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Brown, Swoope help Hurricanes beat Tar Heels 63-57 for 1st ACC win; UNC drops to 0-2 in league

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    North Carolina's Isaiah Hicks, right, and Miami's Garrius Adams struggle for possession of the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (The Associated Press)

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    North Carolina's J.P. Tokoto, left, guards Miami's Rion Brown during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (The Associated Press)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Rion Brown scored 19 points to help Miami beat North Carolina 63-57 on Wednesday night, giving the Hurricanes their first Atlantic Coast Conference win while dropping the Tar Heels to 0-2 in the league.

Erik Swoope added a career-high 14 points for the Hurricanes (9-6, 1-2 ACC), who took control late in the first half and led by 13 points after the break against the cold-shooting Tar Heels (10-5, 0-2).

Miami was coming off a tough 49-44 loss at No. 2 Syracuse over the weekend, a game in which the favored Orange didn't score the go-ahead basket until the 4:16 mark. This time, the Hurricanes grinded their way to a win, twice turning away modest rallies from a suddenly reeling UNC team.

James Michael McAdoo scored 12 points for North Carolina, which was coming off a 73-67 loss at Wake Forest in one of its worst performances of the season.