The No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels suffered a rare loss at the Dean Smith Center, falling 79-75 to the Wofford Terriers on Wednesday night to snap a 23-game home winning streak.
No. 5 North Carolina upset at home by Wofford
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Fletcher Magee scored 27 in the win, including 4-for-13 from three-point range, to lead Wofford in its fifth straight victory. Cameron Jackson added 18 points and nine rebounds in the win.
The Tar Heels’ last home loss was to Duke on Feb. 17, 2016. This was North Carolina’s first home loss to a nonconference team since falling to Iowa on Feb. 3, 2014, snapping a 22-game home streak against non-ACC foes.
It was the first win for Wofford against an AP top-25 opponent.
North Carolina (10-2) led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Wofford (8-4) used a 13-0 run to close out the first half and open the second half to seize the game. Wofford held the Tar Heels to 35.7-percent shooting from the field.
The Terriers led by as many as 13 with 12:26 remaining but the Tar Heels closed the gap to one point with 1:22 left in the game. UNC took 38 free throws in the game compared to 18 for Wofford, but the Tar Heels missed 10 of them (73.7%).
Joel Berry scored 23 points for North Carolina in defeat, while Luke Maye added 17 points and 14 rebounds.
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