Official Site of the Tar Heels · Feb 7, 2021
Carolina Outlasts Blue Devils, 91-87
DURHAM, N.C.—Freshman Caleb Love scored a season-high 25 points to help North Carolina beat Duke 91-87 on Saturday night in a rare meeting with both rivals unranked.
Junior Leaky Black hit two clinching free throws with 7.2 seconds left to make it a two-possession game for the Tar Heels (12-6, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who ended a three-game losing streak against the Blue Devils (7-7, 5-5) despite blowing nearly all of a 12-point second-half lead.
The longtime fierce rivalry between nearby neighbors had a very different feel this year.
The teams typically among the nation's elite entered this matchup with both unranked for the first time since February 1960.