College Basketball Gameday
Duke (14-5, 3-3 ACC) at N.C. State (11-8, 1-5)
PNC Arena, Raleigh, 2 p.m. (WBTV)
A tale of two struggling teams, with the Blue Devils on their first three-game losing streak in nine years and the Wolfpack breathing a little easier after securing its first conference win after five losses. The teams’ last meeting was in the 2015 ACC tournament quarterfinals, a 77-53 Duke victory.
WAKE FOREST (10-8, 1-5 ACC) AT No. 15 MIAMI (14-3, 3-2)
BankUnited Center, Coral Gables, Fla., noon
The Deacons play the second game in a three-game stretch against Top 25 league opponents when they face the 15th-ranked Hurricanes. … Wake Forest has lost three straight and five of its past six, the last an 83-68 loss to No. 2 North Carolina on Wednesday. … After climbing to No. 8 in the nation, Miami snapped a two-game skid by beating Boston College 67-53 on Wednesday.
No. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA (17-1, 4-1 SEC) AT TENNESSEE (9-9, 2-4)
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn., noon, SEC Network
The 24th-ranked Gamecocks go for their third straight league win. … South Carolina is coming off a 77-74 overtime victory over Mississippi on Tuesday. … Tennessee has lost three of its past four. … Vols coach Rick Barnes is a Lenoir-Rhyne grad. … Tennessee guard Kevin Punter Jr. is ninth in the nation in scoring at 22.6 per game.
GARDNER-WEBB (10-10, 5-3 BIG SOUTH) AT RADFORD (11-9, 4-4)
Dedmon Center, Radford, Va., 4 p.m.
The Bulldogs face the Highlanders for the second time this season. … Gardner-Webb beat Radford 83-61 on Jan. 9, giving the Bulldogs an 8-7 lead in the series. … After winning five consecutive games, Gardner-Webb has since lost two straight. … Radford is coming off a 78-66 win over Campbell on Wednesday.
W. KENTUCKY (10-9, 2-4 C-USA) AT CHARLOTTE (5-13, 2-4)
Halton Arena, 6 p.m.
The 49ers are coming off their biggest Conference USA win under first-year coach Mark Price. After losing its past three games by six total points, Charlotte beat C-USA co-leader Marshall 103-95 on Thursday. … Western Kentucky has lost three of its past four conference road games, the last coming at Old Dominion 68-62 on Thursday. … 49ers center Joseph Uchebo is tied for eighth nationally in rebounding at 11.0 per game, and seventh in offensive rebounding at 4.28 per game.
Bill Kiser
This story was originally published January 22, 2016 at 3:18 PM with the headline "College Basketball Gameday."