The Midshipmen raised their record to 6-3, while North Carolina-Wilmington fell to 4-5.

In perhaps the South's best matchup on Friday, No. 6 Maryland (19-9) begins its defense of the national championship against North Carolina-Wilmington (24-6).

North Carolina-Wilmington dropped to 16-14.

T. J. Carter scored 20 points for North Carolina-Wilmington (20-7, 13-3 Colonial Athletic Association).

Following his high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, but wound up transferring to Central Florida Community College.

In the consolation game of the tournament, North Carolina-Wilmington, which got 22 points from Mark Eaton, defeated St. Mary's, 81-62.

His private papers are kept in the Manuscript Collection at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

Guard Tim Burnette of North Carolina-Wilmington has been suspended and will not play today when his 11th-seeded team takes on 6th-seeded Maryland, the defending national champion.

Hofstra is in fourth place in the 12-team conference, a game and a half behind the leaders, George Mason and North Carolina-Wilmington.

His early research at the University of Alabama and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington focused on rhetoric and writing studies.