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No. 1 North Carolina Avoids Major Upset By Davidson

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A Tribune wire report

Published: November 15, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wayne Ellington scored 20 points and made key plays late to help the top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels avoid a major scare and a subpar second half from Tyler Hansbrough to beat Davidson 72-68 Wednesday night.

Ellington's free throw with 3:44 left put the Tar Heels (1-0) ahead to stay. His jumper with just more than a minute left made it a three-point game.

Ty Lawson then hit three of four free throws in the final 30 seconds to preserve the win.

Hansbrough had 14 points and 14 rebounds, but he was ineffective in the second half and got into foul trouble. Stephen Curry scored 24 points for Davidson (1-1).

BUTLER 76, INDIANA STATE 48: A.J. Graves scored 26 points and No. 25 Butler (2-0) beat Indiana State (1-1).

MICHIGAN STATE 83, LOUISIANA-MONROE 65: Freshman Chris Allen scored 17 points and All-American Drew Neitzel had 15 to help No. 12 Michigan State (2-0) withstand a 3-point barrage and beat Louisiana-Monroe (1-2) in a CBE Classic regional final.

TENNESSEE 101, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 44: Tyler Smith scored 15 points and JaJuan Smith added 14 to help No. 7 Tennessee (2-0) beat Arkansas-Monticello in the first round of the StubHub Legends Classic.

Women

INDIANA STATE 77, VANDERBILT 72: Kelsey Luna scored 22 points and Indiana State (2-0) shot 85 percent from the free-throw line to upset No. 20 Vanderbilt (2-1).

CONNECTICUT 91, HOLY CROSS 36: Maya Moore had 31 points and No. 2 Connecticut (2-0) blew out Holy Cross (0-2) in the Huskies' final tuneup before heading to the U.S. Virgin Islands to play No. 5 Stanford.

GEORGE WASHINGTON 75, KENTUCKY 65: Jessica Adair scored a career-high 29 points to lead No. 14 George Washington (3-0) to a win against Kentucky (1-1).

OHIO STATE 88, TENNESSEE STATE 41: Jantel Lavender scored 23 points to help No. 16 Ohio State (2-0) to a win against Tennessee State (0-1).

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