Austin and the Panthers turned the tables Tuesday night, as Pitt prevailed over the Tar Heels, 73-65, in a wildly entertaining game inside Petersen Events Center.

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North Carolina dropped a critical road game at Wake Forest on Tuesday, another loss among a season of close-but-not-quite finishes for the Tar Heels.

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One bright spot for the Tar Heels is five-star freshman Ian Jackson has broken out over the last month. The shooting guard tallied just six points on 1-for-8 shooting against Stanford but had dropped 18+ points in his previous seven contests, averaging 22.7 ppg over that span.

Wake Forest hosts the North Carolina Tar Heels after Hunter Sallis scored 24 points in Wake Forest’s 72-63 victory against the Virginia Tech Hokies

Cameron Hildreth scored 20 points as Wake Forest won its sixth straight game, beating visiting North Carolina 67-66 on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C. Hildreth also ... In the second straight loss for the Tar Heels (12-8, 5-3), RJ Davis scored 21 ...

Saturday, it was a Frenchman — Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud — who dropped 25 points to hand North Carolina a Quad 3 loss. Tuesday in Winston-Salem ... Forest past the Tar Heels, 67-66, at ...

North Carolina Tar Heels (12-7, 5-2 ACC) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (14-4, 6-1 ACC) Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Demon Deacons -1; over/under is 148 ...

For UNC, the late collapse Tuesday night at Pitt was “kind of like the same movie over and over again,” RJ Davis said. The Tar Heels are becoming familiar with an uncomfortable new reality.