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After being tied, Heels turn to Ty.


Byline: The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State had a miracle shot Sunday. North Carolina still had Tyler Hansbrough.

The junior forward had 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to lift the fourth-ranked Tar Heels to an 84-73 overtime victory over the Seminoles.

North Carolina (21-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) shook off an unlikely three-pointer by Florida State's Ryan Reid with 8.1 seconds left that sent the game into overtime.

"We expected a fight, but we didn't expect it to be that close," said North Carolina's Danny Green, whose three-point play with 2:53 left in the overtime ignited the 10-2 run that doomed the Seminoles (13-10, 2-6).

The shot that tied the game was the first three-point attempt of Reid's career, and the 6-foot-9 sophomore drained it from deep in the corner with aplomb.

"I saw that I really couldn't pass the ball to anyone, so I shot the three," said Reid, who admitted he more or less wished the ball into the basket.

"In my head: `Just get in there,'" Reid said. "It got in!"

And when North Carolina couldn't even get a shot off in the final seconds of regulation, the Tar Heels were staring at overtime before a raucous crowd already roaring about Reid's unexpected heroics.

"You can't do anything about that," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "When things aren't pretty you can still find a way to win."

And by then, Florida State's big men were all in foul trouble from trying to contain the 6-9 Hansbrough inside.

"In the second half he just kept fighting his way through," Florida State's Uche Echefu said. "He just keeps going, no matter what."

Echefu, Reid and freshman Julian Vaughn - who took turns on Hansbrough - all fouled out in the overtime.

"He's such a relentless player that he finds a way," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said.

No. 11 Indiana 75, Northwestern 63: Eric Gordon scored 29 points, D.J. White added 26 points and 13 rebounds, and the Hoosiers (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten) used a zone defense much of the second half for their 35th straight win at home over the Wildcats.

No. 13 Wisconsin 63, Minnesota 47: Trevon Hughes had 20 points and six steals to lead the visiting Badgers (18-3, 8-1 Big Ten), and Marcus Landry and Brian Butch each added 11 points.

Women's Top 25

No. 2 Tennessee 79, Kentucky 51: Candace Parker dunked for the seventh time in her career and scored 20 points to help the Volunteers (20-1, 7-0 SEC) overwhelm the visiting Wildcats (11-11, 5-3).

No. 8 LSU 85, Florida 71: Quianna Chaney scored 19 points, Allison Hightower added 14 off the bench and the visiting Tigers (18-3, 7-0 SEC) won their ninth straight.

No. 11 Oklahoma 74, No. 25 Texas 58: Courtney Paris had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks for the visiting Sooners (15-4, 5-2 Big 12).

No. 12 West Virginia 70, Seton Hall 42: LaQuita Owens scored 20 points and Olayinka Sanni added 19 for the visiting Mountaineers (18-3, 7-1 Big East).

Old Dominion 93, N.C.-Wilmington 56: T.J. Jordan scored 20 points to lead the host Monarchs (18-3, 9-0 Colonial Athletic Association) to their 12th straight win.

Vanderbilt 61, No. 17 Georgia 54: Christina Wirth scored 18 points for the visiting Commodores (16-6, 5-2 SEC).

No. 19 Ohio State 76, Minnesota 62: Ashlee Trebilcock scored 19 points and the host Buckeyes (17-5, 8-3 Big Ten) pulled away in the second half.
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Title Annotation:Basketball College; No. 4 North Carolina needs to go overtime but still has too much Tyler Hansbrough for FSU
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Feb 4, 2008
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