NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS VS SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY BILLIKENS
University of North Carolina's Deon Thompson (21) outreaches Saint Louis University Billikens Kevin Lisch for the basketball during the first half at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on December 22, 2006. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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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.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 24 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson had 14 points and 12 rebounds Tuesday to lead North Carolina to a 60-55 win over Alabama-Birmingham in the NIT quarterfinals.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 17 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson had 20 points and eight rebounds Tuesday and North Carolina advanced to the second round of the NIT with an 80-72 win over William & Mary.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Dexter Strickland tallied 18 points for No. 9 North Carolina Monday in an 81-67 Tar Heels' win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ed Davis scored 19 points and Tyler Zeller had 18 for No. 10 North Carolina, which broke away in the second half Tuesday and crushed Marshall 98-61.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Ed Davis compiled 20 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots Saturday, leading 10th-ranked North Carolina in a 103-64 rout of Presbyterian College.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- No. 12 North Carolina, led by Deon Thompson with 23 points, used a late 12-3 run and free throws Sunday to hold off the Nevada Wolf Pack 80-73.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson's 22 points led the 12th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels to a 93-72 win Monday over the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson helped North Carolina build a 19-point second-half lead Thursday and the No. 4 Tar Heels held on to defeat 15th-ranked Ohio State 77-73.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Deon Thompson had 20 points Sunday to lead fourth-ranked North Carolina to an 88-77 win over Valparaiso.