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Jaylen Blakes reminded everyone that was true on Saturday in the Smith Center when the guard hit a game-winning shot for Stanford to pull off an upset road win over North Carolina, further damaging the Tar Heels’ already-questionable NCAA Tournament resume.

Stanford guard Jaylen Blakes, who played three years at Duke, made a final memory against UNC at the Smith Center. Here's what he said.

Former Duke basketball reserve and current Stanford starter Jaylen Blakes came up clutch in his return to the Tar Heels' Smith Center.

In three years with Duke, guard Jaylen Blakes didn't accomplish all that much against North Carolina. Blakes played in five minutes over two games against the Tar Heels and failed to score a single point.

The cold weather moves into central North Carolina on Monday followed by possible snow on Tuesday. The North Carolina mountains will see snow Sunday along with very cold temps.

Duke graduate transfer Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with 1.5 seconds left to lift Stanford to a 72-71 win over North Carolina on Saturday, the first meeting as Atlantic Coast Conference rivals and the first Cardinal win over the Tar Heels in 15 meetings.

No. 19 North Carolina defeated No. 14 Duke 53-46 on Thursday at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C., the first of two meetings between the rival teams. North Carolina senior Alyssa Ustby led the Tar Heels with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The loss is the Blue Devils’ first in conference play so far this season.

Duke Energy has worked on maintenance at the plants and explored options to purchase more power in preparation of the storm. They will be on stand by in case customers experience power outages. If you experience an outage they as that you report it immediately.

Duke has struggled getting off to quick starts on offense at points this season, mostly notably in its loss to South Florida a few weeks ago, and Thursday’s matchup was an amalgamation of that weakness.

North Carolina leads the Southeast U.S. in energy efficiency, according to a new report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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