In what North Carolina coach Roy Williams called a “bizarre game,” the Tar Heels overcame a 15-point first-half deficit without foul-plagued James Michael McAdoo to defeat Florida State 81-75 on the road. (2/17)

Coach Williams’ 300th victory wasn’t the easiest of his career.Trailing 21-6 at the second TV timeout, the Carolina players heard an earful from Coach Williams, who did a lot of yelling rather than talking Xs and Os.

The Tar Heels responded by chipping away at the lead, mainly by getting the ball down low to freshman Kennedy Meeks, who scored on a nice feed from Marcus Paige to cut the lead to just 36-33 at the first half buzzer.

Carolina kept it close early in the second half and then managed to tie it on a Desmond Hubert dunk follow and took the lead for the first time on a Nate Britt swish from the right baseline that made it 57-55 with 10 minutes left in the game.

Three triples by Paige over a three-minute period gave the Tar Heels their biggest cushion at 70-62 with less than six minutes to play.

It was Meeks’ best game of the year as he went 11 of 12 for 23 points while Paige scored 20. McAdoo, who had scored double figures in 17 straight games, fouled out without scoring.

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