DURHAM, N.C. _ Duke needed no theatrics to subdue fierce rival North Carolina on Saturday.
After escaping with an overtime win in Chapel Hill last month, the No. 12 Blue Devils never trailed in the rematch and rolled to an 89-76 ACC win at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Tre Jones, whose basket at the buzzer at UNC allowed the Blue Devils to force overtime before winning at the Smith Center, scored 21 points with 11 assists as Duke completed the regular-season sweep over the Tar Heels.
Duke (25-6, 15-5) enters the ACC tournament as the No. 4 seed and will play at 2:30 p.m. in the second game of Thursday's quarterfinals at the Greensboro Coliseum.
The Tar Heels (13-18, 6-14) enter the ACC tournament as the No. 14 seed and will play on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against No. 11 Virginia Tech.
Vernon Carey scored 25 points, including 18 in the second half, and finished with 10 rebounds. Fellow freshman Cassius Stanley added 19 points for Duke.
Senior Justin Robinson, who received the first starting assignment of his career, hit a career-best four 3-pointers while scoring 13 points.
Garrison Brooks led all scorers with 26 points while grabbing 13 rebounds for the Tar Heels.
Duke led by as many as 10 points in the first half before taking a 42-34 lead to intermission. UNC clawed its way closer early in the second half as the Blue Devils scored on just one of their first eight possessions after halftime.
A Garrison Brooks hook shot with 15:36 to play left Duke with a 44-43 lead.
But Robinson drilled a 3-pointer with 15:12 left. Stanley added another at 14:36 giving Duke a 50-43 lead.
UNC cut Duke's lead to a single point again when Brooks hit one of two free throws with 11:07 to play.
Duke, having made just three of its first nine field goals of the second half, finally found an offensive groove from there by getting the ball inside to Carey.
The 6-10 freshman center scored the game's next four points as Duke extended its lead to 59-54. After a Brandon Robinson 3-pointer for UNC, Carey scored again.
Brooks' basket inside pulled the Tar Heels within a basket one more time as Duke led 61-59.
But Duke scored on its next four possessions to finally pull away from UNC. Jones hit two free throws and Stanley drilled a 3-pointer for a 66-59 Duke lead.
When Jones hit a 3-pointer with 6:52 left, Duke's lead grew to 72-63.
Justin Robinson sank a 3-pointer as he fell backwards with 4:25 left extending Duke's lead to 77-67. Stanley's 3-pointer from the left corner in front of Duke's bench gave the Blue Devils their largest lead of the game at 80-77 with 3:47 to play.
