CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – John Henson scored a career-high 19 points and ignited a decisive second-half run to help No. 25 North Carolina beat College of Charleston, 74-69, Sunday night at the Dean E. Smith Center.

Henson also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots for the Tar Heels (4-2), who rallied from a five-point deficit midway through the second half to win their second-straight game.

North Carolina had all kinds of trouble avenging last year's overtime loss to the Cougars (4-3), who never let the Tar Heels put away the game after they finally went back ahead.

The Tar Heels, who led by just a point at halftime, shot 53 percent after the break.

Preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year Andrew Goudelock (Stone Mountain, Ga.) scored 28 points to lead CofC, which hit nine three-pointers, but missed plenty of good looks in the second half.

The Cougars also consistently pounded the boards, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds and scoring 22 second-chance points against the bigger Tar Heels.

Goudelock had a huge day against the Tar Heels last year, hitting the tying three in the final seconds of regulation on the way to a game-high 24 points in the win. He got off to a slow start Sunday, missing his first five shots and scoring just five points in the opening half, before he got rolling with a dazzling two-minute flurry.

Goudelock made five-straight shots for 10 points – including back-to-back three-pointers from several feet behind the arc – which gave the Cougars a 48-43 lead with 13 minutes left in regulation.

It was one of many sequences that proved College of Charleston wasn't afraid of North Carolina, including a one-handed reverse dunk by freshman Trent Wiedeman (Suwanee, Ga.) against Tyler Zeller for the Cougars' final lead at 54-52.

Yet the Tar Heels – whose transition offense has been missing in action for much of this season – finally got out on the break and even started scrapping on the offensive glass to take back control. Henson banked in a shot in the lane off an offensive rebound to put the Tar Heels ahead for good with about 7 1/2 minutes left, which started an 8-0 run that finally gave them some breathing room.

North Carolina overcame shaky performances from top scorers Zeller and Harrison Barnes. Zeller had eight points on 4-for-12 shooting and fell short of double figures for the first time all year, while Barnes had eight points on 3-for-12 shooting.

The Cougars return to Charleston for a three-game homestand which begins with Davidson in both team's Southern Conference opener on Thursday, Dec. 2, at Carolina First Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. (ET) and tickets can be purchased by calling 1-843-953-COFC (2632) or visiting the CofC Athletics Ticket Center online at www.CofCSports.com/tickets.

POSTGAME NOTES
• For the seventh time this season, CofC used the starting five of senior Donavan Monroe, senior Andrew Goudelock, redshirt junior Antwaine Wiggins, sophomore Willis Hall and senior Jeremy Simmons (4-3).
• The Cougars played shorthanded as sophomore Andrew Lawrence did not suit up for the game due to migraines. Freshmen Jordan Scott and James Carlton saw minutes off the bench to aid in the rotation. Scott played a career-high eight minutes and knocked down a three-pointer at the 8:14 minute mark of the first half to put the Cougars within one point of UNC, 16-15.
• With the win, North Carolina takes only a one-game lead in the all-time series at 4-3. It marked the fifth time in the seven meetings between the two schools that the game was decided by less than six points (-5).
• In the loss, CofC falls to 5-16 all-time against teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
• Andrew Goudelock scored a season-high 28 points versus the Tar Heels including 23 of the team's 42 points in the second half of play. It marked the 31st 20-point game of his career. Goudelock hit a long-range three with 13:10 remaining in regulation to give the Cougars their largest lead of the ballgame, 48-43. Goudelock has recorded 1,860 career points to date which ranks third all-time in the school record books.
• The Cougars shot a season-low 36.7 percent (11-of-30) from the floor against the Tar Heels, but grabbed a season-high 42 rebounds in the contest including a 21-19 advantage in the first half.
• Freshman Trent Wiedeman set new career highs in field goals made (5), field goals attempted (7), offensive rebounds (5) and minutes played (33) against North Carolina. He also tied career highs in rebounds (9) and blocked shots (2). Wiedeman slammed down his first career dunk on a reverse under the rim at the 9:24 minute mark of the second half when CofC lead by two, 54-52.

POSTGAME QUOTES
College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins
On the game …
“We had a little curveball before the game. Andrew Lawrence, one of our key subs, couldn't play and that made me real nervous. Our game plan was to hang in there with them and see if (Andrew) Goudelock could get hot – and it happened. We hung in there with them and then he got hot. He put on a show, but we couldn't stop them. They are a very good team and will get better and better. They are young. It's a great experience for us to come here, for me personally and for our program, to play in this kind of environment against this type of competition. It's really fantastic. I really appreciate Roy (Williams) playing us. I knew after last year, this would be a tough one, but our kids responded. We are getting there. We don't want to be a one-man team. We have to get the ball more to (Jeremy) Simmons and get more people involved. When we went up by five, I thought we had a chance. That's when we needed some stops. We had a whole week to prepare for this game and we prepared hard for this game. We knew it was going to be tough and they were going to take us seriously.”

On North Carolina and its youth …
“Roy (Williams) has done a great job here at North Carolina. The key this year could be their freshmen. They need that superstar kid (Harrison Barnes) to step up. They have a lot of great pieces and always play team basketball. They get the basketball inside and take high-percentage shots. It's like coaching against Dean Smith. They play the game the way it's supposed to be played. The problem last year was they didn't make shots. They have strong possibilities this year. It's always a pleasure to come back here. I have great respect for this program.”