College Basketball Roundup : Carlyle Has the Hot Hand as Wake Forest Upsets North Carolina, 83-80

Once David Carlyle got started, he didn’t see any reason to stop.

Carlyle made 6 of 9 shots in the second half and Wake Forest came from behind to upset third-ranked North Carolina, 83-80, Thursday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Greensboro, N.C.

“Once I hit my first few shots, I knew I had the hot hand,” Carlyle said. “I wasn’t going to stop shooting. (Coach Bob Staak) told me not to stop shooting.”

Sam Ivy’s two free throws with three seconds remaining clinched the victory for the Demon Deacons (7-9 overall, 2-4 in the ACC).

North Carolina (14-3, 3-2) led by as much as 14 points early in the second half, but a barrage of three-point shots brought Wake Forest to within 56-52 with 13:35 remaining. Carlyle started the spree with the first two three-pointers and Cal Boyd capped it with two more.

Boyd hit another three-pointer with 9:59 left to bring the Demon Deacons within 64-61.

North Carolina opened the lead to 69-61, but a 12-2 run over the next three minutes gave Wake Forest a 73-71 edge on Ralph Kitley’s two free throws.

Ranzino Smith’s three-point basket tied the score for the Tar Heels, 77-77, with 2:22 left, but Wake Forest responded with two free throws by Carlyle and a short jumper by Todd Sanders.

Jeff Lebo hit a three-pointer with 50 seconds left to bring North Carolina to within 81-80. Rick Fox blocked Ivy’s shot with 25 seconds left, but the Tar Heels failed to capitalize when Pete Chilcutt was called for traveling.

Ivy was fouled by Fox and hit his two free throws.

Wake Forest outrebounded the Tar Heels, 33-21, gaining a big advantage on the boards when J.R. Reid fouled out for North Carolina with 7:02 left. Center Scott Williams also fouled out with 2:41 left.

Carlyle had 21 points, 18 in the second half. Ivy and Boyd scored 18 points each for Wake Forest, which snapped a 12-game losing streak in the series.

Smith and Reid had 19 points apiece for North Carolina.

Southern Mississippi 95, Louisville 92--The No. 20 Golden Eagles sank 11 shots from three-point range--six by Casey Fisher--and outgunned the Cardinals in a Metro Conference showdown at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Southern (15-2, 4-1) won its ninth straight game and is off to its best start since joining Division I in 1965. The Golden Eagles are 10-0 at home.

Southern Mississippi overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half and a 28-point performance by Louisville’s Pervis Ellison.

With Ellison dominating inside, Louisville (10-7, 1-2) took a 67-58 lead with 13 minutes to play. But John White scored eight quick points and the Eagles got even, 75-75, with 6:46 left on a basket by Randolph Keys.

White’s two free throws with 4:24 to play gave Southern an 82-81 lead, Randy Pettus hit a free throw and Fisher added two more, and Louisville could get no closer than two points the rest of the way.

Michigan 76, Illinois 64--Glen Rice scored 23 points and the eighth-ranked Wolverines overpowered the No. 13 Illini at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Illinois (14-5, 4-3) started the game with leading scorer Ken Battle on the bench for disciplinary reasons. Battle, averaging 16.2 points, was inserted into the game by Coach Lou Henson with 7:37 remaining in the half and Illinois trailing, 18-13.

Battle finished with three points in 27 minutes.

After Battle entered the game, Michigan (17-2, 6-1) went on a 21-10 run and led, 39-23, at intermission.

The Illini, behind the shooting of Nick Anderson, opened the second half with a 27-17 run that cut the Wolverines’ lead to 56-50 with 8:40 left, but Illinois got no closer.

Grant and Rice combined for 14 of Michigan’s 20 points in the final 8:30. Grant hit a short jumper to end a 2:24 scoreless spell by Michigan and make it 58-50, then he fed Mark Hughes for a layup to make it 60-52, sank an 18-footer from the corner and stole the ball before feeding Rice for a stuff to make it 64-54 with 5:32 left.

Anderson finished with 23 points, 15 in the second half.

Temple 87, St. Bonaventure 66--Mike Vreeswyk scored 25 points and the sixth-ranked Owls broke away from the Bonnies with 13 straight points early in the second half of an Atlantic 10 game at Philadelphia.

The Owls (15-1, 9-0) rebounded from their first loss of the season, to Nevada Las Vegas on Sunday.

Temple had a 40-30 lead at halftime, but the Bonnies (10-4, 4-4) pulled within 42-36 in the early minutes of the second half. But Temple scored the next 13 points for a 55-36 lead with 13 minutes left.

Dick McCormick scored 19 points for St. Bonaventure.

UTEP 53, Colorado State 51--Chris Sandle sank two free throws with 11 seconds left and the No. 18 Miners came from 14 points down to beat the Rams in a Western Athletic Conference game at El Paso, Tex.

A three-point attempt at the buzzer by Colorado State’s David Turcotte bounced off the rim.

The Rams (11-5, 2-2) jumped out to an 18-4 lead with 11:13 remaining in the first half, but UTEP (17-3, 6-1) was back in the game by halftime, trailing, 24-21.

The Miners moved ahead for the first time, 30-28, on Tim Hardaway’s layup with 15:06 remaining in the contest. The lead changed hands five times after that.

Bradley 96, West Virginia 65--Hersey Hawkins, the nation’s leading scorer, scored 34 points and Anthony Manuel had 15 points and 18 assists as the Braves downed the Mountaineers at Peoria, Ill.

Leading, 47-37, at halftime, the Braves (12-2) launched a 24-10 run that put them on top 71-47 with 10:30 left.

Donald Powell added 15 points for Bradley and Luke Jackson scored 14.

Steve Berger scored 15 points for West Virginia (13-5).

Wyoming 57, San Diego State 56--Fennis Dembo hit a 15-foot jumper with 50 seconds left to give the Cowboys a WAC victory over the Aztecs at San Diego.

Mitch McMullen had a chance to force overtime for San Diego (7-11, 1-6), but he could make just one of two free throws with 17 seconds left.

The Cowboys (14-4, 3-4) still couldn’t put the game away as Eric Leckner three times missed the front end of a one-and-one (the Aztecs were called for lane violations on the first two), but San Diego missed a desperation shot at the buzzer.