No. 3 Unc Takes Advantage Of Threes

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Dante Calabria led No. 3 North Carolina’s record-setting 3-point shooting Wednesday night, scoring a career-high 26 points as the Tar Heels cruised by Florida State, 100-70, at Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Tar Heels (5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, 15-1) won their sixth straight game and moved into a first-place tie atop the ACC with Maryland, which beat Clemson. Virginia’s loss at home to Wake Forest dropped the Cavaliers a half-game back.

Florida State (9-6, 3-4) saw its three-game ACC winning streak come to an end despite a career-high 26 points from freshman Corey Louis.

The Tar Heels, shooting 42 percent from long range coming into the game, set a school record with 17 3-pointers. Calabria, the nation’s leading 3-point shooter at 60 percent, was 8 for 11 from 3-point range to tie the individual school mark, held by Hubert Davis.

(5) Kentucky 69, Tennessee 50 At Lexington, Ky., Rodrick Rhodes scored a career-high 29 points, becoming the 41st player in Kentucky history to score 1,000 points.

Rhodes, a junior forward, hit a 3-pointer with 49 seconds to go as he was left in the game with reserves in order to reach the milestone.

Kentucky (7-0 Southeastern Conference, 13-2) registered its seventh straight win with a pressing defense that forced the Volunteers (2-5, 7-8) to commit a season-high 27 turnovers and shoot a season-low 29 percent (15 for 51).

(8)Maryland 56, Clemson 51

At Clemson, S.C., Joe Smith scored 17 points and blocked a potential game-tying shot with 8 seconds left to preserve the Terrapins’ win.

The Terrapins (5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, 15-3) led 42-29 with 10:18 to go, but then went 4 minutes without a basket.

It was Maryland’s fourth straight victory and ninth in 10 games. The Tigers dropped to 1-5, 10-5.

(10) Michigan St. 54, Minnesota 53

At East Lansing, Mich., Jon Garavaglia hit a jumper from the left corner with 6.8 seconds remaining and the Spartans overcame their worst shooting night of the season.

The win was the fourth by two points or less for the Spartans (5-1 Big Ten, 13-2) over the past six games.

Voshon Lenard had given the Gophers (4-3, 13-6) a 53-52 lead with a jumper from the top of the key with 28 seconds to go. The Spartans worked the ball around until they found Garavaglia open on the baseline.

(11) Iowa St. 81, N. Iowa 62

At Cedar Falls, Iowa, Loren Meyer dominated inside with 23 points and the Hawkeyes (16-2) shut down the Panthers (5-13).

Iowa State ran off two big scoring bursts en route to a 16-point halftime lead, then held Northern Iowa to two baskets over the first 9 minutes of the second half while increasing its lead to 33.

(16) Wake Forest 71, (15) Virginia 70

At Charlottesville, Va., Randolph Childress scored 18 of Wake Forest’s final 20 points, including the deciding free throws with 5.7 seconds to play, as the Demon Deacons rallied.

Wake Forest’s (4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference, 11-3) win was the Deacons’ third straight at University Hall. The Cavs fell to 5-2, 11-5).

(21) Georgia Tech 75, N.C. State 71 At Atlanta, James Forrest scored 11 of his 20 points over the final 7:32 to spark the Yellow Jackets.

Forrest scored seven consecutive points over a 66-second span as the Jackets (3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference, 12-6) erased a 57-54 deficit and took a 61-60 lead with 6:26 remaining.

It was the 13th consecutive home victory for Georgia Tech. Todd Fuller scored a career-high 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Wolfpack (2-4, 10-6).

(22) Villanova 92, Miami 62 At Miami, Eric Eberz scored 20 points, including two 3-pointers during the Wildcats’ gameopening 13-0 run.

Villanova (5-2 Big East, 12-5) won their fourth consecutive game and snapped the Hurricanes’ school-record, three-game conference winning streak. It was the most lopsided loss of the season for Miami (3-4, 8-6).

Auburn 77, (23) Florida 71

At Auburn, Ala., Lance Weems scored 22 points and Moochie Norris thwarted a Gators comeback with a dive over press row as the Tigers defeated Florida.

It was the Tigers’ (4-3 Southeastern Conference, 11-5) second victory over a Final Four team in less than two weeks.

Florida (3-3, 9-6), continuing to struggle a year after making its first Final Four, kept it tight by holding Auburn without a point for 4 minutes.

With 2 minutes to go, Norris plummeted over press row, flipped a long rebound toward teammate Chris Davis, whose lay-in at the other end deflated the Gators’ comeback.

Kansas St. 87, (25) Oklahoma 77

At Manhattan, Kan., Tyrone Davis and Mark Young each had career-high scoring games as the Wildcats snapped a four-game losing streak.

It’s the second year in a row Kansas State (2-4 Big Eight, 11-7) broke a four-game skid by beating a favored team from Oklahoma (1-2, 14-4) at home.