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Carolina Basketball 2011-12 FANTASTIC FINISHES the title, 77-71. Williams finished with 25 points and hit four free throws in the final minutes to secure the win. UNC 86, Wake Forest 84 (OT) March 12, 1994 The Tar Heels erased a five-point deficit in the final 1:15 of regulation to down the Demon Deacons, 86-84, in overtime in the ACC semifi- nals. Leading 81-78, Wake Forest chose to foul Derrick Phelps with 11.8 seconds left. Phelps made the first free throw and missed the second, but grabbed the rebound. He found Dante Cal- abria, whose baseline drive and basket with 3.8 ticks left tied the score at 81. Freshman Jerry Stackhouse took a pass from Phelps and hit a driving shot to win the game, 86-84. Carolina went on to win its 13th ACC title the next day with a 73-66 victory over Virginia. UNC 62, Wake Forest 61 January 28, 1995 Winston-Salem was the stage for a battle between sophomore centers Rasheed Wallace and Tim Duncan. Duncan had 18 points, 17 rebounds and seven blocks, and Wallace coun- tered with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Carolina trailed Wake Forest 53-43 with 6:39 left. Strong inside play from Wallace and the three-point shooting of Jeff McInnis and Donald Williams brought UNC to within one at 61-60. Williams then hit a running one-hander from the right side of the lane with 5.5 seconds remaining for a 62-61 win. UNC 102, Duke 100 (2 OT) February 2, 1995 The Tar Heels jumped out to a 26-9 lead on a spectacular reverse dunk by Jerry Stackhouse over two Blue Devils. Duke pulled within five at halftime and led by as many as 12 in the second half. UNC battled back from a nine-point deficit with 6:18 remaining to force overtime. The Tar Heels led by nine, but Duke made three three- pointers, including a 30-footer from Jeff Capel at the buzzer, to knot the score at 95 and force a second overtime. Donald Williams hit a pair of 12-footers in the second OT and Jeff McIn- nis had a steal and lay-up with under a minute to play to give Carolina a 102-100 win. Stack- house and Rasheed Wallace each had 25 points and Williams added 24 in one of the greatest college basketball games ever played. UNC 73, Duke 72 January 31, 1996 146 The Blue Devils' lead was three when Ade- mola Okulaja grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to make it 69-68 with 1:55 to go. Steve Wojciechowski hit a three-pointer for a 72-68 Duke lead with 1:13 to play, but Shammond Williams countered with a three of his own 15 seconds later. Duke turned the ball over and the Tar Heels nearly returned the favor, but Wil- liams forced a jump ball after a scramble. Pos- session favored UNC and Jeff McInnis drove into the lane and fed Serge Zwikker, whose shot Bob Donnan team scored until a Damon Thornton basket with 2:03 left gave State a 44-41 advantage. Serge Zwikker scored for UNC to make it 44- 43. With 12.3 seconds to play, Antawn Jamison forced a turnover and freshman point guard Ed Cota drove to the left baseline and lofted a float- er which found the net with 4.5 seconds remain- ing. Vince Carter blocked State's last shot at the buzzer to clinch the victory. UNC 107, Ga. Tech 100 (2 OT) February 8, 1998 The Tar Heels let a seven-point lead slip away in the final minute of regulation, but Shammond Williams put on an awesome three-point shoot- ing display as Carolina prevailed, 107-100, in double-overtime in Atlanta. Williams forced a second overtime with a pair of free throws with six seconds left in the first extra period. In the second OT, Williams scored 12 of his career- high 42 points, including two three-pointers. UNC 74, Tennessee 69 March 24, 2000 Jerry Stackhouse scored 25 points in the 102-100, double-overtime win at Duke in 1995. was blocked by Greg Newton. Dante Calabria tipped the loose ball in for a 73-72 lead. Duke had one final chance to win, but Ricky Price's baseline jumper at the buzzer hit the front of the rim. UNC 59, NC State 56 January 15, 1997 The Tar Heels began ACC play with three straight losses for the first time in history. Caro- lina led 36-28 at halftime, but did not score a field goal in the second half until the 8:09 mark and had just two baskets in the first 18 minutes of the second stanza. The Wolfpack led 56-47 with 2:00 to play, but the Tar Heels went on a 12-0 run to finish the game. Antawn Jamison be- gan the rally by forcing a steal and Shammond Williams hit a lay-up to pull within seven. Wil- liams hit a three-pointer and Jamison added a lay-up to pull within two points with 50 seconds to play. Trailing by one with 28 seconds left, Carolina fouled and State missed the front end of a one-and-one. The Tar Heels went ahead for good with 12 seconds to play as Ademola Oku- laja fed Jamison on the low block for a lay-up. Vince Carter stole the inbounds pass after the go-ahead score to secure the win. UNC 45, NC State 44 February 12, 1997 This was the lowest scoring output in a win during Dean Smith's 36 years as head coach. The Tar Heels trailed 28-19 at the half, but pulled within 42-41 with 7:25 to play. Neither Carolina was unranked for the first time in 10 years and entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed. The Tar Heels trailed 10th-ranked Tennessee, 39-36, at halftime of the regional semifinal. The Vols led by two when UNC cen- ter Brendan Haywood fouled out with 8:03 left and led, 64-57, with 4:48 to play. But freshman Joseph Forte hit a three-pointer and Jason Ca- pel had a steal and lay-up to make it 64-62 with 3:41 left. Ed Cota tied the game on a driving lay-up and followed with a jumper to give UNC the lead with 1:59 left. Forte, Julius Peppers and Cota each hit two free throws in the final 0:34 to cap a 15-3 Tar Heel run and a 74-69 win. UNC 70, Wake Forest 69 January 6, 2001 Brendan Haywood grabbed a loose ball in the lane and scored with 3.3 seconds to play to give the Tar Heels the win over No. 4-ranked and previously undefeated Wake Forest. Hay- wood finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds. His basket marked the fourth lead change in the final 1:22. UNC 85, Duke 83 February 1, 2001 Joseph Forte had 24 points, 16 rebounds (a UNC record for guards), six assists and three steals. The Tar Heels blistered the Cameron Indoor Stadium nets by shooting 51.5 percent from the floor. Carolina led by as many as 13 in the first half, but Duke took the lead mid- way through the second half. Ronald Curry scored six straight points in 48 seconds to give the Tar Heels a 63-59 lead. UNC later built a seven-point lead, but the Blue Devils tied the score with three seconds left. On the ensuing in- bounds play, Shane Battier fouled Brendan Hay- wood and the UNC seven-footer hit both free throws with one second left for the win.