CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The entire game was summed up by the final minute — a missed dunk and a technical foul. Nothing in the second half went Iowa State’s way as it fell to North Carolina.

Using a 19-2 run to end the first half and start the second, the Tar Heels went on to defeat Iowa State 92-65 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Charlotte Coliseum.

“I thought North Carolina played well today in the first half,” said ISU coach Wayne Morgan. “I’m really proud of my kids for the way they fought through adversity and kept playing the whole 40 minutes.”

Play was close during the first seven minutes of the game, but North Carolina eventually pulled away. Iowa State, which normally plays most of the game with a full-court defense, took the pressure off early in the first half.

“I thought they did a great job of breaking our full-court pressure in the first half,” Morgan said. “Many times in that transition, they were able to score, so we did get out of our press.”

With 4:53 remaining in the half, Iowa State cut North Carolina’s lead to 31-29 after Tasheed Carr drove to the hoop and converted the 3-point play with a free throw.

North Carolina again answered back, outscoring the Cyclones 14-4 for the remainder of the half, ending with Raymond Felton’s 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the Tar Heels a 53-45 advantage heading into halftime.

“Felton’s a big factor, because he’s a great point guard,” Morgan said. “Any time you have a point guard like that, it’s extremely helpful.”

The battle between the big men — Jared Homan and Sean May — was equal through the first half. After starting out slow, Homan got his first points of the half with just over 12 minutes remaining, finishing the half with eight points and nine rebounds.

Carolina’s freshman Marvin Williams came off the bench to record a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

For the Tar Heels, 10 players saw action in the first half, with Felton playing the most with 18 minutes.

“When we sub, there’s a lot of ways our team gets better,” said Carolina coach Roy Williams. “We were a little more fresh, and that helps with the way we like to play.”

Curtis Stinson said depth is what is helpful for other teams.

“They’re just deep — that’s what makes them really good,” Stinson said. “Of course, it’s going to help when they keep rotating these guys like that.”

The second half didn’t get much better for the Cyclones, as the Tar Heels’ lead grew to 20 with 15:50 left in the game.

“We really took advantage of their missed shots and converted those into shots,” said Carolina’s Rashad McCants. “We knew they had a thin bench … We just wanted to run ’em, run ’em, run ’em.”

The closest Iowa State would get would be 13 points, and the biggest deficit was at the end, 92-65.

The Cyclones shot just 29.3 percent from the field in the second half and ended the game shooting 35.5 percent on 27-of-76 shooting. They also went 7-of-17 from the free throw line.

In his last game in a Cyclone uniform, Homan set a career high with 20 rebounds and added 19 points to lead the offense.

“Jared was a warrior today. Jared’s been a warrior the whole year, his whole career,” Morgan said. “He fights every second he’s on the court and I think he has a big future playing this game.”

Stinson added 14 points and Rahshon Clark finished with 13.

For the Tar Heels, May ended with 24 points and 17 rebounds, with Marvin Williams finishing with 20 points and 15 rebounds.