Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson hit a layup as time expired to give Florida State an 86-84 win against Carolina in Carmichael Arena on Sunday afternoon. It snaps a five-game winning streak for the Tar Heels and extends a three-game losing streak for UNC against the Seminoles.

Losses to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame (its only regular-season meetings) prevent North Carolina from placing even higher, but continued consistency in the ACC will have the Tar Heels poised to host in March for the first time since Sylvia Hatchell still walked the sidelines.

Women's basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA tournament each March, just like the men have for years, under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention.

The turnovers kept Duke — which averages over 22 points off turnovers per game — in the game, despite shooting 22 percent from the field in the first half. The Blue Devils had 10 turnovers of their own in the first half, but UNC couldn’t capitalize.

Lexi Donarski scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers and No. 13 North Carolina extended its winning streak to five straight with a 76-51 victory over Wake Forest on Thursday night. North Carolina (18-3,

The La Crosse, Wis. native tallied 17 points in No. 13 North Carolina's 76-51 win over Wake Forest on Thursday night, shooting 6-9 f rom the field. Donarski cashed in on five of her six attempts from beyond the arc in Carmichael Arena, marking her third -straight game with five 3-pointers.

In the last seconds of the first quarter, graduate guard Grace Townsend left a Wake Forest defender flailing. It was the highlight of the night in her 13-point performance.

North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and school officials have signed his official employment contract. That formalized last month’s hiring after speculation that the six-time Super Bowl-winni

Appalachian State’s women’s team wanted payback Thursday night and got it, defeating Old Dominion 74-66 in Boone, North Carolina. En’Dya Buford had 20 points and nine rebounds and Simaru Fields scored 20 for the Monarchs (13-7, 5-3 Sun Belt), who overcame a double-digit deficit in Norfolk to win 78-71 over the Mountaineers (10-8, 6-2) last week.

T he UNC women’s basketball team didn’t miss a beat in their return home from a two-game road trip. Playing a team in Wake Forest that is still searching for its first ACC win

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Freshman guard Jaloni Cambridge had 20 points and eight rebounds and No. 12 Ohio State rallied from a 15-point deficit in a 74-66 victory over No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night.

In Pittsburgh, the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels took care ... added 13 points and Indya Nivar chipped in 12 points for Courtney Banghart's club. UNC continued their run of excellent defensive ...