NC State tops UNC

Allerik Freeman scored a career-high 29 points and hit seven of North Carolina State’s 15 3-pointers to upset No. 10 North Carolina, 95-91, in overtime. Omer Yurtseven added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Wolfpack (15-7, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). That included a huge putback with 30.9 seconds left in the overtime and his team up a point.

VIRGINIA TOPS DUKE » Before Ty Jerome hit the shot that effectively beat No. 4 Duke, the Virginia guard stole the ball. It figures. For the secondranked Cavaliers, even their daggers trace back to that punishing defense.

Virginia beat the Blue Devils, 65-63, after Jerome hit a critical 3-pointer with 37.6 seconds to play to help the Cavaliers (20-1, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their first at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1995.

Olympics

IOC CONFIRMS RUSSIANS » The IOC says it has invited 169 Russian athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The International Olympic Committee did not publish names of which athletes were cleared by two vetting panels of suspicion of doping to go to the Feb. 9-25 Winter Games in South Korea.

Golf

NOREN LEADS » A ninetime winner on the European Tour, Alex Noren gave himself a chance to make his mark in America with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

NBA

GEORGE REPLACES COUSINS » Oklahoma City forward Paul George will replace injured New Orleans center DeMarcus Cousins on Team LeBron in the NBA AllStar Game. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the decision a day after Cousins went down for the season with an Achilles tear.