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UNC Sustains Late Eagles Run To Win 72-64
January 17, 2023 | Men's Basketball
Quinten Post went for a team-high 17 points and five boards in second straight start
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Quinten Post led the Eagles with 17 points and five rebounds, while Jaeden Zackery added 14 points and two steals in North Carolina's 72-64 win over Boston College on Tuesday night.Â
UNC would lead 31-26 at the break, but built an 11-point lead in the second half, at 52-41 with 12:39 remaining. Boston College used a 14-3 run down the stretch, capped by a layup by Zackery with 6:07 to play. The bucket cut it to one - 56-55 - but the Tar Heels' responded with a 7-0 run, which blunted the BC run. Â
The Eagles got as close as four, after Makai Ashton-Langford's two free throws made it a four-point game - 63-59 - with 2:39 left. Ashton-Langford and DeMarr Langford Jr. tallied eight points apiece.
BC converted on 48.1 percent of its shots from the floor (28-54) and made 12 of 14 foul shots but missed all six attempted 3-pointers. It marked the first time in over 13 years that BC did not make a 3-pointer in a game (vs. Providence - Nov. 28, 2009).
The Tar Heels are 21-6 all-time against the Eagles, including 19-5 since BC joined the ACC in the 2005-06 season. North Carolina has won 15 of the last 16 games in the series.
Boston College faces Notre Dame on the road on Saturday.
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