Wofford knocks off No. 4 Heels
Fletcher Magee scored 27 points to help Wofford stun No. 5 North Carolina 79-75 on Wednesday night, snapping the reigning national champion’s 23-game home winning streak.
The Terriers (8-4) led the entire second half and by as many as 14 points before holding off UNC’s lategame run for a huge road win and their first win over a ranked team in 24 games.
The Tar Heels (10-2) got within a point twice and missed four 3-pointers for the tie in the final 6 minutes. But they never could overtake the Terriers, who played confidently and kept counter-punching every time UNC made a run.
The Terriers closed it out with four straight free throws in the final 15.2 seconds to seal it, then mobbed each other at midcourt as the horn sounded and the Tar Heels headed to the locker room.
Joel Berry II scored 23 points to lead UNC, which suffered its first loss to an unranked team while ranked in the top five since falling to Boston College in January 2009.
Magee and the Terriers closed the first half on an 8-0 run to take a 34-33 lead, then made 10 of 15 shots out of the break to steal momentum and put UNC in catch-up mode.
North Carolina shot just 36 percent.
TENNESSEE 66, FURMAN 61 >> Grant Williams scored a tiebreaking basket with 54 seconds left as the No. 21 Volunteers prevailed. In a game that featured 13 ties and 14 lead changes, Williams put Tennessee (8-2) ahead for good as he made a move in the paint and scored to break a 61-all tie. CREIGHTON 116, USC UPSTATE 62 >> Marcus Foster scored 16 points and the 25thranked Bluejays (10-2) shot nearly 70 percent during a 58-point first half in Omaha, Nebraska. Creighton won its fifth straight and scored at least 90 points for the eighth time this season.
UTAH 84, NORTHWESTERN STATE 62 >> Tyler Rawson and Justin Bibbins both scored a career-high 25 points as the host Utes (83) cruised in the nonconference finale.
Women
OREGON STATE 61, UC DAVIS 47 >> Marie Gulich had a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds), and the 17thranked Beavers used an 11-2 run in the third quarter to hand the Aggies their second straight loss. Mikayla Pivec led the Beavers (92) with 14 points. Morgan Bertsch led the Aggies (92) with 20 points.
NOTRE DAME 91, MARQUETTE 85 >> Arike Ogunbowale scored 22 points, and the second-ranked Fighting Irish (11-0) needed overtime to avoid a big upset. Down 73-70 with 44 seconds left in regulation, Notre Dame rallied to tie it when Kathryn Westbeld hit the first of two free throws, rebounded her miss on the second and scored with 40 seconds left. UCLA 67, FORDHAM 30 >> Jordin Canada scored 16 points, and the 11th-ranked Bruins (9-2) outscored the Rams 22-4 in the second quarter in the win in New York.