College basketball: Defense carries North Carolina past Miami

Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and No. 8 North Carolina used smothering defense to rally from an eight-point deficit in the second half and beat host Miami 73-64 Wednesday night. The Tar Heels, who came in leading the nation with 83.5 points per game, shot only 38 percent and went 5 for 18 from 3-point range. But they forced turnovers on four consecutive possessions in the second half to get back in the game and held Miami without a point for nearly five minutes down the stretch. North Carolina (22-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) took a half-game lead over Duke and Florida State atop the league standings. Miami (15-9, 6-5) lost to the Tar Heels for the 18th time in their 20 meetings, including two defeats this season. Missouri 83, Oklahoma State 65: Marcus Denmon scored 17 points and the No. 3 Tigers avenged an earlier defeat with a rout of the visiting Cowboys.Ricardo Ratliffe and Michael Dixon each had 15 points, and Kim English and Phil Pressey scored 13 apiece for Missouri (24-2, 11-2 Big 12 Conference). Keiton Page led Oklahoma State (12-14, 5-8) with 23 points.New Mexico 77, San Diego State 67: Kendall Williams scored 21 points and Drew Gordon had 17 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting Lobos (21-4, 7-2) stunned the No. 13 Aztecs (20-5, 6-3) to move into first place in the Mountain West Conference. Murray State 75, Southeast Missouri State 66: Donte Poole hit four 3-pointers and scored 25 points as the No. 16 Racers (25-1, 13-1) defeated the host Redhawks (14-12, 9-5) to clinch their third straight Ohio Valley Conference title.UCLA 64, USC 54: David Wear had 16 points and 13 rebounds and twin brother Travis Wear had 14 points and 11 boards, helping the Bruins (15-11, 8-6 Pac-12) beat the Trojans (6-21, 1-13) to sweep the season series between the crosstown rivals. WomenBaylor 83, Oklahoma State 51: Brittney Griner had 28 points, sparking the No. 1 Lady Bears (26-0, 13-0 Big 12) past the host Cowgirls (13-9, 5-8).Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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