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NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson scored 16 points Tuesday to lead North Carolina into the NIT championship game with a 68-67 overtime win over Rhode Island.
Thompson also pulled down 13 rebounds for the Tar Heels, who will face Dayton in Thursday's title game at Madison Square Garden.
A victory would give North Carolina an NIT title one year after they won the NCAA championship.
Will Graves scored 14 points for North Carolina and Tyler Zeller scored 12.
Keith Cothran led Rhode Island with 23 points and eight rebounds. Lamonte Ulmer added 16 points.
North Carolina got a decisive break in the closing seconds of overtime when the officials failed to call a foul after Ulmer grabbed a rebound and then appeared to be tripped inadvertently by a Tar Heels player as he started up the court. Ulmer lost the ball to Carolina on the play.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Valerie Bertinelli said she wants to lose five pounds so she can again fit into the green bikini she once donned on the cover of People magazine.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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