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I low docs it foci to bo an unsung
hero? "When you're winning, in
dividuality doesn't matter." says
Hob Cunningham, unsung hero of
the defending national champion
Carolina Tar Heels.
The 6-4 Tar Heel co-captain
should bo an authority on unsung
heroes. He's boon one for three
years .and lie's .perfectly satisfied,
with the role "I play' 'only-'one
style of 'basketball.' Cunning--;
ham. says, 'the style that can
help my iciim the most. We're
u Inning anil that style for nic has ,
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been rebounding, defense and as
sist work."
Cunningham, a native of New.
York city, has an unusual philoso
phy about the game. "My high
school coach at AU Hallows in
New York taught me something
I've never forgotten. The other,
team is helpless when you have,
the ball. So when we're 15 or 20
points ahead, I like to hold on to
, the fc&li .1 never Wot under .those ,
conditions unless' it's a set-tip."
.Personal Satisfaction
The k cool-thinking engineer of
. the Tar- Heel; bactaourt was eon-.
spicuously ignored in. the pre-sea-son
'All-America polls and it was,
obviously, for one reason his low
point per game average. Yet,
there wasn't a more valuable man
on the Carolina club last year
than Cunningham.
Bob says he gets more personal
satisfaction from playing defense
than from any other phase of the
game. "Some people get thelr
kjeks out of scoring, other from
fancy plays.
! Cunningham gets his biggest
personal reward in keeping his
opponent from scoring. "I guess
holding South Carolina's great
All-Ajnerican Grady Wallace to 11
points last year was the biggest
individual thrill of my career
Cunningam recalled.
Accordingly, Cunningham, though
pleased with his team's defensive
showing against South Carolina Last
Saturday! was displeased with his
own performance. Ray Pericola
scored 19 points, against me Satur
day ..and I piity, .scored -V- Bob 1
obseryed )l fecf as though. : I let
the team down.,; . t. . -
Aids tht Scorers.
forgot lo"
Curtnhlgham
" mention
that ft was Pericola's second low
est point total of the season and
he was averaging well over 20
points per game in three previous
starts. He also failed to point out
that the Gamecock ace was held
to only six points in the first half,
helping the Tar Heels to' take a
commanding 36-23 lead, which
was never threatened.
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Asked why he didn't shoot more
after 'demonstrating Saturday; that
he i eould' score. t from the outside
consistently;' Cunningham said,
"Last yjear Lcnnie vRoscnbluth Was
our big scorer and a crack shot.
This year, when I bring the ball
down the court, Pete (Brennan is
on my left and Tommy (Kearns)
is on my right. Those guys are
great scorers, but somebody's got
to feed them. Personally, I like
the job.".
Iiv four games to date, Cunning
ham is averaging 7.3 points per
game foul circle. He proved Sat
urday that when the chips, are
down and his sharp shooting team
mates aren't hitting, he can take
up the slack. He proved the same
thing last year in the semi-finals
of the NCAA tournament when he
scored 19 points to liberate the un
beaten Tar Heels against tough
Michigan State.
Married Now
Cunningham, who became a
' bridegroom last fall, is in the
best of spirits this year. He says
he's not particularly, bothered by
the pressure of the winning streak, ,
"I play every game as if it were
the finals of the NCAA tourna
ment, so how can I be bothered
by the winning streak? I play, to
win all the way and no psychology;
in the world can change me':
Cunningham stressed.
As for the current winning skein
of 36 games, Bob said, "The Ken-,
tucky tournament is our big test.:
I think everyone on the squad'
realizes it and we should know our.
potentialities after it's over." -m
Cunningham has a good point. .
in'fact he has quite a few. good
points which won't go unrewarded
this 'season He. sfiu couJ& :(kc
All-American you, know.; ::lr
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Are Carolina's unbeaten Tar
Heels better than last year?
The soothsayers are still gazing in
their crystal balls for an answer
that time will tell ultimately.
Logically, the answer is no, taking
into account the departure of an
goal tries '38.4 percent 56 of 87
free tosses '64.3 percent, recover
ed 124 rebounds, scored 246 points
for a 61.5 average.
Against the same teams, the fabul
ous 1956 McGuire machine scored
136 of 298 field goal attempts (45.8
percent connected on 88 of 129 free
All-American and the loss of two! throws (68.2 perecnt, collected 198
key men by injuries from a team
that didn't, lose in 32.
But compare the first four games
of last season with the first four
this season and. statistically, the
Tar Heels are holding their own.
In extending their win skein to 36,
rebounds, racked up 360 points for
an average of 90 per game.
Floor Percentage
In the first four games -of 1956.
Carolina foes hit 91 of 275 field goals
(33.1 percent, sank 100 of 142 free
throws (70 percent got 132 re-
ing whoppers and that Minnesota in
the Kentucky Invitational Tourna
ment at Lexington, Friday ( Dec.
20. won't be convinced by cold
figures.
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Carolina shot less from the floor and j bounds, scored 282 points for a 70.5
free throw line, but hit with a couple average.
percentage point better accuracy
against the same 1956 opponents.
However, the team scoring average
is 8.5 points shy of the 1956 four
game average
What To Kxpect? '
And an anxious Frank McGuire,
who didn't know . what to expect
Individually, at this time last year
Lennic Rosenbluth had counted 118
points on 47 of 96 field goals. 24 of
34 free tosses for an average of
29.5 per game. .
To take up some of the scoring
slack, each of the three returning
Tar Heel starters, Pete Rrennan,
from his new far Heel' edition, has j Rob Cunningham and . Tommy
been pleased with the defensive Kearns have a higher scoring aver-
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prowess, despite the-incapacitation
of Joe Quigg and Danny Lotz. 6-9
and 6-7 respectively,
In four games Carolina scored
on 123 of 257 field goal attempts,
made good on 80 of 111 free throws,
grabbed 158 rebounds and scored
326 points. That's 47.8 per cent from
the floor and 72 per cent on the line.
The four opponents. Clcmson,
George Washington. Furman and
South Carolina hit on 95 of 247 field
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age to date, and the, two sophomore
starters, Lec Shaffer and Dick Kcp
ley have surprised even McGuire.
Brtnnan Leads
Brennan, the lanky senior forward
and last year's number two fireman
and top rcboundcr, confiscated the
scoring lead from . Tommy . Kearns
by dropping in 17 points in the Tar
Heels' 36th victory, 70-58 over South
Carolina. Pete has tallied 82 points
to average 20.5. Kearns is second
with 77 points and a 19.2 mark.
In t96 after four1 games, Brennan i
bad 64 "points (1.5, kearns 51
points ' (12.7 and Cunningham 20
(5.0. Brennan was leading the team
in rebounds with 48 and is six shy
of that number this season. The now
injured Joe Qiiigg had thrown in 53
points (13.2) and cotton 39 rebounds
to indicate the seriousness of his
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Rosy Was Big Loss
Thr shoes vacated by Rosenbluth
and Quigg were oversized, but
Carolina's young sophomores have
tried them on effectively. Shaffer,
the blonde Pittsburgh giant, is aver
aging 15.5 per game and Kepley.
the tallest man on the team (6-9.
has pulled down 39 rebounds and is
averaging 6.7 in point production.
Harvey Salz, the frisky playmak-
ing backcourter, came into his own
ith 11 markers against Furman
and a dozen against the Gamecocks
to move his average to 7.2 and be
come the number six man.
Whether the Tar Heels arc as
good or better, Frank McGuire
knows statistics have a way of tell
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end Jim Lone, have been named
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