Ian Jackson scored 19 points, leading a long-range assault as North Carolina won 91-59 over Virginia Tech, Tuesday in Blacksburg, Va, for its sixth straight victory.
UNC continued its quest to play itself off the NCAA Tournament bubble Tuesday with a resounding win over Virginia Tech. Next up? Duke, at home, in the teams’ ACC regular-season finale.
Fueled by a late fourth-quarter run, ninth-seeded Georgia Tech fended off eighth-seeded Virginia Tech and advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals of the ACC tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Hokies’ Rose Micheaux surpassed 1,000 career points, but the team (18-12) didn’t help its NCAA Tournament hopes.