Tar Heels Win in Overtime

If No. 14 North Carolina was looking ahead to top-ranked Duke, the Tar Heels almost looked a little too far. North Carolina, down by 11 early in the second half, needed to go to overtime to beat Wake Forest, 68-65, Tuesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Jason Capel made four free throws in the final 22 seconds of overtime to win it for the Tar Heels, 22-7 overall and 10-5 in the ACC.

The Demon Deacons (15-12, 6-9) fell to 1-14 in the Smith Center despite 28 points from three-point ace Robert O’Kelley, who fouled out with 1:09 left in overtime.

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No. 11 Miami defeated Pittsburgh, 85-52, in a Big East game at Miami, with the Hurricanes (20-5, 14-3) gaining their first 20-win season since Rick Barry played at the school 34 years ago. Pitt is 13-15 and 4-13. . . . No. 18 Iowa presented Coach Tom Davis with a 65-48 victory over Northwestern in his last game in Iowa City. Iowa (18-7, 9-6) wraps up Big Ten regular-season play Saturday at Indiana. Davis, in his 13th season at Iowa, did not have his contract extended. Northwestern (14-11, 6-9) has lost 15 of its last 16 games against Iowa. . . . Brian Cardinal scored all 15 of his points in the first half as No. 23 Purdue (19-9, 7-7) rolled to a 54-42 victory over Minnesota (15-9, 6-8) in a Big Ten game at West Lafayette, Ind.