Jamarius Burton scores 31, Pitt beats No. 25 North Carolina 74-72

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jamarius Burton scored a career-high 31 factors, Blake Hinson had seven factors within the remaining minute and a half and Pittsburgh knocked off No. 25 North Carolina 76-74 on Friday.

Burton, a graduate scholar, was 14 of 17 from the sphere and had six rebounds. He helped Pitt (10-4, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Convention) win its fourth straight recreation and stay unbeaten in convention play.

Hinson’s 3-pointer from the precise wing put Pitt forward for good 70-67 with 1:28 remaining and he prolonged the Panthers’ lead by making two free throws with 36 seconds left and two extra with 28 seconds to go to make it 74-69.

North Carolina (9-5, 1-2 ACC) closed the hole to 2 factors, 74-72, on Tyler Nickel’s layup with two seconds left however Pitt ran out the clock to finish the Tar Heels’ four-game profitable streak.

Hinson completed with 16 factors and 6 rebounds.

Armando Bacot led North Carolina with 22 factors, 13 rebounds and three assists. It was his eighth double-double of the season. RJ Davis added 13 factors and Pete Nance chipped in with 10 factors.

North Carolina took a nine-point lead, 55-46 with 11:55 to go on a dunk by Bacot. Pitt responded by outscoring the Tar Heels 19-7 over almost an eight-minute span and moved in entrance with 65-62 with 3:59 left on a three-point play and layup by Burton.

Two free throws by North Carolina’s Leaky Black tied it at 67-67.

North Carolina constructed a 26-17 benefit with 9:15 left within the first half on a pullup jumper by Caleb Love. Nevertheless, Pitt went on a 13-4 run to tie the rating at 30-all on a pair of free throws by Greg Elliott with 3:37 remaining.

The Tar Heels then scored 10 of the final 14 factors within the half to drag again forward 40-34.

Bacot almost had a double-double by the break — 10 factors and 9 rebounds.

BIG PICTURE

North Carolina: The Tar Heels appeared to be again on observe by profitable 4 video games in a row following a four-game dropping streak that dropped them from No. 1 to out of the High 25. Friday’s recreation was a step backward.

Pittsburgh: The Panthers have received 9 of 10 video games since opening the season 1-3, seemingly taking coach Jeff Capel off the recent seat.

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