PACERS-HORNETS
Hill’s shot lifts Pacers past Hornets, 103-102
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — George Hill’s baseline layup with 4.9 seconds left lifted the Indiana Pacers to a come-from-behind 103-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.
C.J. Watson had 22 points and David West, Luis Scola and Rodney Stuckey each had 15 as the Pacers battled back from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit for their third straight win.
Al Jefferson had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Brian Roberts added 19 points in the loss.
After Marvin Williams knocked down a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to put the Hornets up by one, Hill drove the right side of the line. He got underneath the basket and turned around to find himself alone near the low block. He converted the easy layup for the go-ahead basket.
The Hornets were out of timeouts and unable to stop the clock. Roberts’ last-second, half-court heave hit the rim but bounced out.
T25-CLEMSON-DUKE
Williams, No. 15 Duke women cruise past Clemson 89-60
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Williams had 21 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists as No. 15 Duke cruised past Clemson 89-60 on Sunday for its fifth straight win.
It was Williams’ seventh double-double of the season and 26th of her career. She was one assist shy of her second career triple-double.
Rebecca Greenwell hit three from distance and finished with 19 points for Duke (18-6, 9-2 ACC). She moved one 3-pointer shy of the freshman school record for makes.
Duke started the game on a 14-3 run, led by as many as 22 points in the first half and Azura Stevens’ putback at the buzzer gave them a 46-31 lead. Williams had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists at the break.
Duke began the second half with a 12-4 spurt.
Nikki Dixon led Clemson (9-15, 1-10) with 17 points, moving her into seventh place on Clemson’s all-time scoring list.
T25-NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH
No. 13 North Carolina women roll; beat Virginia Tech 74-52
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Brittany Rountree scored 15 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 13 North Carolina rolled to a 74-52 victory over Virginia Tech on Sunday.
North Carolina (19-5, 6-4 ACC) bounced back after losing at No. 25 Syracuse, 61-56 on Thursday night. The Tar Heels led 36-33 at the break, opened the second half on a 20-6 run and cruised from there, forcing 27 Virginia Tech turnovers overall.
Allisha Gray scored 13 points and has reached double figures in 19 straight games. Stephanie Mavunga scored 10 with eight boards, and Latifah Coleman chipped in 10. Jamie Cherry, the lone freshman for the Tar Heels, scored 11 points in her first career start.
Samantha Hill scored 11 points, and Taijah Campbell had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Virginia Tech (10-14, 1-10), which has lost four straight and 10 of its past 11 games.
OBIT-SMITH
North Carolina coaching great Dean Smith dies at 83
UNDATED (AP) – Dean Smith, the North Carolina basketball coaching great who won two national championships, has died. He was 83.
The school said in a statement Sunday from Smith’s family that the former coach died at his home Saturday night. He was with his wife and five children.
Smith had health issues in recent years, with the family saying in 2010 he had a condition that was causing him to lose memory.
Smith coached the Tar Heels from 1961-97. He retired as the winningest coach in the sport with 879 victories. He won NCAA titles in 1982 and 1993, and coached such players as Michael Jordan and James Worthy.
He reached 11 Final Fours, won 13 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles and coached the U.S. Olympic team to the gold medal in 1976.
OBIT-SMITH-REAX
Dean Smith remembered as ‘basketball royalty’ at UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith is being remembered as “basketball royalty” at North Carolina.
The man who led the Tar Heels to two national titles and 11 Final Fours died Saturday night at 83.
Mourners on Sunday afternoon laid bouquets and handwritten notes outside the 29-year-old arena that bears Smith’s name. A written sign outside Chapel Hill landmark Sutton’s Drug Store bore one of Smith’s quotes on leadership.
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford spent 21 years with Smith as an administrator at North Carolina, and called him “basketball royalty.”
He says “sometimes the word legend is used with too little thought,” but in Smith’s case, “it almost seems inadequate.”
Former Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall called Smith “a dominating force” in the sport.
OBIT-SMITH-JORDAN
Jordan: Dean Smith was ‘mentor, teacher, 2nd father’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan called North Carolina coaching great Dean Smith the most influential person in his life other than his parents.
Smith died Saturday night at 83.
In a statement on Twitter released through his business manager, Jordan says Smith was “more than a coach — he was a mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it.”
The former NBA superstar and Charlotte Hornets owner says Smith taught him not only about the game of basketball, but about “the game of life.”
Jordan played three seasons for Smith from 1981-84. When he was a freshman he helped lead the Tar Heels to a national championship in 1982, hitting a 16-foot jump shot in the final seconds to beat Georgetown.
Jordan and Smith remained close ever since.
CLEMSON-MIAMI
Miami ends 3-game skid by beating Clemson 56-45
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Sheldon McClellan scored 19 points and the Miami Hurricanes sank 10 3-pointers to snap a three-game losing streak by beating Clemson 56-45 Sunday.
Clemson had won four in a row.
The Hurricanes trailed early in the second half before scoring 13 consecutive points, and led the rest of the way.
Junior Tonye Jekiri tied a career high with 16 rebounds with five blocked shots for Miami (15-8, 5-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). Ivan Cruz Uceda had 10 points off the bench for the Hurricanes.
Donte Grantham and Jordan Roper had 10 points apiece for Clemson (14-9, 6-5).
The Tigers shot 33 percent and went 5 of 20 from 3-point range. Their offensive frustrations culminated in the final three minutes, when they missed five shots before committing a turnover — all during a single possession.
