Roundup of Sunday’s Top 25 action.
No. 12 NORTH CAROLINA 83 No. 20 NOTRE DAME 76
Justin Jackson scored four points during a 9-2 North Carolina run to open the game, and the Tar Heels never trailed.
Jackson, one of six players with double-digit points, led the Tar Heels with 16 points, four rebounds and three assists. Though V.J. Beachem topped the Irish in points with 21, Bonzie Colson added 17 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double.
The Fighting Irish, who hold a rebounding margin of -.9 (233rd in the country), were out-rebounded 44-25 by the top-ranked Tar Heels. That is an over 18 rebound difference from their average.
The game, previously set to be played Saturday, was postponed and moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, due to a broken water main on the UNC campus.
The Tar Heels improve to 21-4 and the Fighting Irish fall to 17-7.
No. 10 WISCONSIN 65 INDIANA 60
Ethan Happ‘s 20 points and Nigel Hayes‘s double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds) led Wisconsin (20-3). Josh Newkirk netted 22 points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out two assists for Indiana (15-9). Thomas Bryant (Bishop Kearney) had 11 points and six rebounds for Indiana. Wisconsin has won seven straight games.
No. 15 FLORIDA STATE 109 CLEMSON 61
Dwayne Bacon dropped 29 points and hauled in three rebounds for Florida State (20-4).
OTHER:
TEMPLE 83 SOUTH FLORIDA 74
Quinton Rose (Bishop Kearney) scored four points and grabbed two rebounds for Temple.
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