National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
North Carolina 86, N.C. State 74
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Where: RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Ed Corbett, #0 Sean Corbin
Attendance: 19710

NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA 86, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 74: Kendall Marshall scored 22 points and added 13 assists for his first double-double of the season to lead the visiting Tar Heels.

The win makes it nine in the last 10 for North Carolina (24-4, 10-2 ACC), which got double-digit point totals from five players and kept pace with No. 4 Duke and No. 16 Florida State atop the ACC standings. John Henson maintained his double-double average for UNC with 14 points and 13 rebounds.

The Wolf Pack (18-10, 7-6 ACC) have dropped three consecutive games, all to the conference co-leaders.

In a meeting of two of the ACC’s top three offenses, North Carolina took a 46-41 lead into halftime after lead by as much as 14.

After the break, the Wolf Pack maintained a manageable deficit until the Tar Heels went on an 18-7 run at the 11:13 mark to put the game away.

Harrison Barnes added 20 points for UNC. C.J. Leslie paced N.C. State with 24 points and 12 rebounds.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Henson’s double-double was his 14th of the season and 33rd of his career … Leslie’s game was his seventh straight with double-digit scoring and his fourth double-double of the season … UNC has recorded 12 straight wins over N.C. State, the longest streak in the history of the series, and leads 146-75 all-time.
Top Game Performances
 
North Carolina   N.C. State
Kendall Marshall 22 Scoring C.J. Leslie 24
Kendall Marshall 13 Assists Lorenzo Brown 4
John Henson 13 Rebounds C.J. Leslie 12
Tyler Zeller 8 Free Throws Made C.J. Leslie 6
Reggie Bullock 1 Steals C.J. Williams 3
Tyler Zeller 4 Blocks C.J. Leslie 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
North Carolina 86 50.9 10-19 18-24 19 38 8 3 9
N.C. State 74 41.4 3-13 13-23 11 39 3 6 4