BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Tennessee hosts North Carolina Central after Talaysia Cooper scored 23 points in Tennessee’s 78-68 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Volunteers have gone 6-0 in home games.

It’s not exactly a secret that Democrats had a rough election season, but the party fared surprisingly well in North Carolina ... outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation ...

For now, at least. After two terms as governor, four terms as attorney general and time in both the state House and Senate, North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper will soon hand off his title of ...