Scores

Final

North Carolina 77

(15-14, 4-10 ACC)

Wake Forest 68

(18-8, 8-6 ACC)

2:00 PM ET, February 27, 2010

Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

1 2 T
UNC 32 4577
WAKE 28 4068

Top Performers

North Carolina: J. Henson 9 Pts, 12 Reb, 1 Ast, 5 Blk

Wake Forest: A. Stewart 16 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Ast

North Carolina 77, Wake Forest 68

Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Freshman Leslie McDonald scored a season-high 16 points and North Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Wake Forest 77-68 on Saturday.

Will Graves had 13 points and Larry Drew II added 10 points for the Tar Heels (15-14, 4-10 Atlantic Coast Conference).

The defending national champions, who entered having lost 10 of 12, avoided falling below .500 by locking down on Al-Farouq Aminu and winning their first road game this season outside of the Triangle.

Ari Stewart had 16 points to lead the Demon Deacons (18-8, 8-6). L.D. Williams finished with 14 before fouling out in the final minute, and his 3 pulled Wake Forest to 71-68 with 57.3 seconds left.

McDonald followed that with a layup 7 seconds later, then drew a key charge on C.J. Harris with 42 seconds to play. North Carolina was 4 of 6 from the free throw line after that.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UNC
WAKE
Points 77 68
FG Made-Attempted 26-65 (.400) 22-74 (.297)
3P Made-Attempted 6-16 (.375) 9-25 (.360)
FT Made-Attempted 19-33 (.576) 15-24 (.625)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 17 (0/0) 28 (0/0)
Largest Lead 11 4

Game Leaders

 
UNC
WAKE
PointsL. McDonald 16A. Stewart 16
ReboundsM. Ginyard 13A. Aminu 10
AssistsL. Drew II 8I. Smith 7
StealsL. Drew II 1I. Smith 3
BlocksJ. Henson 5C. McFarland 4
Team Stats: North Carolina | Wake Forest

2009-10 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 20, 2010 WAKE 82, @UNC 69Recap
» Feb 27, 2010 UNC 77, @WAKE 68Recap

Next 5 Games

UNC
WAKE
03/02 MIA 8:00pm
03/06 @DUKE 9:00pm
03/11 @GT 7:00pm
03/16 W&M 9:30pm
03/20 @MSST 12:00pm
 03/03 @FSU 7:00pm
03/07 CLEM 6:00pm
03/11 MIA 2:20pm
03/18 @TEX 9:55pm
03/20 @UK 8:30pm
Complete Schedule: North Carolina | Wake Forest

Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
#5 Duke13-329-5
Maryland13-323-8
Virginia Tech10-623-8
Florida State10-622-9
Clemson9-721-10
Georgia Tech7-922-12
Wake Forest9-719-10
Miami (FL)4-1220-13
North Carolina State5-1119-15
North Carolina5-1116-16
Boston College6-1015-16
Virginia5-1115-16
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