CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Austin Rivers never looked like the freshman in his first Duke-North Carolina rivalry diversion including when he buried the shot that will live on in the lore of this fierce rivalry.Rivers hit the 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night, snapping the Tar Heels' school-record 31-game home winning streak.Rivers scored the season-high 29 points as well as hit six 3s, the last over 7-footer Tyler Zeller with the Blue Devils (20-4, 7-2) trailing by two in the final seconds. The ball swished through the net, sending Rivers running down the court in celebration while the rest of his teammates gave chase before mobbing him in front of the stunned UNC crowd.Rivers' 3 capped the wild rally for the Blue Devils, who trailed by 10 points with about 2 minutes left.Harrison Barnes scored 25 points for the Tar Heels (20-4, 7-2), while Zeller finished with 23 points as well as 11 rebounds. But Zeller missed two free throws in the final minute, including one with 13.9 seconds left that set up Rivers' winning shot.It was the finish befitting the rivalry, from Rivers' shot to Barnes' second-half surge to the strange play in which Zeller accidentally batted the ball into the Duke basket on the rebound attempt, bringing the Blue Devils inside of the point with 14.2 seconds left.From the start, the Blue Devils seemed determined to rely on the 3-point shot to offset the Tar Heels' dominance inside. They hit plenty early as well as led by eight in the first half, then cooled off as the Tar Heels charged out of halftime to take control as well as lead by 13 points.In the end, however, the Blue Devils' shooters warmed up just in time to stop North Carolina's long home winning streak.First Seth Curry drained the 3 that made it 82-78 with 1:48 left. Then Ryan Kelly followed with the jumper off his own missed 3 that closed the gap to 82-80. Then, after Zeller hit the free throw, Kelly launched the long shot that appeared to be the 3 over John Henson. As ! the ball was falling short of the rim, Zeller tried for the rebound but accidentally deflected the ball up as well as into the basket to cut the deficit to 83-82.Then again, North Carolina probably never should've let it come to that.After trailing most of the first half, the Tar Heels ran off the 14-4 run to start the second half as well as build the 13-point lead. Barnes who didn't have the field goal in the first half finally getting going with the pair of baskets as well as the 3-pointer off the crosscourt pass from Kendall Marshall to take the 57-44 lead with 15:08 left.North Carolina maintained at least the seven-point lead most of the way from there, with Barnes' last jumper giving the Tar Heels an 82-72 lead with 2:38 left.Curry as well as Kelly each had 15 points for Duke, which shot 44 percent as well as matched the season high with 14 3-pointers.North Carolina shot 59 percent in the second half, but went just 8 for 15 from the foul line after halftime to let this one slip painfully away.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc
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