Chapel Hill, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Marcus Paiges layup with 8.5 seconds left lifted the 18th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels over the fifth-ranked Louisville Cardinals, 72-71, on Saturday. Brice Johnson made a short jumper with 38.1 seconds remaining to give North Carolina a 70-69 edge, but Louisvilles Terry Rozier responded with a baseline jumper at the other end. Paige then drove to the hoop and made a layup high off the glass to put the Tar Heels back in front. Wayne Blackshear missed a 3-point attempt from the corner and Roziers putback layup attempt was off the mark as time expired. Kennedy Meeks had 13 points, six rebounds, three steals and two blocks for the Tar Heels (12-4, 2-1 ACC), who bounced back from a 71-70 loss to Notre Dame on Monday. Johnson tallied 11 points and 11 boards. J.P. Tokoto and Paige each scored 10 points for North Carolina, which trailed by 13 with 8:43 to play. Rozier finished with 25 points for the Cardinals (14-2, 2-1), who had a three- game winning streak snapped. Chris Jones added 19 points. Louisville coach Rick Pitino fell to 0-6 all-time against North Carolina, with three games coming while he was coaching Kentucky. Trailing 63-50, Meeks made two free throws and Joel Berry II connected from beyond the arc to start North Carolinas comeback. After Blackshear made a jumper, Paige hit a 3-pointer to make it a seven-point contest. Rozier responded with two free throws, but the Tar Heels ended the game on a 14-4 surge. Tokotos tip-in pulled North Carolina within 69-68 with 2:09 left. Johnson was blocked by Montrezl Harrell on his teams next trip down the court. Blackshear missed a 3-pointer for Louisville and Mangok Mathiang lost control of the ball after pulling down the offensive rebound. Johnson followed his jumper from in close to give North Carolina a 70-69 lead. The score was 34-34 following a first half that featured five lead changes and five ties. Trailing 38-36, the Cardinals used a 13-2 spurt to build a nine-point advantage. The score was 63-50 following Jones jumper and a Blackshear 3- pointer. Game Notes North Carolina improved to 10-3 all-time against Louisville ... Harrell had nine points ... The Tar Heels had 17 offensive rebounds, compared to nine for the Cardinals. Wholesale NHL Jerseys Online . About seven hours before facing Washington in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference second round series, team officials said the oft-injured Bynum would miss the rest of the playoffs and would not even be with the team for the rest of the post-season. Authentic NHL Jerseys Cheap . -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice tweeted an apparent goodbye after a report about his pending release. http://www.cheapnhlcustomjerseys.com/ . MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta. Wholesale NHL Jerseys Authentic .Brooks, a three-year veteran, was slow to get up after suffering the injury during a 5-yard run by Arian Foster.Brooks limped off the field midway through the quarter and then slowly walked to the locker room a few minutes later. Stitched NHL Jerseys . Colorado came up big against Chicago last spring, and repeated that performance Tuesday night. Varlamov stopped 36 shots and Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche in a 5-1 victory over the Blackhawks.DAVIE, Fla. - Miami Dolphins reserve defensive back Michael Thomas has been placed on the reserve-injured list with a chest injury, ending his season.The move came Monday, the day after Thomas was hurt in the Dolphins 37-0 victory over San Diego. He expected to undergo surgery.Thomass played in nickel and dime packages this year and was a key contributor on special teams.dddddddddddd He made a game-winning interception in his NFL debut last December against New Englands Tom Brady.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '