Jessie Burton also added 12 points for the Bulldogs (9-11, 4-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), who won their third straight game. Burton was 2-for-4 from beyond the arc.

Brandon Bryant led the Rattlers (6-14, 4-4) with 11 points and Joe Ballard had 10. The Rattlers have lost four in a row.

The Bulldogs built on a three-point halftime lead, outscoring the Rattlers 27-15 in the second half.

South Carolina State won the battle of the boards, outrebounding FAMU 46-28 en route to victory.

“This ain’t a white issue about white rallies. This ain’t a black issue about black rallies,” said Rick Walls, a member of the Patriot Guard Riders who normally attends early May’s Harley-Davidson spring rally. “This is a civil rights issue for both colors.”

A group of about 25 bikers, representing a half-dozen or so motorcycle clubs, parked their Harley cruisers and Japanese sport bikes together under a small stand of trees outside the Atlantic Beach Town Hall on Saturday afternoon to issue their message: May’s rallies will go on.

“We are not going to lay down to the city of Myrtle Beach,” said Hakim Harrell, an event promoter from Philadelphia. “Our message to the city of Myrtle Beach is, you should be thankful. These events helped build the city of Myrtle Beach.”

The show of unity comes after many area governments, led by the city of Myrtle Beach, enacted new rules to limit the scope of May’s two major motorcycle rallies — the 10-day Harley-Davidson spring rally, which attracts a mostly white crowd, and Memorial Day weekend’s Atlantic Beach Bikefest, which is popularly known as Black Bike Week.

This time it's Connecticut at the top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll, the fourth straight week with a new No. 1.

The Huskies (20-1) moved up from second to replace Duke (19-2), which fell to fourth after losing on a last-second shot to Wake Forest in its one week on top.

Wake Forest (17-2) was No. 1 two weeks ago, but the Demon Deacons lost to Virginia Tech and fell out. They had replaced Pittsburgh (19-2), which was No. 1 for two weeks before losing to Louisville. North Carolina (19-2) was a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first seven weeks of the season before losing to Boston College.

The five teams which have been No. 1 this season are from two conferences: North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Pittsburgh and Connecticut of the Big East.

Richardson, 72, underwent heart transplant surgery Sunday at Carolinas Medical Center, where he’d been on a waiting list since mid-December.

Richardson's surgery was confirmed Monday morning by team officials and by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

In a news release, the Panthers said the heart transplant procedure began about 8 p.m. Sunday and ended about 1 a.m.

Surgeons Mark Stiegel and Eric Skipper conducted the procedure, and Stiegel told the Panthers "the donor heart was working well."