Eight points down with 17 seconds to go. Do we really need to say any more? Here's the wire report of the game.
17 Second Rally Gets 8 Points
UNC Beats Duke in OT
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) --- Freshman Walter Davis banked in a 35-foot jump shot at the end of regulation time to cap an incredible North Carolina comeback Saturday as the fourth-ranked Tar Heels nipped arch rival Duke, 96-92 in overtime.
Davis' long shot finished a rally that saw UNC wipe out an eight point Duke lead in the game's final 17 seconds. Davis then went on to score ten of his team's ten points in the overtime period as UNC extended it record to 21-4.
Duke had apparently put the game out of UNC's reach when the Tar Heels' Bobby Jones was fouled with 17 seconds left and the score 86-78. Jones sank both free throws and the Tar Heels went into a fullcourt press.
Freshman John Kuester stole the in-bounds pass and sank a layup to cut the lead to four points with 11 seconds left. Duke again lost the ball on the in-bounds play.
Davis, who finished the game with 31 points, missed a shot, but Jones laid the rebound in to narrow the margin to two. This time, Duke got the ball in bounds.
UNC fouled Duke's Pete Kramer in the backcourt, and Kramer missed the first of a one-and-one free throw opportunity. Ed Stahl rebounded for UNC and the Tar Heels called time.
With three seconds left, Jones threw a long in-bounds pass to Davis at half court. He took two dribbles and banked the 35-footer off the boards and in.
"It was one of the most incredible finishes I've ever seen in basketball," said UNC coach Dean Smith afterwards.
It was the second time this season that North Carolina, taking advantage of Duke failures to get the ball into play, has beaten the Blue Devils in the final seconds. Duke finished the regular season with a 10-15 record and a 2-10 mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
DUKE (92) -- Kramer 15, Redding 18, Fleischer 17, Armstrong 12, Billerman 8, Hodge 20, Suk, Fox 2, Chill
NORTH CAROLINA (96) -- O'Donnell 2, Stahl 7, Jones 24, Elston 10, Hite 2, Harrison 8, Davis 31, Kupchak 5, Kuester 3, Hoffman 4, LaGarde, Chambers, Bell.
HALFTIME: North Carolina 44, Duke 42.
FOULED OUT: Billerman, Elston. TOTAL FOULS: Duke 23, North Carolina 25. TECHNICAL FOULS: Duke, Billerman. North Carolina, Bench. ATTENDANCE: 8,800
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