North Carolina Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams is expected to be at the team’s next practice and game following a bout with vertigo that sidelined him for part of Tuesday’s win at Boston College.
Athletics spokesman Steve Kirschner said Wednesday that the ninth-ranked Tar Heels had a previously scheduled day off and would return to practice Thursday ahead of a weekend home game against Pittsburgh. Williams’s regularly scheduled Friday news conference in Chapel Hill is still on as well.
‘‘We expect him to be back at practice [Thursday] and coach on Sunday,’’ Kirschner said.
Williams, 65, left Tuesday’s game with about 14 minutes left after collapsing momentarily in the huddle, an attack he said can be brought on by sudden head movements. Williams was helped to the locker room and said he took medication and threw up. He returned to shake hands with Eagles coach Jim Christian afterward and attend part of North Carolina’s postgame news conference.
‘‘I really felt like it was important for me to come out so I could shake Jimmy’s hand because I felt sorry for my being a distraction,’’ he said afterward.
Longtime assistant Steve Robinson led the team in Williams’s absence as North Carolina (20-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) rallied from a 9-point deficit for a 68-65 win that ended a two-game skid and kept the Tar Heels atop the conference standings, ahead of No. 7 Virginia.
Williams has had bouts of what he described as ‘‘benign positional vertigo’’ for years, occasionally showing up during games when Williams has had to squat down to let dizziness pass after springing up from the bench too quickly. Williams said Tuesday’s bout occurred when he spun back toward the huddle after protesting to an official about a no-call on a drive by junior Isaiah Hicks.
The team announced on its Twitter account that Williams returned to Chapel Hill with the team. Kirschner said Wednesday that Williams didn’t require hospitalization or treatment outside Conte Forum on Tuesday night.
Marquette 96, Providence 91 — Jajuan Johnson scored 16 points and hit a key 3-pointer with 1:16 left in double overtime and host Marquette (16-9, 5-7) outlasted the No. 20 Friars (18-7, 6-6) in a Big East game in Milwaukee.
Henry Ellenson had 26 points and 16 rebounds for the Golden Eagles, who overcame 42 points from Providence’s Ben Bentil.
Marquette swept the season series and handed the Friars their third straight loss.
BU 71, American 51 — Eric Fanning scored 25 points and Cheddi Mosely added 20 to help the host Terriers (15-11, 8-5) roll to a Patriot League victory. American dropped to 7-17, 5-8.
Holy Cross 67, Lafayette 54 — Malachi Alexander scored 14 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to help the host Crusaders (10-14, 5-8 Patriot) topple Lafayette (5-19, 2-11).
Women’s basketball
Holy Cross 57, Lafayette 54 — Sophomore guard Katie Doherty tied a career high with 16 points to help the Crusaders (10-13, 7-5) to a Patriot League win over Lafayette (5-17, 3-9) in Easton, Pa.
La Salle 66, UMass 57 — In Philadelphia, Amy Griffin scored 20 points as the Explorers (4-20, 1-10) defeated the Minutewomen (6-17, 0-11) in an Atlantic-10 game. Kymber Hill had 15 points and 12 rebounds in a losing effort for UMass.
