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by Jim Thomas
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Three weeks ago UNC Coach Dean Smith
said his starting five players, with four
regulars and three possible All-America
candidates returning from last year's 23-8
Atlantic Coast Conference champions, had
as much talent as any team he'd ever
coached.
There were few dissenters Saturday after
the nationally fourth-ranked Tar Heels
raced past Mid-Eastern Atlantic
Conference's (MEAC) Howard University.
It was a 1 15-75 season opening rout in
Carmichael Auditorium before a sellout
crowd of 8,800.
As in the ACC Tournament last March,
sophomore guard Phil Ford led the Tar
Heels' fastbreaking attack. He darted
between the bewildered Bison, dashing a
UNC single-pame record with 14 assists. The
previous mark of 1 3 was set by Larry Brown,
now coach of the Denver Nuggets of the
American Basketball Association, against
South Carolina in 1963.
Most of Ford's assists went to center
Mitch Kupchak and forward Tommy.
LaGarde inside, who scored 24 and 20
points, respectively, on a combined 19 of 27
from the field.
Although Carolina held a 54-33 halftime
lead, the score was tied at eight after 6y2
minutes.
The Bison later outscored the Blue team 5
0 in a two-minute stretch to cut a 10-point
UNC lead to 28-23, but the Tar Heels soon
took control of the boards.
When Kupchak took a lob pass from Ford
for a layup with 6:39 left in the first half it
signaled the start of the UNC romp.
In the next three minutes, the Tar Heels
reeled off 14 straight points for 42-23.
Freshman Dudley Bradley's layup on a
Buckley assist with 12 seconds remaining
eave Carolina its 21 -point halftime Jead.
Contributing to Carolina's breakaway in
the first half was an injury to Howard's
largest player ever, 6-9, 230-pound John
Mullen, in the opening minutes. With no one
over 6-7, the Bison were unable to match the
Tar Heels' board strength. For the game,
UNC outrebounded Howard 55-24 with
Kupchak grabbing 14 and LaGarde nine.
First-year Howard Coach A.B.
Williamson got only five points from Chapel
Hill native Vadnay Cotton, a first-team All
MEAC choice last year. Cotton, a 6-6
forward who averaged 17 points and eight
rebounds a game, saw only 20 minutes of
action because of a curfew violation.
With Cotton subpar, Howard's offense
consisted mainly of Ellsworth Hart shooting
from the ozone. Hart, with an unorthodox
lefthanded push shot, hit on half of his 26
attempts from the floor for 30 points.
Howard shot 41 per cent from the floor
while Carolina connected on 51 of 82
attempts for 62 per cent.
In the second half, the Tar Heels
continued to press full-court and fastbreak
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MP FG FT Rb A T
Taylor 37 8-12 3-5 5 0 19
Glover 30 5-15 0-0 5 2 10
Mullen 10 0-2 0-0 2 1 0
E.Hart 24 13-26 4-5 2 1 0
Council 30 2-8 4-4 0 6 8
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Moultry 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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MP FG FT Rb A T
Davit 24 7-10 1-1 5 1 15
LaGarde 26 9-13 2-4 9 0 20
Kupchak 25 10-14 4-5 14 2 24
Kuester 20 2-4 0-0 0 7 4
Ford 26 7-11 1-2 2 14 15
Buckley 12 4-6 4-4 6 2 12
Crompton 12 5-9 1-2 7 2 11
Chamber 12 2-3 0-0 0 2 4
Hanner 17 1-3 0-0 0 5 2
Bradley 12 2-3 0-0 4 '4 4
Zaliagiris 8 1-2 0-0 2 0 2
Coley 3 0-1 0-0 10 0
Valentine 3 1-3 0-0 1 0 2
TOTALS 200 51-82 13-18 54 39 115
Howard 33 42 75
North Carolina 54 61115
Total Fouls Howard 22, North Carolina 22.
Fouled Out Glover.
Officials Cooper, Harrison.
Att. 8,800.
until Smith pulled the starters with the score
86-5 1 . The reserves played the last 9: 37 of the
game as all 13 players who dressed saw
action.
Carolina's 100th point came with 5:11
remaining on a three-point play by Buckley.
"It was a spirited opener," Smith said.
"We played hard and were extremely
unselfish, something we need to do to win.
Our rebounding was strong and Kupchak
and Davis were strong defensively. But it's
too early to get excited, we will have a long
way to go."
The . Tar Heels travel to New York
Thursday to take on Seton Hall as part of a
doubleheader in Madison Square Garden.
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Saturday for its next home game against
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UNC sophomore guard Phil Ford drives in for two of his 15 points against Howard
Saturday. Ford handed out 14 assists to break the previous UNC single-game record
set by Larry Brown, now coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver
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Tuesday,
Ford 'passes' record
by John Hopkins
Staff Writer
There is always a chorus of cheers or
boos depending on the site when UNC
goes into its cursed, but imitated stall
offense the four corners.
Or as the local bumper stickers proclaim,
"Ford Corners."
Phil Ford, as a freshman last year, teased
and frustrated opponents all oer the
Atlantic Coast Conference floors with his
dribbling, weaving, driving and just pure
speed as the main player in the UNC four
corners spread offense.
Ford also employs a crowdrpleasing style
in the full-speed game. In Carolina's 1 15-75
thrashing of Howard University in
Carmichael Auditorium Saturday, where
the slow-down game was not appropriate.
Ford made the sell-out crowd understand
another of his roundbali strongpoints
passing.
The Rocky Mount sophomore
consistently broke the Bison press with his
ball control and deft passing, recording 14
assists. That total broke the UNC single
game record of 1 3 assists set by Larry Brown
12 years ago.
The record was announced to the crowd
with 1:16 left in the contest. Ford, who sat on
the bench and watched the blue team put up
the finishing points against the Bison, got a
standing ovation.
Last year he led the team in assists with
161.
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Ford's exploits, as the 6-2 guard blazed his
way around the Bison defense. Ford pulled
up at the free throw line and dished off to the
big men underneath. Kupchak had 24 points
and LaGarde 20.
Ford said that he was unaware that he had
anything going with the assists as he relaxed
in the Tar Heels dressing room.
"We were just running our regular press
offense," he said. "They uere double teaming
(guard) John Kuester. and he was doing a
great job of getting me the ball. And 1 ended
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"I guess that's what enabled me to get so
many assists. Credit should go to him."
UNC Coach Dean Smith was less
restrained with his assessment of Ford's
play.
"Ford was unreal." Smith said. "1 don't
think many people will be pressing us this
year, because you see what Phil can do to the
press.
"Certainly Larry Brown was one of the
great players we've ever had in the
backcourt, and 1 think its fitting that Phil
broke his assist record.
"I'd hate to press Phil Ford. Even if I were
in shape."
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