National Basketball Association
Duke 73, North Carolina 68
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials:
# Mike Eades, # Karl Hess, # Bryan Kersey
Attendance:
9314
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No. 1 Duke 73, North Carolina 68: Quinn Cook and Mason Plumlee scored 18 points apiece as the Blue Devils withstood a determined effort by the visiting Tar Heels.
Duke (22-2, 9-2 ACC) trailed by four at halftime and didn't take its first lead until Seth Curry hit a 3-pointer with 14:10 remaining to put the Blue Devils ahead 42-41. After North Carolina’s P.J. Hairston answered with two free throws, the Blue Devils went on a 12-4 run and never trailed again.
Hairston had 23 points and Reggie Bullock made four 3-pointers and finished with 15 points for North Carolina (16-8, 6-5), which shot 13-of-23 from the foul line. Dexter Strickland added 14 points for the Tar Heels.
After allowing 15 3-pointers in an 87-61 loss to Miami last Saturday, the Tar Heels held Duke to one 3-pointer in the first half. The Blue Devils rediscovered their form in the second half, when they shot 52 percent and made five of their 12 attempts from 3-point range.
Strickland hit two free throws to cut the lead to 65-61 with 1:15 left, but the Blue Devils hit eight straight free throws to remain unbeaten (13-0) in Cameron Indoor Stadium this season.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Plumlee had a game-high 11 rebounds for Duke, which has won six of the last eight meetings in the series. …. North Carolina freshman PG Marcus Paige was held to four points on 2-for-9 shooting. …Four Duke starters finished with four fouls.
Top Game Performances
| North Carolina |
|
Duke |
|
P.J. Hairston 23 |
Scoring |
Quinn Cook 18 |
|
P.J. Hairston 3 |
Assists |
Rasheed Sulaimon 5 |
|
Reggie Bullock 8 |
Rebounds |
Mason Plumlee 11 |
|
P.J. Hairston 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Quinn Cook 6 |
|
James Michael McAdoo 2 |
Steals |
Quinn Cook 4 |
|
P.J. Hairston 2 |
Blocks |
Seth Curry 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| North Carolina
|
68 |
37.9 |
5-18 |
13-23 |
8 |
36 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
| Duke
|
73 |
44.6 |
6-16 |
17-20 |
10 |
37 |
2 |
6 |
17 |