Final
No. 17 Tar Heels edge No. 10 Wolfpack
Feb 17, 2014 - 1:18 AM Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Diamond DeShields poured in 38 points to help No. 17 North Carolina to a 89-82 victory over No. 10 North Carolina State on Sunday.Allisha Gray finished with 18 points and six rebounds North Carolina (20-6, 8-4 ACC), which has won three straight. The Tar Heels shot 55.4 percent from the field (31-for-56).
Kody Burke scored 18 and Markeisha Gatling added 15 points and nine rebounds for NC State (22-4, 9-3), which had a six game win streak snapped. Myisha Goodwin-Coleman and Len'Nique Brown scored 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Burke converted a three-point play to pull the Wolfpack within two with just over a minute left on the clock, however, the Tar Heels fired right back and closed out the game on a 9-4 run as they sailed to the finish.
DeShields scored 11 of the final 13 points in the final 2:42 of the game.
The Tar Heels trailed by as many as 11 points midway through the first half, but Brown's layup gave them a 40-39 halftime advantage.
- NORTH CAROLINA: 89
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: 82
Final
Feb 16 5:40 PM - 187
rootsRUWTbot Added 50 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
North Carolina(17) 80, NC State(10) 78 4th - 0:50Feb 16 5:32 PM - 137
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North Carolina(17) 76, NC State(10) 72 4th - 3:24Feb 16 5:23 PM - 46
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North Carolina(17) 73, NC State(10) 64 4th - 5:30Feb 16 5:16 PM - 117
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North Carolina(17) 65, NC State(10) 63 4th - 7:25Feb 16 5:11 PM - 87
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North Carolina(17) 60, NC State(10) 60 4th - 9:38Feb 16 5:06 PM - 49
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North Carolina(17) 54, NC State(10) 50 3rd - 12:56Feb 16 4:57 PM - NORTH CAROLINA: 39
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: 40
Halftime
Feb 16 4:25 PM - 34
rootsRUWTbot Took away 37 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
North Carolina(17) 30, NC State(10) 26 2nd - 4:07Feb 16 4:12 PM - 71
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North Carolina(17) 20, NC State(10) 12 1st - 11:54Feb 16 3:54 PM - 46
roots - NORTH CAROLINA: 0
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Feb 16 3:40 PM - 33
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