PHILADELPHIA — No. 8 seed North Carolina will join the ranks of the Elite 8 after a win against UCLA!
The Tar Heels will take on Saint Peter's Sunday at 5:05pm on WFMY News 2!
Caleb Love hit game-tying and go-ahead 3-pointers 37 seconds apart and North Carolina moved within a victory of its 21st Final Four.
The Tar Heels beat UCLA 73-66 in a March Madness matchup of power programs. Love finished with a career-high 30 points, including six 3s and two game-clinching free throws with 7.8 seconds left. He scored 27 of Carolina’s 45 points in the second half. North Carolina’s next game is Sunday against Saint Peter’s in a first-of-its-kind 8-vs.-15 matchup in the Elite Eight. Fourth-seeded UCLA fell two wins short of its 20th Final Four. The Bruins got 16 points from Jules Bernard and 15 from Tyger Campbell.
GAME BLOG
-Tar Heels beat UCLA 73-66 to seal a spot in the Elite Eight!
-Tar.................................... HEELS! Tar................................ HEELS!
-Love ties it up with 1:24 in the second half at 64-64.
-Rise up TAR HEELS! RISE UP!
-All you need is L-O-V-E! He ties it up 56-56 against UCLA.
-UCLA leads 56-53 against UNC
-UNC coming back to life underneath with some big plays in the second half
-Davis with a powerhouse move hitting some big shots for UNC.
-UNC's Davis ties the game again, from the line in the 2nd half.
-UCLA makes the slam dunk off a turnover and leads 40-37 against the Tar Heels.
-Making buckets, UNC drives it down the middle again for two more leading 34-33 against UCLA.
-UNC drives it right down the middle for two out of the half.
-UCLA leads at half 31-28 against UNC.
-Manek with his hands all over it with a tip-in for two.
-We like that sound! Nothing but net and a big three for UNC and we're at 24-22 with UCLA out front.
-UNC has got some catching up to do, UCLA leads 22-16
-And that's a timeout.
-UCLA lights it up with the back-to-back jumpers leading 18-14 against UNC.
-Lean with it, rock with it cause UNC is good underneath for another two.
-UNC's Leaky Black good for two underneath.
-UCLA just took our candy stealing the ball for a layup and that's two added to the board.
-UNC good for two back-to-back threes! UNC leads 6-3 against UCLA
-UNC finds it earlier on the outside with a three first on board!
Here's what you need to know ahead of the game:
- As a No. 8 seed, UNC is 1-1 in the Sweet 16.
- UNC is in the Sweet 16 for the 30th time, the most in NCAA Tournament history.
- Carolina is 10-3 against UCLA, including wins in each of the last five games over the past 22 seasons.
- UCLA's last win over UNC was in 2000 in Chapel Hill.
- The Tar Heels are 1-1 against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. In 1968, the Bruins beat the Tar Heels in the national championship game. In 1989, Carolina beat UCLA in the second round of the postseason.
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