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T25--S CAROLINA UPSTATE-N CAROLINA No. 20 N Carolina routs S Carolina Upstate 91-34 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Brittany Rountree scored 15 points as well as Laura Broomfield had 13 points as well as 10 rebounds to lead No. 20 North Carolina to the 91-34 victory over South Carolina Upstate on Sunday. The Tar Heels (2-0) were playing for the second straight day, having drubbed visiting Gardner-Webb 109-44 in the season opener. She'la White added 13 points for UNC, while sophomore guard Latifah Coleman chipped in the career-high 11. Tee'Ara Copney led Upstate with 16 points. Atlantic Sun Conference member Upstate (0-2) is playing in its initial regular season in Division I, having completed its transition from Division II. Sunday's meeting, the Tar Heels' 52nd straight November victory, was the initial between the teams. UNC shot 54.8% from the floor to the Spartans' 24.1, outrebounded them 48-25 as well as committed 15 turnovers to 23 for Upstate. UNC led 48-12 at halftime, shooting 52.9% to the visitors' 19.2 during the period. UNC WILMINGTON-MARYLAND Maryland defeats UNC Wilmington 71-62 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Mark Turgeon got off to the successful start as Maryland's new coach Sunday night, guiding the Terrapins past UNC Wilmington 71-62 in his initial game since taking over for Gary Williams. Terrell Stoglin scored 22 for Maryland (1-0), which won its 10th straight opener overall as well as 35th in the row at home. The Terrapins opened the second half with the 13-4 run to go up 45-31 as well as never let the margin shrink below six points. It was Maryland's initial game since 1989 without Williams on the sideline. Williams retired in May as the winningest coach in sch! ool hist ory as well as was replaced by Turgeon, who took Texas A&M to the NCAA tournament in four straight seasons. Although Maryland is skinny on height as well as experience, it still beat the UNCW team with only one senior starter. Freshman Adam Smith led the Seahawks (0-1) with 23 points, including 16 in the initial half. MOREHEAD STATE-NC STATE NC State beats Morehead State 91-61 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Richard Howell had the career-high 25 points to help North Carolina State beat Morehead State 91-61 on Sunday, giving coach Mark Gottfried the 2-0 start with the Wolfpack. DeShawn Painter also had the career-high with 19 points in the dominating offensive performance for N.C. State, while Scott Wood had 18 points as well as hit five 3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes. More impressively, N.C. State shot 61.1% (33 of 54) with an offense that moved the ball crisply, avoided turnovers as well as got out in transition to speed up the pace. The Wolfpack led 48-30 at halftime as well as pushed that margin past 30 points by mid through the second half. N.C. State finished with 26 assists on 33 field goals, playing unselfishly from the tip to the horn. Terrance Hill had 14 points to lead the Eagles (0-1), who shot 40% as well as never figured the way to slow down N.C. State. JW (NC)-NC CENTRAL NC Central overwhelms Johnson & Wales (NC) 115-41 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Landon Clement scored 21 points to lead eight North Carolina Central players in double figures as the Eagles overpowered Johnson & Wales (N.C.), 115-41 on Sunday. Dominique Sutton contributed 18 points, Tramar Beaman 14 as well as Justin Leemow 12 for the Eagles (1-1), who shot 65.2% (43 of 66) as well as were above 60% in each half. Ray Willis, Nick Chasten as well as Ebuka Anyaorah added! 11 poin ts each as well as Karamo Jawara 10 for North Carolina Central, which had 51 rebounds as well as nearly as many on the offensive glass (15) as the Wildcats (0-5), the Division III team, had overall (19). The Eagles scored the game's initial 12 points as well as led 66-23 by halftime. Clement had 15 points as well as Sutton 14 by then. Michael Daniel scored 10 points for Johnson & Wales, the only player in double figures for the Wildcats, who shot 28.6% (16 of 56) from the field. T25-UNC ASHEVILLE-NCAROLINA Zeller scores 27, No. 1 Heels top Asheville 91-75 ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Tyler Zeller scored 27 points to help North Carolina fight off UNC Asheville 91-75 Sunday in the debut of the Bulldogs' new Kimmel Arena. Less than 48 hours after beating Michigan State on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego, the Tar Heels (2-0) shot 59% from the field as well as overcame some early turnover troubles to win the rare in-state, nonconference game in coach Roy Williams' hometown. J.P. Prim scored 23 points to lead Asheville (0-2) in front of the sellout crowd of 3,200. The Tar Heels took the 48-39 lead into halftime, then opened the second half with the 13-3 run that put the game out of reach. NASCAR-PHOENIX Kahne beats Edwards as well as Stewart to win at Phoenix AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Kasey Kahne snapped an 81-race losing streak by winning Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Championship contenders Carl Edwards as well as Tony Stewart finished second as well as third, as well as Edwards will take the 3-point lead into next weekend's season finale at Homestead. Stewart led the race-high 160 of the 312 laps, but had to stop for gas with 18 laps remaining. He then had to work his way back toward the front, as well as pa! ssed Jef f Burton with the lap to go to finish right behind Edwards. It was Kahne's initial victory since Atlanta in 2009, as well as it comes in his next-to-last race with Red Bull Racing. He's moving to Hendrick Motorsports next season, as well as Red Bull is pulling out of NASCAR. Burton finished fourth as well as was followed by Ryan Newman. SC STATE-VIRGINIA Virginia defeats South Carolina State 75-38 CHARLOTTESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - KT Harrell as well as Joe Harris scored 13 points apiece as well as Mike Scott grabbed 15 rebounds as Virginia defeated South Carolina State, 75-38, in its season opener on Sunday. Virginia shot 49% (25 of 51) as well as held South Carolina State to 25.5% shooting (13 of 51). Harrell, who went 1 of 6 in the initial half, came out blazing to start the second, drilling three consecutive 3-pointers to give Virginia the 47-20 lead. The Cavaliers led by as many as 40, as well as outrebounded the Bulldogs 44-29. The Cavaliers, who led 33-18 at halftime, missed their initial seven shots in the initial three-plus minutes before quickly finding their groove. Scott, who missed last season with an ankle injury, scored Virginia's initial points on the two-handed put-back dunk that got the crowd fired up as well as ignited the 9-0 run. Omar Sanders led South Carolina State (1-1) with 13 points. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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