As the ACC race was coming down to the wire, the Tar Heels took on their neighbors from nearby Raleigh, extended their winning streak to seven games, and look to make a final push for the regular season championship.
Carolina Blasts Wolfpack
United Press International
CHAPEL HILL --- Eighth-ranked North Carolina, paced by Phil Ford's 24 points, downed North Carolina State 90-73 Wednesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game.
The Tar Heels, who shot 62 per cent against North Carolina State must defeat Duke Saturday in Durham to gain at least a share of the regular season ACC crown with Wake Forest.
Walter Davis and Mike O'Koren scored 14 each and Tom Zaliagiris added 10 as North Carolina improved its ACC record to 8-3 and overall mark to 20-4.
North Carolina State, now 5-6 in the league and 15-10 overall, was led by Kenny Carr with 18, Tony Warren with 16 and Clyde Austin and Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney with 10 apiece.
North Carolina led the game by as many as 30 points, 84-54, with 6:38 remaining in the game.
The two teams played evenly for the first 12 minutes of the game, but the score was tied up 23-23 with 8:25 remaining before the half. The Tar Heels, paced by Ford, then outscored the Wolfpack 23-9 in the remaining eight minutes. By intermission, the Tar Heels were ahead 12 points, 46-34.
In the second half, the Wolfpack could pull no closer than 10 points, 52-42, with 15:53 left in the game. For the next nine minutes, North Carolina outscored North Carolina State 32-12 to gain a 30 point advantage.
The Wolfpack was able to cut the lead to the final margin when North Carolina coach Dean Smith used his substitutes freely in the last six minutes.
North Carolina outrebounded North Carolina State 37-28 with Walter Davis pulling down 12 for the Tar Heels. Warren grabbed 11 for the Wolfpack.
North Carolina State hit only 45 per cent of their shots from the floor.
State will finish the regular-season Saturday night against Wake Forest in Raleigh. The loss was the second straight for the Wolfpack in ACC play and the first time the team has lost by such a large margin all year.
State had beaten the Tar Heels in the first regular-season meeting in Raleigh. Carolina had beaten State in Greensboro in the opening game of the year in the Big Four Tournament.
North Carolina State (73)
Warren 6 4-5 16 Whitney 5 0-0 10 Carr 8 2-2 18 B Walker 1 0-0 2 Austin 5 0-0 10 Green 0 0-0 0 S Walker 1 0-0 2 Sudhop 3 0-1 6 C Davis 4 1-2 9 Ewing 0 0-0 0 Totals 33 7-10 73
North Carolina (90)
W Davis 5 4-4 14 Coley 0 0-0 0 Buckley 1 1-2 3 Kuester 4 0-0 8 Ford 8 8-8 24 O'Koren 5 4-4 14 Yonakor 2 1-2 5 Zaliagiris 5 0-0 10 Wolf 2 4-6 8 Bradley 0 0-1 0 Daughton 0 0-1 0 Virgil 1 0-0 2 Wiel 1 0-2 2 Totals 34 22-30 90
Halftime - North Carolina 46 North Carolina State 34 Fouled Out - none Technical Fouls - Carr Total Fouls - North Carolina State 25 North Carolina 16 A - 10 000
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