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.

The Orange (10-13, 4-8 ACC) were powerless to stop a Cooper Flagg-led No. 2 Duke Blue Devils, falling 83-54 in front of the home crowd in Syracuse on Wednesday night. The loss —