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"I'm sorry," guard Terrance Arceneaux said through tears facing the floor, towel draped over his head. "I can't do this right now."
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"This isn't the middle of January against Sasquatch State," Sampson told Wolfson during the first half encounter on the sidelines.
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His father, John W. “Ned” Sampson, became a pillar in the Robeson County community, particularly as a longtime coach at Pembroke High School.

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