For the 261st time in their storied rivalry, Duke and North Carolina squared off with the eyes of college basketball locked in on Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

The schools, separated by just 10 miles, faced each other as top-10 opponents for the 49th time as a packed crowd filled the Smith Center. 

RJ Davis (4) of the North Carolina Tar Heels battles Mark Mitchell (25) of the Duke Blue Devils for a loose ball during the first half of a game at the Dean E. Smith Center Feb. 3, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C.  (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)=)

The Carolina faithful did not leave disappointed. 

“One of the things that we always – even as a player – defensively, yes. He’s a handful, but you have to go at him on the defensive end,” Davis said Filipowski. “And I thought Armando did that. I thought Armando made him play defense. And that’s something I think really helped us tonight.” 

The win by Carolina snaps a two-game home losing streak to Duke, and the Tar Heels are now two games up in the loss column on the Blue Devils in the ACC. 

Joe Morgan is a Sports Reporter for Fox News.