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|J§ ■? m* m 1 \ V -'**'■*s jjf — DTH/ERIK PEREL Senior T.J. Jaworsky (top) pinned UVa.'s Jon Frent Friday night The 134-pounder wrestles tonight at Carmichael. UNC Exorcises Demons in Last Minute BY JAMES D. WHITFIELD SENIOR WRITER WINSTON-SALEM North Carolina head coach Dean Smith knows the importance of “steal ing" a game on the road in the ACC. But Saturday afternoon, the 34-year Tar Heel skipper might have pulled off the heist of the decade. His third-ranked Tar Heels recorded season lows in field goal percentage (41 percent) and points. They lost the battle of the boards by seven rebounds. Andmost importantly, they found them selves down by 10 points with 5:45 remaining in the game. But UNC found a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, sneaking past No. 16 Wake Forest on a Donald Williams’ jumper 62-61 be- fore 14,407 at Lawrence Joel Coli seum. With the win, Men's Basketball UNC 62 Wake Forest 61 North Carolina (16-1 overall) remained tied for first place in the ACC with Maryland at 6-1. The Deacons fell to 114 overall, 4-3 in league action. “One of our goals is to win the ACC regular season, and to come on the road and beat a good Wake Forest team, I think that says a lot,” Will iams said. “It’s a big win for us." That big win almost became a big loss. For much of the afternoon, UNC struggled to stay close to the Deacons. The Tar Heels, who came into the game having to play six out of the next eight games on the road, struggled early with cold shooting and lackluster board work. UNC shot only 37.9 percent, and Wake super star Tim Duncan grabbed eight rebounds in the first half. North Carolina trailed 34-27 at the half. Wake, thanks to a flurry of activity from Duncan, built on that halftime lead to forge a 53- 43 lead at the 11:11 mark. During the previous four minutes, the 6-foot-10 sophomore scored six points and swatted five UNC shots. However, the Deacons would not hit a shot from the floor for the next 10 minutes, sparking the Tar Heels to a 19-8 run to close the game. “The second half was great defensively, and neitherteam could score,” Smith said. “We broke the drought. I do think our scramble started (caus ing them problems). We wanted Childress to give it up and not put him on the foul line.” Most Wake players agreed that the difference in the turnaround was UNC’s inc reased defensive pressure. “I think they came out more aggressive on defense,” Childress said. “I think we backed off. They attacked us on both sides of the ball, and we backed away on both sides of the ball.” Key 3-pointers by Williams and Jeff Mclnnis helped UNC cut into the Wake lead on the offen sive end. Mclnnis finished the game 3 for 3 from behind the 3-point arc. Despite the run, North Carolina still almost left town with its second loss of the season. Tar Heel Women Spank Slumping Deacons “tlmr '' ■' : *** UTHI KATIE CANNON UNC point guard Marion Jones (20) guards Wake Forest's Gretchen Hollifield, who seems very intent on protecting the ball. The Tar Heels won 8542. SUMMING Page 6 Double Dunk The UNC swimming and diving teams swept their weekend competition. On Friday, the teams beat Miami and Sunday they prevailed over ACC rival Virginia. Senior Yann deFabrique (left) placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:11.83. Tar Heels to Host All-Star Wrestlers BYJACSONLOWE SENIOR WRITER The University ofNorth Carolina, snuggled comfortably in the heart of Chapel Hill, is slowly creeping westward toward the nation's breadbasket. OK so that’s not exactly true. But for the second time in less than a year, the University will host some of the nation’s premier wrestlers, a service usually reserved for the folks in the Midwest. Carmichael Auditorium will be the site of this year’s National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic tonight at 7:30. The matches feature the top grapplers from each weight division, and the results of the tourney directly influence pairings for the NCAA Championships, which UNC hosted last season. UNC’s T. J. Jaworsky, the defending national champion at 134 pounds, will be making his third straight appearance at the event Williams’ Shot Completes Tar Heel Comeback BY STEVE ROBBLEE SENIOR WRITER WINSTON-SALEM —North Carolina and Wake Forest are going to have to stop meeting like this. Demon Deacon fans aren’t going to be able to take much more of it. For the third time in four seasons, North Carolina used a basket in the waning seconds to come back and beat Wake Forest. This time, the game-winner was a Donald Williams runner in the lane with 5.5 sec onds left to give UNC a 62-61 victory Saturday afternoon at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum. The Tar Heels had been down by 10 with 5:45 left but chipped the deficit to just one point in the final2s seconds. UNC point guard Jeff Mclnnis had the ball in his hands astheTarHeelssetupthe game winner. “It was a play set up for me to penetrate and get in the lane, and if I had my man (beaten) to take a shot,” Mclnnis said. “I saw Randolph (Childress) come in a little, and so I just kicked it out to Donald. And when he got it, I knew it was good.” With 5.5 seconds left, Wake would have another chance to win. Childress rushed down the court and fired a 17-foot shot that hit the front ofthe rim. Rusty Laßue tried to put the ball back up, but UNC forward Jerry Stackhouse blocked the putback to seal the win. When UNC did not pressure the inbounds play, Scooter Banks flipped the ball to Childress before officials could see Wake’s timeout call. “Scooter was calling timeout, and I was as suming the whistle wouldblow,” Childress said. “But the ball came in to me, and I just took it up and rushed the shot. When I shot it, it came up short.” There were a series of key plays by the Tar After a Childress 10-foot running jumper and two Duncan free throws, Wake led 61-57. But forward Jerry Stackhouse, just 6 for 19 on the day, took a Dante Calabria pass and went strong to the basket. The layup fell, and Wake’s Ricardo Petal hacked Stackhouse in the process. The Kinston native hit the foul shot and put North Carolina right back in the game. “I had the layup, but I tried to jump into him a little bit,” Stackhouse said. “Peral came over, and I kind of jumped into him a little bit, hoping I would get some contact. Even if I wasn’t able to convert the shot, then maybe I could get the call to SPORTS' MONDAY Heels down the stretch that helped the come back, but none was more important than forcing a five-seconds call on Wake with 25.9 seconds left. The call came as Tim Duncan tried to in bound the ball after Stackhouse’s 3-point play closed the Demon Deacon’s lead to 61-60. To defend the inbounds pass, UNC head coach Dean Smith had substituted in a smaller lineup, sending Pearce Landry and Shammond Williams into the game with Stackhouse, Donald Williams and Dante Calabria. “We put Pearce Landry in to keep Childress from getting the ball inbounds,” Smith said. “Pearce is the best we have at it. And Childress is the best at coming back and getting it.” Although Duncan and Childress said the inbounds play was open for a second, Landry cut off the passing lane before Duncan could react. Stopping the inbounds play was harder than scoring on the final possession, Stackhouse said. “Weknew somebody was going to hit the shot if we got that, so that was definitely the big play of the game,” he said. “We came in and got the stop that we needed. Our defense won that game for us.” Childress said the loss was tough to swallow. “It’s just the situation that bothers me,” he said. “We were in control of the game. We had the game won, and we gave it away.” Wake coach Dave Odom said his team hadn’t practiced since the Deacons’ emotional win at Virginia Wednesday. If they had practiced, they would have worked on late-game situations. Maybe recent history between these two teams should have suggested to Odom that practice would be a good idea. UNC has had a knack for coming back against Odom’s Deacons. At the Smith Center three seasons ago, the Tar Heels came from 22 points down to knock off the Demon Deacons. In last year’s ACC Tournament semifinal vs. Wake Forest, UNC won 86-84 in overtime. This time, UNC just felt more confident than the Deacons down the stretch, Mclnnis said. “We knew at the end, if we could just cut into that lead, then we could get them, ” Mclnnis said. “I think they got kind of panicky at the end.” PEARCE UNDRY helped force a five seconds call with 25 seconds left go to the free-throw line.” UNC called a timeout following the free throw to set up a play to get the ball back. Only 25.9 seconds remained on the clock. “We put Pearce Landry in to keep Childress fromgettingtheballinbounds,” Smith said. “Pearce is the best we have at it. And Childress is the best at coming back and getting it.” Wake coach Dave Odom opted to let Duncan trigger the inbounds pass following the timeout. Duncan tried to dish the ball off to Childress. See MEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 9 BY ALISON LAWRENCE SENIOR WRITER WINSTON-SALEM Things couldn’t get much worse for the Wake Forest women’s basketball team Saturday against North Carolina. “It was pretty much like trying to plug a dam,” Wake head coach Karen Freeman said after suffering the 85-42 romp before 2,845 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memo- rial Coliseum. “We would try to take care of one thing, Womr's Basketball UNC 85 Wake Forest 42 and another hole would bust open. It was a difficult day.” It was indeed a hard day for the Dea cons. The Tar Heels, whose 32-game win streak was broken by Duke last Wednes day, jumped to a 9-0 lead to start the game and never looked back. In fact, Freeman would go so far as to say it was a good thrashing. “We did get thrashed by a much better team," she said. “I think Carolina’s a high powered team, and I don’t think we’re to that point yet.” And to make matters worse, UNC for ward/guard Stephanie Lawrence stroked six 3-pointers and scored 22 points to let everyone know in a major way that she is out of a shooting slump. “Every shooter will go through a slump every once in a while, and it’s a good thing 311;? Daily 3lar H??l tonight. But for two other Tar Heel matmen, the meet serves as a welcome surprise and a chance to gain national recognition. Stan Banks will wrestle at 177 due to an injury to top-ranked Les Gutches of Oregon State. Heavyweight Justin Harty will meet Nebraska’s Tolly Thompson. “We were going to have (All-Stars) the year before to help build up the nationals, but something happened where it was already scheduled, so we couldn’t,” UNC coach Bill Lam said. “Minne sota was supposed to have it (this season). They found out how difficult hosting nationals was, and they said, ‘Look, we can’t do both.’” So the NC AA powers that be, impressed with North Carolina’s handling oflast year’s final, called on Lam to come through in the clutch —and the Tar Heel skipper, along with the athletic See ALL-STAR, Page 6 UNC-UVa. Rivalry Continues Tonight In Charlottesville BY JAMES D. WHITFIELD SENIOR WRITER Despite winning last year’s NCAA and ACC championships, the North Carolina women’s basketball team probably still remembers who tagged it with its only two losses of last sea son. Well,probably isn’tastrong enough word. The Tar Heels have to remember that No. 12 Virginia handed them their only two losses in 1993-94. Although UNC (19-1 overall, 7-1 in the ACC) beat the Cavaliers (15-3, See VIRGINIA, Page 7 I went through mine early,” Lawrence said. “Now I’m starting to come out to wards the end of the season near tourna ment time.” Freeman and the Deacons were not happy to see the slump end. See WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 7 NCAA Basketball Scores UMass 97 Miami (F1a.)....51 Arizona 11l Stanford 85 W. Virginia 94 Syracuse..... 76 Oregon St 98 Southern Cal. 82 Connecticut... 59 Duke 72 Arizona St... 79 Cincinnati 68 Kansas 88 Maryland .....74 Oregon 76 Saint Louis ..75 California . 100 Michigan 5t.75 Pittsburgh 60 Providence 67 UCLA 93 Illinois 67 Georgetown 71 Villanova.....Bß Kentucky 92 Kansas St 79 Geo. Mason... 98 C1em50n ...... 60 Arkansas 94 lowa St 87 Virginia 128 N.C. State 55 f ! S' DTH/KATIE CANNON Senior guard Donald Williams celebrates UNC's 62-61 victory over Wake Forest. Williams dropped in a one-handed nine-footer with 5.5 seconds remaining to win the game for the Tar Heels. Another Not So Super Bowl: Niners Maul Lightning Bolts THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI —Steve Young simply wanted to get out from under the shadow of Joe Montana. He did more than that Sunday, obliter ating it with six touchdown passes as the San Francisco 49ers overwhelmed San Diego 49-26 to become the first team ever to win five Super Bowls. Young’s six TD passes broke the Super Bowl record of five set five years ago by Montana, who led San Francisco to its first four titles. Jerry Rice caught three of them, and Ricky Watters caught two more and ran nine yards for a third score. “We wanted to come here and do some thing special,” coach George Seifert said. “We wanted to make history.” This Super Bowl was everything it was supposed to be— a rout. The 49ers, 18- point favorites, became the 11th straight NFC team to win the NFL tide. Young, the unanimous MVP, finished 24 for 36 for 325 yards without an intercep tion. He also was the game’s leading rusher with 49 yards on five carries before leaving with 5:39 left. It took exacdy four minutes and 55 seconds for San Francisco to demoralize the Chargers, playing in the Super Bowl for Monday, January 30,1995 I wMKt DTH/ERIK PEREL Justin Harty (top) pinned Wahoo Teddy Evans at heavy weight. He and Stan Banks will also wrestle tonight. the first time. T ouchdown passesbyYoung of 44 yards to Rice and 51 yards to Watters did the trick. But more important to Young, it was a smashing certification of his exorcism of Montana’s ghost. More important to the 49ers, it completed their single-minded mission of winning the Super Bowl after the losing NFC tide game three of the last four years. It also gave Seifert a Super Bowl tide he can call all his own—his first, in 1990, was with a team handed to him by Bill Walsh. Young demonstrated his elation after his fifth TD, a 15-yarder to Rice. He cel ebrated, lying on the ground with his arms signaling touchdown, as Rice trotted into the end zone. The three TDs by Rice and Watters were another reminder of San Francisco’s offensive efficiency over the last 15 years. The only other players to score three touch downs in a Super Bowl were both 49ers— Rice in 1990 and Roger Craig in 1985. And the 131 points scored by San Fran cisco in its three playoff games broke yet another record held by the 1990 team which scored 126 in its three post-season victories. Rice, who twice received intravenous fluids before the game for flu-like symp- See SUPER BOM, Page 9 Pro Football San Diego 26 San Francisco ...49 12
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