The Palm Beach Post

Thursday’s Top 25 games

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(At) No. 21 North Carolina 82, No. 9 Duke 78: Joel Berry II had 21 points, and Kenny Williams made six 3-pointers and matched his career high with 20 points as the Tar Heels (18-7, 7-5 ACC) upset the Blue Devils (19-5, 7-4). Cameron Johnson had 18 points and 13 rebounds for North Carolina, which shot just 39 percent but clamped down on defense in the second half after allowing Duke to score 49 points in the first half. Marvin Bagley III had 15 points and 16 rebounds for Duke, which shot 48 percent and has lost two straight.

No. 11 Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount: Late

No. 12 Gonzaga at Pacific: Late

No. 13 Arizona vs. UCLA: Late

(At) No. 16 Clemson 72, Pittsburgh 48: Gabe DeVoe matched his career high with 25 points as the Tigers (204, 9-3 ACC) routed the Panthers (8-17, 0-12). DeVoe was 7 for 11 from 3-point range. Shelton Mitchell made three 3s on his way to 12 points, and Elijah Thomas had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Clemson, which led 32-22 at halftime and then put Pitt away by scoring on nine of its first 10 second-half possession­s. Terrell Brown led Pitt with 19 points. The Panthers committed 15 turnovers, leading to 22 points for Clemson.

ODDS AND ENDS

Baseball: Right-hander Zack Wheeler beat the Mets in salary arbitratio­n, and reliever Justin Grimm lost to the Cubs, leaving players with a 7-4 record about halfway through this year’s hearings. Wheeler, a 27-yearold starter, gets a raise from $800,000 to $1.9 million instead of New York’s $1.5 million offer. Grimm, a 29-year-old right-hander, was given a hike from $1,825,000 to $2.2 million. He had asked for $2,475,000 . ... Red Sox minor league catcher Jake Romanski, 27, was suspended 100 games following a positive amphetamin­e test. It is his second ban for a stimulant under the minor league drug program.

Tennis: Fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet defeated French countryman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 to reach the Open Sud de France quarterfin­als in Montpellie­r.

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