TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — R.J. Davis scored 19 factors, Leaky Black had 18 factors and 9 rebounds and North Carolina eased by Florida State 77-66 on Monday night time for its third straight victory.
North Carolina pulled away within the first half with 11 3-pointers in constructing a 43-25 lead. Davis and Caleb Love every made three 3-pointers within the first half. The Tar Heels cooled off within the second half and completed 14 of 29 from distance.
North Carolina led by double figures for the primary quarter-hour of the second half earlier than Florida State went on a 9-0 run to get inside 64-60 with 2:45 left. The Tar Heels made their remaining three discipline objectives and went 7 of 8 from the stripe within the remaining 26 seconds to safe it.
Love scored 15 factors and Pete Nance had 15 factors and 10 rebounds for North Carolina (19-11, 11-8 ACC). Armando Bacot, averaging a team-high 17 factors, missed his first 4 pictures and didn’t rating till making 1 of two free throws with 26.1 seconds remaining within the sport.
North Carolina closes its common season on Saturday at residence towards Duke in a sport featured on ESPN’s College GameDay.
Caleb Mills scored 19 factors and Matthew Cleveland had 12 factors and 9 rebounds for Florida State (9-21, 7-12), which performs at Virginia Tech on Saturday.
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