Wake Forest Upsets No. 2 North Carolina

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Randolph Childress attacked from the outside and Tim Duncan took over in the middle as No. 9 Wake Forest (11-4 ACC, 20-5) held on late in the second half and beat No. 2 North Carolina (11-4, 21-4) 79-70 Tuesday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Duncan outplayed North Carolina’s Rasheed Wallace, scoring 25 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Childress had four 3-pointers and finished 8 for 10 from the field with 26 points.

(8) UMass. 86, Rhode Island 71

Marcus Camby scored 21 points and Lou Roe grabbed his 1,000th career rebound as the Minutemen (12-3 Atlantic, 22-4) clinched their fourth consecutive Atlantic 10 title by beating the Rams (2-14, 7-9) at Amherst, Mass.

Roe joined Julius Erving as the only Minutemen to surpass 1,000 rebounds in a career.

(7) Arkansas 94, Florida 85

Corliss Williamson scored 20 points to lead a balanced Razorback (11-4 SEC, 24-5) attack that included 10 3-pointers as Arkansas beat the Gator (7-8, 14-11) in Gainesville, Fla.

The Razorbacks hit eight 3-pointers in the first half and led by 12 at halftime.

(11) Villanova 92, B.C. 68

Kerry Kittles scored a careerhigh 44 points to tie a 29-year-old Villanova scoring mark and lead Wildcats (14-3 Big East, 22-6) to a win over the Eagles (2-15, 8-17) at Villanova, Pa.

Kittles hit a 3-pointer with 5:03 left in the game to give Villanova a 79-53 lead.

(13) Virginia 63, Va. Tech 62

Harold Deane made up for his lowest offensive output in 12 games by hitting a runner in the lane with 17 seconds left to lift Virginia (20-7) over Virginia Tech (19-9).

After Deane’s basket, Virginia Tech brought the ball down, called a timeout and set up Shawn Smith for a final shot.