College

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It is back to the drawing board for North Carolina after an embarrassing performance at Florida State.

The third-ranked Tar Heels trailed from the opening seconds and lost to the Seminoles 90-57 Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference mismatch.

It was the worst defeat for Roy Williams since he took the job as coach of the Tar Heels in April 2003.

"There is no facet of the game that we don't need to work on, from free throws to box outs to guarding the ball to help-side defense to not turning it over," Williams said. "Florida State made us look like a bunch of little junior-high guys."

It was a dramatic turnaround for a Florida State team that suffered a 79-59 defeat at Clemson last weekend and came into Saturday's game with the poorest three-point shooting mark in the ACC at 30.2 percent.

Seminoles senior Deividas Dulkys scored a career-high 32 points and made 8 of 10 three-point attempts.

Harrison Barnes scored 15 points for the Tar Heels, who made 4 of 21 three-point shots.

North Carolina (15-3 overall, 2-1 ACC) had reeled off nine straight victories during a 35-day homestand, improving its defense and rebounding — elements that were lacking in early season losses to UNLV and Kentucky. But those deficiencies returned to haunt North Carolina in a big way against the Seminoles (11-6, 2-1).

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said, "Today we were exceptional.

"This team has the potential to play with this level of focus and execution."

The Seminoles started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its worst conference loss since a 96-56 setback to Maryland in February 2003.

Other Top 10 games

At No. 1 Syracuse 78,

Providence 55

Kris Joseph had 13 points and Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists as the Orange (19-0, 6-0 Big East) beat the Friars (12-7, 1-5) to match the school record for victories to start a season, set in 1999-2000.

No. 2 Kentucky 65,

at Tennessee 62

Darius Miller made two free throws and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added another in the final 20 seconds to help the Wildcats (17-1, 3-0 Southeastern) beat the Volunteers (8-9, 1-2).

Kentucky trailed by as many as eight points in the second half.

At No. 4 Baylor 106,

Oklahoma St. 65

Perry Jones III had 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Bears (17-0, 4-0 Big 12) made a season-high 15 three-pointers in a victory over the Cowboys (9-8, 2-2).

At Northwestern 81,

No. 6 Michigan St. 74

John Shurna scored 22 points to help the Wildcats (12-5, 2-3 Big Ten) snap the winning streak of the Spartans (15-3, 4-1) at 15. Drew Crawford added 20 points for Northwestern.

Keith Appling led Michigan State with 17 points and Draymond Green had 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Northwestern's offense emphasizes backdoor cuts, picks and late-in-the-clock three-point shots. The Wildcats shot 50 percent against a team that came in allowing 37 percent.

"We didn't lose that game on the offensive end, we lost it on the defensive end," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. "We're not allowed to give up 81 points. It's ridiculous."

At No. 9 Missouri 84,

Texas 73

Ricardo Ratliffe made his first eight shots and had 21 points for the Tigers (16-1, 3-1 Big 12) in their victory over the Longhorns (12-5, 2-2).

J'Covan Brown scored 34 points for Texas.

At No. 10 Kansas 82,

Iowa St. 73

Tyshawn Taylor had 22 of his career-high 28 points after halftime as the Jayhawks (14-3, 4-0 Big 12) rallied to defeat the Cyclones (12-5, 2-2). Kansas trailed by 12 early in the second half.

Other game

At Northern Colorado 71, Eastern Washington 70

Tate Unruh made two free throws with 12 seconds remaining to lift the Bears (6-10, 3-2 Big Sky) over the Eagles (9-9, 3-3).

Mike Proctor scored 13 points for Northern Colorado, which shot 57.1 percent.

Collin Chiverton, whose jumper with 18 seconds remaining gave Eastern Washington a 70-69 lead, scored 21 points. Cliff Ederaine of the Eagles contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds.