Yet when the No. 5 Tar Heels arrived, they found a crowd nearly 2, 000 short of capacity.

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Hairston finished with 14 points on 4-for-12 shooting and hit the Tar Heels' only 3 to cut the deficit to 63-49 at the 5-minute mark.

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