Andrew Platek

Platek lifts Tar Heels past Miami

January 6, 2021 The Associated Press

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Leaky Black scored 16 points, and Andrew Platek’s running jumper with three seconds to go carried North Carolina to a 67-65 win over Miami on Tuesday night. Off the inbounds following […]

College Basketball Roundup: Heels fall to 5-4 with loss at Georgia

December 31, 2020 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Jose Alvarado scored 20 points, making a pullup jumper with 45 seconds left and two clinching free throws at 12 seconds, and Georgia Tech defeated North Carolina 72-67 in a second-half comeback Wednesday […]

College Basketball Roundup: Bacot leads No. 16 Heels past NC Central

December 12, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 16 UNC stopped a two-game slide by holding off North Carolina Central for a 73-67 victory Saturday. Caleb Love and Day’Ron Sharpe […]

College Basketball Roundup: Davis, Brooks lead No. 14 UNC over UNLV

November 30, 2020 The Associated Press

ASHEVILLE — North Carolina started its first game of the relocated Maui Invitational so badly that it faced an immediate double-digit hole as its Hall of Fame coach benched multiple starters. The 14th-ranked Tar Heels […]

Love, exciting and new: Freshman PG leads UNC in opener

November 25, 2020 Shawn Krest

North Carolina went on a 23-3 run after College of Charleston took its only lead of the game in the second half to pull away to a 79-60 win in the Tar Heels’ season opener. […]

Revamped Tar Heels ready to erase memory of last year

November 24, 2020 Shawn Krest

The COVID-19 pandemic forced an early end to the college basketball season for many teams, but North Carolina was not one of them. In the last ACC game played last season, while Tom Hanks and […]

Duke, Jones stun UNC to add another memorable chapter to storied rivalry

February 9, 2020 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Wendell Moore made the winning shot as time expired in overtime to produce one of the most thrilling, improbable finishes in the history of the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry. That’s saying something, considering […]

Battle of the Blues: Struggling UNC still a concern for Blue Devils

February 5, 2020 Shawn Krest

DURHAM — This year’s first meeting of the Duke-North Carolina rivalry will make history. UNC will enter the first matchup with the Blue Devils at 10-12, the first time the Tar Heels have had a […]

Tar Heels lose another heartbreaker, drop 2OT game at Virginia Tech

January 23, 2020 The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Tyrece Radford hadn’t made a shot all game, but when the ball came to him with the clock racing toward 0.00, he knew it was time to do something. The redshirt freshman […]

Pitt beats Tar Heels to win first ACC road game in nearly two years

January 9, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Pittsburgh’s road skid is over. North Carolina’s problems at home are far from it. Trey McGowens scored 24 points and Pittsburgh ended a 22-game losing streak in conference road games with a […]