National Basketball Association
Virginia 61, North Carolina 52
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 6, 2013
Where: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
Officials:
# John Cahill, # Karl Hess, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
12117
By SportsDirect Inc.
Virginia 61, North Carolina 52: Joe Harris scored 12 of his team-high 19 points in the second half as the host Cavaliers used a late surge to pull away from the Tar Heels in the ACC opener for both teams.
Harris shot 7-for-11 from the field and Akil Mitchell added seven points and 11 rebounds for Virginia (11-3, 1-0), which shot 8-for-14 from 3-point range to improve to 10-1 at home.
Reggie Bullock returned after missing a game with a concussion to score a season-high 22 points for North Carolina (10-4, 0-1), which fell to the Cavaliers for just the second time in 11 outings.
After Bullock capped the Tar Heels' 11-2 run with a 3-pointer, Virginia answered with a 20-6 run of its own to take a 46-40 lead midway through the second half. Harris and Paul Jesperson drilled 3-pointers before Evan Nolte capped the surge with back-to-back shots from beyond the arc.
Bullock sank a pair of 3-pointers and added a putback to bring North Carolina to within one at 51-50 with 3:07 remaining, but Harris and Jesperson had four points apiece as Virginia pulled away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cavaliers G Jontel Evans had eight points after returning from a four-game absence with a foot injury. ... Bullock's career high is 23, which was set last season versus Tennessee State. ... North Carolina struggled from beyond the arc, going 5-for-14 (29.4 percent) from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
| North Carolina |
|
Virginia |
|
Reggie Bullock 22 |
Scoring |
Joe Harris 19 |
|
Dexter Strickland 3 |
Assists |
Jontel Evans 6 |
|
James Michael McAdoo 7 |
Rebounds |
Akil Mitchell 11 |
|
Reggie Bullock 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Joe Harris 3 |
|
Brice Johnson 1 |
Steals |
Joe Harris 2 |
|
Reggie Bullock 1 |
Blocks |
Justin Anderson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| North Carolina
|
52 |
37.3 |
5-17 |
9-17 |
9 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
| Virginia
|
61 |
44.9 |
8-14 |
9-18 |
14 |
30 |
6 |
6 |
11 |