COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : No. 2 North Carolina Rolls, 106-93

North Carolina has height and it also has depth, and it had way too much of both for Pittsburgh.

The No. 2 Tar Heels went on a 26-8 run while Pittsburgh’s 6-foot-11 Eric Mobley was in foul trouble early in the second half to beat the Panthers, 106-93, at Pittsburgh on Monday night.

Donald Williams came off the bench for 24 points and 7-0 Eric Montross took over the game when Mobley was on the bench.

The Tar Heels (9-1) outrebounded Pitt, 38-11, in the second half and finished with a 61-40 lead.

“I don’t think they wore us down, but when a team can bring in 7-footer after 7-footer, it gets you tired,” Mobley said.

Mobley had eight points, six rebounds and five blocks in the first half to neutralize North Carolina’s front line, but drew his fourth foul with 17:39 remaining and the Heels ahead by 56-49.

With Mobley on the bench, North Carolina’s front line scored 11 points during a 17-4 run that made the score 73-53 with about 13 minutes remaining. Mobley went back in only to foul out less than two minutes later, and the Tar Heels opened leads of as many as 27 points.

“I think Mobley played real well, but he got in foul trouble trying to block shots,” Montross said. “He’s a good threat inside . . . and it made a difference with him out of there.”

Freshman Jerry Stackhouse added 17 points and nine rebounds as the Tar Heels’ height and relentless fast break finally wore down Pitt (5-2).

No. 6 Kansas 101, Furman 60--Kansas celebrated its 500th game in Allen Fieldhouse by reversing a recent trend.

After shooting better on the road than at home, the Jayhawks (10-1) shot 62% to beat Furman at Lawrence. Richard Scott scored 14 points and Steve Woodberry added 13 as Kansas improved to 408-92 (.816) since the 15,800-seat field house opened March 1, 1955.

Furman is 2-4.

No. 7 Michigan 86, Central Michigan 44--Jalen Rose and Ray Jackson each scored 16 points and the Wolverines held Central Michigan to 19 second-half points at Ann Arbor. Michigan (6-1), which shot 56%, has an 18-1 advantage over Central Michigan (1-6) in a series that dates to 1943.

No. 14 Georgia Tech 79, Mount St. Mary’s 62--James Forrest and Travis Best each scored 17 points for Georgia Tech (7-1) at Atlanta. Chris McGuthrie had 17 points for the Mountaineers (3-2).

No. 19 Illinois 79, Jackson State 63--Illinois Coach Lou Henson was hardly impressed by his victory at Champaign.

“We just had a real bad game. You can’t whitewash this game,” Henson said after Illinois (6-1) shot 47% for the game, but 36% in the second half, and committed 19 turnovers. Jackson State is 4-4.

No. 22 Oklahoma State 73, Tulsa 61--Randy Rutherford made two three-pointers to start the Cowboys (7-2) on an 11-0 run, then got three rebounds in the final three minutes to secure the victory at Tulsa (4-1).

OTHERS

Brevin Knight scored 21 points, made a school-record 10 steals and had nine assists to lead Stanford (5-0) to a 91-75 victory over McNeese State (2-4) at Palo Alto.