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Deividas Dulkys' childhood dream came true Saturday. And you couldn't blame him if he might have believed it had been a dream.

The senior Florida State guard scored a career-high 32 points and was 8 of 10 from 3-point range to key the Seminoles' 90-57 victory over No. 3 North Carolina at Tallahassee, Fla., that snapped a nine-game winning streak and was the Tar Heels' worst loss under coach Roy Williams.

"Every little kid has a dream when you're playing on a big stage like I did today," Dulkys said. "I guess today was my day."

And that was an understatement.

Dulkys, a native of Lithuania whose previous career-high was 22 points, was 12 of 14 from the field overall and added four steals and a blocked shot. His eight 3s were a Florida State record in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

"We tried to keep him from scoring if we could but he just kept getting so open and our guys were running into screens," Williams said. "It was a great performance shooting the basketball."

It was an unexpected turnabout for a Florida State team that lost 79-59 at Clemson just a week ago and came into Saturday's game with the poorest 3-point shooting mark in the conference at 30.2 percent.

But behind Dulkys, the Seminoles hit 12 of 27 from long distance while the Tar Heels were simply off while playing on the road for the first time in six weeks. North Carolina made only 9 of 20 free throws and were beaten 43-35 on the boards despite Tyler Zeller's 14 rebounds. North Carolina had not been beaten on the boards in its previous seven games.

Micahel Snaer added 17 points and Okaro White contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles.

Dulkys said he made 28 straight from beyond the 3-point arc while warming up earlier in the day with the help of two student managers who took care of rebounding the shots.

"He shoots this well every day in practice," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "He's had a difficult time transferring that to the game. Sometimes when he misses that first shot, he gets a little tight."

The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1) started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its most lopsided conference loss since a 96-56 defeat at Maryland in 2003, the season before Williams took over. Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Zeller added 14 for North Carolina (15-3, 2-1), which finished 4 of 21 from 3-point range.

No. 1 Syracuse 78, Providence 55: At Syracuse, N.Y., Dion Waiters had 12 points, seven coming during a decisive first-half run, Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists, and Syracuse (19-0, 6-0 Big East) beat Providence (11-7, 0-5).

No. 2 Kentucky 65, Tennessee 62: At Knoxville, Tenn., Darius Miller made two free throws and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added another in the final 20 seconds and Kentucky (17-1, 3-0) beat Tennessee (8-9, 1-2 Southeastern Conference).

No. 4 Baylor 106, Oklahoma State 65: At Waco, Texas, Perry Jones III had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Baylor (17-0, 4-0) made a season-high 15 3-pointers to beat Oklahoma State (9-8, 2-2 Big 12).

Northwestern 81, No. 6 Michigan State 74: At Evanston, Ill., John Shurna scored 22 points and Northwestern (12-5, 2-3) beat Michigan State (15-3, 4-1 Big Ten), ending the Spartans' 15-game winning streak.

No. 9 Missouri 84, Texas 73: At Columbia, Mo., Phil Pressey had 18 points, including seven straight in the second half to lead the Tigers (16-1, 3-1 Big 12) past Texas (12-5, 2-2).

No. 10 Kansas 82, Iowa State 73: At Lawrence, Kan., Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 of his career-high 28 points after halftime, and Kansas (14-3, 4-0 Big 12) used a game-changing second-half run to knock off Iowa State (12-5, 2-2).

No. 22 San Diego State 69, No. 12 UNLV 67: At San Diego, Jamaal Franklin made an off-balance layup with three-tenths of a second left to give San Diego State (15-2) a thrilling victory over UNLV (16-3) in a marquee Mountain West Conference opener.

Iowa 75, No. 13 Michigan 59: At Iowa City, Iowa, senior guard Matt Gatens scored 19 points as Iowa (11-8, 3-3) used balanced offense and stout defense to beat Michigan (14-4, 4-2 Big Ten).

No. 14 Louisville 76, DePaul 59: At Louisville, Ky., Russ Smith scored 25 points, Chris Smith added 20 and Louisville (14-4, 2-3 Big East) beat DePaul (10-7, 1-4).

No. 15 Murray State 82, Tennessee Tech 74: At Murray, Ky., Donte Poole scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Murray State (18-0, 6-0 Ohio Valley Conference) past Tennessee Tech (11-7, 3-2).

No. 17 Connecticut 67, Notre Dame 53: At South Bend, Ind., Shabazz Napier scored 16 points and freshman Andre Drummond had 10 points and 13 rebounds to lead Connecticut (14-3, 4-2) past Notre Dame (11-7, 3-2 Big East), snapping the Fighting Irish's 29-game home winning streak.

Oklahoma 82, No. 18 Kansas State 73: At Norman, Okla., Andrew Fitzgerald scored 21 points to lead four Oklahoma players in double figures and the Sooners (11-5, 1-3) got their first Big 12 win under coach Lon Kruger with a victory over Kansas State (12-4, 1-3).

No. 19 Florida 79, South Carolina 65: At Columbia, S.C., Kenny Boynton scored 15 points and hit four of Florida's (14-4, 2-1) 12 3-pointers in a victory over South Carolina (8-9, 0-3 SEC).

No. 20 Mississippi State 56, Alabama 52: At Starkville, Miss., Arnett Moultrie had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulldogs (15-3, 2-1 SEC) rallied past Alabama (13-4, 2-1).

No. 25 Marquette 62, Pittsburgh 57: At Milwaukee, Darius Johnson-Odom scored 18 points and Jae Crowder added 15 to help Marquette (14-4, 3-2) hand Pittsburgh (11-7, 0-5 Big East) its sixth straight loss.

PAC-12

Oregon 59, Arizona 57: At Tucson, Ariz., Garrett Sim scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:46 to play, and the Ducks (13-5, 4-2 Pac-12) held off Arizona to complete their first sweep in the desert since the Wildcats (12-6, 3-2) and Arizona State joined the conference 33 years ago.

Stanford 84, Colorado 64: At Stanford, Calif., Chasson Randle scored 18 points and made four 3-pointers to help Stanford (15-3, 5-1 Pac-12) beat Colorado (11-6, 3-2).

Arizona State 76, Oregon State 66: At Tempe, Ariz., Chanse Creekmur hit six 3-point shots and notched a career-best 24 points, helping Arizona State (6-11, 2-3) overcome a sloppy first half to beat Oregon State (11-7, 1-5 Pac-12).

California 81, Utah 45: At Berkeley, Calif., Justin Cobbs had 14 points and a career-high 11 assists, Jorge Gutierrez added 15 points and California stayed atop the Pac-12 with a win over Utah (4-13, 1-4).

Cal (15-4, 5-1 Pac-12) stayed tied with Bay Area rival Stanford in the conference race after sending the Utes to their fourth loss in five games.

Utah State 69, Louisiana Tech 65: At Ruston, La., Brockeith Pane scored a season-high 24 points and Utah State (10-8, 2-2 Western Athletic Conference) overcame a 12-point first-half deficit to defeat Louisiana Tech (8-10, 0-3) and post its second road victory of the season.

Fresno State 82, San Jose State 73: At Fresno, Calif., Kevin Olekaibe scored a career-high 32 points as Fresno State (8-11, 1-3) held off San Jose State (6-11, 0-3 WAC).

Nevada 77, Hawaii 74: At Reno, Nev., Deonte Burton scored 25 points and Nevada (14-3, 4-0) beat Hawaii (10-7, 2-1 WAC).

San Francisco 78, Pepperdine 63: At San Francisco, Michael Williams scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half to lead San Francisco (12-8, 2-4) past the Waves (7-10, 1-5 West Coast Conference).

BYU 95, Santa Clara 78: At Provo, Utah, Brandon Davies scored 23 points and BYU (15-4, 4-1 WCC) beat Santa Clara (8-9, 0-4).

Saint Mary's 69, Portland 61: At Moraga, Calif., Stephen Holt scored 21 points and the Gaels (16-2, 5-0 WCC) beat the Pilots (5-12, 2-2).