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Dczn Sr.lt h said after his North Carolina basketball
uzta lost to Virginia 63-57 in Chsrlcttesviite Saturday
il.zl bz tf.:r.Vs tcni-hi's UNC-N.C.'State game is a very
irr.rcftar.t or.e for his youns team. '
Smith, cf course, would say that about a game with
North Dkc-i3 State Methodist CcUese for the Oppres
ses j-yv:es because terms like C!d Dominion, who
shocked DcPaul this .ueekend, cannot be taken for
grar.ted. . .'
, Cat Smith's comments are especially true on this
ccca:ion. Tcni-ht's game is a very bij one, one the Tar
K::!s need to win very badly.
"1 am sincerely worried about North Carolina
State," Smith said after his team had fallen to the
second-ranked Cavaliers. "Our team played with a
reat amount cf poise today and it will be hard for us,
comins off this disappointing loss.'
Just a week ao, the Heels were in a similarly critical
situation. The team had been in a baffling shooting
drought and l.zi lost two straight games. The losses to
Minnesota and Kansas brought the Tar Heels into, the f
Atlantic Coast Conference schedule on a slide that, '
quite pc::!b!y, could have led to four or more losses in ''
a row. - ;
Cut Carolina managed a bis, bis win over MaryKhcff
in Carmichae! Wednesday night and suddenly the plcf
tare brightened. The win over the league's preseason
favorites boosted the confidence and the wcnbst '
record of the then-struggling Tar Heels. ' '
"I sin pleased with cur progress' Smith said after
the 75-CS win over the Tops. "I think we have done
well to 0 through bur first 13 games and come out
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Tonight's game between two of ACC basketball's
most successful rivals is only the fourth game for North
Carolina in Carmichael this season. The Tar Heels have
been to Alaska, Los Angeles, Kzrczs and to Greensboro
and Charlotte to play. The schedule has included games
(and wins) against Georgetown, Arkansas, Louisville,
Indiana and Kansas as well as the losses to Wake Forest,
Kansas, Minnesota and Virginia.
In short, the pace so far has been maddening for the
10-4 Tar Heels, ranked 17th in one wire service poll.
Things won't get any easier, of course. The ACC league
schedule is in full swing, with the State game coming
third in a string of nine consecutive conference games.
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t "I think our schedule will help us later,' Smith said.
J don't know that any team could have gone through
our schedule and come out with only four losses. I'm
,i : very "happy with the way we've played because 1 wasn't
sure how our team would respond." .
y Which all leads up to tonight. If the Tar Heels are to
con for the league title, they must win all their
home games. It is as simple as that. A home loss or two
might just decide the w hole thing in the league this year.
- But more than that, this game is State's fifth league
contest and the fourth ACC game it has played on the
road. The Wolfpack had Maryland on the ropes at
College Park but lost, then fell at Clemson and Virginia
before winning at home Saturday night over Georgia
tech. The Pack is no stranger to the road and new
coach Jim Valvano. has a talented crew. State can and
most likely will face a tough foe.
UNCs loss to Virginia will make it even tougher.
The Heels led 26-12 in the first half and had the Cavs
baffled with a sagging, middle-clogging zone that cut
off access to Ralph Sampson while conceding perimeter
shots.
Those perimeter shots didn't fall for Virginia in the
first half. The Tar Heels led 33-22 at the break and by
as many as 13 in the second half. But with four fouls on ,
AI Wood and Virginia making a spirited comeback, the
Tar Heels went to Four Corners.
'We spread it out hoping that if we made them chase
us, their legs would go and they'd miss some shots,"
Smith said. The Cavaliers hit 10 of II perimeter shots
down the stretch and the only miss was tapped in by
Sampson to give Virginia a 52-51 lead.
"They set an all-time record for a half against us
with 1.32 points per possession," Smith said. The Cavs
scored IS of the last 19 times they had the basketball.
The bright spot for Carolina was the play of Mike
Pepper, who had 14 points and hit several key baskets.
Smith called Al Wood's play sensational and the Gray,
Ga., senior seems to have shaken a shooting slump that
had people wondering what was up. Wood was 3-for-17
in the loss to Minnesota in the finals of the Winston
Tire Classic in Los Angeles.
"I am very pleased with the play of the team this
season," Smith said. "I hope we continue to improve.
That's what we've been trying to do."
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' North Carolina wrestling coach Bill Lam expected a tough
match cut of nationally ranked Northern Iowa, but nothing
prepared him for the 40-5 licking the Panthers inflicted on the
Tar Heels Monday in Carmichael.
- "That's the worst I've ever been beaten before," Lamsaid.
"It was pretty hard to take. I'm not so disappointed in losing,
but in the way we lost. Dave Cooke and Bob Shriner were the
only two kids who fought hard." . ,
Lam attributed some of the problems to the youth of the
squad. He started seven freshmen and Cooke was the only
returning starter from last year's undefeated team.
"A young team isn't going to be consistent," he said. "We
didn't, wrestle well in terms' of fundamentals, but we also
didn't fight. I can accept a team wrestling poorly if they fight
hard, but we didn't do either. I don't want the team to repre
sent the University this way."
Coming off a close 23-14 defeat to 13th-ranked Auburn,
Lam said before the Panther match that he was pleased with
the team's progress, but Northern Iowa represents a step back.
"We over respected them. You have to be aggressive. It's the
nature of the sport. We were tired in some matches just from
nervousness. Nervous energy wears you out as much as physical."
I The schedule does not get easier for the Tar Heels. They run
tr.to two moreiationally ranked teams Uzyy gnLCXsiz
in the ceLcfght clays and Lam said some fchSgirwoal3 Be
ids to correct the mistakes he saw against Northern Iowa.
r "We'll make adjustments. We may not have a good team,
but we won't have anybody lying down. I would rather forfeit
a weight than that. We'll have some good matches. We just
have to be more consistent and we'll get better. Jack Parry will
be back next week at heavyweight (from the football team) and
freshmen like Shriner and (Bill) Gaffney are coming along
well."
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Lam said he was also looking forward to the return of
defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Jan Michaels
who missed both the Auburn and Northern Iowa meets with
torn cartilage and ligaments in his right knee.
The Tar Heels most consistent performer has been Cooke at
126 pounds. Ranked fifth in the nation after returning from
the Midlands tournament with a fifth-place finish, Cooke jus
tified the rank with a 10-1 upset of Auburn's All-America
Tony Leoninoand 13-1 victory.over Doug Tredway, for the Tar
Heels' only win fgainst the Panthers.-, c- -r1' rr''? rr: r;
The loss to Auburn ended Carolina's 25 dual-meet winning
streak, one of the longest in the nation. Although the Tigers
dominated the Carolina Open with six individual titles, Caro
lina made it close with several upsets in the lightweights'.
"Auburn was closer than the score indicated," Lam said.
"We had momentum after (Wes) Haliman and Cooke won the
first two matches, but then we lost it at 134 and 142."
Cy SCOTT PETERSON
! Assistant Sportt E&ior
Turnovers and fouls have plagued the
North Carolina women's basketball
team in the new year as the Tar Heels
have dropped four of six games, despite
defeating Penn State and eighth-ranked
Texas.
The Tar Heels, 5-4 before the break,
stood at . 7-8 before Tuesday night's
matchup with East Carolina at Car
michael Auditorium.
"We had some good practices and
everybody was rested and mentally ready
to play," Coach Jennifer Alley said of
the Tar Heels, who split with Pittsburgh
and Penn State on a northern road trip.
"But, we couldn't seem to get going and
didn't have the chemistry between the
players on the court. We were very slug
gish." -
The Pitt Panthers handed North
Carolina a 76-67 loss before the Tar
Heels upset Penn State 82-79.
Turnovers and fouls especially hurt
the Tar Heels in a three-gme losing streak
which included a 92-72 loss at the hands
of Illinois State at Carmichael and two
losses in the Lady Rebel-Dial Classic in
Mississippi. UNC lost 82-74 to Alabama
Birmingham and 81-80 to Vanderbilt..
"We had something like 33 turnovers
and played sluggish against Illinois,"
Alley said. "We needed to win that one
at home before going on the road to the
Dial Tournament. In the Alabama game,
we played even for the most part, then
we had an eruption of turnovers and
fouls. Once we started that, frustration
set in and we could not create a break
for ourselves."
Fouls were again the nemesis of the
Tar Heels in a one-point loss to Vander
bilt. With the game tied at 80-80, a foul
shot with three seconds remaining was
the difference in the game. One Vander
bilt player went to the foul line 16 times,
converting on 14.
"Before we played Texas, we talked
about the problems and we are concen
trating on correcting them. I thought the
girls did a good job on that, cutting the
turnovers by one-third and keeping their
alertness and composure at the end,"
Alley said of the Tar Heels 75-73 win.
over Texas.
"Things are starting to click. It's just
a matter of getting stability and consis
tency. We've got a good field goal per
centage, but we've been giving up our
opportunities for points on turnovers.
The girls are aware of this and are begin
ning to communicate on the court. Once
you realize you are losing because of this
and not because you are not a good
team, you begin to work on it."
Alley's squad has had its ups and
downs this year, but nothing like the rol
ler coaster Myle of play the Tar Heels ex
hibited in their last six games.
"We were not supposed to beat Texas
or Penn State," Alley said. "But, we
were supposed to beat Pittsburgh, Ala
bama (at Birmingham) and Vanderbilt.
It's just a matter of keeping your senses
and not panicking. We are sticking with
one starting lineup to give us more sta
bility. We felt the stability that the start
ing five would have knowing that they
were going to start would help us. We in
itiated that in the Texas game and it
seems to be working.
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