National Basketball Association
North Carolina 86, N.C. State 74
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Where: RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # Ed Corbett, #0 Sean Corbin
Attendance:
19710
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NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA 86, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 74: Kendall Marshall scored 22 points and added 13 assists for his first double-double of the season to lead the visiting Tar Heels.
The win makes it nine in the last 10 for North Carolina (24-4, 10-2 ACC), which got double-digit point totals from five players and kept pace with No. 4 Duke and No. 16 Florida State atop the ACC standings. John Henson maintained his double-double average for UNC with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
The Wolf Pack (18-10, 7-6 ACC) have dropped three consecutive games, all to the conference co-leaders.
In a meeting of two of the ACC’s top three offenses, North Carolina took a 46-41 lead into halftime after lead by as much as 14.
After the break, the Wolf Pack maintained a manageable deficit until the Tar Heels went on an 18-7 run at the 11:13 mark to put the game away.
Harrison Barnes added 20 points for UNC. C.J. Leslie paced N.C. State with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Henson’s double-double was his 14th of the season and 33rd of his career … Leslie’s game was his seventh straight with double-digit scoring and his fourth double-double of the season … UNC has recorded 12 straight wins over N.C. State, the longest streak in the history of the series, and leads 146-75 all-time.
Top Game Performances
| North Carolina |
|
N.C. State |
|
Kendall Marshall 22 |
Scoring |
C.J. Leslie 24 |
|
Kendall Marshall 13 |
Assists |
Lorenzo Brown 4 |
|
John Henson 13 |
Rebounds |
C.J. Leslie 12 |
|
Tyler Zeller 8 |
Free Throws Made |
C.J. Leslie 6 |
|
Reggie Bullock 1 |
Steals |
C.J. Williams 3 |
|
Tyler Zeller 4 |
Blocks |
C.J. Leslie 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| North Carolina
|
86 |
50.9 |
10-19 |
18-24 |
19 |
38 |
8 |
3 |
9 |
| N.C. State
|
74 |
41.4 |
3-13 |
13-23 |
11 |
39 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
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