherryville at Shelby
Highland Tech at Burns
Hickory at North Lincoln
Statesville at East Lincoln
Newton-Conover at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at Maiden
Community School of Davidson at Lincoln Charter
Mountain Island Charter at Christ the King
Piedmont CC at Sugar Creek
Hickory Grove Christian at Gaston Christian
Gaston Day at Legion Collegiate
(Wednesday, Jan. 29)
Forestview at Cramer
Thomas Jefferson at Shelby
Kings Mountain at Burns
(Thursday, Jan. 30)
Piedmont CC at Carolina International
(Friday, Jan. 31)
Ashbrook at Kings Mountain
Forestview at South Point
Huss at Crest
North Gaston at Cramer
Cherryville at Bessemer City
Shelby at Highland Tech
Thomas Jefferson at East Gaston
East Lincoln at West Iredell
North Iredell at North Lincoln
Lincolnton at Bandys
West Lincoln at Bunker Hill
Langtree Charter at Lincoln Charter
Mountain Island Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Valor Prep at Piedmont CC
Carmel Christian at Gaston Christian
Gaston Day at Westminster Catawba
SouthLake Christian at Gaston Day
College football
Former Lincolnton High standout Andre Bost has transferred from the Charlotte 49ers to Mars Hill.
Middle school basketball
Gaston County Conference results/schedule:
(Wednesday, Jan. 22 – all postponed to Wednesday, Jan. 29)
York Chester at Southwest, Belmont at Mount Holly, Bessemer City at Holbrook, Chavis at Grier, Cramerton at W.C. Friday, BYE – Stanley
(Thursday, Jan. 23)
Mount Holly at Stanley, Holbrook at York Chester, Grier at Belmont, W.C. Friday at Bessemer City, Cramerton at Chavis, BYE – Southwest
(Monday, Jan. 27)
Southwest at Holbrook, Stanley at Grier, York Chester at W.C. Friday, Belmont at Cramerton, Bessemer City at Chavis, BYE – Mount Holly
(Wednesday, Jan. 29)
York Chester at Southwest, Belmont at Mount Holly, Bessemer City at Holbrook, Chavis at Grier, Cramerton at W.C. Friday, BYE – Stanley
Pro basketball
Memphis 132, Charlotte 120: The Hornets never led as their 3-game winning streak was stopped.
Mark Williams (career-high 38 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists), LaMelo Ball (22 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists) and Miles Bridges (17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists) led Charlotte.
Here is the Charlotte Hornets full 2024-25 results and schedule:
-Regular season
(*-Emirates Cup games)
OCTOBER
Wed. 23 at Houston (W 110-105)
Fri. 25 at Atlanta (L 120-125)
Sat. 26 MIAMI (L 106-114)
Wed. 30 TORONTO (W 138-133)
NOVEMBER
Fri. 1 BOSTON (L 109-124)
Sat. 2 BOSTON (L 103-113)
Mon. 4 at Minnesota (L 93-114)
Wed. 6 DETROIT (W 108-107)
Fri. 8 INDIANA (W 103-83)
Sun. 10 at Philadelphia (L 105-107 in OT)
Tue. 12 at Orlando* (L 89-114)
Sat. 16 MILWAUKEE (W 115-114)
Sun. 17 at Cleveland (L 114-128)
Tue. 19 at Brooklyn* (L 115-116)
Thu. 21 DETROIT (W 123-121 in OT)
Sat. 23 at Milwaukee (L 119-125)
Mon. 25 ORLANDO (L 84-95)
Wed. 27 MIAMI (L 94-98)
Fri. 29 NEW YORK* (L 98-99)
Sat. 30 ATLANTA 6:00 (L 104-107)
DECEMBER
Tue. 3 PHILADELPHIA* (L 104-110)
Thu. 5 at New York (L 101-125)
Sat. 7 CLEVELAND (L 102-116)
Sun. 8 at Indiana (W 113-109)
Fri. 13 at Chicago (L 95-109)
Mon. 16 Philadelphia (L 108-121)
Thu. 19 at Washington (L 114-123)
Fri. 20 at Philadelphia (L 98-108)
Mon. 23 HOUSTON (L 101-114)
Thu. 26 at Washington (L 110-113)
Sat. 28 OKLAHOMA CITY (L 94-106)
Mon. 30 CHICAGO (L 108-115 in OT)
JANUARY
Fri. 3 at Detroit (L 94-98 )
Sun. 5 at Cleveland (L 105-115)
Tue. 7 PHOENIX (W 115-104)
Thu. 9 at L.A. Lakers (ppd., Feb. 19)
Sat. 11 at LA Clippers (ppd., March 16)
Sun. 12 at Phoenix (L 113-120)
Wed. 15 at Utah (W 117-112)
Fri. 17 at Chicago (W 125-123)
Mon. 20 DALLAS (W 110-105)
Wed. 22 at Memphis (L 120-132)
Fri. 24 PORTLAND 7:00
Sat. 25 NEW ORLEANS 7:00
Mon. 27 L.A. LAKERS 7:00
Wed. 29 BROOKLYN 7:00
Fri. 31 LA CLIPPERS 7:00
FEBRUARY
Sat. 1 DENVER 7:00
Mon. 3 WASHINGTON 7:00
Wed. 5 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Fri. 7 SAN ANTONIO 7:00
Sun. 9 at Detroit 1:00
Mon. 10 at Brooklyn 7:30
Wed. 12 at Orlando 7:00
Wed. 19 at L.A. Lakers 10:00
Thu. 20 at Denver 9:00
Sat. 22 at Portland 10:00
Mon. 24 at Sacramento 10:00
Tue. 25 at Golden State 10:00
Thu. 27 at Dallas 8:30
MARCH
Sat. 1 WASHINGTON 6:00
Mon. 3 GOLDEN STATE 7:00
Wed. 5 MINNESOTA 7:00
Fri. 7 CLEVELAND 7:00
Sat. 8 BROOKLYN 6:00
Mon. 10 at Miami 7:30
Wed. 12 at Atlanta 7:30
Fri. 14 at San Antonio 8:00
Sun. 16 at L.A. Clippers 7:00
Tue. 18 ATLANTA 7:00
Thu. 20 NEW YORK 7:00
Fri. 21 at Oklahoma City 8:00
Sun. 23 at Miami 6:00
Tue. 25 ORLANDO 7:00
Fri. 28 at Toronto 7:30
Sun. 30 at New Orleans 7:00
Mon. 31 UTAH 7:00
APRIL
Wed. 2 at Indiana 7:00
Fri. 4 SACRAMENTO 7:00
Sun. 6 CHICAGO 1:00
Tue. 8 MEMPHIS 7:00
Wed. 9 at Toronto 7:30
Fri. 11 at Boston 7:30
Sun. 13 at Boston 1:00
College basketball
Here are the area men’s results and schedule:
(Saturday, Jan. 18)
UNC Pembroke 82, Belmont Abbey 60
Cape Fear CC 95, Gaston College 80
Rhode Island 92, Davidson 90
Florida Gulf Coast 60, Queens 47
Cleveland CC 102, Sandhills CC 89
Gardner-Webb 97, USC Upstate 68
(Sunday, Jan. 19)
Memphis 77, Charlotte 68
(Monday, Jan. 20)
Southern Wesleyan 76, Belmont Abbey 67
(Tuesday, Jan. 21)
Livingstone 78, J.C. Smith 75 (OT)
Saint Joseph’s 78, Davidson 61
(Wednesday, Jan. 22)
Cleveland CC at Guilford Tech
King 79, Belmont Abbey 74
Charlotte 69, South Florida 61
UNC Asheville 61, Gardner-Webb 53
USC Salkehatchie at Gaston College (ppd., no date)
(Thursday, Jan. 23)
Queens at North Florida
(Saturday, Jan. 25)
Belmont Abbey at Chowan
Davidson at Richmond
Fayetteville Tech at Cleveland CC
Gaston College at Richard Bland
Jacksonville at Queens
(Tuesday, Jan. 28)
Belmont Abbey at Erskine
J.C. Smith at Shaw
(Wednesday, Jan. 29)
Charlotte at Temple
Denmark Tech at Gaston College
Pitt CC at Cleveland CC
Longwood at Gardner-Webb
North Alabama at Queens
(Thursday, Jan. 30)
Winston-Salem State at J.C. Smith
(Saturday, Feb. 1)
Central Carolina CC at Gaston College
Charlotte at UAB
Cleveland CC at Fayetteville Tech
Francis Marion at Belmont Abbey
Gardner-Webb at Winthrop
George Mason at Davidson
West Georgia at Queens
(Sunday, Feb. 2)
Cleveland CC at Johnston CC
Pro football
The 2024-25 NFL playoff schedule:
(Wild Card weekend – Jan. 11-13)
-AFC
No. 1 Kansas City – bye
(Saturday, Jan. 11)
No. 5 L.A. Chargers at No. 4 Houston – Houston 32-12
No. 6 Pittsburgh at No. 3 Baltimore – Baltimore 28-14
(Sunday, Jan. 12)
No. 7 Denver at No. 2 Buffalo – Buffalo 31-7
-NFC
No. 1 Detroit – bye
(Sunday, Jan. 12)
No. 7 Green Bay at No. 2 Philadelphia – Philadelphia 22-10
No. 6 Washington at No. 3 Tampa Bay – Washington 23-20
(Monday, Jan. 13)
No. 5 Minnesota at No. 4 L.A. Rams – L.A. 27-9
(Conference semifinals – Jan. 18-19)
-AFC
(Saturday, Jan. 18)
No. 4 Houston at No. 1 Kansas City – KC 23-14
(Sunday, Jan. 19)
No. 3 Baltimore at No. 2 Buffalo – Buffalo 27-25
-NFC
(Saturday, Jan. 18)
No. 6 Washington at No. 1 Detroit – Washington 45-31
(Sunday, Jan. 19)
No. 4 L.A. Rams at No. 2 Philadelphia – Philadelphia 28-22
(Conference finals – Jan. 26)
-NFC
No. 6 Washington at No. 2 Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
-AFC
No. 2 Buffalo at No. 1 Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.
(Super Bowl – Feb. 9 at New Orleans)
AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m.
Pro soccer
Charlotte FC on Wednesday announced the club had acquired forward Wilfried Zaha on loan from Galatasaray until Jan. 17, 2026, with an option to extend the loan through June 30, 2026.
Zaha will occupy a Designated Player spot and international roster slot on the Club’s 2025 roster.
The Ivory Coast international played 10 seasons in the Premier League with Crystal Palace, Manchester United and Cardiff City where the forward scored a total of 68 goals in 305 appearances.
“Wilfried is a world class talent who has proven himself at the highest level of the sport as an elite goal scorer and chance creator,” Charlotte FC Zoran Krneta said in a team news release. “His performances in the Premier League and on the international level speak for themselves and we are confident that Wilfred can make an immediate impact in Major League Soccer. He provides valuable versatility in the attacking areas of the pitch and adds that little bit of magic to our front line that can help us win more games. We are delighted to add a player of Wilfried’s pedigree and experience to our squad, and we’re excited to welcome him to Charlotte.”
The 32-year-old Zaha spent most of his career in London with Crystal Palace where he tallied 90 goals and 52 assists across 458 games in all competitions.
The Charlotte FC MLS team’s 2025 schedule:
Saturday, Feb. 22 at Seattle 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 1 Atlanta 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 9 at Miami 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 15 Cincinnati 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 22 San Jose 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 at Colorado 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 Nashville 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 at Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 19 San Diego 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 New England 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3 at Columbus 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 at Nashville 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14 at Orlando 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 17 Chicago 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 24 Columbus 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28 at NY Red Bulls 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 31 at Toronto 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 14 at Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 25 at Kansas City 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28 at Chicago 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 5 Orlando 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 12 New York 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16 DC 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 19 at Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 10 at Cincinnati 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 16 Real Salt Lake 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24 NY Red Bulls 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 30 at New England 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 13 Miami 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 19 at New York 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 27 Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 4 at DC 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 18 Philadelphia 6 p.m.