North Carolina, which never trailed, couldn’t pull away from Boston College as Armando Bacot tallied his 60th double-double in a 72-64 victory at home. (1\/17) <\/p>\n
Bacot, who already had 10 points and 12 rebounds at the half, finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds to pace Carolina to the win in a game that seemed to trudge along much of the game.<\/p>\n
“Boston College is a very physical basketball team and they make it difficult to get into the offense,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said. “A team like that can take you out of your rhythm.”<\/p>\n
Whether it’s pretty or ugly, Coach Davis added, winning a conference game is a great thing. <\/p>\n
The Eagles stayed close but could never take the lead as they missed all six of their three-point shots. It was the first time BC failed to hit a three-point shot since 2005 and the first time Carolina held an opponent to no threes since 1990.<\/p>\n
Carolina led by as many as nine points in the first half at 21-12 when R.J. Davis hit a three from the right sideline and by as many as 11 points in the second half at 52-41 when Davis swished a three from the right wing. He finished with 18 points. <\/p>\n
The Tar Heels hit 10 of 29 three pointers. Coach Davis wasn’t happy with settling for so many threes. In fact, half of Carolina’s shot were from beyond the arc. <\/p>\n
The Heels needed a big three from Caleb Love after Carolina had missed seven shots in a row, allowing BC to pull within a point at 56-55 as the Eagles hit five in a row. The step-back three with 5:20 to go preceded a fastbreak layup by Love and a couple of free throws from Davis that pushed the lead back up to eight at 63-55.<\/p>\n
The Eagles were down by just six with 1:16 to before Carolina wrapped it up with a fly-by layup by Davis and a reverse slam dunk by Love after a Leaky Black steal. <\/p>\n
Boston College, now 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the ACC, was led by big man Quinten Post’s 17 points. <\/p>\n
Bacot now has 1,203 career rebounds and needs just 17 more to break Tyler Hansbrough’s Carolina career record. <\/p>\n
Carolina, now 13-6 overall and 5-3 in the conference, hosts rival N.C. State Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n