CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 1 North Carolina routed Rutgers 97-75 on Sunday night for its school-record 12th straight double-figure victory.

North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough (50) shoots as Rutgers' Hamady N'Diaye (5) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Ty Lawson added 19 points, Danny Green had 18 and the Tar Heels (12-0) shot 51.5 percent.

They surpassed the previous mark of consecutive blowouts set by the 1992-93 team that went on to win the national championship. No opponent has come within 15 points of these Tar Heels.

Freshman Mike Rosario scored 26 points, Corey Chandler had 14 and Anthony Farmer 12 for Rutgers (9-4).

The Scarlet Knights had their four-game winning streak snapped in the first of a punishing stretch of games this week. They face No. 3 Pitt on New Year's Eve before a visit to No. 2 Connecticut.

The Tar Heels kept Rutgers winless in 11 games against top-ranked teams, and they did it with some vintage North Carolina basketball: Lots of points, lots of turnovers forced and, yes, lots of Hansbrough.

The school's career scoring leader had his sixth straight 20-point game — he needed just 8 1/2 minutes to reach double figures for the 110th time — before taking care of his milestone midway through the second half with his 1,000th career rebound. He finished 10-of-15 from the field.

But more importantly, he helped his team show few ill effects of its weeklong break.

Playing for the first time since Dec. 20, the Tar Heels never trailed and hit 14 of their first 17 shots. Then as the first half wound down, they built an overwhelming lead with a big run.

Green's 3-pointer with about 7 1/2 minutes left started the 20-6 spurt that put the Tar Heels up by double figures to stay. North Carolina held Rutgers to one field goal during a 5 1/2-minute stretch and took its largest lead of the half when Lawson followed his miss with a jumper from the left wing that made it 52-34.

JR Inman finished with 11 points for the Scarlet Knights, who didn't get closer than 12 in the second half and finished with 19 turnovers.

North Carolina's most obvious negative was its performance from long distance. It shot a season-worst 28.6 percent from 3-point range — surpassing the mark established in its last game against Valparaiso — and matched another season low with just four 3s.

The Tar Heels also welcomed back senior swingman Marcus Ginyard, who had foot surgery that cost him 12 games.

Ginyard made his first appearance of the season during his team's big burst, jogging to the scorer's table to an ovation with just under 7 minutes left in the half and checking in at the 6:03 mark. His first points came about 3 minutes later on a remarkably athletic play in which he rebounded Will Graves' missed 3, scooped it under the basket and flipped it in without using the glass.