Sports / NCAA basketball Rice's 46 Points Not Enough to Beat Tar Heels No. 14 Butler blows out Detroit, Purdue moves into tie atop Big Ten By Mitch Pritchard, Newser Staff Posted Mar 1, 2008 8:08 PM CST Copied North Carolina's Danny Green (14) and the rest of the bench react in the second half of a basketball game against Boston College, Saturday, March 1, 2008, in Boston. North Carolina won 90-80. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (Associated Press) Tyrese Rice and Boston College must be trying to figure out what it takes to beat No. 3 North Carolina. Rice scored 46 points and the Eagles led by 18 at home in the second half, only to lose the ACC game 90-80 today, reports the Associated Press. Tyler Hansbrough had 25 points and Wayne Ellington 20 as the Tar Heels won their sixth straight. In other Top 25 action: No. 14 Butler jumped out to a 16-3 lead and Pete Campbell finished with 24 points in a 65-41 Horizon League win over Detroit. No. 16 Purdue moved into a tie with Wisconsin atop the Big Ten as freshman Robbie Hummel scored 15 points in a 68-43 win over Northwestern. (More NCAA basketball stories.) Report an error