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#6 North Carolina Tar Heels (4-1)

Syracuse runs away from No. 6 North Carolina

NEW YORK (AP) Jim Boeheim has always made a point of telling the media not to get too caught up in runs because basketball, especially on the college level, is a game of runs.

He could only smile as he was asked about Syracuse's 22-1 run to open the second half of an 87-71 victory over No. 6 North Carolina on Friday night in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.

"That's about as good as it gets," he said, "and it was against North Carolina and it was here." (MORE)

Tar Heels Headlines
Final 1 2 T
6
North Carolina
 39 32 71
Syracuse
 37 50 87
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Leaders North Carolina Syracuse
Points E. Davis 16 W. Johnson 25
Rebounds E. Davis 10 W. Johnson 8
Assists L. Drew II 6 A. Rautins 7
Atlantic Coast
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Miami (FL) 0-0 4-0
9 Duke 0-0 3-0
22 Clemson 0-0 3-0
Wake Forest 0-0 3-0
25 Maryland 0-0 3-0
Florida State 0-0 2-0
North Carolina State 0-0 2-0
Virginia Tech 0-0 2-0
6 North Carolina 0-0 4-1
Boston College 0-0 2-1
21 Georgia Tech 0-0 2-1
Virginia 0-0 2-1
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Leaders
Points: D. Thompson15.8
Rebounds: D. Thompson8.8
Assists: L. Drew II6.4
FG%: E. Davis75.9%
FT%: T. Zeller81.3%
3P%: M. Ginyard50.0%
Steals: M. Ginyard1.8
Blocks: E. Davis2.6
Offense (Rank)
Points: 82.6 (52)
Rebounds: 13.2 (140)
Assists: 21.4 (9)
FG%: 51.5% (27)
FT%: 72.0% (104)
3P%: 36.1% (121)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 70.2 (193)
Rebounds: 28.2 (62)
Assists: 13.6 (228)
FG%: 41.1% (140)
FT%: 64.9% (127)
3P%: 38.6% (273)
Next 5
DateOpp.Record (RPI)
11/23vs. G-Webb2-0 (339)
11/29vs. Nevada1-1 (303)
12/1vs. MSU3-0 (117)
12/5@ Kty3-0 (178)
12/12vs. Presby0-2 (303)
Last 10
DateOpp.Final
11/20@ SyrL 71-87
11/19@ OhioStW 77-73
11/15vs. ValpoW 88-77
11/11vs. NCCentW 89-42
11/9vs. FIUW 88-72
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State3-0
3 Texas2-0
4 Kentucky3-0
5 Villanova4-0
6 North Carolina4-1
7 Purdue2-0
8 West Virginia1-0
9 Duke3-0
10 Tennessee3-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State3-0
3 Texas2-0
4 North Carolina4-1
5 Kentucky3-0
6 Villanova4-0
7 Purdue2-0
8 Duke3-0
9 West Virginia1-0
10 Butler2-0
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