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January 8th, 2009Tar Heels bounce back
(by robbi pickeral, organization writer) chapel hill well, that’s more like it.
three days after losing its no. 1 ranking, its first game of the salt and its chance to go undefeated, no. 3 north carolina bounced following wednesday with a 108-70 blowout of college of charleston at the smith center.
the tar heels’ defense wasn’t seamless, what with the cougars shooting 46.9 percent in the first half and one of unc’s best stoppers, marcus ginyard, sitting on the bench after the unimpaired scheme.
but carolina jigger much better from the field (59 percent) and the free throw line (19-on the side of-22) becoming the first opponent to score 100 or more points against the cougars since 1977, a period of 951 games, and the second-longest hurry in the nation.
plus, there was no questioning the tar heels’ aggressiveness, something they believe cost them dearly during their downfall to boston college on sunday night.
considering charleston led by as many as three points first, then kept its loss within reason for most of the first half by burying eight three-pointers, it wasn’t exactly the original-game rustle- to the ground unc fans might have expected.
but carolina (14-1), which made 59.5 percent of its shots in the from the start full stop, pulled away with an 8-2 run including a ty lawson layup at the horn to take a 53-41 lead into halftime.
then it began the subordinate period with an 11-0 run that the cougars (10-3) could at no time combine.
aplomb nub guard larry drew ii’s layup with 3:51 left marked the first delay since dec. 6, 1977 that the cougars allowed an opponent to score in triple digits.
it was not immediately clear why ginyard who returned last month after having foot surgery in october, played in the previous three games, but has been backward to return to 100 percent was in uniform but did not play. the senior went through pre-games warms-ups, then sat on the bench wearing a sleeve on his right leg to protect a lingering knee bruise.
forward tyler hansbrough led the team with 24 points and seven rebounds. deon thompson and lawson chipped in 15 points apiece.
another good brand was the play of starting shooting wayne ellington, who went 3-for-5 with a view 10 points.
the junior sharpshooter had made only 29 of his 79 shot attempts in seven aforementioned home game this season, a perplexing stat looking at he > has shot 36-championing-69 on the carriageway this season.
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