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ah? Saily (Ear U??l MEN S BASKETBALL From Page 16 through big stretches where we weren’t scoring points and they were. The zone was probably the key.” Trailing by as many as 11, UNC whittled the lead to one following an Ed Cota 3-pointer and two Capel free throws. Forced to foul, the Tar Heels sent UCLA junior reserve Ryan Bailey to the line with 14.9 seconds remaining and the Bruins leading 69-68. Bailey banked in the first free throw, and the second one hit the back of the iron, rat tled around and fell through the net. “He’s a guy who’s going to throw up some crazy stuff, but his crazy stuff goes in,” said Kapono, who played just 22 minutes because of foul trouble but scored 14 points. Down to UNC’s last possession, Cape! launched a leaning 3-pointer try ing to draw a foul. Lang rebounded the miss and kicked it to Cota, whose heave fell short at the buzzer. Cota, the senior point guard who had eight points and eight assists but four turnovers, addressed the team’s prob lems after the game. “There’s a lot of pressures on us right now,” Cota said. “We can’t control what people feel about us. We’ve just got to be able to bounce back. Right now, we’re underachieving.” Added Haywood: “1 know this team is better than we’re showing right now, and a lot of people are going to get down on us. A lot of people are going to write us off.” t he Tar Heels, as evidenced by their postgame quietness, know that words alone will not change those opinions. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. UNC Looks to End Skid Against Virginia By Brian Murphy Senior Writer Saturday it was the zone that did in North Carolina. Tonight when the Tar Heels take on Virginia, they will face an entirely different type of defense. The Tar Heel big men were hand cuffed by UCLA’s matchup zone, which limited UNC’s power forwards and cen ters to 18 shots and 21 points in the Bruins’ 71-68 victory. When the far Heels travel to Charlottesville for an 8 p.m. contest with the Cavaliers, UNC’s big men can rest easy - they will face no one with the size and quickness of UCLA’s Jerome Moiso or Dan Gadzuric. Instead, it is UNC’s guards who could be in for a long night against Virginia’s frantic trapping defense. “We have to be able to handle their presses,” UNC coach Bill Guthridge said. “They’re a very good team.” Guthridge said the Cavs’ 109-100 overtime loss to Duke was among the best games he has seen this year. Despite the loss, the pace of that contest is to Virginia’s liking. In his second season at the helm of the Cavaliers, Pete Gillen has Virginia playing the same type of trapping defense that helped build his former club Xavier into a solid team. The Cavaliers (11 5, 2-2 in the ACC) are averaging 83.5 points per game. Guard Donald Hand and forward Chris Williams lead the club w ith more than 15 points per game apiece. But it is Virginia’s defense that keys the offense, and the Cavaliers do it by causing turnovers (17 a game). Turnovers have been one of the UNC Wrestlers Split Weekend Set On Road Against UVa., Maryland The Terrapins captured the final four matches from the Tar Heels to defeat UNC for the first time since 1993. Stall Report Josh Weidman shut out North Carolina’s Jamie Groudle at 165 pounds to lifl Maryland’s wrestlers to a 21-19 victory against North Carolina on Saturday in College Park, Md. UNC (2-3, 1 2 in the ACC) held a Wrestling I UNC 19 Maryland 21 UNC 27 Virginia 9 one-point lead heading into the final match, but Groudle, an NCAA qualifier hist year at 174 pounds, could not handle Weidman. Weidman scored a takedown in the second period of the match and went on to a 3-0 triumph to give Maryland the upset. Corey Bell (174 pounds), Clint Osborn (197), Matt Kenny (heavy weight), Skyler Holman (125) and Brad Byers (133) were victorious for UNC UCLA Big Man Responds With Clutch Performance By T. Nolan Hayes Sports Editor It was a battle of unappreciated big men. On one side was Brendan Haywood, North Carolina’s much-maligned 7-foot center. On the other was jerome Moiso, an often-criticized 6-10 post plaver for UCLA. Both players are used to catching con siderable blame from fans and media when their teams lose. Fairly or not, peo ple often say of Moiso and Haywood that they “disappeared” in losses or that they “played without passion.” But after the Bruins’ 71-68 win against UNC on Saturday, Moiso can relax - at least until Thursday, when UCLA hosts second-ranked Arizona. He was a major inside presence with 19 points and 11 rebounds. “I’d been struggling a little bit lately, and 1 just had to do something,” said Moiso, a sophomore from Guadeloupe in the West Indies. “I did it tonight.” Moiso connected on 9 of 15 shots from the field and was instrumental in UCLA’s early offensive spurt and late game heroics. He scored 10 points in the game’s first 10 minutes as UCLA raced out to a 27-16 advantage. Moiso displayed a feathery touch on left-handed jumpers for three of his initial five field goals. Late in the game, he scored two of UCLA’s final three field goals - both on THE LOWDOWN ON TONIGHT'S GAME BRENDAN HAYWOOD, 7-0 •Afy Managed only six shot attempts in 31 minutes against UCLA. ® JASON CAPEL, 6-8 E KRIS LANG, 6-11 Regained his offensive touch ''' " ' VC/ Averaging 11 points, 5.2 boards vs. UCLA, scofing 21 points. . since rejoining starting lineup ®ED COTA, 6-1 (g) JOSEPH FORTE, 04 Tied for third in the nation with VSp/ Made just seven of his 26 shots 8.2 assists per contest. in UNC's last two games. No. 21 North Carolina (TI-6,2-1 in ACC) VSa Virginia (11-5, 2-2 in ACC) (g\ DONALD HAND, 5-11 (g) ROGER MASON, 6-5 xjg/ Leads the Cavs in scoring. YJj/ Went 0-for-5 from the field averaging 15.6 points-a game. against Clemson with six points. (f) CHRIS WILLIAMS, 0-7 /EX WILLIE DERSCH, 6-6 VC/ Sophomore scored 18 points in Averaged 7.5 points in two Saturday s win against Clemson. games against UNC last season TRAVIS WATSON, 67 VIS' Second-leading rebounder in the league with 9 3 per game undoings of the Tar Heels this season. UNC has turned the ball over 57 times in the past three games, including 17 times against UCLA, which played a tough zone but did not apply much on the-ball pressure. “We just have to play smarter I guess,” UNC forward Jason Capel said. “We got a little excited and tried to before the Tar Heels dropped their last four matches to the Terrapins (2-1, 1-0). Byers gained a 2-1 decision in double overtime against Maryland’s Brandon York to capture UNC’s last win. The loss came one day after the Tar Heels contin ued their domi- Wrestling coach Bill Lam has not lost to Virginia since the Cavaliers beat UNC 28-14 in 1975. nance against Virginia, defeating the Cavaliers by a 27-9 margin in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers - in the midst of a 26-match losing streak - last defeated UNC 28-14 in Chapel Hill during the 1974-75 season. Virginia took an early 6-4 lead in the meet, but the Tar Heels took six of the last seven matches to capture the victo ry' Byers, Dennis Gindin (157), Groudle, Bell, Osborn, Kenny and Holman each picked up wins for the Tar Heels against Virginia (1-3,0-1). putbacks - to help hold off the rally ing Tar Heels. “It was physi cal, but I like big teams - I don’t know why,” said Moiso, who is a sleek 235 pounds. “I like to play bet ter against great teams, and today I did just that.” And Moiso’s performance came at just the right time for UCLA. UNC center Brendan Haywood attempted six shots against UCLA and finished with seven points and six boards. The Bruins had suffered a 71-59 defeat to crosstown rival Southern California in their previous game and needed Moiso to do better than the 12 points and six rebounds he posted against the Trojans. “Oh, my God. Jerome was just like an active dog out there,” said freshman guard Jason Kapono, who scored 14 points. “He proved that he’s like the most talented player in the country. That guy just played off-the-wall great. He showed his true self today.” While Moiso bathed in the accolades of his teammates, postgame interviews were business as usual for Haywood after his team lost. Neutralized by UCLA’s active matchup zone during the game, Haywood had to explain his seven-point, six-rebound effort after it. “Really 1 don’t know how the zone make the big play.” With Virginia trapping so much, the ball will be in the hands of senior point guard Ed Cota, the nation’s leader in assist-to-tumover margin. If Cota, who had eight points and four turnovers against UCLA, can break down the UVa. pressure, the Far Heels could have success. Cota said this game is crucial for the North Carolina also recorded a vic tory against the Cavaliers earlier this month at the Virginia Duals in Norfolk, Va. jPOBODY MQEsTslllffjßfflflOETTEßll -score % ** * Spring Break with Sunchase! X 1 INFORMATION A RESERVATIONS % 1-800-SUNCHASE l www.sunchase.com gf Sports was working - it was just kind of smoth ering in there,” Haywood said. Haywood was limited to six shot attempts, a continuation of one of col lege basketball’s strangest trends. Haywood leads the nation in field goal percentage (73.2 percent), yet he aver ages only 6.6 shots per game. Wouldn’t it make sense for the Tar Heels to get him more shots? “I’d like for him to get as many as he can, but if a team won’t let us throw the ball into him, it’s pretty hard to get him shots,” UNC coach Bill Guthridge said. “I thought they did a good job of keep ing the ball out of the low block.” It was Moiso who was largely respon sible for denying Haywood and UNC forward Kris Lang (seven field goal attempts) chances inside Saturday. He rarely left the paint and never left the floor, playing a season-high 40 minutes. Moiso also set anew season high with his 11 boards and tied his season bests in blocks (three) and assists (two). He even escaped the ever-present whispers that he wasn’t playing as well as he could. Well, almost anyway. “It was unbelievable. He played awe some today,” UCLA guard Ryan Bailey said. “He hadn’t been playing up to his potential, 1 don’t think, and today he really showed everybody how he can play.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Game: No. 21 North Carolina at Virginia Time: 8 p.m. Location: University Hall Radio: WCHL 1360 AM, 100.7 FM Television: Raycom/Jefferson-Pilot Series Record: UNC leads 113-40. Keys for UNC: Senior point guard Ed Cota must control the tempo of the game so that Virginia doesn't turn the contest into a track meet. In the post, Brendan Haywood is five inches taller than counterpart Travis Watson. Keys for Virginia: The Cavaliers have won six of the last 11 games against the Tar Heels at University Hall, and in UVa. s last two wins, Virginia has scored less than 75 points. Donald Hand needs to ignore that stat and get the Cavaliers into an up-tempo game. Virginia has won 102 of the last 110 games when it scores at least 80 points. UNC Bench: Guard Max Owens is averaging 6.2 points a game since Kris Lang was inserted into the starting lineup five games ago. Six-foot-six, 280-pound Julius Peppers is averaging 6.6 boards a game in that span. Virginia Bench: Coach Pete Gillen has used eight different starting lineups this season, so the Cavaliers have gotten contributions from a lot of players. Guard Keith Friel has hit 39 percent of his 3-point tries this year. Prediction: Virginia 84, UNC 75 COMPILED BY BRET STRELOW Far Heels (11-6,2-1), coming off back-to back losses to UCI A and Wake Forest. “We still got goals for this team that we can achieve,” Cota said. “... At some point it’s going be too late, where we can’t bounce back.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. STUART LITTLE 1 . Daily 3:15,5:10,7:05,9:00 E , SUPERNOVA Daily 3:10,5:15,7:15,9:15 Mi HURRICANE Daily 4:00,7:00,9:50 H THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY . Daily 4:30,7:45 k ANNA AND THE KING 'magnolia^ Daily 4:45,8:25 R MAN ON THE MOON Daily 3:45.7:00,9:301! MAGNOLIA . Daily 3:30,7:15 E . GALAXY QUEST Daily 3:10,5:10,7:10,9:15 ii. TOY STORY 2 . Daily 3:10,5:20,7:30,9:30 <■ ANY GIVEN SUNDAY Hr; A |gS?‘P‘ 1 1 j| \ f ’’ fA ' *SIL jf/ Hjjppc jpGi / A DTH MILLER PEARSALL UCLA forward/center Jerome Moiso registered game-high totals with 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Bruins defeated UNC 71-68. UCLA 71, UNC 68 Box Score UCLA 38 33 71 UNC 37 31 68 UCLA (71) fg ft rt> min m-a m-a o*t a pf tp Kapono 22 5-9 1-1 0-5 1 4 14 Moiso 40 9-15 1-2 5-tt 2 2 19 Gadiuric 35 4-10 2 4 7-10 0 1 10 Hines 26 3-6 0-1 24 2 4 6 Watson 38 3-U 34 1-1 6 2 11 Young 6 0-2 043 0-1 1 0 0 Bailey 20 2-3 2-2 2-3 1 4 6 Barnes 10 24 <M> 0-1 0 0 4 Knight 3 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 0 1 Total 200 28-63 10-16 19-38 13 17 71 Percentages FG 444, FT 625 3-point goals 5-12 .417 (Kapono 34, Watson 2-5. Hines 0-2, Young 0-1). Team rebounds 1 Blocked shots —3 (Motso 3). Turnovers l5 (Bailey 3, Moiso 3, Gadzuric 2. Htnes 2. Watson 2. Barnes. Kapono. Young) Steals lO (Hines 3. Battey 2, Mwso 2. Watson 2. Kapono). UNC (68) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Capel 30 7-12 4-6 1-3 1 4 21 Lang 31 4-7 1-1 3-7 2 19 Haywood 31 3-6 1-2 1-6 2 4 7 Forte 35 6-16 0-1 04 5 1 13 Cota 37 3-6 OO 0-1 8 0 8 Newby 3 00 00 CM3 0 0 0 Owens 15 24 0-0 0-0 0 2 5 F’eppers 18 24 1-2 3-6 0 5 5 Total 200 27-55 7-12 10-30 18 17 68 Percentages FG .491, F.T .583 3-point goafs 7-17 412 (Capet 3-6, Cota 24. Forte 1-6, Owens 1-1). Team rebounds —3. Blocked shots 8 (Haywood 3. Forte 2. Peppers 2. tang), Turnovers l7 (Cota 4, Forte 4, Capel 2 Lang 2. Newby 2. Owens 2. team) Steals - 10 (Forte 4. Capel 2, Cola 2, Lang. Owens). Technical fouls none. Attendance 21.572 [BOYS PONT CRY-"Sal ITHE CIDER HOUSE MUS“jS:g| fSt.SO END OF DAYS (R) Daily 7 00. 9 40 Sat/Sun 2:00. 4:30, 7 00, 9:40 DOUBLE JEOPARDY(R) Daily 7 10. 9:30 Sat/Sun 2:10, 4:35. /TO 9:30 POKEMON (G) Daily 7:20 Sat/Sun 2:20. 4 40. 7:20 BONE COLLECTOR (R) Daily 9 45 United States Censes 2000 Did you know... The Ist Census was conducted in 1790? What it thi Cornu? • Count of the US population that U performed every 10 yean. • Is required by the US Constitution. • Is confidential (no one knows who you an). If you an inlensted in working on ike Census, call (919) s*l-4031 or t-ISt-3IS-V53 In 1790, there were... 12,216 people in Orange County 393, 7 51 people in Norik Carolina 3,929,214 people in ike US Be part of Orangt County 1 s Future: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 Tar Heels to Play 2000 Exhibition In Carmichael The North Carolina men’s basket ball team will return to Carmichael Auditorium next season - for at least one game. Carolina Athletic Association President Tee Pruitt said Monday that the Tar Heels would play a preseason exhibition in Carmichael. No date or opponent has been set. It will mark the first time the men have taken the court there since an exhibition against the Charlotte Royals on November 12,1995, when Vince Carter was a freshman. Pruitt said the decision was reached after he met with Athletics Director Dick Baddour on Friday. The Blue-VVhite game will still be played in the Smith Center because it is the most heavily attended contest on the preseason slate. The contest at Carmichael will be targeted toward students, and they will be allotted a “vast majority” of the courtside seats, Pruitt said. Will Kimmey Nu/ Dinner Specials ikt Noon r\ Jt Weknds ™ Titobcrlyne Center Weaver Dfciry Rd, CUpel Hill. N*r Tiwdxrfytv* & CUlseh TWtcrS Lunck Specials $5.75 M-F Includes; Grilled S&ndu/ick And ckoice of Fre nek Fries And TeA \ 50 If ovor 1000 ooplot If oor _ SOOooplM f 1 OoodonpMftaM* ■ iililMim ont maoism ocpU*. if Mtr 200 copitt t7v •f • 200 ••pUo C.O. COPIES 1M F. Franklin 91. • Naar tha Foal OMea Open IN MdnMa Mon-Thur; lO pm Fit-Sun 933-9999 J 11
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