Tar Heels beat buzzer to force OT, top Ohio State
NEW YORK CITY– Pete Nance made a jumper at the buzzer to require overtime, R.J. Davis iced a much-needed victory for scuffling North Carolina with two late totally free throws, and the Tar Heels beat No. 23 Ohio State 89-84 on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic.Armando Bacot had
28 points and 15 rebounds and Caleb Love scored 22 for North Carolina( 8-4 ), which is trying to ideal itself after a four-game losing streak-all far from home – knocked the preseason No. 1 team out of the Leading 25 2 weeks ago.The Tar Heels have actually now won three straight, however
none much better than this one against the Buckeyes( 7-3 )at Madison Square Garden.The Tar Heels routed for most of the game before Davis struck a 3 from the wing with 1:29 delegated make it 75-74 North Carolina.Brice Sensabaugh made a jumper from inside the nasty line with 2 seconds left to give the Buckeyes a 79-77
lead. North Carolina utilized a number of timeouts to get the play it wanted, initially completing a long inbounds pass to get the ball past halfcourt.That left 1.2 seconds, just enough for Leaky Black to lob an inbounds pass to the 6-foot-11 Nance, who swished a turnaround from the wing as time ended to send it to OT.Sensabaugh, making his 2nd straight start with Isaac Likekele out, had 22 points and 8 rebounds for the Buckeyes.North Carolina’s Hubert Davis, who played the first 4 seasons of his 12-year
NBA career with the New york city Knicks, went back to the Garden as coach of his alma mater for the first time.Ohio State led by as many as 12 in the first half
as the Tar Heels were going 1 for 9 from 3-point range. Bacot pulled the Tar Heels back within six, scoring 14 points and having his method the paint.But Justice Sueing made a 3 at the first-half buzzer to put the Buckeyes up 44-35 at the break.The Takeaway North Carolina: The Tar Heels struggled from 3, hitting just 6 of 28( 21%). Ohio State: Leading scorer Zed Key had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 fouls as he spent much of his day leaning on Bacot. The Buckeyes likewise threw 6-foot-11 freshman Felix Okpara at the Tar Heels’huge male. Okpara fouled
out in 12 minutes.