One explanation for the UNC basketball team's two-game losing streak entering Saturday afternoon's home bout against the Boston College Eagles was the back-to-back single-digit scoring performances by Ian Jackson after the electrifying Tar Heel freshman had routinely reached 20 points across the previous four weeks.

This was the type of game the North Carolina Tar Heels needed from Seth Trimble. In his first start since returning from a concussion two and a half weeks ago, Trimble made sure his presence was known with a thunderous dunk just three minutes into the game.

North Carolina escaped what would have been a disastrous loss with a dramatic 102-96 overtime win over the Eagles

Despite 26 points from Donald Hand Jr. and 20 from Dion Brown, the Eagles couldn't hold a 4-point lead with 18 seconds left and fell to the Tar Heels in the Dean Dome.

RJ Davis had 22 points, Ian Jackson scored 15 of his 19 in the second half, and North Carolina avoided an upset bid by Boston College with a 102-96 Atlantic Coast Conference win in Chapel Hill on Saturday.