North Carolina Recruit Curry Is Arrested

A North Carolina recruit and the state’s all-time leading scorer was arrested Wednesday on drug charges, officials said.

JamesOn Curry of Eastern Alamance High was among 49 students arrested in a sweep of the county’s high schools, Alamance County sheriff’s office spokesman Randy Jones said.

Curry is charged with two counts each of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; two counts of sale and delivery of marijuana; and two counts of possession and selling and delivering a controlled substance on school grounds.

North Carolina Coach Roy Williams said Curry’s arrest was disturbing and discouraging but would not say whether it would affect his status with the Tar Heels.

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Wisconsin guard Maurice Wade was arrested on charges he choked a 19-year-old woman, and the team suspended him indefinitely.

Wade was to be held in the Dane County Jail overnight on felony battery charges.

Madison, Wis., police spokesman Larry Kamholz said Wade could not be released until after he appeared before a judge. An initial appearance was set for this afternoon.

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Matt Haryasz, a backup forward for No. 2 Stanford, will sit out tonight’s game against Arizona State because of a sprained right ankle.

The 6-foot-10 sophomore was scheduled to start in place of Justin Davis, out at least three weeks because of a bruised bone and partially torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Nick Robinson will start.

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Indianapolis will play host to the NCAA men’s and women’s Final Four an average of once every five years through 2039. Under an agreement, the city will be a regular tournament host as long as the NCAA keeps its national office in Indianapolis. That includes the Final Fours and the men’s and women’s first- and second-round or regional tournaments, as well as the NCAA convention, all on a five-year rotation.