No. 4 North Carolina 107, Cleveland State 64

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Raymond Felton isn&#39;t superstitious, so he has no problem talking about his recent run of 3-pointers. He just can&#39;t explain it.<br> <br> ``I&#39;m just shooting the ball,&#39;&#39; he said. ``I&#39;m just concentrating on my shots.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Felton ran his streak of consecutive 3s to 12 and finished with 13 points and eight assists, helping No. 4 North Carolina beat Cleveland State 107-64 on Thursday night.<br> <br> As a freshman and a sophomore, Felton made only 34 percent of his shots from beyond the arc, but the 6-foot-1 point guard hasn&#39;t missed in 2.5 weeks since he finished 0-for-3 against Loyola of Chicago, four games ago.<br> <br> ``He&#39;s such a strong-willed person, he thought he could will it in,&#39;&#39; North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. ``Raymond found you couldn&#39;t will it in because he had bad technique.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Felton was 3-for-3 in this one, and he&#39;s three short of the NCAA record of 15 straight set by Northwestern&#39;s Todd Leslie in 1990.<br> <br> Sean May had 16 points to lead six players in double figures for the Tar Heels (11-1), who continued a six-game homestand with another lopsided victory. They&#39;ve got one more tuneup Sunday against William Mary before hosting No. 24 Maryland on Jan. 8.<br> <br> Omari Westley had 18 points for the Vikings (3-5), who lost their fifth in a row after starting the season with a three-game winning streak.<br> <br> ``They are right now playing like the No. 1 team in the country,&#39;&#39; Cleveland State coach Mike Garland said. ``The things they were able to do to us were things that take a very special team to do, and it takes a guy that can orchestrate a defense and an offense that is superior to you.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> While scoring at least 100 points for the third time, Felton and his teammates played pretty good defense, too. The Tar Heels forced 22 of their season-high 31 turnovers in the first half alone, including 10 in one suffocating stretch late in the first half.<br> <br> After the Vikings (3-5) closed to 37-29 on two free throws from Westley, they went more than three minutes without scoring. Jawad Williams started a 14-3 run with a tip-in, then Marvin Williams and Rashad McCants added layups.<br> <br> By the time May finished it off with four consecutive points, North Carolina led 51-32.<br> <br> ``The turnovers were clearly the difference in the first half,&#39;&#39; Garland said. ``We gave away half the points they scored on uncontested layups and dunks.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> The second half was more of the same. Cleveland State had a turnover on its first possession, and Westley missed three of four free throws while the Tar Heels continued to make shots. Felton swished in his final 3, and McCants later added one to make it 71-43.<br> <br> ``I told the guys on the bench that Ray was making everything,&#39;&#39; May said. ``It couldn&#39;t happen to a better person. Last year, a lot of people criticized him for his shooting. It shows you what kind of person he is, to come back like he has.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> The lead was 30 when May put the exclamation point on this victory, taking a lob pass from Felton and slamming it in one-handed midway through the second half. He and the rest of the starters came out soon after in favor of the reserves.<br> <br> ``That was the best,&#39;&#39; May said. ``It&#39;s going to be on my personal highlight tape when I leave here.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> The reserves got some work at the end of the first half, too, when the starters drew the ire of Roy Williams. Little-used Reyshawn Terry, Charlie Everett, Wes Miller, C.J. Hooker and Byron Sanders finished the half and increased the lead by one point.<br> <br> ``I was really ticked off,&#39;&#39; Williams said. ``We weren&#39;t sprinting back, and they were getting easy baskets. I put four fresh guys in less than a minute before, and we still didn&#39;t sprint back.&#39;&#39;