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Posted on: Monday, February 4, 2008

Tar Heels top Florida State

Associated Press

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North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough shoots over Florida State's Ryan Reid. Hansbrough had 22 points and 21 rebounds.

PHIL COALE | Associated Press

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State had a miracle shot yesterday. North Carolina still had Tyler Hansbrough.

The junior forward had 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to lift the fourth-ranked Tar Heels to an 84-73 overtime victory over the Seminoles.

North Carolina (21-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) shook off an unlikely 3-pointer by Florida State's Ryan Reid with 8.1 seconds left that sent the game into overtime.

"We expected a fight, but we didn't expect it to be that close," said North Carolina's Danny Green, whose three-point play with 2:53 left in the overtime ignited a 10-2 run that doomed the Seminoles (13-10, 2-6).

The shot that tied the game was the first 3-point attempt of Reid's career and the 6-foot-9 sophomore drained it from deep in the corner with aplomb.

"I saw that I really couldn't pass the ball to anyone so I shot the 3," said Reid, who said he more-or-less wished the ball into the basket.

Reid, Uche Echefu and freshman Julian Vaughn — who took turns guarding the 6-9 Hansbrough — all fouled out in the overtime.

Held to just three free throws in the first half and no field goals for more than 30 minutes, Hansbrough had eight points and five rebounds in the overtime.

"He's such a relentless player that he finds a way," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said.

North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson, who is averaging 14.1 points and 6.0 assists, sprained his left ankle 4 minutes into the game.

"Some guys had to step up and play well," Hansbrough said. "We knew it was going to be tough without Ty."

Green scored 19 points and Deon Thompson had 11 for North Carolina, which overcame 21 turnovers.

No. 11 Indiana 75, Northwestern 63: Eric Gordon scored 29 points and D.J. White added 26 for host Indiana (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten) in a victory over Northwestern (7-12, 0-8). It was Indiana's 35th straight win at home against Northwestern since 1968.

No. 13 Wisconsin 63, Minnesota 47: Trevon Hughes had 20 points and six steals to lead visiting Wisconsin (18-3, 8-1 Big Ten) over Minnesota (13-7, 3-5) for its 12th win in 13 games. Marcus Landry and Brian Butch each added 11 points for the Badgers.

MEN'S DIVISION II

Hawai'i Pacific 63, Chaminade 57: Rishi Kakad scored all 14 of his points in the second half at McCabe gym as the Sea Warriors (5-15, 2-9) handed the Silverswords (15-5, 10-1) their first Pacific West Conference loss. Marko Kolaric grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds for Chaminade.

WOMEN'S TOP 25

No. 2 Tennessee 79, Kentucky 51: Candace Parker dunked for the seventh time in her career and scored 20 points to help host Tennessee (20-1, 7-0 SEC) beat Kentucky (11-11, 5-3). With the Lady Vols leading by 18, the 6-foot-4 All-American gained control of the ball at the baseline, turned around and dunked with 8:08 left in the game.

No. 8 LSU 85, Florida 71: Quianna Chaney scored 19 points, Allison Hightower added 14 off the bench and visiting LSU (18-3, 7-0 SEC) defeated Florida (14-8, 3-4) for its ninth consecutive victory. Erica White finished with 16 points, six rebounds and seven assists for LSU.

No. 11 Oklahoma 74, No. 25 Texas 58: Courtney Paris had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks to help visiting Oklahoma (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) beat Texas (15-7, 3-5). Paris got her 80th consecutive double-double and Oklahoma used a 19-4 run in the final 10 minutes to blow the game open.

No. 12 West Virginia 70, Seton Hall 42: LaQuita Owens scored 10 points and Olayinka Sanni added 19 to help visiting West Virginia (18-3, 7-1 Big East) rout Seton Hall (13-7, 3-5). The Mountaineers scored the first nine points of the game and built the lead to 20 in the first half.

No. 13 Old Dominion 93, UNC-Wilmington 56: T.J. Jordan scored 20 points to lead host Old Dominion (18-3, 9-0 Colonial Athletic Association) to its 12th straight win with a victory over UNC-Wilmington (11-9, 2-7). Jordan scored 15 points in the first half.

Vanderbilt 61, No. 17 Georgia 54: Christina Wirth scored 18 points to lead visiting Vanderbilt (16-6, 5-2 SEC) over Georgia (16-6, 3-4). Jennifer Risper added 13 for Vanderbilt.

No. 19 Ohio State 76, Minnesota 62: Ashlee Trebilcock scored 19 points and host Ohio State (17-5, 8-3 Big Ten) beat Minnesota (15-8, 6-5). Leslie Knight had 16 points for the Gophers.

WOMEN'S DIVISION II

Hawai'i Pacific 78, Chaminade 65: Ashley Jenkins scored 23 points as the Sea Warriors (5-15, 5-6 PacWest) beat the Silverswords (0-18, 0-11) at McCabe gym. Marian Murphy scored 17 points for Chaminade.