It certainly wasn’t comfortable, but UNC put on a strong performance in overtime to finally down Syracuse 88-79 on Senior Night in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels needed some heroics from Caleb Love, including a three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation, to even make it to overtime, but they missed just one shot in the extra period to put a bow on the victory.
Carolina got all they could handle from Syracuse’s Cole Swider on his way to 36 points on seven made three-pointers before fouling out in overtime. Hubert Davis couldn’t afford to slide Leaky Black over to guard Swider after he started going off because Black’s assignment was to contain the always-pesky Buddy Boeheim.